1886 Nova Scotia general election

The 1886 Nova Scotia general election was held from 8 June to 15 June 1886 to elect members of the 29th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results Results by party + ↓ 29 8 1 Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent

+Official results PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1882DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp)LiberalWilliam Stevens Fielding39242429+562,36154.88%+3.14%Liberal-ConservativeAdam Carr Bell3714148-650,14944.13%-3.05%Independent/Other2001+11,1200.99%-0.09% Vacant0 Total valid votes113,630100.00%–Blank and invalid ballots00.00%–Total78383838–113,630100.00%–

Retiring incumbents Liberal William Buchanan, Cape Breton Thomas Lewis Dodge, Kings Isidore LeBlanc, Richmond William F. McCurdy, Victoria William Thomas Pipes, Cumberland Alonzo J. White, Cape Breton

Liberal-Conservative William Blair, Colchester John Archibald McDonald, Victoria

Nominated candidates 1886 Nova Scotia Provincial Election

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

Valley

| rowspan="2"|Annapolis || |James Wilberforce Longley1,55625.25% | |R. J. Ellison1,53124.85%

|James Wilberforce Longley

|Henry M. Munro1,53524.91% || |Frank Andrews1,54024.99%

|Henry M. Munro |- | rowspan="2"|Digby || |Henri M. Robicheau1,10842.35% | |Robert G. Munroe52219.95%

|Henri M. Robicheau

|John S. McNeill98637.69%

|John S. McNeill |- | rowspan="2"|Hants || |Allen Haley1,55225.50% | |Allan MacDougall1,50824.77%

|Allen Haley

|Archibald Frame1,52225.00% | |Nathaniel Spence1,50524.72%

|Nathaniel Spence |- | rowspan="2"|Kings | |Alfred P. Welton1,53524.92% || |William C. Bill1,56025.32%

|Thomas Lewis Dodge†

|Leander Rand1,63526.54% | |Thomas R. Harris1,43023.21%

|Thomas R. Harris

South Shore

| rowspan="2"|Lunenburg || |Charles Edward Church1,92429.13% | |Charles A. Smith1,47522.33%

|Charles Edward Church

|George A. Ross1,79827.22% | |Aubrey B. Caldwell1,40821.32%

|George A. Ross |- | rowspan="2"|Queens || |Jason M. Mack78729.25% | |Leander Ford62223.11%

|Jason M. Mack

|Joseph H. Cook76228.32% | |James C. Bartling52019.32%

|Joseph H. Cook |- | rowspan="2"|Shelburne || |Thomas Johnston1,18830.97% | |Alfred K. Smith86022.42%

|Thomas Johnston

|William F. MacCoy1,06327.71% | |Charles Cahan72518.90%

|William F. MacCoy |- | rowspan="2"|Yarmouth || |Albert Gayton1,64339.43%

|Albert Gayton

|William Law1,74541.88% | |Thomas Corning77918.69%

|Thomas Corning

Fundy-Northeast

| rowspan="2"|Colchester || |George Clarke2,05327.47% | |S. E. Gourley1,70022.75%

|William Blair†

|Frederick Andrew Laurence1,93825.93% | |William Albert Patterson1,78223.85%

|William Albert Patterson |- | rowspan="2"|Cumberland || |Thomas Reuben Black2,08325.15% | |C. J. Macfarlane1,85522.40% | |James B. Wilson3414.12% || |Thomas Reuben Black

|George W. Forrest1,93923.41% || |Richard L. Black2,06424.92%

|William Thomas Pipes†

Halifax

| rowspan="3"|Halifax || |William Stevens Fielding4,04219.76% | |John Y. Payzant2,81613.76%

|William Stevens Fielding

|Michael Joseph Power3,82218.68% | |J. N. Lyons2,86614.01%

|Michael Joseph Power

|William Roche3,93119.21% | |William D. Harrington2,98114.57%

|William D. Harrington

Central Nova

| rowspan="2"|Antigonish || |Angus McGillivray1,38434.30% | |Rod K. McDonald48211.95%

|Angus McGillivray

|Colin Francis McIsaac1,26931.45% | |Charles B. Whidden90022.30%

|Charles B. Whidden |- | rowspan="2"|Guysborough || |James A. Fraser1,03633.67% | |Joseph William Hadley56518.36%

|John A. Fraser

|Otto Schwartz Weeks93130.26% | |J. F. L. Parsons54517.71%

|Otto Schwartz Weeks |- | rowspan="3"|Pictou || |Jeffrey McColl2,60616.70% | |Robert Hockin2,56516.44%

|Robert Hockin

|John D. McLeod2,51416.11% || |Charles H. Munro2,57816.52%

|Charles H. Munro

|Robert Drummond2,49816.01% || |Adam Carr Bell2,84418.22%

|Adam Carr Bell

Cape Breton

| rowspan="2"|Cape Breton | |George Henry Murray1,25324.13% || |Colin Chisholm1,63331.44%

|Alonzo J. White†

|Ronald Gillies74514.35% || |William MacKay1,56230.08%

|William Buchanan† |- | rowspan="2"|Inverness || |John McKinnon1,85431.13% | |Angus MacLennan1,36322.89%

|Angus MacLennan

|Daniel McNeil1,76429.62% | |Alexander Campbell97416.36%

|Alexander Campbell |- | rowspan="3"|Richmond | |Angus S. McLean45519.65% || |David A. Hearn53423.07%

|Isidore LeBlanc†

|Charles LeNoir39417.02% |- | rowspan="3"|Victoria | |John J. McCabe38513.21% | |Murdoch G. McLeod46315.89% || |John Lemuel Bethune77926.74% || |John Archibald McDonald†

|John Munroe36812.63%

References

1886 Nova Scotia general election

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