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1925 Nova Scotia general election
Canadian provincial election
Canadian provincial election
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 1925 Nova Scotia general election |
| country | Nova Scotia |
| type | parliamentary |
| party_colour | no |
| party_name | no |
| previous_election | 1920 Nova Scotia general election |
| previous_year | 1920 |
| outgoing_members | 37th General Assembly of Nova Scotia |
| election_date | June 25, 1925 |
| elected_mps | members |
| next_election | 1928 Nova Scotia general election |
| next_year | 1928 |
| seats_for_election | 43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly |
| majority_seats | 22 |
| image1 | Edgar Nelson Rhodes (cropped).jpg |
| image1_size | 150x150px |
| colour1 | |
| leader1 | Edgar Nelson Rhodes |
| leader_since1 | May 21, 1925 |
| party1 | Liberal-Conservative |
| leaders_seat1 | Ran in |
| Hants (Won) | |
| last_election1 | 3 |
| seats1 | 39 |
| seat_change1 | 36 |
| popular_vote1 | 262,277 |
| percentage1 | 60.9% |
| swing1 | 36.24pp |
| image2 | Hon EH Armstrong (HS85-10-41071) (cropped, B&W).jpg |
| image2_size | 150x150px |
| colour2 | |
| leader2 | Ernest Howard Armstrong |
| leader_since2 | 1923 |
| party2 | |
| leaders_seat2 | Shelburne |
| (Lost re-election) | |
| last_election2 | 29 |
| seats2 | 3 |
| seat_change2 | 26 |
| popular_vote2 | 161,158 |
| percentage2 | 36.3% |
| swing2 | 8.14pp |
| image3 | Lab |
| colour3 | |
| leader3 | No leader |
| party3 | |
| last_election3 | 5 |
| seats3 | 1 |
| seat_change3 | 4 |
| popular_vote3 | 20,527 |
| percentage3 | 2.8% |
| swing3 | 11.27pp |
| title | Premier |
| posttitle | Premier after election |
| before_election | Ernest Howard Armstrong |
| before_party | |
| after_election | Edgar Nelson Rhodes |
| after_party | Liberal-Conservative |
Hants (Won) (Lost re-election) The 1925 Nova Scotia general election was held on 25 June 1925 to elect members of the 38th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal-Conservative party.
Results
Results by party
| Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Labour |
|---|
| Party | Party leader | # of | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| candidates | Seats | Popular vote | 1920 | Dissolution]] | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||
| Liberal-Conservative | Edgar Nelson Rhodes | 42 | 3 | 39 | +36 | 262,277 | 59.07% | +36.24% | Liberal | Ernest Howard Armstrong | |
| Vacant | |||||||||||
| Total valid votes | 443,962 | 100.00% | – | ||||||||
| Blank and invalid ballots | 0 | 0.00% | – | ||||||||
| Total | 96 | 43 | 43 | 43 | – | 443,962 | 100.00% | – |
Retiring incumbents
Labour
- Arthur R. Richardson, Cape Breton Centre
Liberal
- Angus Gladstone Buchanan, Victoria
- Adam Dunlap Burris, Halifax
- Daniel Alexander Cameron, Victoria
- Joseph William Comeau, Digby
- John L. Connolly, Halifax
- Orlando Daniels, Annapolis
- Robert Henry Graham, Pictou
- Donald MacLennan, Inverness
- Amédée Melanson, Yarmouth
- James Sealy, Kings
**United Farmers **
- Gilbert Nelson Allen, Cumberland
- John Alexander MacDonald, Hants
- Angus J. MacGillivray, Antigonish
- Robert Hunter Smith, Colchester
- Harry L. Taggart, Colchester
Nominated candidates
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest The band that is coloured shows which candidates were successful in 1925.
Valley
|- | |Frank R. Elliott 3,165 21.53% | | || |Obediah Parker Goucher 4,331 29.46% ||
| Frank R. Elliott |
|---|
| |Kenneth L. Crowell 3,071 20.89% | | || |Harry Thompson MacKenzie 4,133 28.12% ||
| Orlando Daniels† |
|---|
| |Henry W.B. Warner 2,545 19.95% | | || |Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau 3,827 30.00% ||
| Henry W.B. Warner |
|---|
| |Gilbert J. Belliveau 2,524 19.78% | | || |William Hudson Farnham 3,862 30.27% ||
| Joseph William Comeau† |
|---|
| |James William Reid 3,075 20.08% | | || |Albert Parsons 4,806 31.38% ||
| James William Reid |
|---|
| |Lionel A. Forsyth 2,860 18.68% | | || |Edgar Nelson Rhodes 4,573 29.86% ||
| John Alexander MacDonald† |
|---|
| |John A. McDonald 4,963 24.23% | | || |George Nowlan 5,520 26.95% ||
| John A. McDonald |
|---|
| |Allison H. Borden 4,543 22.18% | | || |Reginald Tucker Caldwell 5,455 26.63% || |James Sealy† |}
South Shore
|- | |John James Kinley 4,528 19.82% | | || |Wallace Norman Rehfuss 7,159 31.34% ||
| John James Kinley |
|---|
| |Aubrey Sperry 4,254 18.62% | | || |William Haslam Smith 6,902 30.21% ||
| Aubrey Sperry |
|---|
| |George S. McClearn 1,735 23.06% | | || |William Lorimer Hall 1,934 25.70% ||
| George S. McClearn |
|---|
| |Jordan W. Smith 1,874 24.90% | | || |Frank J.D. Barnjum 1,982 26.34% ||
| Jordan W. Smith |
|---|
| |Robert Irwin 2,001 21.90% | | || |Ernest Reginald Nickerson 2,596 28.42% ||
| Robert Irwin |
|---|
| |Ernest Howard Armstrong 2,087 22.84% | | || |Norman Emmons Smith 2,452 26.84% ||
| Ernest Howard Armstrong |
|---|
| |Lindsay C. Gardner 3,032 22.66% | | || |John Flint Cahan 3,852 28.79% ||
| Vacant |
|---|
| |René W.E. Landry 3,079 23.02% | | || |Raymond Neri d'Entremont 3,415 25.53% || |Amédée Melanson† |}
Fundy-Northeast
|- | |Maynard B. Archibald 2,634 14.42% | | || |William Boardman Armstrong 6,733 36.86% ||
| Harry L. Taggart† |
|---|
| |Frank A. Reynolds 2,461 13.47% | | || |Frank Stanfield 6,439 35.25% ||
| Robert Hunter Smith† |
|---|
| |James Ralston 5,508 13.45% || |Archibald Terris 8,267 20.18% | | ||
| Archibald Terris |
|---|
| |Charles H. Read 4,797 11.71% | | || |Percy Chapman Black 9,057 22.11% ||
| Gilbert Nelson Allen† |
|---|
| |James M. Wardrope 4,754 11.61% | | || |Daniel George McKenzie 8,580 20.95% || |Daniel George McKenzie |}
Halifax
|- | |John Murphy 8,291 6.86% | |Walter Mosher 571 0.47% || |John Archibald Walker 15,679 12.97% ||
| Adam Dunlap Burris† |
|---|
| |John G. MacDougall 8,256 6.83% | |Robert Daw 480 0.40% || |William Drysdale Piercey 15,672 12.97% ||
| John L. Connolly† |
|---|
| |John Brown Douglas 7,905 6.54% | |Alban L. Breen 392 0.32% || |Josiah Frederick Fraser 15,985 13.23% ||
| John Brown Douglas |
|---|
| |Henry Bauld 7,900 6.54% | | || |John Francis Mahoney 15,899 13.16% ||
| Henry Bauld |
|---|
| |Walter J.A. O'Hearn 7,872 6.51% | | || |Alexander Montgomerie 15,952 13.20% || |Walter J.A. O'Hearn |}
Central Nova
|- || |John L. MacIsaac 2,393 27.74% | | | |Duncan S. Chisholm 2,095 24.29% ||
| Angus J. MacGillivray† |
|---|
| William Chisholm |
| 2,267 |
| 26.28% |
| | | |Fred R. Irish 1,871 21.69% ||
| William Chisholm |
|---|
| |Clarence W. Anderson 2,668 23.70% | | || |Simon Osborn Giffin 2,995 26.61% ||
| Clarence W. Anderson |
|---|
| |James Cranswick Tory 2,763 24.55% | | || |Howard Amos Rice 2,830 25.14% ||
| James Cranswick Tory |
|---|
| |Archibald McColl 5,591 12.18% | |William Murray 695 1.51% || |John Doull 9,432 20.55% ||
| Vacant |
|---|
| |John Welsford MacDonald 5,464 11.91% | |J. Gordon Calkin 668 1.46% || |Hugh Allan MacQuarrie 9,043 19.71% ||
| John Welsford MacDonald |
|---|
| |George W. Whitman 5,332 11.62% | |Joseph White 610 1.33% || |Robert Albert Douglas 9,053 19.73% || |Robert Henry Graham† |}
Cape Breton
|- | |Daniel McDonald 3,277 14.68% | |Joseph Steele 313 1.40% || |Gordon Sidney Harrington 7,621 34.13% || |Joseph Steele Cape Breton |- | |James McConnell 3,210 14.38% | |Emerson Campbell 295 1.32% || |Joseph Macdonald 7,611 34.09% || |Arthur R. Richardson† Cape Breton |- | |Dan C. McDonald 933 3.82% | |Forman Waye 4,051 16.57% || |John Carey Douglas 7,276 29.77% || |Forman Waye Cape Breton |- | |James L. McKinnon 928 3.80% | |D. W. Morrison 4,185 17.12% || |Alexander O'Handley 7,071 28.93% || |D. W. Morrison Cape Breton |- | |Moses Elijah McGarry 3,906 24.46% | | || |Hubert Meen Aucoin 4,019 25.17% ||
| Donald MacLennan† |
|---|
| |John C. Bourinot 3,862 24.19% | | || |Malcolm McKay 4,180 26.18% ||
| John C. Bourinot |
|---|
| |Donald D. Boyd 2,667 21.67% | | || |Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc 3,500 28.44% || |Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc Richmond |- | |George R. Deveau 2,637 21.43% | | || |John Alexander MacDonald 8,466 52.70% || |John Alexander MacDonald Richmond |- || |Donald Buchanan McLeod 1,874 27.05% | | | |Hector A. McLeod 1,622 23.41% ||
| Angus Gladstone Buchanan† |
|---|
| |Alexander K. McKenzie 1,672 24.13% | | || |Phillip McLeod 1,760 25.40% || |Daniel Alexander Cameron† |}
References
References
- "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016". Elections Nova Scotia.
- (July 5, 2011). "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature.
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