# 1920 Nova Scotia general election

The 1920 Nova Scotia general election was held on 27 July 1920 to elect members of the 37th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Liberal party won a majority of seats in the Legislaure with only 44 percent of the vote.
This was the first general election in which women could vote and run for office.
Members were elected in multi-member districts electing from two to five members each, through plurality block voting.

## Results
### Results by party

| 29 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Liberal | United Farmers | Labour | Liberal-Conservative |
Official results :
| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | 1916 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) |
| | Liberal | George Henry Murray | 40 | 30 | | 29 | -1 | 154,627 | 44.44% | -6.34% |
| | Liberal-Conservative | William Lorimer Hall | 31 | 13 | | 3 | -10 | 81,044 | 23.29% | -25.11% |
| | United Farmers | Daniel George McKenzie | 17 | 0 | | 6 | +6 | 47,798 | 13.74% | N/A |
| | Labour | None | 12 | 0 | | 5 | +5 | 64,495 | 18.54% | +18.14% |
| | 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 | 347,964 | 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 | 100 | 43 | 43 | 43 | – | 347,964 | 100.00% | – |
Popular vote
Liberal
44.44%
Liberal-Conservative
23.29%
Labour
18.54%
United Farmers
13.74% :
Seats summary
Liberal
67.44%
United Farmers
13.95%
Labour
11.63%
Liberal-Conservative
6.98% :

## Retiring incumbents
### Liberal

* James F. Ellis, Guysborough
* George Everett Faulkner, Halifax
* Robert Hugh MacKay, Pictou
* Fred Robert Trotter, Antigonish

### Liberal-Conservative

* Neil Ferguson, Cape Breton
* James W. Kirkpatrick, Cumberland
* Hector MacInnes, Halifax
* Frank Stanfield, Colchester

## Nominated candidates

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 | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | United Farmers | United Farmers | Labour | Labour | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Annapolis | | Frank R. Elliott 3,330 27.90% | | | | Vernon B. Leonard 2,512 21.05% | | | Frank R. Elliott |
| Annapolis | | Orlando Daniels 3,630 30.41% | | | | Edgar C. Shaffner 2,463 20.64% | | | Orlando Daniels |
| Digby | | Henry W.B. Warner 2,997 30.93% | | | | Glidden Campbell 1,835 18.94% | | | Henry W.B. Warner |
| Digby | | Joseph William Comeau 3,165 32.67% | | | | Emede Robicheau 1,692 17.46% | | | Joseph William Comeau |
| Hants | | | | Albert Parsons 2,083 21.06% | | John Alexander MacDonald 2,179 22.03% | | Wiley V. Davison 998 10.09% | Albert Parsons |
| Hants | | James William Reid 3,035 30.69% | | | | Walter J. Aylword 1,594 16.12% | | | James William Reid |
| Kings | | John Alexander McDonald 4,705 28.21% | | James E. Kinsman 3,622 21.71% | | | | | James E. Kinsman |
| Kings | | Harry H. Wickwire 4,917 29.48% | | C.R. Bill 3,437 20.60% | | | | | Harry H. Wickwire |

### South Shore

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | United Farmers | United Farmers | Labour | Labour | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Lunenburg | | John James Kinley 4,900 30.24% | | Lemeau J. Hebb 3,237 19.98% | | | | | John James Kinley |
| Lunenburg | | Aubrey Sperry 4,795 29.60% | | Foster W. Verge 3,270 20.18% | | | | | Vacant |
| Queens | | George S. McClearn 1,607 26.15% | | William Lorimer Hall 1,485 24.17% | | | | | William Lorimer Hall |
| Queens | | Jordan W. Smith 1,737 28.27% | | Robert Smith 1,316 21.42% | | | | | Jordan W. Smith |
| Shelburne | | Robert Irwin 1,917 28.64% | | William T. Brannen 1,623 24.25% | | | | | Robert Irwin |
| Shelburne | | Frank E. Smith 1,774 26.51% | | Wendell H. Currie 1,379 20.60% | | | | | Frank E. Smith |
| Yarmouth | | Ernest Howard Armstrong 3,052 31.55% | | Howard Corning 3,416 35.31% | | | | | Ernest Howard Armstrong |
| Yarmouth | | Amédée Melanson 3,207 33.15% | | | | | | | Vacant |

### Fundy-Northeast

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | United Farmers | United Farmers | Labour | Labour | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Colchester | | | | Robert H. Kennedy 3,096 23.33% | | Harry L. Taggart 3,430 25.84% | | | Robert H. Kennedy |
| Colchester | | | | William R. Dunbar 3,213 24.21% | | Robert Hunter Smith 3,533 26.62% | | | Frank Stanfield† |
| Cumberland | | James Ralston 4,486 14.55% | | Grace McLeod Rogers 2,470 8.01% | | | | Archibald Terris 4,716 15.30% | James Ralston |
| Cumberland | | Varley B. Fullerton 2,659 8.63% | | Percy L. Spicer 1,864 6.05% | | Gilbert Nelson Allen 4,934 16.01% | | | James W. Kirkpatrick† |
| Cumberland | | Rufus Carter 3,215 10.43% | | Everett C. Leslie 1,714 5.56% | | Daniel George McKenzie 4,766 15.46% | | | Rufus Carter |

### Halifax

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | United Farmers | United Farmers | Labour | Labour | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Halifax | | Adam Dunlap Burris 5,936 9.07% | | John B. Archibald 4,045 6.18% | | Joseph S. Wallace 3,409 5.21% | | Ronald A. McDonald 3,369 5.15% | Hector MacInnes† |
| Halifax | | John L. Connolly 5,817 8.89% | | Robert A. Brenton 3,860 5.90% | | Peter McN. Kuhn 3,165 4.83% | | Patrick J. Healy 3,336 5.10% | John L. Connolly |
| Halifax | | John Brown Douglas 6,057 9.25% | | Frederick W. Stevens 3,642 5.56% | | | | Joseph H. McKenzie 3,157 4.82% | George Everett Faulkner† |
| Halifax | | Henry Bauld 6,554 10.01% | | Francis A. Gillis 3,595 5.49% | | | | | Henry Bauld |
| Halifax | | Robert Emmett Finn 6,285 9.60% | | Edward L. Power 3,236 4.94% | | | | | Robert Emmett Finn |

### Central Nova

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | United Farmers | United Farmers | Labour | Labour | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Antigonish | | Alexander Stirling MacMillan 1,725 23.65% | | | | Angus J. MacGillivray 1,804 24.73% | | | Fred Robert Trotter† |
| Antigonish | | William Chisholm 2,059 28.23% | | | | Fred R. Irish 1,706 23.39% | | | William Chisholm |
| Guysborough | | Clarence W. Anderson 2,359 30.36% | | | | D.P. Floyd 1,483 19.09% | | | James F. Ellis† |
| Guysborough | | James Cranswick Tory 2,619 33.71% | | | | J.A. Dillon 1,309 16.85% | | | James Cranswick Tory |
| Pictou | | Robert M. McGregor 6,056 15.78% | | John Bell 4,416 11.51% | | Alexander D. MacKay 5,984 15.59% | | Henry D. Fraser 6,012 15.66% | Robert M. McGregor |
| Pictou | | John Welsford MacDonald 6,287 16.38% | | | | | | Bertha A. Donaldson 2,930 7.63% | Robert Hugh MacKay† |
| Pictou | | Robert Henry Graham 6,696 17.45% | | | | | | | Robert Henry Graham |

### Cape Breton

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | United Farmers | United Farmers | Labour | Labour | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Cape Breton | | W.F. Carroll 6,471 9.08% | | Neil R. McArthur 2,809 3.94% | | | | Joseph Steele 9,800 13.75% | Neil Ferguson† |
| Cape Breton | | A.B. MacGillivray 5,334 7.49% | | A.C. MacCormick 2,749 3.86% | | | | Arthur R. Richardson 9,177 12.88% | Vacant |
| Cape Breton | | Daniel Alexander Cameron 5,729 8.04% | | Ewen MacKay Forbes 2,343 3.29% | | | | Forman Waye 9,407 13.20% | Daniel Alexander Cameron |
| Cape Breton | | N. MacDonald 5,270 7.40% | | Charles B. Smith 2,338 3.28% | | | | D. W. Morrison 9,830 13.80% | Vacant |
| Inverness | | Donald MacLennan 3,461 26.32% | | Moses Elijah McGarry 2,643 20.10% | | | | John J. McNeil 1,763 13.40% | Donald MacLennan |
| Inverness | | John C. Bourinot 3,204 24.36% | | Malcolm McKay 2,081 15.82% | | | | | John C. Bourinot |
| Richmond | | G.H. Murray 1,761 24.35% | | Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc 1,823 25.20% | | | | | Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc |
| Richmond | | George R. Deveau 1,728 23.89% | | John Alexander MacDonald 1,921 26.56% | | | | | John Alexander MacDonald |
| Victoria | | George Henry Murray 2,078 32.42% | | Guy McL. Matheson 1,109 17.30% | | | | | George Henry Murray |
| Victoria | | Angus Gladstone Buchanan 2,013 31.41% | | Phillip McLeod 1,209 18.86% | | | | | Vacant |