The 1925 Nova Scotia general election was held on 25 June 1925 to elect members of the 38th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal-Conservative party.
Results Results by party + ↓ 39 3 1 Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
+Official results PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1920DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp)Liberal-ConservativeEdgar Nelson Rhodes42339+36262,27759.07%+36.24%LiberalErnest Howard Armstrong43293-26161,15836.30%-8.14%LabourNone1101-420,5274.62%-11.27% Vacant Total valid votes443,962100.00%–Blank and invalid ballots00.00%–Total96434343–443,962100.00%–
Retiring incumbents Labour Arthur R. Richardson, Cape Breton Centre
Liberal Angus Gladstone Buchanan, Victoria Adam Dunlap Burris, Halifax Daniel Alexander Cameron, Victoria Joseph William Comeau, Digby John L. Connolly, Halifax Orlando Daniels, Annapolis Robert Henry Graham, Pictou Donald MacLennan, Inverness Amédée Melanson, Yarmouth James Sealy, Kings
United Farmers Gilbert Nelson Allen, Cumberland John Alexander MacDonald, Hants Angus J. MacGillivray, Antigonish Robert Hunter Smith, Colchester Harry L. Taggart, Colchester
Nominated candidates Legend bold denotes party leader † denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest The band that is coloured shows which candidates were successful in 1925.
Valley
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis | |Frank R. Elliott3,16521.53%
|Obediah Parker Goucher4,33129.46% || |Frank R. Elliott
|Kenneth L. Crowell3,07120.89%
|Harry Thompson MacKenzie4,13328.12% || |Orlando Daniels† |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby | |Henry W.B. Warner2,54519.95%
|Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau3,82730.00% || |Henry W.B. Warner
|Gilbert J. Belliveau2,52419.78%
|William Hudson Farnham3,86230.27% || |Joseph William Comeau† |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants | |James William Reid3,07520.08%
|Albert Parsons4,80631.38% || |James William Reid
|Lionel A. Forsyth2,86018.68%
|Edgar Nelson Rhodes4,57329.86% || |John Alexander MacDonald† |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings | |John A. McDonald4,96324.23%
|George Nowlan5,52026.95% || |John A. McDonald
|Allison H. Borden4,54322.18%
|Reginald Tucker Caldwell5,45526.63% || |James Sealy†
South Shore
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg | |John James Kinley4,52819.82%
|Wallace Norman Rehfuss7,15931.34% || |John James Kinley
|Aubrey Sperry4,25418.62%
|William Haslam Smith6,90230.21% || |Aubrey Sperry |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens | |George S. McClearn1,73523.06%
|William Lorimer Hall1,93425.70% || |George S. McClearn
|Jordan W. Smith1,87424.90%
|Frank J.D. Barnjum1,98226.34% || |Jordan W. Smith |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne | |Robert Irwin2,00121.90%
|Ernest Reginald Nickerson2,59628.42% || |Robert Irwin
|Ernest Howard Armstrong2,08722.84%
|Norman Emmons Smith2,45226.84% || |Ernest Howard Armstrong |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth | |Lindsay C. Gardner3,03222.66%
|John Flint Cahan3,85228.79% || |Vacant
|René W.E. Landry3,07923.02%
|Raymond Neri d'Entremont3,41525.53% || |Amédée Melanson†
Fundy-Northeast
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester | |Maynard B. Archibald2,63414.42%
|William Boardman Armstrong6,73336.86% || |Harry L. Taggart†
|Frank A. Reynolds2,46113.47%
|Frank Stanfield6,43935.25% || |Robert Hunter Smith† |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland | |James Ralston5,50813.45% || |Archibald Terris8,26720.18%
|Archibald Terris
|Charles H. Read 4,79711.71%
|Percy Chapman Black9,05722.11% || |Gilbert Nelson Allen†
|James M. Wardrope4,75411.61%
|Daniel George McKenzie8,58020.95% || |Daniel George McKenzie
Halifax
|rowspan=5 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax | |John Murphy8,2916.86% | |Walter Mosher5710.47% || |John Archibald Walker15,67912.97% || |Adam Dunlap Burris†
|John G. MacDougall8,2566.83% | |Robert Daw4800.40% || |William Drysdale Piercey15,67212.97% || |John L. Connolly†
|John Brown Douglas7,9056.54% | |Alban L. Breen3920.32% || |Josiah Frederick Fraser15,98513.23% || |John Brown Douglas
|Henry Bauld7,9006.54%
|John Francis Mahoney15,89913.16% || |Henry Bauld
|Walter J.A. O'Hearn7,8726.51%
|Alexander Montgomerie15,95213.20% || |Walter J.A. O'Hearn
Central Nova
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish || |John L. MacIsaac2,39327.74%
|Duncan S. Chisholm2,09524.29% || |Angus J. MacGillivray†
|William Chisholm2,26726.28%
|Fred R. Irish1,87121.69% || |William Chisholm |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough | |Clarence W. Anderson2,66823.70%
|Simon Osborn Giffin2,99526.61% || |Clarence W. Anderson
|James Cranswick Tory2,76324.55%
|Howard Amos Rice2,83025.14% || |James Cranswick Tory |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou | |Archibald McColl5,59112.18% | |William Murray6951.51% || |John Doull9,43220.55% || |Vacant
|John Welsford MacDonald5,46411.91% | |J. Gordon Calkin6681.46% || |Hugh Allan MacQuarrie9,04319.71% || |John Welsford MacDonald
|George W. Whitman5,33211.62% | |Joseph White6101.33% || |Robert Albert Douglas9,05319.73% || |Robert Henry Graham†
Cape Breton
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre | |Daniel McDonald3,27714.68% | |Joseph Steele3131.40% || |Gordon Sidney Harrington7,62134.13% || |Joseph SteeleCape Breton
|James McConnell3,21014.38% | |Emerson Campbell2951.32% || |Joseph Macdonald7,61134.09% || |Arthur R. Richardson†Cape Breton |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East | |Dan C. McDonald9333.82% | |Forman Waye4,05116.57% || |John Carey Douglas7,27629.77% || |Forman WayeCape Breton
|James L. McKinnon9283.80% | |D. W. Morrison4,18517.12% || |Alexander O'Handley7,07128.93% || |D. W. MorrisonCape Breton |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness | |Moses Elijah McGarry3,90624.46%
|Hubert Meen Aucoin4,01925.17% || |Donald MacLennan†
|John C. Bourinot3,86224.19%
|Malcolm McKay4,18026.18% || |John C. Bourinot |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond-West Cape Breton | |Donald D. Boyd2,66721.67%
|Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc3,50028.44% || |Benjamin Amedeé LeBlancRichmond
|George R. Deveau2,63721.43%
|John Alexander MacDonald8,46652.70% || |John Alexander MacDonaldRichmond |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria || |Donald Buchanan McLeod1,87427.05%
|Hector A. McLeod1,62223.41% || |Angus Gladstone Buchanan†
|Alexander K. McKenzie1,67224.13%
|Phillip McLeod1,76025.40% || |Daniel Alexander Cameron†
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