# 1916 Nova Scotia general election

The 1916 Nova Scotia general election was held on 20 June 1916 to elect members of the 36th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

## Results
### Results by party

| 30 | 13 |
| Liberal | 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 | 1911 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) |
| | Liberal | George Henry Murray | 43 | 27 | | 30 | +3 | 136,829 | 50.77% | -0.32% |
| | Liberal-Conservative | Charles Elliott Tanner | 43 | 11 | | 13 | +2 | 130,430 | 48.40% | +3.02% |
| | Independent/Other | Independent/Other | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 1,038 | 0.38% | -1.39% |
| | Labour | None | 2 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 1,117 | 0.43% | -1.34% |
| | 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 | 269,474 | 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 | 89 | 38 | 38 | 43 | – | 269,474 | 100.00% | – |
Popular vote
Liberal
50.77%
Liberal-Conservative
48.40%
Other
0.81% :
Seats summary
Liberal
67.77%
Liberal-Conservative
30.23% :

## Retiring incumbents
### Liberal

* Charles P. Bissett, Richmond
* Archibald M. Covert, Kings
* Fullton Johnson Logan, Halifax
* James MacDonald, Inverness
* Smith Nickerson, Shelburne

### Liberal-Conservative

* Harry Hatheway Marshall, Digby
* Norman Phinney, Annapolis

## 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 | Labour | Labour | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Annapolis | | Orlando Daniels 2,149 26.34% | | Obediah Parker Goucher 2,020 24.76% | | | | | Orlando Daniels |
| Annapolis | | Frank R. Elliott 2,077 25.46% | | Earle C. Phinney 1,912 23.44% | | | | | Norman Phinney† |
| Digby | | Henry W.B. Warner 1,903 26.81% | | Felix M. Gaudet 1,604 22.59% | | | | | Harry Hatheway Marshall† |
| Digby | | Joseph William Comeau 2,002 28.20% | | Walton K. Tibert 1,590 22.40% | | | | | Joseph William Comeau |
| Hants | | Burchill R. Fulmer 1,929 23.63% | | Albert Parsons 2,142 26.24% | | | | | Albert Parsons |
| Hants | | James William Reid 2,051 25.13% | | Herbert W. Sangster 2,041 25.00% | | | | | James William Reid |
| Kings | | Charles Alexander Campbell 2,318 24.53% | | James E. Kinsman 2,421 25.62% | | | | | Archibald M. Covert† |
| Kings | | Harry H. Wickwire 2,499 26.44% | | Joseph D. Spidell 2,212 23.41% | | | | | Harry H. Wickwire |

### South Shore

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | Labour | Labour | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Lunenburg | | John James Kinley 2,992 26.90% | | Alfred Clairmonte Zwicker 2,082 18.72% | | | | | Alfred Clairmonte Zwicker |
| Lunenburg | | Oscar G. Donovan 2,768 24.88% | | Joseph Willis Margeson 3,282 29.50% | | | | | Joseph Willis Margeson |
| Queens | | Frederick R. Freeman 977 23.33% | | William Lorimer Hall 1,116 26.65% | | | | | William Lorimer Hall |
| Queens | | Jordan W. Smith 1,098 26.22% | | D.C. Mulhall 997 23.81% | | | | | Jordan W. Smith |
| Shelburne | | Robert Irwin 1,442 27.82% | | Wendell H. Currie 1,205 23.24% | | | | | Robert Irwin |
| Shelburne | | Maurice Nickerson 1,424 27.47% | | W.C. Hall 1,113 21.47% | | | | | Smith Nickerson† |
| Yarmouth | | Ernest Howard Armstrong 1,931 28.36% | | Joseph O. Difon 1,304 19.15% | | | | | Ernest Howard Armstrong |
| Yarmouth | | Henry d'Entremont 1,839 27.00% | | Howard Corning 1,736 25.49% | | | | | Howard Corning |

### Fundy-Northeast

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | Labour | Labour | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Colchester | | Gilbert H. Vernon 2,212 22.62% | | Robert H. Kennedy 2,665 27.25% | | | | | Robert H. Kennedy |
| Colchester | | Frederick B. Schurman 2,158 22.07% | | Frank Stanfield 2,745 28.07% | | | | | Frank Stanfield |
| Cumberland | | James Ralston 3,951 17.05% | | Daniel A. Morrison 3,620 15.62% | | James B. Nelson 727 3.14% | | | James Ralston |
| Cumberland | | Joshua H. Livingstone 3,554 15.33% | | James W. Kirkpatrick 3,791 16.36% | | | | | New seat |
| Cumberland | | Rufus Carter 3,962 17.09% | | J. Flemming Gilroy 3,572 15.41% | | | | | Rufus Carter |

### Halifax

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | Labour | Labour | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Halifax | | John Brown Douglas 6,359 9.78% | | Hector MacInnes 6,735 10.36% | | | | | New seat |
| Halifax | | John L. Connolly 6,545 10.06% | | John W. Regan 6,387 9.82% | | | | | New seat |
| Halifax | | George Everett Faulkner 6,606 10.16% | | Felix P. Quinn 6,370 9.79% | | | | | George Everett Faulkner |
| Halifax | | Henry Bauld 6,855 10.54% | | E.F. Williams 6,266 9.63% | | | | | Fullton Johnson Logan† |
| Halifax | | Robert Emmett Finn 6,703 10.31% | | F.P. Bligh 6,213 9.55% | | | | | Robert Emmett Finn |

### Central Nova

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | Labour | Labour | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Antigonish | | Fred Robert Trotter 1,300 27.16% | | Allan MacDonald 953 19.91% | | | | | Fred Robert Trotter |
| Antigonish | | William Chisholm 1,366 28.54% | | John Stanfield O'Brien 1,167 24.38% | | | | | John Stanfield O'Brien |
| Guysborough | | James F. Ellis 1,752 29.65% | | John Bell 1,093 18.50% | | | | | James F. Ellis |
| Guysborough | | James Cranswick Tory 1,827 30.92% | | Duncan S. Chisholm 1,236 20.92% | | | | | James Cranswick Tory |
| Pictou | | Robert M. McGregor 4,555 17.68% | | John W. McKay 4,210 16.34% | | John B. Strickland 450 1.75% | | | Robert M. McGregor |
| Pictou | | Robert Hugh MacKay 4,309 16.73% | | J. William Sutherland 3,557 13.81% | | | | | Robert Hugh MacKay |
| Pictou | | Robert Henry Graham 4,512 17.52% | | Charles Elliott Tanner 4,165 16.17% | | | | | Charles Elliott Tanner |

### Cape Breton

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | Labour | Labour | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Cape Breton | | D.J. Hartigan 6,764 12.11% | | Neil Ferguson 6,885 12.33% | | | | J. B. McLachlan (Socialist) 1,038 1.86% | New seat |
| Cape Breton | | D.C. McDonald 6,692 11.98% | | Robert Hamilton Butts 6,935 12.42% | | | | | Robert Hamilton Butts |
| Cape Breton | | Daniel Alexander Cameron 7,036 12.60% | | Finlay McDonald 6,721 12.04% | | | | | New seat |
| Cape Breton | | Michael T. Sullivan 6,390 11.44% | | John Carey Douglas 7,381 13.22% | | | | | John Carey Douglas |
| Inverness | | Donald MacLennan 2,655 26.65% | | Thomas Gallant 2,531 25.40% | | | | | Donald MacLennan |
| Inverness | | John C. Bourinot 2,540 25.49% | | Duncan F. MacLean 2,238 22.46% | | | | | James MacDonald† |
| Richmond | | Simon Joyce 918 19.60% | | Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc 1,388 29.63% | | | | | Simon Joyce |
| Richmond | | Alexander Finlayson 994 21.22% | | John Alexander MacDonald 1,384 29.55% | | | | | Charles P. Bissett† |
| Victoria | | George Henry Murray 1,212 27.80% | | Joseph Hays 886 20.32% | | | | | George Henry Murray |
| Victoria | | John Gillis Morrison 1,189 27.27% | | Phillip McLeod 1,073 24.61% | | | | | Vacant |