1894 Nova Scotia general election explained

The 1894 Nova Scotia general election was held from 8 March to 15 March 1894 to elect members of the 31st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

Results by party

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Liberal	Liberal-Conservative

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Party leader	of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
1890		Dissolution	Elected	Change		%	Change (pp)	Liberal	William Stevens Fielding	39	28	27	26	align="right"	-2	75,295	52.05%	+1.21%	Liberal-Conservative	William MacKay	37	10	10	12	+2	68,455	47.33%	+0.59%	Independent/Other		1	0	0	0	0	899	0.62%	align="right"	-1.80%
	Vacant				1
Total valid votes								144,649	100.00%	–
Blank and invalid ballots								0	0.00%	–
Total			77	38	38	38	–	144,649	100.00%	–

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

• George Clarke, Colchester
• Daniel McNeil, Inverness
• Henry M. Munro, Annapolis

Liberal-Conservative

• Alexander F. Cameron, Guysborough
• Thomas Barlow Smith, Hants

Nominated candidates

1894 Nova Scotia Provincial Election^[2]

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 Longley
1,808
27.18% ||Thomas R. Jones
1,555
23.38% |||||James Wilberforce Longley|-|||Joseph A. Bancroft
1,793
26.95% ||Hugh E. Gillis
1,496
22.49% |||||Henry M. Munro†|-| rowspan="2"|Digby|||Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau
1,228
27.54%||Louis Dugan
1,018
22.83% |||||Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau|-|||Eliakim Tupper
1,245
27.92% ||M. R. Timpany
968
21.71% |||||Eliakim Tupper|-| rowspan="2"|Hants|||Arthur Drysdale
1,706
25.19%||James A. Thompson
1,689
24.94% |||||Arthur Drysdale|- ||W. H. Guild
1,644
24.28% |||Charles Smith Wilcox
1,733
25.59%|||||Thomas Barlow Smith†|-| rowspan="2"|Kings|||Brenton Dodge
2,227
31.% ||Barclay Webster
1,580
21.99% |||||Barclay Webster|-|||Harry H. Wickwire
2,081
28.97% ||R. M. Rand
1,296
18.04% |||||Vacant|-|}

South Shore

|-| rowspan="2"|Lunenburg|||John Drew Sperry
2,648
27.92% ||James A. McLean
2,133
22.49% |||||John Drew Sperry|-|||Charles Edward Church
2,602
27.44% ||J. A. Hirtle
2,101
22.15% |||||Charles Edward Church|-| rowspan="2"|Queens|||Albert M. Hemeon
913
28.83% ||John Hutt
703
22.20% |||||Albert M. Hemeon|-|||Richard Hunt
912
28.79% ||O.L. Patch
639
20.18% |||||Richard Hunt|-| rowspan="2"|Shelburne|||Thomas Johnston
1,282
26.31% ||R. W. Freeman
1,059
21.74%|||||Thomas Johnston|-|||Thomas Robertson
1,319
27.07%||Charles Cahan
1,212
24.88% |||||Charles Cahan|-| rowspan="2"|Yarmouth|||William Law
1,464
31.78%||||E.C. Simonson (Prohibitionist-Temperance)
899
19.51%|||William Law|- ||Cornelius Forman Hatfield
1,097
23.81%|||Albert A. Pothier
1,147
24.90% |||||Cornelius Forman Hatfield|-|}

Fundy-Northeast

|-| rowspan="2"|Colchester|||Frederick Andrew Laurence
1,896
25.09%||Israel Longworth
1,890
25.02%|||||Frederick Andrew Laurence|- ||Alfred Dickie
1,814
24.01% |||Wilbert David Dimock
1,955
25.88% |||||George Clarke†|-| rowspan="2"|Cumberland|||Thomas Reuben Black
3,109
28.47% ||George W. Forrest
2,498
22.87% |||||George W. Forrest|-|||Alexander E. Fraser
2,902
26.58% ||William Oxley
2,411
22.08% |||||William Oxley|-|}

Halifax

|-| rowspan="3"|Halifax|||William Stevens Fielding
4,795
17.88%||T. W. Walsh
4,019
14.99%|||||William Stevens Fielding|-|||William Roche
4,651
17.35% ||James Morrow
4,406
16.43% |||||William Roche|- ||Michael Joseph Power
4,373
16.31% |||William Anderson Black
4,570
17.04% |||||Michael Joseph Power|-|}

Central Nova

|-| rowspan="2"|Antigonish|||Colin Francis McIsaac
1,333
27.99% ||J.J. Cameron
1,141
23.95% |||||Colin Francis McIsaac|-|||Christopher P. Chisholm
1,225
25.72% ||C. Ernest Gregory
1,064
22.34% |||||Christopher P. Chisholm|-| rowspan="2"|Guysborough|||Daniel H. McKinnon
1,240
28.70% ||Hamilton Morrow
979
22.66% |||||Hamilton Morrow|-|||John Howard Sinclair
1,216
28.15% ||A. Whitman
885
20.49% |||||Alexander F. Cameron†|-| rowspan="3"|Pictou ||Edward Mortimer Macdonald
2,797
15.41%|||William Cameron
3,254
17.93% |||||William Cameron|- ||James Drummond McGregor
2,992
16.49%|||Charles Elliott Tanner
3,236
17.83% |||||James Drummond McGregor|- ||J. F. Oliver
2,759
15.20%|||Alexander Grant
3,109
17.13% |||||Alexander Grant|-|}

Cape Breton

|-| rowspan="2"|Cape Breton ||Joseph McPherson
2,592
23.89%|||William MacKay
2,885
26.59% |||||Joseph McPherson|- ||Angus J. MacDonald
2,552
23.52%|||John McCormick
2,822
26.01% |||||Angus J. MacDonald|-| rowspan="2"|Inverness ||John McKinnon
1,746
24.87%|||John H. Jameison
1,857
26.45% |||||John McKinnon|- ||Samuel McDonnell
1,658
23.61%|||Alexander Campbell
1,760
25.07% |||||Daniel McNeil†|-| rowspan="2"|Richmond^[3] |||Simon Joyce
996
25.89%||Abraham LeBlanc
883
22.95%|||||Abraham LeBlanc|- ||Joseph Matheson
974
25.32% ||John Morrison
994
25.84%|||||Joseph Matheson|-| rowspan="3"|Victoria|||John Gillis Morrison
784
24.39%||John J. McCabe
597
18.57%|||||John A. Fraser|- ||John A. Fraser
748
23.27% |rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2|John Lemuel Bethune
911
28.34% |rowspan=2||rowspan=2||rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2|John Lemuel Bethune|-||M. H. MacKenzie
174
5.41%|-|}

Notes and References

1. 4 December 1894 deferred by-election for Richmond seat, won by Liberal candidate
2. Web site: Electoral Districts- History . Nova Scotia Legislature . December 2, 2021.
3. In the riding of Richmond, Liberal-Conservative John Morrison's election was voided by courts upon protest and petition by Liberal Joseph Matheson on March 19 and April 19, 1894. A by-election was held on December 4, 1894 to fill the seat and was won by Matheson.