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1960 Nova Scotia general election
Canadian provincial election
Canadian provincial election
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 1960 Nova Scotia general election |
| country | Nova Scotia |
| type | parliamentary |
| party_colour | no |
| party_name | no |
| previous_election | 1956 Nova Scotia general election |
| previous_year | 1956 |
| outgoing_members | 46th General Assembly of Nova Scotia |
| election_date | June 7, 1960 |
| elected_mps | members |
| next_election | 1963 Nova Scotia general election |
| next_year | 1963 |
| seats_for_election | 43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly |
| majority_seats | 22 |
| turnout | 82.02% 2.19pp |
| image1 | Premier Bob Stanfield.jpg |
| image1_size | 150x150px |
| colour1 | |
| leader1 | Robert Stanfield |
| leader_since1 | November 10, 1948 |
| party1 | |
| leaders_seat1 | Colchester |
| last_election1 | 24 |
| seats1 | 27 |
| seat_change1 | 3 |
| popular_vote1 | 168,023 |
| percentage1 | 48.11% |
| swing1 | 0.44pp |
| image2 | Lib |
| colour2 | |
| leader2 | Henry Hicks |
| leader_since2 | September 9, 1954 |
| party2 | |
| leaders_seat2 | Annapolis East |
| (Lost re-election) | |
| last_election2 | 18 |
| seats2 | 15 |
| seat_change2 | 3 |
| popular_vote2 | 147,951 |
| percentage2 | 42.36% |
| swing2 | 5.29pp |
| image3 | CCF |
| colour3 | |
| leader3 | Michael James MacDonald |
| leader_since3 | 1953 |
| party3 | |
| leaders_seat3 | Cape Breton Centre |
| last_election3 | 1 |
| seats3 | 1 |
| seat_change3 | |
| popular_vote3 | 31,036 |
| percentage3 | 8.89% |
| swing3 | 5.94pp |
| title | Premier |
| posttitle | Premier after election |
| before_election | Robert Stanfield |
| before_party | |
| after_election | Robert Stanfield |
| after_party |
(Lost re-election) The 1960 Nova Scotia general election was held on 7 June 1960 to elect members of the 47th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives.
Results
Results by party
| Progressive Conservative | Liberal | CCF |
|---|
| Party | Party leader | # of | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| candidates | Seats | Popular vote | 1956 | Dissolution]] | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Stanfield | 43 | 24 | 24 | 27 | +3 | 168,023 | 48.11% | -0.44% | Liberal | Henry Hicks |
| Vacant | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total valid votes | 347,660 | 99.54% | +0.15% | ||||||||
| Blank and invalid ballots | 1,596 | 0.46% | -0.15% | ||||||||
| Total | 121 | 43 | 43 | 43 | – | 349,256 | 100.00% | – | |||
| Registered voters / turnout | 388,805 | 82.02% | +2.19% |
Retiring incumbents
Liberal
- Geoffrey W. Stevens, Halifax County Dartmouth
Progressive Conservative
- Malcolm Stewart Leonard, Digby
- John Michael Macdonald, Cape Breton North
- Hiram Thomas, Kings West
Nominated candidates
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
|- || |Hanson Dowell 2,666 48.69% | |Henry Hicks 2,658 48.55% | |Murray Alton Bent 151 2.76% | | ||
| Henry Hicks |
|---|
| |Charles T. LeBrun 2,068 42.74% || |Peter M. Nicholson 2,571 53.14% | |Louis A. Beeler 199 4.11% | | ||
| Peter M. Nicholson |
|---|
| |Kenneth Weaver 2,034 47.87% || |Pierre E. Belliveau 2,215 52.13% | | | | ||
| Pierre E. Belliveau |
|---|
| |E. Keith Potter 2,593 48.15% || |Victor Cardoza 2,651 49.23% | |Foster Journeay 141 2.62% | | ||
| Malcolm Stewart Leonard† |
|---|
| George Henry Wilson |
| 3,623 |
| 49.27% |
| |Gerald Regan 3,412 46.40% | |Howard B. Wile 319 4.34% | | ||
| George Henry Wilson |
|---|
| Gladys Porter |
| 3,060 |
| 51.19% |
| |Eric Balcom 2,782 46.54% | |Levitte Joseph Melanson 136 2.28% | | ||
| Eric Balcom |
|---|
| Edward Haliburton |
| 2,388 |
| 57.29% |
| |Bruce Trenholm 1,581 37.93% | |George R. Goucher 199 4.77% | | ||
| Edward Haliburton |
|---|
| |R.F. Hazel 3,425 45.18% || |Edward D. MacArthur 3,937 51.93% | |George Turner 219 2.89% | | || |Hiram Thomas† |}
South Shore
|- || |George O. Lohnes 4,384 52.25% | |Nathan Simeon Joudrey 3,832 45.67% | |Arthur William Benedict 175 2.09% | | ||
| George O. Lohnes |
|---|
| Maurice L. Zinck |
| 2,140 |
| 58.37% |
| |Kirk S. Hennigar 1,405 38.33% | |Albro Boehner 121 3.30% | | ||
| Maurice L. Zinck |
|---|
| Harley J. Spence |
| 2,858 |
| 52.94% |
| |Frederick E.L. Fowke 2,541 47.06% | | | | ||
| Harley J. Spence |
|---|
| W. S. Kennedy Jones |
| 3,770 |
| 59.04% |
| |Della P. Richardson 2,616 40.96% | | | | ||
| W. S. Kennedy Jones |
|---|
| James McKay Harding |
| 3,539 |
| 52.94% |
| |William Russell MacKay 3,146 47.06% | | | | ||
| James McKay Harding |
|---|
| George A. Burridge |
| 4,811 |
| 24.82% |
| |Eric Spinney 4,309 22.23% | | | |Willard Franklyn Allen 650 3.35% ||
| Eric Spinney |
|---|
| |George A. Snow 4,578 23.62% || |Willard O'Brien 5,037 25.98% | | | | || |Willard O'Brien |}
Fundy-Northeast
|- || |Robert Stanfield 8,574 28.82% | |Hugh Charles MacKinnon 5,439 18.28% | |Harvey T. Curtis 704 2.37% | | ||
| Robert Stanfield |
|---|
| George Isaac Smith |
| 8,219 |
| 27.62% |
| |Gordon Purdy 6,127 20.59% | |Helen K. Wright 692 2.33% | | ||
| George Isaac Smith |
|---|
| Stephen T. Pyke |
| 2,308 |
| 52.91% |
| |Ralph F. Gilroy 1,753 40.19% | |John R. Tabor 301 6.90% | | ||
| Stephen T. Pyke |
|---|
| James A. Langille |
| 5,081 |
| 57.08% |
| |Walter T. Purdy 3,471 39.00% | |Lloyd L. Ayer 349 3.92% | | ||
| James A. Langille |
|---|
| |George Percy Graham 2,219 45.79% || |Allison T. Smith 2,418 49.90% | |Thomas Alton Johnstone 209 4.31% | | ||
| Allison T. Smith |
|---|
| Ernest M. Ettinger |
| 2,426 |
| 49.50% |
| |Carl Spencer Grant 2,207 45.03% | |Alfred James Scothorn 268 5.47% | | || |Ernest M. Ettinger |}
Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore
|- || |Donald MacKeen Smith 4,921 48.01% | |Gordon S. Cowan 4,651 45.38% | |James M. Murray 678 6.61% | | ||
| Gordon S. Cowan |
|---|
| |Murray Ritcey 7,653 43.05% || |Gordon L. S. Hart 8,258 46.46% | |Percy W. Dares 1,864 10.49% | | ||
| Geoffrey W. Stevens† |
|---|
| |Nelson Gaetz 2,432 44.06% || |Duncan MacMillan 2,787 50.49% | |Wallace H. Mason 301 5.45% | | ||
| Duncan MacMillan |
|---|
| |Robert Mullane 7,444 44.09% || |John E. Ahern 7,974 47.23% | |Charles A. Moulton 1,466 8.68% | | ||
| John E. Ahern |
|---|
| Gordon H. Fitzgerald |
| 4,209 |
| 46.55% |
| |Ronald Manning Fielding 4,182 46.26% | |L.C. Wilson 650 7.19% | | ||
| Ronald Manning Fielding |
|---|
| Richard Donahoe |
| 5,861 |
| 54.65% |
| |Robert James Butler 4,302 40.12% | |Ralph Loomer 561 5.23% | | ||
| Richard Donahoe |
|---|
| |D. C. McNeil 6,684 45.06% || |Charles H. Reardon 6,925 46.68% | |Harold J. Martell 1,225 8.26% | | || |Charles H. Reardon |}
Central Nova
|- || |William F. MacKinnon 3,177 54.77% | |Vincent J. MacDonald 2,495 43.01% | |Alex MacPherson 129 2.22% | | ||
| William F. MacKinnon |
|---|
| Alexander MacIsaac |
| 3,123 |
| 49.98% |
| |Norman Robert Anderson 2,934 46.95% | |Leslie Wilfred Myers 192 3.07% | | ||
| Vacant |
|---|
| Donald R. MacLeod |
| 4,755 |
| 43.92% |
| |James H. Power 3,615 33.39% | |Doris Nicholson 2,456 22.69% | | ||
| Donald R. MacLeod |
|---|
| |William A. MacLeod 2,424 44.55% || |John W. MacDonald 2,568 47.20% | |Barrie M. Hould 449 8.25% | | ||
| William A. MacLeod |
|---|
| Harvey Veniot |
| 2,744 |
| 52.28% |
| |W.A. Broidy 2,353 44.83% | |W.E. Salsman 152 2.90% | | || |Harvey Veniot |}
Cape Breton
|- | |Lowell Murray 1,964 27.19% | |James P. McNeil 1,887 26.13% || |Michael James MacDonald 3,371 46.68% | | ||
| Michael James MacDonald |
|---|
| Layton Fergusson |
| 4,862 |
| 45.56% |
| |Joe A. Wadden 1,567 14.68% | |John L. MacKinnon 4,243 39.76% | | ||
| Layton Fergusson |
|---|
| Tom MacKeough |
| 5,257 |
| 46.83% |
| |Ted Sullivan 3,094 27.56% | |Thomas R. MacDonald 2,875 25.61% | | ||
| John Michael Macdonald† |
|---|
| Percy Gaum |
| 2,525 |
| 36.93% |
| |Wilfred Gillis 2,094 30.63% | |Albert Ollie Wilson 2,218 32.44% | | ||
| Percy Gaum |
|---|
| Donald C. MacNeil |
| 5,153 |
| 46.23% |
| |Ritchie MacCoy 3,718 33.36% | |Bernard O'Neil 2,275 20.41% | | ||
| Donald C. MacNeil |
|---|
| Edward Manson |
| 4,192 |
| 45.37% |
| |Herbert Shannon 3,652 39.53% | |John R. Lynk 1,395 15.10% | | ||
| Edward Manson |
|---|
| |Archie Neil Chisholm 3,923 24.43% || |Joseph Clyde Nunn 4,113 25.62% | |Stephen James MacLellan 353 2.20% | | ||
| Joseph Clyde Nunn |
|---|
| |Ralph Mauger MacKichan 3,648 22.72% || |Roderick MacLean 4,018 25.03% | | | | ||
| Roderick MacLean |
|---|
| |Byron Seymour Langley 2,491 48.89% || |Earl Wallace Urquhart 2,604 51.11% | | | | ||
| Earl Wallace Urquhart |
|---|
| |Leonard Walter Jones 1,817 46.96% || |Carleton L. MacMillan 2,052 53.04% | | | | || |Carleton L. MacMillan |}
References
References
- "Election Returns 1960". Elections Nova Scotia.
- "Election Returns 1960 Recapitulation". Elections Nova Scotia.
- While 349,256 votes were cast, only 318,900 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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