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1894 Nova Scotia general election
← 1890 March 8–15, 1894 1897 →
38 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Con
Leader William Stevens Fielding William MacKay
Party Liberal Liberal-Conservative
Leader since 1884 1894
Leader's seat Halifax Ran in
Cape Breton (Won)
Last election 28 10
Seats won 26[1] 12
Seat change Decrease2 Increase2
Popular vote 75,295 68,455
Percentage 52.05% 47.33%
Swing Increase1.21pp Increase0.59pp
Premier before election

William Stevens Fielding
Liberal

Premier after election

William Stevens Fielding
Liberal

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

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Results by party

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26 12
Liberal Liberal-Conservative
Official results [2][3]
Party Party leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular vote
1890 Dissolution Elected Change # % Change (pp)
  Liberal William Stevens Fielding 39 28 27 26 -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% -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% –
Popular vote
Liberal
 
 52.05%
Liberal-Conservative
 
 47.33%
Independent/Other
 
 0.62%
Seats summary
Liberal
 
 68.42%
Liberal-Conservative
 
 31.58%

Retiring incumbents

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Liberal
Liberal-Conservative

Nominated candidates

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1894 Nova Scotia Provincial Election[4]

Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest

Valley

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
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†
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
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†
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

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
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
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
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
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

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
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†
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

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
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

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
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
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†
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

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
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
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†
Richmond[5] Simon Joyce
996
25.89% 		Abraham LeBlanc
883
22.95% 		Abraham LeBlanc
Joseph Matheson
974
25.32% 		John Morrison
994
25.84% 		Joseph Matheson
Victoria John Gillis Morrison
784
24.39% 		John J. McCabe
597
18.57% 		John A. Fraser
John A. Fraser
748
23.27% 		John Lemuel Bethune
911
28.34% 		John Lemuel Bethune
M. H. MacKenzie
174
5.41%

References

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  1. ^ 4 December 1894 deferred by-election for Richmond seat, won by Liberal candidate
  2. ^ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  3. ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  4. ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  5. ^ 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.
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