1906 Nova Scotia general election

1906 Nova Scotia general election

June 20, 1906
38 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader George Henry Murray Charles Elliott Tanner Party Liberal Liberal-Conservative Leader since 1896 1901 Leader's seat Victoria Pictou Last election 36 2 Seats won 32 5 Seat change 4 3 Popular vote 87,267 67,028 Percentage 55.08% 42.32% Swing 3.71pp 1.11pp
Premier before election George Henry Murray Liberal Premier after election George Henry Murray Liberal

The 1906 Nova Scotia general election was held on 20 June 1906 to elect members of the 34th 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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32	5	1
Liberal	Liberal-Conservative	Other

Official results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1901	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Liberal	George Henry Murray	40	36	36	32	-4	87,267	55.08%	-3.71%
	Liberal-Conservative	Charles Elliott Tanner	32	2	2	5	+3	67,028	42.32%	+1.11%
	Independent/Other		2	0	0	1	+1	4,125	2.60%	+2.36%
	Vacant				0
Total valid votes								158,420	100.00%	–
Blank and invalid ballots								0	0.00%	–
Total			74	38	38	38	–	158,420	100.00%	–

Popular vote Liberal   55.09% Liberal-Conservative   42.32% Independent/Other   2.60%

Seats summary Liberal   84.21% Liberal-Conservative   13.16% Independent/Other   2.63%

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

• George A. Cox, Shelburne
• Michael Edwin Keefe, Halifax
• Henry T. Laurence, Colchester
• George Mitchell, Halifax
• George G. Sanderson, Yarmouth
• John Drew Sperry, Lunenburg

Nominated candidates

1906 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

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other
Annapolis		Orlando Daniels 2,062 29.46%		A. L. Davison 1,674 23.91%				Orlando Daniels
		Joseph A. Bancroft 1,826 26.09%		Alfred Wightman 1,438 20.54%				Joseph A. Bancroft
Digby		Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau 1,376 32.51%		M. H. Marshall 829 19.59%				Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau
		Angus Morrison Gidney 1,253 29.61%		A. A. Theriault 774 18.29%				Angus Morrison Gidney
Hants		Arthur Drysdale 1,934 26.19%		E. A. O'Brien 1,800 24.37%				Arthur Drysdale
		Francis Parker McHeffey 1,792 24.27%		Charles Smith Wilcox 1,859 25.17%				Francis Parker McHeffey
Kings		Brenton Dodge 2,152 25.83%				E. W. Sawyer 1,977 23.72% (Union Reform)		Brenton Dodge
		Harry H. Wickwire 2,056 24.67%				Charles Alexander Campbell 2,148 25.78% (Union Reform)		Harry H. Wickwire

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other
Lunenburg		Charles Uniacke Mader 2,274 26.12%		C. S. Marshall 2,147 24.66%				Charles Uniacke Mader
		Henry March 2,254 25.89%		C. A. Lander 2,031 23.33%				John Drew Sperry†
Queens		Edward Matthew Farrell 1,008 31.28%		J. S. Hughes 754 23.40%				Edward Matthew Farrell
		Charles F. Cooper 874 27.13%		J. C. Pyke 586 18.19%				Charles F. Cooper
Shelburne		Moses H. Nickerson 1,083 28.08%		N. R. Craig 930 24.11%				Moses H. Nickerson
		Robert Irwin 975 25.28%		T. C. Lockwood 869 22.53%				George A. Cox†
Yarmouth		Ernest Howard Armstrong 1,586 34.20%		A. M. Perrin 815 17.57%				George G. Sanderson†
		Henry S. LeBlanc 1,425 30.72%		Raymond Neri d'Entremont 812 17.51%				Henry S. LeBlanc

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other
Colchester		William Davison Hill 2,567 28.76%		J. H. McCleave 2,177 24.39%				Henry T. Laurence†
		Benjamin Franklin Pearson 2,386 26.73%		John Suckling 1,795 20.11%				Benjamin Franklin Pearson
Cumberland		Elisha B. Paul 3,619 26.57%		C. F. Jameison 2,995 21.99%				Elisha B. Paul
		William Thomas Pipes 3,587 26.34%		Daniel J. McLeod 3,419 25.10%				Daniel J. McLeod

Halifax

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other
Halifax		David McPherson 5,550 19.23%		G.M. Campbell 4,423 15.33%				David McPherson
		George Everett Faulkner 5,475 18.97%		W.M. Sedgewick 4,093 14.18%				George Mitchell†
		Robert Emmett Finn 5,372 18.62%		W.F. O'Connor 3,943 13.66%				Michael Edwin Keefe†

Central Nova

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other
Antigonish		Fred Robert Trotter Acclamation						Fred Robert Trotter
		Christopher P. Chisholm Acclamation						Christopher P. Chisholm
Guysborough		James F. Ellis 1,705 29.30%		Simon Osborn Giffin 1,325 22.77%				James F. Ellis
		William Whitman 1,634 28.08%		G.A.R. Rowlings 1,155 19.85%				William Whitman
Pictou		Robert M. McGregor 3,832 17.50%		George E. Munro 3,372 15.40%				Robert M. McGregor
		George Patterson 3,546 16.19%		John M. Baillie 3,617 16.52%				George Patterson
		Robert Hugh MacKay 3,546 16.19%		Charles Elliott Tanner 3,983 18.19%				Charles Elliott Tanner

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other
Cape Breton		Arthur Samuel Kendall 5,225 26.66%		J. W. Madden 4,777 24.37%				Arthur Samuel Kendall
		Neil J. Gillis 4,897 24.98%		Robert Hamilton Butts 4,702 23.99%				Neil J. Gillis
Inverness		James MacDonald 2,052 22.26%		Daniel McNeil 1,099 11.92%				James MacDonald
		H. C. Hache 1,540 16.70%
		Moses J. Doucet 1,530 16.59%		Charles Edward McMillan 1,639 17.78%				Moses J. Doucet
		Dougald MacLachan 1,360 14.75%
Richmond		Charles P. Bissett 1,140 36.66%		Edward Doyle 398 12.80%				Charles P. Bissett
		Simon Joyce 766 24.63%		Felix Landry 806 25.92%				Simon Joyce
Victoria		George Henry Murray Acclamation						George Henry Murray
		John Gillis Morrison Acclamation						John Gillis Morrison

Further reading

• Hopkins, J. Castell (1907). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1906. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.