Talk:1960 Nova Scotia general election

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In the http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/ele_summary.pdf document from which this article takes its data, CCF candidate John L. MacKinnon is incorrectly shown as having won by 619 votes over PC candidate N. Layton Ferguson in the riding of Cape Breton East. In the votes column, Ferguson is shown with 4862 votes and MacKinnon with 4243 votes. It would appear that the 619 number was simply placed in MacKinnon's row by mistake when it should have gon in Ferguson's row. Therefore, the PC Party won 27 seats, not 26, and the CCF 1 and not 2 in this election. dh ▪ 2¢ ▪ 07:02, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Can you givre a source for this please? Tompw (talk) 16:29, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

As with Nova Scotia general election, 1963, it was a discrepancy between the .pdf summary and another summary from Elections Nova Scotia at http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/stats-1999-cast2.asp that made me double-check ; in the latter, the results are shown as PC : 27 and CCF 1. In the .pdf document itself there is a discrepancy, since the majority number is placed in the row of the candidate who is also shown as having the least votes. Therefore, either it was the number of votes which were switched between the two candidates, or the majority number was simply placed in the wrong row, giving the impression that the losing candidate actually won. In the light of the information in the second summary, the latter hypothesis seems most likely, unless other documents exist which would show otherwise. dh ▪ 2¢ ▪ 01:21, 5 January 2007 (UTC)