# 1960 Nova Scotia general election

The 1960 Nova Scotia general election was held on 7 June 1960 to elect members of the 47th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives.

## Results
### Results by party

| 27 | 15 | 1 |
| Progressive Conservative | Liberal | CCF |
Official results :
| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | 1956 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) |
| | Progressive Conservative | Robert Stanfield | 43 | 24 | 24 | 27 | +3 | 168,023 | 48.11% | -0.44% |
| | Liberal | Henry Hicks | 43 | 18 | 17 | 15 | -3 | 147,951 | 42.36% | -5.29% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Michael James MacDonald | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31,036 | 8.89% | +5.94% |
| | Independent | Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 650 | 0.19% | -0.05% |
| | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | 1 | | | | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 347,660 | 99.54% | +0.15% |
| 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 | 1,596 | 0.46% | -0.15% |
| Total | Total | Total | 121 | 43 | 43 | 43 | – | 349,256 | 100.00% | – |
| Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout | 388,805 | 82.02% | +2.19% |
Popular vote
PC
48.11%
Liberal
42.36%
CCF
8.89%
Independent
0.19% :
Seats summary
PC
62.79%
Liberal
34.88%
CCF
2.33% :

## Retiring incumbents
### Liberal

* Geoffrey W. Stevens, Halifax County Dartmouth

### Progressive Conservative

* Malcolm Stewart Leonard, Digby
* John Michael Macdonald, Cape Breton North
* Hiram Thomas, Kings West

## 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 | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | CCF | CCF | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Annapolis East | | Hanson Dowell 2,666 48.69% | | Henry Hicks 2,658 48.55% | | Murray Alton Bent 151 2.76% | | | Henry Hicks |
| Annapolis West | | Charles T. LeBrun 2,068 42.74% | | Peter M. Nicholson 2,571 53.14% | | Louis A. Beeler 199 4.11% | | | Peter M. Nicholson |
| Clare | | Kenneth Weaver 2,034 47.87% | | Pierre E. Belliveau 2,215 52.13% | | | | | Pierre E. Belliveau |
| Digby | | E. Keith Potter 2,593 48.15% | | Victor Cardoza 2,651 49.23% | | Foster Journeay 141 2.62% | | | Malcolm Stewart Leonard† |
| Hants West | | George Henry Wilson 3,623 49.27% | | Gerald Regan 3,412 46.40% | | Howard B. Wile 319 4.34% | | | George Henry Wilson |
| Kings North | | Gladys Porter 3,060 51.19% | | Eric Balcom 2,782 46.54% | | Levitte Joseph Melanson 136 2.28% | | | Eric Balcom |
| Kings South | | Edward Haliburton 2,388 57.29% | | Bruce Trenholm 1,581 37.93% | | George R. Goucher 199 4.77% | | | Edward Haliburton |
| Kings West | | R.F. Hazel 3,425 45.18% | | Edward D. MacArthur 3,937 51.93% | | George Turner 219 2.89% | | | Hiram Thomas† |

### South Shore

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | CCF | CCF | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Lunenburg Centre | | George O. Lohnes 4,384 52.25% | | Nathan Simeon Joudrey 3,832 45.67% | | Arthur William Benedict 175 2.09% | | | George O. Lohnes |
| Lunenburg East | | Maurice L. Zinck 2,140 58.37% | | Kirk S. Hennigar 1,405 38.33% | | Albro Boehner 121 3.30% | | | Maurice L. Zinck |
| Lunenburg West | | Harley J. Spence 2,858 52.94% | | Frederick E.L. Fowke 2,541 47.06% | | | | | Harley J. Spence |
| Queens | | W. S. Kennedy Jones 3,770 59.04% | | Della P. Richardson 2,616 40.96% | | | | | W. S. Kennedy Jones |
| Shelburne | | James McKay Harding 3,539 52.94% | | William Russell MacKay 3,146 47.06% | | | | | James McKay Harding |
| Yarmouth | | George A. Burridge 4,811 24.82% | | Eric Spinney 4,309 22.23% | | | | Willard Franklyn Allen 650 3.35% | Eric Spinney |
| Yarmouth | | George A. Snow 4,578 23.62% | | Willard O'Brien 5,037 25.98% | | | | | Willard O'Brien |

### Fundy-Northeast

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | CCF | CCF | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Colchester | | Robert Stanfield 8,574 28.82% | | Hugh Charles MacKinnon 5,439 18.28% | | Harvey T. Curtis 704 2.37% | | | Robert Stanfield |
| Colchester | | George Isaac Smith 8,219 27.62% | | Gordon Purdy 6,127 20.59% | | Helen K. Wright 692 2.33% | | | George Isaac Smith |
| Cumberland Centre | | Stephen T. Pyke 2,308 52.91% | | Ralph F. Gilroy 1,753 40.19% | | John R. Tabor 301 6.90% | | | Stephen T. Pyke |
| Cumberland East | | James A. Langille 5,081 57.08% | | Walter T. Purdy 3,471 39.00% | | Lloyd L. Ayer 349 3.92% | | | James A. Langille |
| Cumberland West | | George Percy Graham 2,219 45.79% | | Allison T. Smith 2,418 49.90% | | Thomas Alton Johnstone 209 4.31% | | | Allison T. Smith |
| Hants East | | Ernest M. Ettinger 2,426 49.50% | | Carl Spencer Grant 2,207 45.03% | | Alfred James Scothorn 268 5.47% | | | Ernest M. Ettinger |

### Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | CCF | CCF | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Halifax Centre | | Donald MacKeen Smith 4,921 48.01% | | Gordon S. Cowan 4,651 45.38% | | James M. Murray 678 6.61% | | | Gordon S. Cowan |
| Halifax County-Dartmouth | | Murray Ritcey 7,653 43.05% | | Gordon L. S. Hart 8,258 46.46% | | Percy W. Dares 1,864 10.49% | | | Geoffrey W. Stevens† |
| Halifax East | | Nelson Gaetz 2,432 44.06% | | Duncan MacMillan 2,787 50.49% | | Wallace H. Mason 301 5.45% | | | Duncan MacMillan |
| Halifax North | | Robert Mullane 7,444 44.09% | | John E. Ahern 7,974 47.23% | | Charles A. Moulton 1,466 8.68% | | | John E. Ahern |
| Halifax Northwest | | Gordon H. Fitzgerald 4,209 46.55% | | Ronald Manning Fielding 4,182 46.26% | | L.C. Wilson 650 7.19% | | | Ronald Manning Fielding |
| Halifax South | | Richard Donahoe 5,861 54.65% | | Robert James Butler 4,302 40.12% | | Ralph Loomer 561 5.23% | | | Richard Donahoe |
| Halifax West | | D. C. McNeil 6,684 45.06% | | Charles H. Reardon 6,925 46.68% | | Harold J. Martell 1,225 8.26% | | | Charles H. Reardon |

### Central Nova

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | CCF | CCF | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Antigonish | | William F. MacKinnon 3,177 54.77% | | Vincent J. MacDonald 2,495 43.01% | | Alex MacPherson 129 2.22% | | | William F. MacKinnon |
| Guysborough | | Alexander MacIsaac 3,123 49.98% | | Norman Robert Anderson 2,934 46.95% | | Leslie Wilfred Myers 192 3.07% | | | Vacant |
| Pictou Centre | | Donald R. MacLeod 4,755 43.92% | | James H. Power 3,615 33.39% | | Doris Nicholson 2,456 22.69% | | | Donald R. MacLeod |
| Pictou East | | William A. MacLeod 2,424 44.55% | | John W. MacDonald 2,568 47.20% | | Barrie M. Hould 449 8.25% | | | William A. MacLeod |
| Pictou West | | Harvey Veniot 2,744 52.28% | | W.A. Broidy 2,353 44.83% | | W.E. Salsman 152 2.90% | | | Harvey Veniot |

### Cape Breton

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | CCF | CCF | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Cape Breton Centre | | Lowell Murray 1,964 27.19% | | James P. McNeil 1,887 26.13% | | Michael James MacDonald 3,371 46.68% | | | Michael James MacDonald |
| Cape Breton East | | Layton Fergusson 4,862 45.56% | | Joe A. Wadden 1,567 14.68% | | John L. MacKinnon 4,243 39.76% | | | Layton Fergusson |
| Cape Breton North | | Tom MacKeough 5,257 46.83% | | Ted Sullivan 3,094 27.56% | | Thomas R. MacDonald 2,875 25.61% | | | John Michael Macdonald† |
| Cape Breton Nova | | Percy Gaum 2,525 36.93% | | Wilfred Gillis 2,094 30.63% | | Albert Ollie Wilson 2,218 32.44% | | | Percy Gaum |
| Cape Breton South | | Donald C. MacNeil 5,153 46.23% | | Ritchie MacCoy 3,718 33.36% | | Bernard O'Neil 2,275 20.41% | | | Donald C. MacNeil |
| Cape Breton West | | Edward Manson 4,192 45.37% | | Herbert Shannon 3,652 39.53% | | John R. Lynk 1,395 15.10% | | | Edward Manson |
| Inverness | | Archie Neil Chisholm 3,923 24.43% | | Joseph Clyde Nunn 4,113 25.62% | | Stephen James MacLellan 353 2.20% | | | Joseph Clyde Nunn |
| Inverness | | Ralph Mauger MacKichan 3,648 22.72% | | Roderick MacLean 4,018 25.03% | | | | | Roderick MacLean |
| Richmond | | Byron Seymour Langley 2,491 48.89% | | Earl Wallace Urquhart 2,604 51.11% | | | | | Earl Wallace Urquhart |
| Victoria | | Leonard Walter Jones 1,817 46.96% | | Carleton L. MacMillan 2,052 53.04% | | | | | Carleton L. MacMillan |