1874 Nova Scotia general election

The 1874 Nova Scotia general election was held on 17 December 1874 to elect members of the 26th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results Results by party + ↓ 20 11 7 Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent

+Official results PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1871DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp)LiberalWilliam Annand33242620-436,70654.39%+1.71%Liberal-ConservativeSimon Hugh Holmes2714911-322,72233.67%-13.65%Independent/OtherMany candidates listed and elected as Independents ended up supporting/joining both the Liberals and Liberal-Conservatives in the House.8017+78,06011.94%+11.94% Vacant2 Total valid votes67,488100.00%–Blank and invalid ballots00.00%–Total68383838–67,488100.00%–

Retiring incumbents Liberal John Flinn, Halifax David C. Landers, Annapolis John Ross, Victoria William Henry Smith, Queens John Taylor, Halifax Jared C. Troop, Annapolis William Berrian Vail, Digby Henry Yeomans, Hants

Liberal-Conservative Hiram Blanchard, Inverness Samuel Rettie, Colchester

Nominated candidates 1874 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 | |E. Bent1,01323.05% || |Avard Longley1,21127.55%

|Jared C. Troop†

| Parker99422.62% || |William Botsford Troop1,17726.78%

|David C. Landers† |- | rowspan="2"|Digby || |Henri M. Robicheau96730.28% | |John Chipman Wade57417.98%

|William Berrian Vail†

|Urbine Doucette52916.57%

|Colin Campbell (Anti-Confederate)1,12335.17% || |Urbine Doucette |- | rowspan="2"|Hants | |Thomas Barlow Smith1,33231.68% || |William Henry Allison1,46334.80%

|Thomas Barlow Smith

|Alfred Putnam1,40933.52%

|John B. North1,17126.17% || |Daniel Charles Moore

|Henry Shaw1,01622.71% || |Douglas Benjamin Woodworth1,26028.16%

|Vacant

South Shore

| rowspan="2"|Lunenburg || |James Daniel Eisenhauer1,50728.95% | |William Young1,14822.06%

|James Daniel Eisenhauer

|Mather Byles DesBrisay1,42327.34% | |Edward James1,12721.65%

|Mather Byles DesBrisay |- | rowspan="2"|Queens || |Isaac N. Mack74032.46% | |Charles Allison44119.34%

|William Henry Smith†

|Samuel Freeman70530.92% | |George Starrat Parker39417.28%

|Samuel Freeman |- | rowspan="2"|Shelburne || |Thomas JohnstonAcclamation

|Thomas Johnston

|Robert RobertsonAcclamation

|Robert Robertson |- | rowspan="3"|Yarmouth || |Albert Gayton1,64145.70%

|Albert Gayton

|John K. Ryerson73920.58%

Fundy-Northeast

| rowspan="3"|Colchester || |John Barnhill DickieListed and elected as a Liberal-Conservative candidate, however, he supported the Liberals1,68730.25%

|Samuel Rettie†

|Robert Putman1,12620.19% |- | rowspan="2"|Cumberland

|Charles James Townsend1,20922.92% || |Hiram Black1,46127.70% || |Vacant

|Amos Purdy1,30424.72% | |Edward Vickery1,30124.66%

|Edward Vickery

Halifax

| rowspan="3"|Halifax || |Philip Carteret Hill2,86220.88% | |Robert Sedgewick1,83713.40%

|John Taylor†

|Donald Archibald2,85320.81% | |W. J. Almon1,81813.26%

|Donald Archibald

|Edward Farrell2,70919.76% | |M. J. Griffin1,63011.89%

|John Flinn†

Central Nova

| rowspan="2"|Antigonish || |Daniel MacDonald75231.01%

|Daniel MacDonald

|Joseph MacDonald66127.26% || |John J. McKinnon1,01241.73%

|Joseph MacDonald |- | rowspan="3"|Guysborough || |Charles M. Franchville68228.26% | |Stewart Campbell44018.23%

|Joseph William Hadley30112.47% |- | rowspan="3"|Pictou

|Alexander MacKayAcclamation

|Alexander MacKay

|Simon Hugh HolmesAcclamation

|Simon Hugh Holmes

|Hugh J. CameronAcclamation

|Hugh J. Cameron

Cape Breton

| rowspan="2"|Cape Breton || |Alonzo J. White1,12934.19% | |John Currie2046.19%

|Alonzo J. White

|John Fergusson62618.96% | |A. G. Hamilton3049.21% || |Ebenezer Tilton Moseley1,03931.47% || |John Fergusson |- | rowspan="2"|Inverness | |Alexander Campbell1,30924.06%

|John J. McKinnon1,39025.55% || |Hiram Blanchard†

|Hugh McDonald1,26023.16%

|Duncan J. Campbell1,48227.24% || |Duncan J. Campbell |- | rowspan="2"|Richmond

|Charles BoudroitAcclamation || |Charles Boudroit

|Murdoch McRaeAcclamation

|Murdoch McRae |- | rowspan="2"|Victoria || |David McCurdy68033.93% | |John Angus Morrison38219.06%

|David McCurdy

|John A. FraserListed and elected as a Liberal-Conservative candidate, however, he supported the Liberals54827.35%

|William Kidston39419.66% || |John Ross†

References

1874 Nova Scotia general election

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