The 1916 Nova Scotia general election was held on 20 June 1916 to elect members of the 36th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.
Results Results by party + ↓ 30 13 Liberal Liberal-Conservative
+Official results PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1911DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp)LiberalGeorge Henry Murray432730+3136,82950.77%-0.32%Liberal-ConservativeCharles Elliott Tanner431113+2130,43048.40%+3.02%Independent/Other10001,0380.38%-1.39%LabourNone20001,1170.43%-1.34% Vacant Total valid votes269,474100.00%–Blank and invalid ballots00.00%–Total89383843–269,474100.00%–
Retiring incumbents Liberal Charles P. Bissett, Richmond Archibald M. Covert, Kings Fullton Johnson Logan, Halifax James MacDonald, Inverness Smith Nickerson, Shelburne
Liberal-Conservative Harry Hatheway Marshall, Digby Norman Phinney, Annapolis
Nominated candidates Legend bold denotes party leader † denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis || |Orlando Daniels2,14926.34% | |Obediah Parker Goucher2,02024.76%
|Orlando Daniels
|Frank R. Elliott2,07725.46% | |Earle C. Phinney1,91223.44%
|Norman Phinney† |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby || |Henry W.B. Warner1,90326.81% | |Felix M. Gaudet1,60422.59%
|Harry Hatheway Marshall†
|Joseph William Comeau2,00228.20% | |Walton K. Tibert1,59022.40%
|Joseph William Comeau |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants | |Burchill R. Fulmer1,92923.63% || |Albert Parsons2,14226.24%
|Albert Parsons
|James William Reid2,05125.13% | |Herbert W. Sangster2,04125.00%
|James William Reid |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings | |Charles Alexander Campbell2,31824.53% || |James E. Kinsman2,42125.62%
|Archibald M. Covert†
|Harry H. Wickwire2,49926.44% | |Joseph D. Spidell2,21223.41%
|Harry H. Wickwire
South Shore
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg || |John James Kinley2,99226.90% | |Alfred Clairmonte Zwicker2,08218.72%
|Alfred Clairmonte Zwicker
|Oscar G. Donovan2,76824.88% || |Joseph Willis Margeson3,28229.50%
|Joseph Willis Margeson |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens | |Frederick R. Freeman97723.33% || |William Lorimer Hall1,11626.65%
|William Lorimer Hall
|Jordan W. Smith1,09826.22% | |D.C. Mulhall99723.81%
|Jordan W. Smith |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne || |Robert Irwin1,44227.82% | |Wendell H. Currie1,20523.24%
|Robert Irwin
|Maurice Nickerson1,42427.47% | |W.C. Hall1,11321.47%
|Smith Nickerson† |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth || |Ernest Howard Armstrong1,93128.36% | |Joseph O. Difon1,30419.15%
|Ernest Howard Armstrong
|Henry d'Entremont1,83927.00% | |Howard Corning1,73625.49%
|Howard Corning
Fundy-Northeast
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester | |Gilbert H. Vernon2,21222.62% || |Robert H. Kennedy2,66527.25%
|Robert H. Kennedy
|Frederick B. Schurman2,15822.07% || |Frank Stanfield2,74528.07%
|Frank Stanfield |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland || |James Ralston3,95117.05% | |Daniel A. Morrison3,62015.62% | |James B. Nelson7273.14%
|James Ralston
|Joshua H. Livingstone3,55415.33% || |James W. Kirkpatrick3,79116.36%
|New seat
|Rufus Carter3,96217.09% | |J. Flemming Gilroy3,57215.41%
|Rufus Carter
Halifax
|rowspan=5 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax | |John Brown Douglas6,3599.78% || |Hector MacInnes6,73510.36%
|New seat
|John L. Connolly6,54510.06% | |John W. Regan6,3879.82%
|New seat
|George Everett Faulkner6,60610.16% | |Felix P. Quinn6,3709.79%
|George Everett Faulkner
|Henry Bauld6,85510.54% | |E.F. Williams6,2669.63%
|Fullton Johnson Logan†
|Robert Emmett Finn6,70310.31% | |F.P. Bligh6,2139.55%
|Robert Emmett Finn
Central Nova
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish || |Fred Robert Trotter1,30027.16% | |Allan MacDonald95319.91%
|Fred Robert Trotter
|William Chisholm1,36628.54% | |John Stanfield O'Brien1,16724.38%
|John Stanfield O'Brien |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough || |James F. Ellis1,75229.65% | |John Bell1,09318.50%
|James F. Ellis
|James Cranswick Tory1,82730.92% | |Duncan S. Chisholm1,23620.92%
|James Cranswick Tory |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou || |Robert M. McGregor4,55517.68% | |John W. McKay4,21016.34% | |John B. Strickland4501.75%
|Robert M. McGregor
|Robert Hugh MacKay4,30916.73% | |J. William Sutherland3,55713.81%
|Robert Hugh MacKay
|Robert Henry Graham4,51217.52% | |Charles Elliott Tanner4,16516.17%
|Charles Elliott Tanner
Cape Breton
|rowspan=4 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton | |D.J. Hartigan6,76412.11% || |Neil Ferguson6,88512.33%
|J. B. McLachlan (Socialist)1,0381.86% || |New seat
|D.C. McDonald6,69211.98% || |Robert Hamilton Butts6,93512.42%
|Robert Hamilton Butts
|Daniel Alexander Cameron7,03612.60% | |Finlay McDonald6,72112.04%
|New seat
|Michael T. Sullivan6,39011.44% || |John Carey Douglas7,38113.22%
|John Carey Douglas |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness || |Donald MacLennan2,65526.65% | |Thomas Gallant2,53125.40%
|Donald MacLennan
|John C. Bourinot2,54025.49% | |Duncan F. MacLean2,23822.46%
|James MacDonald† |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond | |Simon Joyce91819.60% || |Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc1,38829.63%
|Simon Joyce
|Alexander Finlayson99421.22% || |John Alexander MacDonald1,38429.55%
|Charles P. Bissett† |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria || |George Henry Murray1,21227.80% | |Joseph Hays88620.32%
|George Henry Murray
|John Gillis Morrison1,18927.27% | |Phillip McLeod1,07324.61%
|Vacant
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