The 1963 Nova Scotia general election was held on 8 October 1963 to elect members of the 48th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives.
Results Results by party + ↓ 39 4 Progressive Conservative Liberal
+Official results PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1960DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp)Progressive ConservativeRobert Stanfield43272639+12191,12855.87%+7.76%LiberalEarl Wallace Urquhart4315154-11134,87339.43%-2.93%New DemocraticJames H. Aitchison20110-114,0764.11%-4.78% Vacant1 Total valid votes340,07799.42%-0.12%Blank and invalid ballots1,9970.58%+0.12%Total106434343–342,074100.00%–Registered voters / turnout400,07877.87%While 342,074 votes were cast, only 311,562 electors voted as Colchester, Inverness and Yarmouth electors voted for two candidates.-4.15%
Retiring incumbents
Liberal Pierre E. Belliveau, Clare John W. MacDonald, Pictou East
Progressive Conservative George Henry Wilson, Hants 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
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis East || |John I. Marshall2,96256.40% | |Melbourne Parker Armstrong2,23242.50% | |Murray Alton Bent581.10% || |Vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis West | |Kenneth E. Green2,07545.81% || |Peter M. Nicholson2,38652.67% | |Dale A. Young691.52% || |Peter M. Nicholson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare || |Hector J. Pothier2,15452.61% | |Joseph C. LeBlanc1,94047.39%
|Pierre E. Belliveau† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby || |Robert Baden Powell2,67152.23% | |Victor Cardoza2,37846.50% | |Louis A. Beeler651.27% || |Victor Cardoza |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West || |Norman T. Spence4,19358.20% | |W. Whitney Spicer2,84039.42% | |Arthur Benedict1712.37% || |George Henry Wilson† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North || |Gladys Porter3,66859.43% | |David Durell Sutton2,40538.97% | |George Turner991.60% || |Gladys Porter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South || |Edward Haliburton2,50565.27% | |Bruce M. Trenholm1,33334.73%
|Edward Haliburton |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West || |Paul Kinsman3,87955.85% | |Edward D. MacArthur3,06744.15%
|Edward D. MacArthur
South Shore
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg Centre || |George O. Lohnes4,78557.06% | |Leon J. Iverson3,60142.94%
|George O. Lohnes |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg East || |Maurice L. Zinck2,26763.17% | |Charles E. Harris1,32236.83%
|Maurice L. Zinck |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West || |Harley J. Spence2,93758.12% | |Joye F. Davison2,11641.88%
|Harley J. Spence |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens || |W. S. Kennedy Jones3,83365.85% | |W. Alton Snow1,98834.15%
|W. S. Kennedy Jones |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne || |James McKay Harding3,73754.40% | |Robert Quinlan Hood3,13345.60%
|James McKay Harding |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth || |George A. Burridge4,88425.20% | |Irving Charles Pink4,34522.42% | |Angus Boyd MacGillivary3581.85% || |George A. Burridge
|George A. Snow5,07726.19% | |Willard O'Brien4,71924.35%
|Willard O'Brien
Fundy-Northeast
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester || |Robert Stanfield9,60632.42% | |Gordon T. Purdy5,51518.61% | |Harvey T. Curtis3821.29% || |Robert Stanfield
|George Isaac Smith9,14730.87% | |Charles K. Sutherland4,74616.02% | |Helen K. Wright2330.79% || |George Isaac Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland Centre || |Stephen T. Pyke2,54566.68% | |William Thomas Noiles1,27233.32%
|Stephen T. Pyke |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland East || |James A. Langille5,22663.10% | |Norman Willard Noonan2,79533.75% | |Lloyd L. Ayer2613.15% || |James A. Langille |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland West || |D. L. George Henley2,51654.04% | |Allison T. Smith2,14045.96%
|Allison T. Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East || |Albert J. Ettinger2,73952.86% | |George E. Fraser2,35645.47% | |Ralph Loomer871.68% || |Albert J. Ettinger
Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Centre || |Donald MacKeen Smith5,47858.57% | |Gordon S. Cowan3,87541.43%
|Donald MacKeen Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax County-Dartmouth || |Irvin William Akerley9,88452.88% | |Gordon L. S. Hart8,15043.60% | |Edward B. Doyle6573.52% || |Gordon L. S. Hart |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax East || |Nelson Gaetz3,06152.62% | |Duncan MacMillan2,75647.38%
|Duncan MacMillan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax North || |James H. Vaughan8,60252.43% | |John E. Ahern7,36044.86% | |Peggy Prowse4442.71% || |John E. Ahern |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Northwest || |Gordon H. Fitzgerald5,55956.07% | |George Douglas Burris4,02740.62% | |Gerald A. Guptill3293.32% || |Gordon H. Fitzgerald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax South || |Richard Donahoe5,98663.23% | |Merlin Nunn3,18333.62% | |Gordon A. Smith2983.15% || |Richard Donahoe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax West || |D. C. McNeil8,79257.00% | |Charles H. Reardon6,12639.72% | |Harold J. Martell5063.28% || |Charles H. Reardon
Central Nova
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish || |William F. MacKinnon3,33454.58% | |Ronald Saint John Chisholm2,77445.42%
|William F. MacKinnon |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough || |Alexander MacIsaac3,22952.86% | |Thomas Edwin Kirk2,88047.14%
|Alexander MacIsaac |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre || |Donald R. MacLeod5,75260.21% | |Thomas H. Frazer3,80139.79%
|Donald R. MacLeod |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East | |John Andrew McLean2,64949.90% || |A. Lloyd MacDonald2,66050.10%
|John W. MacDonald† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West || |Harvey Veniot2,99959.54% | |Charles Ernest MacCarthy2,03840.46%
|Harvey Veniot
Cape Breton
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre || |Mike Laffin3,69954.12% | |Joseph Flaudio Rizzetto93913.74% | |Michael James MacDonald2,19732.14% || |Michael James MacDonald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East || |Layton Fergusson5,87058.06% | |Bernard Currie1,35913.44% | |John L. MacKinnon2,88128.50% || |Layton Fergusson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North || |Tom MacKeough6,20058.71% | |Murray J. Ryan2,96128.04% | |John Dolhanty1,39913.25% || |Tom MacKeough |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Nova || |Percy Gaum3,34453.37% | |Charles Richard Sigut1,21319.36% | |Albert Ollie Wilson1,70927.27% || |Percy Gaum |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South || |Donald C. MacNeil5,28349.21% | |John F. MacIntosh3,57933.34% | |Edward Johnston1,87317.45% || |Donald C. MacNeil |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West || |Edward Manson4,94156.30% | |Allan Sullivan3,83543.70%
|Edward Manson |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness || |Norman J. MacLean4,47426.78% | |Joseph Clyde Nunn3,98823.87%
|Joseph Clyde Nunn
|Alfred J. Davis4,02624.10% || |William N. MacLean4,21925.25%
|William N. MacLean |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond || |Gerald Doucet2,67050.79% | |Earl Wallace Urquhart2,58749.21%
|Earl Wallace Urquhart |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria | |Fisher Hudson1,89049.42% || |Carleton L. MacMillan1,93450.58%
|Carleton L. MacMillan
References
Election related reports
Further reading