| 1940 Canadian federal election: Halifax | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| Liberal | William Chisholm MacDonald | 22,089 | 24.94 | 
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| Liberal | Gordon Benjamin Isnor | 19,398 | 21.90 |
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| National Government | Richard A. Donahoe | 18,197 | 20.54 | |||||
| National Government | Charles B. Smith | 18,114 | 20.45 | |||||
| Independent Liberal | Robert Emmett Finn | 9,217 | 10.41 | |||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Helgi I.S. Borgford | 1,561 | 1.76 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 88,576 | 100.00 | ||||||
