The 1878 Nova Scotia general election was held on 17 September 1878 to elect members of the 27th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal-Conservative Party.
Results Results by party + ↓ 30 8 Liberal-Conservative Liberal
+Official results PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1874DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp)Liberal-ConservativeSimon Hugh Holmes38111330+1952,51751.85%+18.18%LiberalPhilip Carteret Hill4120178-1247,38846.78%-7.61%Independent/Other3770-71,3881.37%-10.57% Vacant1 Total valid votes101,293100.00%–Blank and invalid ballots00.00%–Total82383838–101,293100.00%–
Retiring incumbents Independent/Other Hiram Black, Cumberland Charles Boudroit, Richmond John J. McKinnon, Inverness John B. North, Kings
Liberal Charles Henry Davison, Lunenburg Edward Farrell, Halifax Charles M. Franchville, Guysborough John A. Fraser, Victoria Thomas Johnston, Shelburne John Lovitt, Yarmouth Daniel MacDonald, Antigonish David McCurdy, Victoria
Liberal-Conservative William Henry Allison, Hants Hugh J. Cameron, Pictou Avard Longley, Annapolis Murdoch McRae, Richmond Alfred Putnam, Hants Douglas Benjamin Woodworth, Kings
Nominated candidates 1878 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 | |O. M. Taylor1,23524.49% || |William Botsford Troop1,35026.77%
|William Botsford Troop
|E. Bent1,16323.06% || |Caleb Shaffner1,29525.68%
|Avard Longley† |- | rowspan="3"|Digby | |Urbine Doucette73820.20% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Benjamin Van Blarcom83322.80% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Colin Campbell72519.85% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Colin Campbell
|John S. McNeill52714.43%
|Henri M. Robicheau83022.72%
|Henri M. Robicheau |- | rowspan="2"|Hants || |Thomas Barlow Smith1,50725.58% | |F. S. Creelman1,46524.87%
|William Henry Allison†
|William Dawson Laurence1,29822.03% || |Nathaniel Spence1,62127.52%
|Alfred Putnam† |- | rowspan="2"|Kings | |G. W. Fisher1,41424.87% || |William C. Bill1,60128.16%
|Douglas Benjamin Woodworth†
|E. A. Forsyth1,14320.11% || |James S. MacDonald1,52726.86%
|John B. North†
South Shore
| rowspan="2"|Lunenburg | |James Daniel Eisenhauer1,26321.98% || |Charles A. Smith1,71929.91%
|James Daniel Eisenhauer
|F. B. Wade1,28622.38% || |Edward James1,47925.74%
|Charles Henry Davison† |- | rowspan="3"|Queens | |Samuel Freeman53121.33% || |Leander Ford60724.38%
|Samuel Freeman
|Jason M. Mack50320.20% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|James C. Bartling53421.45% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Jason M. Mack
|Albert M. Hemeon31512.65% |- | rowspan="2"|Shelburne | |William F. MacCoy89222.92% || |Nathaniel Whitworth White1,14029.29%
|Nathaniel Whitworth White
|M. Nickerson87122.38% || |Nehemiah McGray98925.41%
|Thomas Johnston† |- | rowspan="3"|Yarmouth || |Albert Gayton1,08629.22%
|W. V. Brown47012.65% || |Albert Gayton
|Joseph Robbins KinneyListed and elected as an Independent candidate, however, he sat in the House as a Liberal1,00026.91% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Bowman Corning66918.% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|John Lovitt†
|A. S. Lent49113.21%
Fundy-Northeast
| rowspan="2"|Colchester | |C. N. Cummings1,40221.77% || |William Albert Patterson1,84628.66%
|William Albert Patterson
|Fred Tupper1,30820.31% || |William Blair1,88529.27%
|Vacant |- | rowspan="2"|Cumberland | |William Oxley1,65725.78% || |Charles James Townshend1,79227.88%
|Hiram Black†
|C. Lewis1,31120.40% || |Edward Vickery1,66725.94%
|Edward Vickery
Halifax
| rowspan="3"|Halifax | |Philip Carteret Hill2,86615.76% || |Charles James MacDonald3,37518.55%
|Philip Carteret Hill
|Donald Archibald2,72214.96% || |William D. Harrington3,35318.43%
|Donald Archibald
|Michael Joseph Power2,73915.06% || |John Pugh3,13517.23%
|Edward Farrell†
Central Nova
| rowspan="2"|Antigonish
|John Sparrow David ThompsonAcclamation
|John Sparrow David Thompson
|Angus McGillivrayAcclamation
|Daniel MacDonald† |- | rowspan="3"|Guysborough | |D. C. Fraser59619.22% || |Joseph William Hadley80325.89%
|Charles M. Franchville†
|Otto Schwartz Weeks50216.19% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Alexander N. McDonald69822.51% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Otto Schwartz Weeks
|H. R. Cunningham50216.19% |- | rowspan="3"|Pictou | |George Murray2,34915.85% || |Simon Hugh Holmes2,75218.57%
|Simon Hugh Holmes
|John D. McLeod2,25015.18% || |Adam Carr Bell2,69418.18%
|Hugh J. Cameron†
|Robert McNeil2,18314.73% || |Alexander MacKay2,59217.49%
|Alexander MacKay
Cape Breton
| rowspan="5"|Cape Breton |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Alonzo J. White93016.82% || |Hector Francis McDougall1,02718.57% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Alonzo J. White
|J. H. Hearn71612.95%
|Joseph McVarish3716.71% |- |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|D. McKenzie61411.10% || |Ebenezer Tilton Moseley1,52327.54% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Ebenezer Tilton Moseley
|Michael McKinnon3496.31% |- | rowspan="2"|Inverness || |Duncan J. Campbell1,65027.36% | |D. Gillies1,39323.10%
|Duncan J. Campbell
|John McKinnon1,44023.88% || |Alexander Campbell1,54825.67%
|John J. McKinnon† |- | rowspan="2"|Richmond || |Isidore LeBlanc59926.11% | |Edward Gagnon55124.02%
|Charles Boudroit†
|Joseph Matheson50121.84% || |Alexander McCuish64328.03%
|Murdoch McRae† |- | rowspan="2"|Victoria || |William F. McCurdy59425.36% | |J. S. McLean36815.71% | |William Kidston1938.24% || |David McCurdy†
|John Ross58024.77% || |John Angus Morrison60725.92%
|John A. Fraser†
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