The 1894 Nova Scotia general election was held from 8 March to 15 March 1894 to elect members of the 31st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.
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38 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 20 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
editResults by party
edit| 26 | 12 |
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative |
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||||
| Liberal | William Stevens Fielding | 39 | 28 | 27 | 26 | -2 | 75,295 | 52.05% | +1.21% | |
| Liberal-Conservative | William MacKay | 37 | 10 | 10 | 12 | +2 | 68,455 | 47.33% | +0.59% | |
| Independent/Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 899 | 0.62% | -1.80% | ||
| Vacant | 1 | |||||||||
| Total valid votes | 144,649 | 100.00% | – | |||||||
| Blank and invalid ballots | 0 | 0.00% | – | |||||||
| Total | 77 | 38 | 38 | 38 | – | 144,649 | 100.00% | – | ||
Retiring incumbents
edit- Liberal
- Liberal-Conservative
Nominated candidates
edit1894 Nova Scotia Provincial Election[4]
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
edit| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
| Annapolis | James Wilberforce Longley 1,808 27.18% |
Thomas R. Jones 1,555 23.38% |
James Wilberforce Longley | |||||
| Joseph A. Bancroft 1,793 26.95% |
Hugh E. Gillis 1,496 22.49% |
Henry M. Munro† | ||||||
| Digby | Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau 1,228 27.54% |
Louis Dugan 1,018 22.83% |
Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau | |||||
| Eliakim Tupper 1,245 27.92% |
M. R. Timpany 968 21.71% |
Eliakim Tupper | ||||||
| Hants | Arthur Drysdale 1,706 25.19% |
James A. Thompson 1,689 24.94% |
Arthur Drysdale | |||||
| W. H. Guild 1,644 24.28% |
Charles Smith Wilcox 1,733 25.59% |
Thomas Barlow Smith† | ||||||
| Kings | Brenton Dodge 2,227 31.% |
Barclay Webster 1,580 21.99% |
Barclay Webster | |||||
| Harry H. Wickwire 2,081 28.97% |
R. M. Rand 1,296 18.04% |
Vacant | ||||||
South Shore
edit| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
| Lunenburg | John Drew Sperry 2,648 27.92% |
James A. McLean 2,133 22.49% |
John Drew Sperry | |||||
| Charles Edward Church 2,602 27.44% |
J. A. Hirtle 2,101 22.15% |
Charles Edward Church | ||||||
| Queens | Albert M. Hemeon 913 28.83% |
John Hutt 703 22.20% |
Albert M. Hemeon | |||||
| Richard Hunt 912 28.79% |
O.L. Patch 639 20.18% |
Richard Hunt | ||||||
| Shelburne | Thomas Johnston 1,282 26.31% |
R. W. Freeman 1,059 21.74% |
Thomas Johnston | |||||
| Thomas Robertson 1,319 27.07% |
Charles Cahan 1,212 24.88% |
Charles Cahan | ||||||
| Yarmouth | William Law 1,464 31.78% |
E.C. Simonson (Prohibitionist-Temperance) 899 19.51% |
William Law | |||||
| Cornelius Forman Hatfield 1,097 23.81% |
Albert A. Pothier 1,147 24.90% |
Cornelius Forman Hatfield | ||||||
Fundy-Northeast
edit| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
| Colchester | Frederick Andrew Laurence 1,896 25.09% |
Israel Longworth 1,890 25.02% |
Frederick Andrew Laurence | |||||
| Alfred Dickie 1,814 24.01% |
Wilbert David Dimock 1,955 25.88% |
George Clarke† | ||||||
| Cumberland | Thomas Reuben Black 3,109 28.47% |
George W. Forrest 2,498 22.87% |
George W. Forrest | |||||
| Alexander E. Fraser 2,902 26.58% |
William Oxley 2,411 22.08% |
William Oxley | ||||||
Halifax
edit| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
| Halifax | William Stevens Fielding 4,795 17.88% |
T. W. Walsh 4,019 14.99% |
William Stevens Fielding | |||||
| William Roche 4,651 17.35% |
James Morrow 4,406 16.43% |
William Roche | ||||||
| Michael Joseph Power 4,373 16.31% |
William Anderson Black 4,570 17.04% |
Michael Joseph Power | ||||||
Central Nova
edit| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
| Antigonish | Colin Francis McIsaac 1,333 27.99% |
J.J. Cameron 1,141 23.95% |
Colin Francis McIsaac | |||||
| Christopher P. Chisholm 1,225 25.72% |
C. Ernest Gregory 1,064 22.34% |
Christopher P. Chisholm | ||||||
| Guysborough | Daniel H. McKinnon 1,240 28.70% |
Hamilton Morrow 979 22.66% |
Hamilton Morrow | |||||
| John Howard Sinclair 1,216 28.15% |
A. Whitman 885 20.49% |
Alexander F. Cameron† | ||||||
| Pictou | Edward Mortimer Macdonald 2,797 15.41% |
William Cameron 3,254 17.93% |
William Cameron | |||||
| James Drummond McGregor 2,992 16.49% |
Charles Elliott Tanner 3,236 17.83% |
James Drummond McGregor | ||||||
| J. F. Oliver 2,759 15.20% |
Alexander Grant 3,109 17.13% |
Alexander Grant | ||||||
Cape Breton
edit| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
| Cape Breton | Joseph McPherson 2,592 23.89% |
William MacKay 2,885 26.59% |
Joseph McPherson | |||||
| Angus J. MacDonald 2,552 23.52% |
John McCormick 2,822 26.01% |
Angus J. MacDonald | ||||||
| Inverness | John McKinnon 1,746 24.87% |
John H. Jameison 1,857 26.45% |
John McKinnon | |||||
| Samuel McDonnell 1,658 23.61% |
Alexander Campbell 1,760 25.07% |
Daniel McNeil† | ||||||
| Richmond[5] | Simon Joyce 996 25.89% |
Abraham LeBlanc 883 22.95% |
Abraham LeBlanc | |||||
| Joseph Matheson 974 25.32% |
John Morrison 994 25.84% |
Joseph Matheson | ||||||
| Victoria | John Gillis Morrison 784 24.39% |
John J. McCabe 597 18.57% |
John A. Fraser | |||||
| John A. Fraser 748 23.27% |
John Lemuel Bethune 911 28.34% |
John Lemuel Bethune | ||||||
| M. H. MacKenzie 174 5.41% | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ 4 December 1894 deferred by-election for Richmond seat, won by Liberal candidate
- ^ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ In the riding of Richmond, Liberal-Conservative John Morrison's election was voided by courts upon protest and petition by Liberal Joseph Matheson on March 19 and April 19, 1894. A by-election was held on December 4, 1894 to fill the seat and was won by Matheson.