1960 Nova Scotia general 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.

1960 Nova Scotia general election

← 1956 June 7, 1960 1963 →

43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout82.02% Increase2.19pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lib
CCF
Leader Robert Stanfield Henry Hicks Michael James MacDonald
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal Co-operative Commonwealth
Leader since November 10, 1948 September 9, 1954 1953
Leader's seat Colchester Annapolis East
(Lost re-election)
Cape Breton Centre
Last election 24 18 1
Seats won 27 15 1
Seat change Increase3 Decrease3 Steady
Popular vote 168,023 147,951 31,036
Percentage 48.11% 42.36% 8.89%
Swing Decrease0.44pp Decrease5.29pp Increase5.94pp

Premier before election

Robert Stanfield
Progressive Conservative

Premier after election

Robert Stanfield
Progressive Conservative

Results

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Results by party

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27 15 1
Progressive Conservative Liberal CCF
Official results [1][2]
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 43 18 17 15 -3 147,951 42.36% -5.29%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Michael James MacDonald 34 1 1 1 0 31,036 8.89% +5.94%
  Independent 1 0 0 0 0 650 0.19% -0.05%
  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%[3] +2.19%
Popular vote
PC
48.11%
Liberal
42.36%
CCF
8.89%
Independent
0.19%
Seats summary
PC
62.79%
Liberal
34.88%
CCF
2.33%

Retiring incumbents

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Liberal
Progressive Conservative

Nominated candidates

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Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest

Valley

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal CCF Independent
Annapolis East Hanson Dowell
2,666
48.69%
Henry Hicks
2,658
48.55%
Murray Alton Bent
151
2.76%
Henry Hicks
Annapolis West Charles T. LeBrun
2,068
42.74%
Peter M. Nicholson
2,571
53.14%
Louis A. Beeler
199
4.11%
Peter M. Nicholson
Clare Kenneth Weaver
2,034
47.87%
Pierre E. Belliveau
2,215
52.13%
Pierre E. Belliveau
Digby E. Keith Potter
2,593
48.15%
Victor Cardoza
2,651
49.23%
Foster Journeay
141
2.62%
Malcolm Stewart Leonard
Hants West George Henry Wilson
3,623
49.27%
Gerald Regan
3,412
46.40%
Howard B. Wile
319
4.34%
George Henry Wilson
Kings North Gladys Porter
3,060
51.19%
Eric Balcom
2,782
46.54%
Levitte Joseph Melanson
136
2.28%
Eric Balcom
Kings South Edward Haliburton
2,388
57.29%
Bruce Trenholm
1,581
37.93%
George R. Goucher
199
4.77%
Edward Haliburton
Kings West R.F. Hazel
3,425
45.18%
Edward D. MacArthur
3,937
51.93%
George Turner
219
2.89%
Hiram Thomas

South Shore

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal CCF Independent
Lunenburg Centre George O. Lohnes
4,384
52.25%
Nathan Simeon Joudrey
3,832
45.67%
Arthur William Benedict
175
2.09%
George O. Lohnes
Lunenburg East Maurice L. Zinck
2,140
58.37%
Kirk S. Hennigar
1,405
38.33%
Albro Boehner
121
3.30%
Maurice L. Zinck
Lunenburg West Harley J. Spence
2,858
52.94%
Frederick E.L. Fowke
2,541
47.06%
Harley J. Spence
Queens W. S. Kennedy Jones
3,770
59.04%
Della P. Richardson
2,616
40.96%
W. S. Kennedy Jones
Shelburne James McKay Harding
3,539
52.94%
William Russell MacKay
3,146
47.06%
James McKay Harding
Yarmouth 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

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal CCF Independent
Colchester 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
Cumberland Centre Stephen T. Pyke
2,308
52.91%
Ralph F. Gilroy
1,753
40.19%
John R. Tabor
301
6.90%
Stephen T. Pyke
Cumberland East James A. Langille
5,081
57.08%
Walter T. Purdy
3,471
39.00%
Lloyd L. Ayer
349
3.92%
James A. Langille
Cumberland West George Percy Graham
2,219
45.79%
Allison T. Smith
2,418
49.90%
Thomas Alton Johnstone
209
4.31%
Allison T. Smith
Hants East 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

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal CCF Independent
Halifax Centre Donald MacKeen Smith
4,921
48.01%
Gordon S. Cowan
4,651
45.38%
James M. Murray
678
6.61%
Gordon S. Cowan
Halifax County-Dartmouth Murray Ritcey
7,653
43.05%
Gordon L. S. Hart
8,258
46.46%
Percy W. Dares
1,864
10.49%
Geoffrey W. Stevens
Halifax East Nelson Gaetz
2,432
44.06%
Duncan MacMillan
2,787
50.49%
Wallace H. Mason
301
5.45%
Duncan MacMillan
Halifax North Robert Mullane
7,444
44.09%
John E. Ahern
7,974
47.23%
Charles A. Moulton
1,466
8.68%
John E. Ahern
Halifax Northwest Gordon H. Fitzgerald
4,209
46.55%
Ronald Manning Fielding
4,182
46.26%
L.C. Wilson
650
7.19%
Ronald Manning Fielding
Halifax South Richard Donahoe
5,861
54.65%
Robert James Butler
4,302
40.12%
Ralph Loomer
561
5.23%
Richard Donahoe
Halifax West 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

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal CCF Independent
Antigonish William F. MacKinnon
3,177
54.77%
Vincent J. MacDonald
2,495
43.01%
Alex MacPherson
129
2.22%
William F. MacKinnon
Guysborough Alexander MacIsaac
3,123
49.98%
Norman Robert Anderson
2,934
46.95%
Leslie Wilfred Myers
192
3.07%
Vacant
Pictou Centre Donald R. MacLeod
4,755
43.92%
James H. Power
3,615
33.39%
Doris Nicholson
2,456
22.69%
Donald R. MacLeod
Pictou East William A. MacLeod
2,424
44.55%
John W. MacDonald
2,568
47.20%
Barrie M. Hould
449
8.25%
William A. MacLeod
Pictou West Harvey Veniot
2,744
52.28%
W.A. Broidy
2,353
44.83%
W.E. Salsman
152
2.90%
Harvey Veniot

Cape Breton

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal CCF Independent
Cape Breton Centre Lowell Murray
1,964
27.19%
James P. McNeil
1,887
26.13%
Michael James MacDonald
3,371
46.68%
Michael James MacDonald
Cape Breton East Layton Fergusson
4,862
45.56%
Joe A. Wadden
1,567
14.68%
John L. MacKinnon
4,243
39.76%
Layton Fergusson
Cape Breton North Tom MacKeough
5,257
46.83%
Ted Sullivan
3,094
27.56%
Thomas R. MacDonald
2,875
25.61%
John Michael Macdonald
Cape Breton Nova Percy Gaum
2,525
36.93%
Wilfred Gillis
2,094
30.63%
Albert Ollie Wilson
2,218
32.44%
Percy Gaum
Cape Breton South Donald C. MacNeil
5,153
46.23%
Ritchie MacCoy
3,718
33.36%
Bernard O'Neil
2,275
20.41%
Donald C. MacNeil
Cape Breton West Edward Manson
4,192
45.37%
Herbert Shannon
3,652
39.53%
John R. Lynk
1,395
15.10%
Edward Manson
Inverness 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
Richmond Byron Seymour Langley
2,491
48.89%
Earl Wallace Urquhart
2,604
51.11%
Earl Wallace Urquhart
Victoria Leonard Walter Jones
1,817
46.96%
Carleton L. MacMillan
2,052
53.04%
Carleton L. MacMillan

References

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  1. ^ "Election Returns 1960" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "Election Returns 1960 Recapitulation" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  3. ^ While 349,256 votes were cast, only 318,900 electors voted as Colchester, Inverness and Yarmouth electors voted for two candidates.

Further reading

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