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1871 Nova Scotia general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1871 Nova Scotia general election
country	Nova Scotia
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1867 Nova Scotia general election
previous_year	1867
previous_mps	24th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
election_date	May 16, 1871
elected_mps	[members](25th-general-assembly-of-nova-scotia)
next_election	1874 Nova Scotia general election
next_year	1874
seats_for_election	38 seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
majority_seats	20
image1	William Annand by William Notman.jpg
image1_size	150x150px
colour1
leader1	William Annand
leader_since1	1867
party1
leaders_seat1	Member of
Legislative Council
last_election1	36
seats1	24
seat_change1	12
popular_vote1	39,494
percentage1	52.68%
swing1	8.30pp
image2	1st Premier of Nova Scotia, Hiram Blanchard.jpg
image2_size	150x150px
colour2
leader2	Hiram Blanchard
leader_since2	1867
party2	Liberal-Conservative
leaders_seat2	Ran in
Inverness (Won)
last_election2	2
seats2	14
seat_change2	12
popular_vote2	35,471
percentage2	47.32%
swing2	8.30pp
title	Premier
before_election	William Annand
before_party
posttitle	Premier after election
after_election	William Annand
after_party

Legislative Council Inverness (Won) The 1871 Nova Scotia general election was held on 16 May 1871 to elect members of the 25th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

Results by party

Liberal	Liberal-Conservative

Party	Party leader	# of
candidates	Seats	Popular vote	[1867](1867-nova-scotia-general-election)	Dissolution]]	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
Liberal	William Annand	38	36	36	24	-12	39,494	52.68%	-8.30%	Liberal-Conservative	Hiram Blanchard
	Vacant	0
Total valid votes	74,965	100.00%	–
Blank and invalid ballots	0	0.00%	–
Total	71	38	38	38	–	74,965	100.00%	–

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

Henry Balcom, Halifax
Robert Chambers, Colchester
James Cochran, Halifax
Josiah Hooper, Richmond
Amos Purdy, Cumberland
Martin Isaac Wilkins, Pictou
Elkanah Young, Hants

Nominated candidates

1871 Nova Scotia Provincial Election

Legend

bold denotes party leader

† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest

Valley

|- || |Jared C. Troop 1,083 26.03% | |Avard Longley 1,017 24.44% ||

Jared C. Troop

David C. Landers
1,076
25.86%

| |T. W. Chesley 985 23.67% ||

David C. Landers

William Berrian Vail
1,028
35.83%

| |Colin Campbell 721 25.13% ||

William Berrian Vail

Urbine Doucette
1,019
35.52%

| |A. Amirault 101 3.52% ||

Urbine Doucette

| |William Dawson Lawrence 1,183 22.43% || |William Henry Allison 1,446 27.42% ||

William Dawson Lawrence

| |Frederick Curry 1,249 23.68% || |William McDougall 1,396 26.47% ||

Elkanah Young†

| |David M. Dickie 796 21.68% || |Daniel Charles Moore 1,094 29.80% ||

David M. Dickie

| |Edward L. Brown 797 21.71% || |Douglas Benjamin Woodworth 984 26.80% ||

Edward L. Brown
}

South Shore

|- || |Mather Byles DesBrisay Acclamation

| | ||

Mather Byles DesBrisay

James Daniel Eisenhauer
Acclamation

| | ||

James Daniel Eisenhauer

William Henry Smith
826
33.59%

| |Thomas Patillo 465 18.91% ||

William Henry Smith

Samuel Freeman
829
33.71%

| |Will Hendry 339 13.79% ||

Samuel Freeman

Thomas Johnston
826
30.72%

| |William F. MacCoy 570 21.20% ||

Thomas Johnston

Robert Robertson
765
28.45%

| |J. H. Kendrick 528 19.64% ||

Robert Robertson

Albert Gayton
714
25.71%
397
14.30%
-

| |John K. Ryerson 636 22.90% |- || |William H. Townsend 659 23.73% | |N. Churchill 371 13.36% ||

William H. Townsend
}

Fundy-Northeast

|- || |Thomas Fletcher Morrison Acclamation | | ||

Thomas Fletcher Morrison

| | || |Samuel Rettie Acclamation

Robert Chambers†

| |George Hibbard 1,043 20.14% || |Henry Gesner Pineo Jr. 1,605 31.00% ||

Henry Gesner Pineo Jr.

| |J. K. Kiderkin 946 18.27% || |Edward Vickery 1,584 30.59% ||

Amos Purdy†
}

Halifax

|- || |William Garvie 2,752 17.66% | |Philip Carteret Hill 2,497 16.02% ||

Philip Carteret Hill

John Flinn
2,704
17.35%

| |M. B. Daly 2,492 15.99% ||

James Cochran†

Donald Archibald
2,693
17.28%

| |J. Geddes 2,448 15.71% ||

Henry Balcom†
}

Central Nova

|| |Daniel MacDonald 1,052 30.62% | |R. N. Henry 853 24.83% ||

Daniel MacDonald

Joseph MacDonald
978
28.46%

| |Angus McGillivray 553 16.09% ||

Joseph MacDonald

John Angus Kirk
745
25.86%

| |Joseph William Hadley 706 24.51% ||

John Angus Kirk

William Henry Wylde
743
25.79%

| |Alexander N. McDonald 687 23.85% ||

William Henry Wylde

| |George Murray 1,955 15.68% || |James McDonald 2,270 18.21% ||

George Murray

| |John D. McLeod 1,927 15.46% || |Simon Hugh Holmes 2,242 17.98% ||

Martin Isaac Wilkins†

| |Robert S. Copeland 1,884 15.11% || |Hugh J. Cameron 2,188 17.55% ||

Robert S. Copeland
}

Cape Breton

|- || |Alonzo J. White 1,329 42.26% | |Newton LeGayet Mackay 824 26.20% ||

Alonzo J. White

John Fergusson
992
31.54%

| | ||

John Fergusson

| |Alexander Campbell 1,280 24.15% || |Hiram Blanchard 1,427 26.92% ||

Alexander Campbell

| |Hugh McDonald 1,265 23.87% || |Samuel McDonnell 1,328 25.06% ||

Hugh McDonald

Edmund Power Flynn
492
39.17%

| | ||

Edmund Power Flynn

| |Isidore LeBlanc 317 25.24% || |Murdoch McRae 447 35.59% ||

Josiah Hooper†

John Ross
505
27.79%

| |David McCurdy 383 21.08% ||

John Ross

| |William Kidston 406 22.34% || |Charles James Campbell 523 28.78% ||

William Kidston
}

References

"Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016". Elections Nova Scotia.
(July 5, 2011). "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature.
(July 5, 2011). "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature.
(1874). "The Canadian parliamentary companion". J. Lovell.

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