1928 Nova Scotia general election

The 1928 Nova Scotia general election was held on 1 October 1928 to elect members of the 39th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal-Conservative party.

Results Results by party + ↓ 22 20 1 Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour

+Official results PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1925DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp)Liberal-ConservativeEdgar Nelson Rhodes423922-17210,44249.11%-9.97%LiberalWilliam Chisholm43320+17206,54148.20%+11.90%LabourNone311011,5294.62%-1.93% Vacant Total valid votes428,512100.00%–Blank and invalid ballots00.00%–Total88434343–428,512100.00%–

Retiring incumbents Liberal-Conservative William Boardman Armstrong, Colchester William Hudson Farnham, Digby Alexander Montgomerie, Halifax Alexander O'Handley, Cape Breton East William Drysdale Piercey, Halifax

Nominated candidates Legend bold denotes party leader † denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest 0

Valley

|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis || |Obediah Parker Goucher3,68925.90% | |John D. McKenzie3,45024.22%

|Obediah Parker Goucher

|Harry Thompson MacKenzie3,64525.59% | |Daniel Owen3,46124.30%

|Harry Thompson MacKenzie |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby | |Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau3,12522.88% || |Joseph William Comeau3,76327.55%

|Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau

|H.E. Wagner3,21323.52% || |Alexander Stirling MacMillan3,55726.04%

|William Hudson Farnham† |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants || |Albert Parsons4,08726.46% | |James William Reid3,82324.75%

|Albert Parsons

|Edgar Nelson Rhodes4,00825.95% | |Robert Gass3,52822.84%

|Edgar Nelson Rhodes |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings || |George Nowlan5,45227.25% | |James F. Durno5,00325.01%

|George Nowlan

|Reginald Tucker Caldwell5,54027.69% | |Frederick J. Porter4,01020.04%

|Reginald Tucker Caldwell

South Shore

|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg | |Wallace Norman Rehfuss5,70923.71% || |John James Kinley6,53327.13%

|Wallace Norman Rehfuss

|William Haslam Smith5,53522.98% || |Gordon E. Romkey6,30426.18%

|William Haslam Smith |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens || |William Lorimer Hall2,20629.36% | |Frederick Dickie1,64921.95%

|William Lorimer Hall

|Donald W. MacKay1,93725.78% | |Roland M. Irving1,72122.91%

|Vacant |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne | |Ernest Reginald Nickerson2,12123.26% || |Henry R. L. Bill2,47427.13%

|Ernest Reginald Nickerson

|Norman Emmons Smith2,05222.50% || |Wishart McLea Robertson2,47327.12%

|Norman Emmons Smith |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth | |John Flint Cahan3,66624.26% || |Lindsay C. Gardner4,14127.41%

|John Flint Cahan

|Raymond Neri d'Entremont3,28621.75% || |René W.E. Landry4,01626.58%

|Raymond Neri d'Entremont

Fundy-Northeast

|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester || |William A. Flemming4,88227.74% | |William R. Dunbar3,58320.36%

|William Boardman Armstrong†

|Frank Stanfield5,29830.10% | |Donald L. MacKinnon3,83921.81%

|Frank Stanfield |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland

|John S. Smiley6,23015.99% || |Archibald Terris6,66717.11% || |Archibald Terris

|Percy Chapman Black7,71019.78% | |Charles H. Read5,75814.78%

|Percy Chapman Black

|Daniel George McKenzie6,60516.95% | |Kenneth Judson Cochrane5,99915.39%

|Daniel George McKenzie

Halifax

|rowspan=5 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax | |John Archibald Walker11,0769.95% || |Edward Joseph Cragg11,21510.08%

|John Archibald Walker

|Frederick P. Bligh11,0829.96% || |Gordon Benjamin Isnor11,35710.21%

|William Drysdale Piercey†

|Josiah Frederick Fraser11,29810.15% | |Thomas J. Byrne10,9399.83%

|Josiah Frederick Fraser

|John Francis Mahoney11,58910.41% | |Bernard W. Russell10,8559.76%

|John Francis Mahoney

|Angus MacDonald Morton11,27310.13% | |William J. Kennedy10,5919.52%

|Alexander Montgomerie†

Central Nova

|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish | |John D. MacIntyre1,79220.95% || |John L. MacIsaac2,43128.42%

|John L. MacIsaac

|John F. McLellan1,92522.50% || |William Chisholm2,40728.14%

|William Chisholm |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough | |Simon Osborn Giffin2,98023.60% || |Clarence W. Anderson3,33726.43%

|Simon Osborn Giffin

|Howard Amos Rice3,01823.90% || |Michael E. Morrison3,29326.08%

|Howard Amos Rice |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou || |John Doull7,83618.21% | |Donald F. Fraser7,05216.38%

|John Doull

|Hugh Allan MacQuarrie7,24916.84% | |A.T. Logan6,83615.88%

|Hugh Allan MacQuarrie

|Robert Albert Douglas7,57217.59% | |Clifford E. Carruthers6,49815.10%

|Robert Albert Douglas

Cape Breton

|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre || |Gordon Sidney Harrington5,94929.22% | |Malcolm A. Patterson4,38421.54%

|Gordon Sidney Harrington

|Joseph Macdonald5,76228.31% | |Luke Daye4,26120.93%

|Joseph Macdonald |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East || |Daniel R. Cameron5,54121.98% | |Lauchlin Daniel Currie4,72418.73% | |Forman Waye2,2739.01% || |Vacant

|Robert Hamilton Butts5,56822.08% | |Dan C. McDonald4,52017.93% | |James B. McLachlan2,58910.27% || |Alexander O'Handley† |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness | |Hubert Meen Aucoin3,86523.37% || |Moses Elijah McGarry4,31826.11%

|Hubert Meen Aucoin

|Malcolm McKay3,93023.77% || |James A. Proudfoot4,42226.74%

|Malcolm McKay |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond-West Cape Breton | |Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc2,04424.77% || |Alonzo Martell2,05524.90%

|Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc

|John Angus Stewart2,03524.66% || |Edward C. Doyle2,11825.67%

|John Angus Stewart |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria | |H.A. Grant1,64023.75% || |Donald Buchanan McLeod1,84026.65%

|Donald Buchanan McLeod

|Phillip McLeod1,65223.92% || |Daniel Alexander Cameron1,77325.68%

|Phillip McLeod

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