# 1925 Nova Scotia general election

The 1925 Nova Scotia general election was held on 25 June 1925 to elect members of the 38th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal-Conservative party.

## Results
### Results by party

| 39 | 3 | 1 |
| Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Labour |
Official results :
| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | 1920 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) |
| | Liberal-Conservative | Edgar Nelson Rhodes | 42 | 3 | | 39 | +36 | 262,277 | 59.07% | +36.24% |
| | Liberal | Ernest Howard Armstrong | 43 | 29 | | 3 | -26 | 161,158 | 36.30% | -8.14% |
| | Labour | None | 11 | 0 | | 1 | -4 | 20,527 | 4.62% | -11.27% |
| | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | | | | | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 443,962 | 100.00% | – |
| Blank and invalid ballots | Blank and invalid ballots | Blank and invalid ballots | Blank and invalid ballots | Blank and invalid ballots | Blank and invalid ballots | Blank and invalid ballots | Blank and invalid ballots | 0 | 0.00% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 96 | 43 | 43 | 43 | – | 443,962 | 100.00% | – |
Popular vote
Liberal-Conservative
59.08%
Liberal
36.30%
Labour
4.62% :
Seats summary
Liberal-Conservative
90.69%
Liberal
6.98%
Labour
2.33% :

## Retiring incumbents
### Labour

* Arthur R. Richardson, Cape Breton Centre

### Liberal

* Angus Gladstone Buchanan, Victoria
* Adam Dunlap Burris, Halifax
* Daniel Alexander Cameron, Victoria
* Joseph William Comeau, Digby
* John L. Connolly, Halifax
* Orlando Daniels, Annapolis
* Robert Henry Graham, Pictou
* Donald MacLennan, Inverness
* Amédée Melanson, Yarmouth
* James Sealy, Kings

### United Farmers

* Gilbert Nelson Allen, Cumberland
* John Alexander MacDonald, Hants
* Angus J. MacGillivray, Antigonish
* Robert Hunter Smith, Colchester
* Harry L. Taggart, Colchester

## Nominated candidates

Legend bold denotes party leader † denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest The band that is coloured shows which candidates were successful in 1925.

### Valley

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | Labour | Labour | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Annapolis | | Frank R. Elliott 3,165 21.53% | | | | Obediah Parker Goucher 4,331 29.46% | Frank R. Elliott |
| Annapolis | | Kenneth L. Crowell 3,071 20.89% | | | | Harry Thompson MacKenzie 4,133 28.12% | Orlando Daniels† |
| Digby | | Henry W.B. Warner 2,545 19.95% | | | | Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau 3,827 30.00% | Henry W.B. Warner |
| Digby | | Gilbert J. Belliveau 2,524 19.78% | | | | William Hudson Farnham 3,862 30.27% | Joseph William Comeau† |
| Hants | | James William Reid 3,075 20.08% | | | | Albert Parsons 4,806 31.38% | James William Reid |
| Hants | | Lionel A. Forsyth 2,860 18.68% | | | | Edgar Nelson Rhodes 4,573 29.86% | John Alexander MacDonald† |
| Kings | | John A. McDonald 4,963 24.23% | | | | George Nowlan 5,520 26.95% | John A. McDonald |
| Kings | | Allison H. Borden 4,543 22.18% | | | | Reginald Tucker Caldwell 5,455 26.63% | James Sealy† |

### South Shore

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | Labour | Labour | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Lunenburg | | John James Kinley 4,528 19.82% | | | | Wallace Norman Rehfuss 7,159 31.34% | John James Kinley |
| Lunenburg | | Aubrey Sperry 4,254 18.62% | | | | William Haslam Smith 6,902 30.21% | Aubrey Sperry |
| Queens | | George S. McClearn 1,735 23.06% | | | | William Lorimer Hall 1,934 25.70% | George S. McClearn |
| Queens | | Jordan W. Smith 1,874 24.90% | | | | Frank J.D. Barnjum 1,982 26.34% | Jordan W. Smith |
| Shelburne | | Robert Irwin 2,001 21.90% | | | | Ernest Reginald Nickerson 2,596 28.42% | Robert Irwin |
| Shelburne | | Ernest Howard Armstrong 2,087 22.84% | | | | Norman Emmons Smith 2,452 26.84% | Ernest Howard Armstrong |
| Yarmouth | | Lindsay C. Gardner 3,032 22.66% | | | | John Flint Cahan 3,852 28.79% | Vacant |
| Yarmouth | | René W.E. Landry 3,079 23.02% | | | | Raymond Neri d'Entremont 3,415 25.53% | Amédée Melanson† |

### Fundy-Northeast

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | Labour | Labour | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Colchester | | Maynard B. Archibald 2,634 14.42% | | | | William Boardman Armstrong 6,733 36.86% | Harry L. Taggart† |
| Colchester | | Frank A. Reynolds 2,461 13.47% | | | | Frank Stanfield 6,439 35.25% | Robert Hunter Smith† |
| Cumberland | | James Ralston 5,508 13.45% | | Archibald Terris 8,267 20.18% | | | Archibald Terris |
| Cumberland | | Charles H. Read 4,797 11.71% | | | | Percy Chapman Black 9,057 22.11% | Gilbert Nelson Allen† |
| Cumberland | | James M. Wardrope 4,754 11.61% | | | | Daniel George McKenzie 8,580 20.95% | Daniel George McKenzie |

### Halifax

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | Labour | Labour | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Halifax | | John Murphy 8,291 6.86% | | Walter Mosher 571 0.47% | | John Archibald Walker 15,679 12.97% | Adam Dunlap Burris† |
| Halifax | | John G. MacDougall 8,256 6.83% | | Robert Daw 480 0.40% | | William Drysdale Piercey 15,672 12.97% | John L. Connolly† |
| Halifax | | John Brown Douglas 7,905 6.54% | | Alban L. Breen 392 0.32% | | Josiah Frederick Fraser 15,985 13.23% | John Brown Douglas |
| Halifax | | Henry Bauld 7,900 6.54% | | | | John Francis Mahoney 15,899 13.16% | Henry Bauld |
| Halifax | | Walter J.A. O'Hearn 7,872 6.51% | | | | Alexander Montgomerie 15,952 13.20% | Walter J.A. O'Hearn |

### Central Nova

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | Labour | Labour | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Antigonish | | John L. MacIsaac 2,393 27.74% | | | | Duncan S. Chisholm 2,095 24.29% | Angus J. MacGillivray† |
| Antigonish | | William Chisholm 2,267 26.28% | | | | Fred R. Irish 1,871 21.69% | William Chisholm |
| Guysborough | | Clarence W. Anderson 2,668 23.70% | | | | Simon Osborn Giffin 2,995 26.61% | Clarence W. Anderson |
| Guysborough | | James Cranswick Tory 2,763 24.55% | | | | Howard Amos Rice 2,830 25.14% | James Cranswick Tory |
| Pictou | | Archibald McColl 5,591 12.18% | | William Murray 695 1.51% | | John Doull 9,432 20.55% | Vacant |
| Pictou | | John Welsford MacDonald 5,464 11.91% | | J. Gordon Calkin 668 1.46% | | Hugh Allan MacQuarrie 9,043 19.71% | John Welsford MacDonald |
| Pictou | | George W. Whitman 5,332 11.62% | | Joseph White 610 1.33% | | Robert Albert Douglas 9,053 19.73% | Robert Henry Graham† |

### Cape Breton

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | Labour | Labour | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Cape Breton Centre | | Daniel McDonald 3,277 14.68% | | Joseph Steele 313 1.40% | | Gordon Sidney Harrington 7,621 34.13% | Joseph Steele Cape Breton |
| Cape Breton Centre | | James McConnell 3,210 14.38% | | Emerson Campbell 295 1.32% | | Joseph Macdonald 7,611 34.09% | Arthur R. Richardson† Cape Breton |
| Cape Breton East | | Dan C. McDonald 933 3.82% | | Forman Waye 4,051 16.57% | | John Carey Douglas 7,276 29.77% | Forman Waye Cape Breton |
| Cape Breton East | | James L. McKinnon 928 3.80% | | D. W. Morrison 4,185 17.12% | | Alexander O'Handley 7,071 28.93% | D. W. Morrison Cape Breton |
| Inverness | | Moses Elijah McGarry 3,906 24.46% | | | | Hubert Meen Aucoin 4,019 25.17% | Donald MacLennan† |
| Inverness | | John C. Bourinot 3,862 24.19% | | | | Malcolm McKay 4,180 26.18% | John C. Bourinot |
| Richmond-West Cape Breton | | Donald D. Boyd 2,667 21.67% | | | | Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc 3,500 28.44% | Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc Richmond |
| Richmond-West Cape Breton | | George R. Deveau 2,637 21.43% | | | | John Alexander MacDonald 8,466 52.70% | John Alexander MacDonald Richmond |
| Victoria | | Donald Buchanan McLeod 1,874 27.05% | | | | Hector A. McLeod 1,622 23.41% | Angus Gladstone Buchanan† |
| Victoria | | Alexander K. McKenzie 1,672 24.13% | | | | Phillip McLeod 1,760 25.40% | Daniel Alexander Cameron† |