The 1953 Nova Scotia general election was held on 26 May 1953 to elect members of the 45th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.
Results Results by party + ↓ 23 12 2 Liberal Progressive Conservative CCF
+Official results PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1949DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp)LiberalAngus Lewis Macdonald37272723-4169,89448.92%–2.05%Progressive ConservativeRobert Stanfield378812+4149,97343.18%+3.97%Co-operative CommonwealthRussell Cunningham16222023,7006.82%–2.78%Independent100002,0650.59%+0.37% Vacant0 Total valid votes345,63299.52%+0.06%Blank and invalid ballots1,6580.48%–0.06%Total91373737–347,290100.00%–Registered voters / turnout370,29375.79%While 347,290 votes were cast, only 280,661 electors voted as electors in several districts voted for two candidates.-1.88%
Results by region Party nameHRMCape BretonAnnapolis ValleySouth ShoreFundy-NortheastCentral NovaTotalParties winning seats in the legislatureLiberal Seats:57312523 Popular vote:55.44%46.98%49.91%45.58%47.95%49.25%48.92%Progressive Conservative Seats:00354012 Popular vote:40.96%30.13%50.09%53.49%49.56%39.00%43.18%Co-operative Commonwealth Seats:0200002 Popular vote:3.60%22.89%–0.93%2.49%5.61%6.82%Parties not winning seats in the legislature Popular vote:–––––6.14%0.59%Total seats:59666537
Retiring incumbents Progressive Conservative E. Keith Potter, Digby
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 || |Henry Hicks5,00651.55% | |Charles F. LeBrun4,70548.45%
|Henry Hicks |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare || |Pierre E. Belliveau2,30758.46% | |Desire J. Comeau1,63941.54%
|Desire J. Comeau |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby || |Victor Cardoza2,77052.40% | |Malcolm Stewart Leonard2,51647.60%
|E. Keith Potter† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West | |Ken Eisner3,12046.37% || |George Henry Wilson3,60853.63%
|George Henry Wilson |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings | |David Durell Sutton7,24524.63% || |George Arthur Boggs7,48125.43%
|David Durell Sutton
|William H. Pipe7,04723.96% || |Edward Haliburton7,64225.98%
|William H. Pipe
South Shore
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg | |Arthur L. Thurlow6,94021.53% || |R. Clifford Levy8,72727.07% | |Winfred Llewellyn2040.63%
|Arthur L. Thurlow
|Gordon E. Romkey7,38122.90% || |Harley J. Spence8,74127.12% | |G. Boyd Crouse2410.75%
|Gordon E. Romkey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens | |Merrill D. Rawding2,83845.77% || |W. S. Kennedy Jones3,23052.09% | |Claude VanBuskirk1332.14%
|Merrill D. Rawding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne || |Wilfred Dauphinee3,25651.20% | |James McKay Harding3,10348.80%
|Wilfred Dauphinee |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth | |Allan d'Entremont4,06723.59% || |William Heartz Brown4,85928.18%
|William Heartz Brown
|Donald J. Fraser3,79021.98% || |Raymond Z. Bourque4,52426.24%
|Donald J. Fraser
Fundy-Northeast
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester | |Gordon Purdy7,25524.20% || |Robert Stanfield7,67725.61% | |Harvey Curtis3241.08%
|Robert Stanfield
|Hector Hill6,96323.23% || |George Isaac Smith7,43524.80% | |Sydney Parker3261.09%
|George Isaac Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland Centre | |Archibald J. Mason2,01240.65% || |Stephen T. Pyke2,26245.70% | |Florence Welton67613.66%
|Archibald J. Mason |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland East | |Martin J. Kaufman4,21448.96% || |James A. Langille4,39351.04%
|Martin J. Kaufman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland West || |Allison T. Smith2,79954.55% | |Thomas A. Giles2,33245.45%
|Thomas A. Giles |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants EastIn the riding of Hants East, Progressive Conservative Ernest M. Ettinger's 1-vote lead on election lead became a 1-vote lead for the Liberal's Alfred E. Reid after a judicial recount. After an appeal, a judge then decided to throw out the results of the general election; a by-election was held several months later to fill the seat and was won by Reid. | |Alfred E. Reid2,25150.01% | |Ernest M. Ettinger2,25049.99%
|Ernest M. Ettinger
Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Centre || |James Edward Rutledge5,60357.69% | |R. Leo Simmonds4,10942.31%
|James Edward Rutledge |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax East || |Geoffrey W. Stevens8,43650.83% | |Lt. Col. R.D. King7,19643.36% | |Harper Power9645.81%
|Geoffrey W. Stevens |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax North || |Harold Connolly8,14861.37% | |Harold J. Bartlow4,48133.75% | |Richard J. Hardiman6484.88%
|Harold Connolly |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax South || |Angus Lewis Macdonald5,75159.68% | |John R. Milledge3,88540.32%
|Angus Lewis Macdonald
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax West || |Ronald Manning Fielding8,06151.31% | |Earle Haverstock6,92744.09% | |L.C. Wilson7234.60%
|Ronald Manning Fielding
Central Nova
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish || |Colin H. Chisholm2,62448.92% | |Terrance Bernard Thompson67512.58%
|Vincent J. MacDonald2,06538.50% || |Colin H. Chisholm |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough || |Arthur W. MacKenzie3,47056.29% | |A. Grant MacDonald2,69443.71%
|Arthur W. MacKenzie |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre || |Alfred B. DeWolfe5,15545.41% | |Robert D. MacDonald4,53439.94% | |Donald Nicholson1,66214.64%
|Alfred B. DeWolfe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East || |John W. MacDonald2,68148.78% | |William A. MacLeod2,59247.16% | |Joseph D. Ryan2234.06%
|John W. MacDonald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West || |Stewart W. Proudfoot2,62850.09% | |Harvey Veniot2,61949.91%
|Stewart W. Proudfoot
Cape Breton
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre | |Martin MacPherson2,81630.70% | |Charles P. Miller1,90520.77% || |Michael James MacDonald4,45148.53%
|Michael James MacDonald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East | |Joseph McIntyre3,93437.88% | |William Wilton1,35613.06% || |Russell Cunningham5,09649.07%
|Russell Cunningham |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North || |Alexander O'Handley4,67447.45% | |John Norman MacAskill3,11531.62% | |Daniel Joseph MacEachern2,06220.93%
|Alexander O'Handley |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South || |John Smith MacIvor6,46744.67% | |A.O. Gunn3,38423.38% | |Vincent Allan Morrison4,62531.95%
|John Smith MacIvor |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West || |Malcolm A. Patterson3,73048.86% | |Edward Manson2,56233.56% | |Harry Munroe1,34217.58%
|Malcolm A. Patterson |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness || |Alexander H. McKinnon4,72529.17% | |Leo P. Boudreau3,58522.13%
|Alexander H. McKinnon
|Roderick MacLean4,51327.86% | |Alex A. MacInnis3,37420.83%
|Roderick MacLean |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond || |Earl Wallace Urquhart2,97058.30% | |Francis Whyte2,12441.70%
|Earl Wallace Urquhart |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria || |Carleton L. MacMillan2,24756.47% | |Joseph L. MacNeil1,73243.53%
|Carleton L. MacMillan
References
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