The 1867 Nova Scotia general election was held on 18 September 1867 to elect members of the 24th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was the first general election in Nova Scotia after Confederation, and was won by the Anti-Confederation Party.

In 1867 Nova Scotia used a mixture of two- and three-seat districts, in each of which the voter had the right to cast as many votes as seats to fill in the district (block voting).

Results Results by party + ↓ 36 2 Anti-Confederation Confederation

+Official results PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular voteElected#%Anti-ConfederationWilliam Annand413647,44860.98%ConfederationHiram Blanchard36230,36239.02%Total valid votes77,810100.00%Blank and invalid ballots00.00%Total773877,810100.00%

Nominated candidates 1867 Nova Scotia Provincial Election

Legend bold denotes party leader

Valley

| rowspan="2"|Annapolis || |Jared C. Troop1,18727.16% | |W. T. Foster1,01923.31% | |New riding

|David C. Landers1,16326.61% | |George Whitman1,00222.92% | |New riding |- | rowspan="2"|Digby || |William Berrian Vail1,13936.% | |Colin Campbell61219.34% | |New riding

|Urbine Doucette1,01031.92% | |J. Melanson40312.74% | |New riding |- | rowspan="2"|Hants || |William Dawson Lawrence1,52931.64% | |Parker92119.06% | |New riding

|Elkanah Young1,47930.60% | |William McDougall90418.70% | |New riding |- | rowspan="2"|Kings || |David M. Dickie1,39332.87% | |T.W. Harris90421.33% | |New riding

|Edward L. Brown1,28030.20% | |R. C. Foster66115.60% | |New riding

South Shore

| rowspan="2"|Lunenburg || |Mather Byles DesBrisay1,55331.93% | |Henry S. Jost85317.54% | |New riding

|James Daniel Eisenhauer1,66434.22% | |W. A. C. Randall79316.31% | |New riding |- | rowspan="2"|Queens || |William Henry Smith79236.65% | |Allison31014.35% | |New riding

|Samuel Freeman78536.33% | |A. J. Campbell27412.68% | |New riding |- | rowspan="2"|Shelburne || |Robert RobertsonAcclamation

|New riding

|Thomas JohnsonAcclamation

|New riding |- | rowspan="3"|Yarmouth || |John K. Ryerson1,13832.53% | |John Van Norden Hatfield62617.90% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|New riding

|W. G. Goucher72620.75% | |Isaac Smith Hatfield611.74%

|William H. Townsend85324.39% | |J. Smith Hatfield942.69% | |New riding

Fundy-Northeast

| rowspan="2"|Colchester || |Thomas Fletcher Morrison1,64128.59% | |Samuel Rettie1,31122.84% | |New riding

|Robert Chambers1,62528.32% | |N. McKim1,16220.25% | |New riding |- | rowspan="2"|Cumberland || |Amos Purdy1,30925.07% | |Edward Vickery1,28424.59% | |New riding

|W. Fullerton1,29124.73% || |Henry Gesner Pineo Jr.1,33725.61% | |New riding

Halifax

| rowspan="3"|Halifax || |Jeremiah Northup2,38617.64% | |Philip Carteret Hill2,15215.91% | |New riding

|James Cochran2,36617.49% | |S. Tobin2,12915.74% | |New riding

|Henry Balcom2,36417.48% | |G. McLeod2,12915.74% | |New riding

Central Nova

| rowspan="2"|Antigonish || |Daniel MacDonald1,42445.95% | |R. N. Henry41013.23% | |New riding

|Joseph MacDonald1,07234.59% | |J. Macdonald1936.23% | |New riding |- | rowspan="2"|Guysborough || |John Joseph Marshall73032.10% | |J. A. Tory44319.48% | |New riding

|John Angus Kirk67429.64% | |Alexander N. McDonald42718.78% | |New riding |- | rowspan="3"|Pictou || |George Murray2,01918.45% | |Simon Hugh Holmes1,68415.38% | |New riding

|Robert S. Copeland1,97718.06% | |Donald Fraser1,64915.06% | |New riding

|Martin Isaac Wilkins1,96817.98% | |Alexander MacKay1,64915.06% | |New riding

Cape Breton

| rowspan="3"|Cape Breton || |Alonzo J. White96329.39% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Newton LeGayet Mackay61618.80% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|New riding

|S. L. Purvis47114.37%

|John Fergusson70221.42% | |P. Cadegan52516.02% | |New riding |- | rowspan="3"|InvernessIn the riding of Inverness, Confederate Hiram Blanchard's election was declared invalid as he had recently been appointed the legal advisor for the federal government in Nova Scotia. A by-election was held on October 22, 1868 to fill the seat and was won by Anti-Confederation candidate Hugh McDonald. || |Alexander Campbell1,05830.51%

|New riding

|H. McInnis93226.87% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Hiram Blanchard98628.43% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|New riding

|A. Gillis49214.19% |- | rowspan="2"|Richmond || |Edmund Power Flynn58339.85% | |J. H. Hearn36224.74% | |New riding

|Josiah Hooper51835.41%

|New riding |- | rowspan="3"|Victoria || |John Ross62137.21% | |Charles James Campbell25615.34% | |New riding |- |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|William Kidston57134.21% | |McLean1629.71% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|New riding

|Haliburton593.53%

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