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1956 Nova Scotia general election
Canadian provincial election
Canadian provincial election
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 1956 Nova Scotia general election |
| country | Nova Scotia |
| type | parliamentary |
| party_colour | no |
| party_name | no |
| previous_election | 1953 Nova Scotia general election |
| previous_year | 1953 |
| outgoing_members | 45th General Assembly of Nova Scotia |
| election_date | October 30, 1956 |
| elected_mps | members |
| next_election | 1960 Nova Scotia general election |
| next_year | 1960 |
| seats_for_election | 43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly |
| majority_seats | 22 |
| turnout | 79.83% 4.04pp |
| image1 | Premier Bob Stanfield.jpg |
| image1_size | 150x150px |
| colour1 | |
| leader1 | Robert Stanfield |
| leader_since1 | November 10, 1948 |
| party1 | |
| leaders_seat1 | Colchester |
| last_election1 | 12 |
| seats1 | 24 |
| seat_change1 | 12 |
| popular_vote1 | 162,678 |
| percentage1 | 48.55% |
| swing1 | 5.37pp |
| image2 | Lib |
| colour2 | |
| leader2 | Henry Hicks |
| leader_since2 | September 9, 1954 |
| party2 | |
| leaders_seat2 | Annapolis |
| ran in Annapolis East (won) | |
| last_election2 | 23 |
| seats2 | 18 |
| seat_change2 | 5 |
| popular_vote2 | 159,666 |
| percentage2 | 47.65% |
| swing2 | 1.27pp |
| image3 | CCF |
| colour3 | |
| leader3 | Michael James MacDonald |
| leader_since3 | 1953 |
| party3 | |
| leaders_seat3 | Cape Breton Centre |
| last_election3 | 2 |
| seats3 | 1 |
| seat_change3 | 1 |
| popular_vote3 | 9,878 |
| percentage3 | 2.95% |
| swing3 | 3.87pp |
| title | Premier |
| posttitle | Premier after election |
| before_election | Henry Hicks |
| before_party | |
| after_election | Robert Stanfield |
| after_party |
ran in Annapolis East (won) The 1956 Nova Scotia general election was held on 30 October 1956 to elect members of the 46th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives led by Robert Stanfield.
This was the first election the Liberals had fought after the death of their longtime charismatic leader, Angus L. Macdonald. Public Health Minister Harold Connolly became interim leader and premier following Macdonald's death in 1954, but was defeated at a leadership convention by Education Minister Henry Hicks. The convention exposed a sharp religious divide in the Liberal Party; Hicks was a Protestant and Connolly was a Catholic. Hicks was unable to heal the breach, and the Liberals were narrowly defeated, ending 23 years of Liberal rule.
Results
Results by party
| Progressive Conservative | Liberal | CCF |
|---|
| Party | Party leader | # of | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| candidates | Seats | Popular vote | 1953 | Dissolution]] | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Stanfield | 43 | 12 | 13 | 24 | +12 | 160,966 | 48.58% | +5.19% | Liberal | Henry Hicks |
| Vacant | 3 | ||||||||||
| Total valid votes | 331,396 | 99.39% | -0.13% | ||||||||
| Blank and invalid ballots | 2,032 | 0.61% | +0.13% | ||||||||
| Total | 98 | 37 | 37 | 43 | +6 | 333,428 | 100.00% | – | |||
| Registered voters / turnout | 367,474 | 79.83% | +4.04% |
Retiring incumbents
Liberal
- Arthur W. MacKenzie, Guysborough
- James Edward Rutledge, Halifax Centre
Nominated candidates
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
|- || |Henry Hicks 2,830 54.68% | |Harry L. Ritcey 2,277 43.99% | |Murray Alton Bent 69 1.33% | | || |Henry Hicks Annapolis |- || |Peter M. Nicholson 2,523 53.84% | |Leigh Minard Marshall 2,163 46.16% | | | | ||
| New riding |
|---|
| Pierre E. Belliveau |
| 2,046 |
| 52.60% |
| |J. Fred Gaudet 1,844 47.40% | | | | ||
| Pierre E. Belliveau |
|---|
| |Victor Cardoza 2,559 48.65% || |Malcolm Stewart Leonard 2,701 51.35% | | | | ||
| Victor Cardoza |
|---|
| |Gerald Regan 3,300 47.69% || |George Henry Wilson 3,405 49.21% | |Ralph Loomer 214 3.09% | | ||
| George Henry Wilson |
|---|
| Eric Balcom |
| 3,054 |
| 50.37% |
| |George Arthur Boggs 3,009 49.63% | | | | || |George Arthur Boggs Kings |- | |MacIntosh MacLeod 1,594 40.23% || |Edward Haliburton 2,368 59.77% | | | | || |Edward Haliburton Kings |- | |C.D. McLean 2,985 49.97% || |Hiram Thomas 2,988 50.03% | | | | || |New riding |}
South Shore
|- | |Harold Uhlman 3,843 49.03% || |George O. Lohnes 3,995 50.97% | | | | ||
| New riding |
|---|
| |Kirk S. Hennigar 1,579 45.56% || |R. Clifford Levy 1,887 54.44% | | | | || |R. Clifford Levy Lunenburg |- | |Frederick E.L. Fowke 2,500 49.34% || |Harley J. Spence 2,567 50.66% | | | | || |Harley J. Spence Lunenburg |- | |Merrill D. Rawding 2,974 49.23% || |W. S. Kennedy Jones 3,067 50.77% | | | | ||
| W. S. Kennedy Jones |
|---|
| |Wilfred Dauphinee 3,086 48.05% || |James McKay Harding 3,337 51.95% | | | | ||
| Wilfred Dauphinee |
|---|
| Eric Spinney |
| 4,876 |
| 26.68% |
| |William Heartz Brown 4,007 21.93% | | | | ||
| William Heartz Brown |
|---|
| Willard O'Brien |
| 5,438 |
| 29.76% |
| |Raymond Z. Bourque 3,953 21.63% | | | | || |Raymond Z. Bourque |}
Fundy-Northeast
|- | |Hector Hill 6,733 22.13% || |Robert Stanfield 8,476 27.86% | |Arnold Lynds 251 0.83% | | ||
| Robert Stanfield |
|---|
| |Margaret Norrie 6,664 21.91% || |George Isaac Smith 8,057 26.48% | |William Wright 240 0.79% | | ||
| George Isaac Smith |
|---|
| |Ralph F. Gilroy 1,803 39.70% || |Stephen T. Pyke 2,738 60.30% | | | | ||
| Stephen T. Pyke |
|---|
| |Walter Tremaine Purdy 4,303 49.41% || |James A. Langille 4,406 50.59% | | | | ||
| James A. Langille |
|---|
| Allison T. Smith |
| 2,618 |
| 54.82% |
| |William Harmon Wasson 2,158 45.18% | | | | ||
| Allison T. Smith |
|---|
| |Arthur W. MacKenzie 2,342 48.91% || |Ernest M. Ettinger 2,392 49.96% | |Malcolm F. Wheadon 130 1.13% | | || |Vacant |}
Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore
|- || |Gordon S. Cowan 5,642 52.91% | |David Milsom 5,022 47.09% | | | | ||
| James Edward Rutledge† |
|---|
| Geoffrey W. Stevens |
| 7,276 |
| 49.69% |
| |C.J. Creighton 6,811 46.51% | |Gerald Yetman 557 3.80% | | ||
| New riding |
|---|
| Duncan MacMillan |
| 3,015 |
| 57.84% |
| |Reid Denton Sangster 2,198 42.16% | | | | ||
| Geoffrey W. Stevens |
|---|
| John E. Ahern |
| 8,773 |
| 53.10% |
| |John A. O'Malley 7,748 46.90% | | | | ||
| Vacant |
|---|
| Ronald Manning Fielding |
| 3,763 |
| 50.40% |
| |S.E. Haverstock 3,573 47.86% | |L.C. Wilson 130 1.74% | | ||
| New riding |
|---|
| |Edward F. Cragg 5,171 46.08% || |Richard Donahoe 6,051 53.92% | | | | ||
| Richard Donahoe |
|---|
| Charles H. Reardon |
| 6,119 |
| 51.02% |
| |William J. Dalton 5,875 48.98% | | | | || |Ronald Manning Fielding |}
Central Nova
|- | |Colin H. Chisholm 2,669 48.06% || |William F. MacKinnon 2,884 51.94% | | | | ||
| Colin H. Chisholm |
|---|
| Alexander W. Cameron |
| 3,177 |
| 51.34% |
| |R.S. Kaiser 3,011 48.66% | | | | ||
| Arthur W. MacKenzie† |
|---|
| |A.T. Logan 5,303 48.46% || |Donald R. MacLeod 5,639 51.54% | | | | ||
| Vacant |
|---|
| |John W. MacDonald 2,749 49.95% || |William A. MacLeod 2,754 50.05% | | | | ||
| John W. MacDonald |
|---|
| |Stewart W. Proudfoot 2,556 49.15% || |Harvey Veniot 2,644 50.85% | | | | || |Stewart W. Proudfoot |}
Cape Breton
|- | |James P. McNeil 2,569 37.75% | |Charles P. Miller 1,289 18.94% || |Michael James MacDonald 2,948 43.31% | | ||
| Michael James MacDonald |
|---|
| |C. Roy MacDonald 3,058 29.85% || |Layton Fergusson 4,324 42.20% | |Russell Cunningham 2,864 27.95% | | ||
| Russell Cunningham |
|---|
| |Alexander O'Handley 4,465 42.31% || |John Michael Macdonald 6,088 57.69% | | | | ||
| Alexander O'Handley |
|---|
| |Gus Brown 1,682 25.68% || |Percy Gaum 2,582 39.41% | |John A. Chisholm 1,475 22.52% | |Charles O'Connell 812 12.40% ||
| New riding |
|---|
| |John Smith MacIvor 4,450 41.66% || |Donald C. MacNeil 5,101 47.76% | |Albert Martin 1,130 10.58% | | ||
| John Smith MacIvor |
|---|
| |Malcolm A. Patterson 4,104 48.03% || |Edward Manson 4,440 51.97% | | | | ||
| Malcolm A. Patterson |
|---|
| Joseph Clyde Nunn |
| 4,415 |
| 27.80% |
| |Archie Neil Chisholm 3,673 23.13% | | | | ||
| Joseph Clyde Nunn |
|---|
| Roderick MacLean |
| 4,252 |
| 26.78% |
| |A.L. Davis 3,539 22.29% | | | | ||
| Roderick MacLean |
|---|
| Earl Wallace Urquhart |
| 2,636 |
| 53.82% |
| |William C. Boudreau 2,262 46.18% | | | | ||
| Earl Wallace Urquhart |
|---|
| Carleton L. MacMillan |
| 2,162 |
| 56.08% |
| |Leonard Walter Jones 1,693 43.92% | | | | || |Carleton L. MacMillan |}
References
References
- "Election Returns 1956". Elections Nova Scotia.
- While 335,066 votes were cast, only 293,371 electors voted as [[Colchester (provincial electoral district). Colchester]], [[Inverness (provincial electoral district). Inverness]] and [[Yarmouth (provincial electoral district). Yarmouth]] electors voted for two candidates.
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