# 1945 Nova Scotia general election

The 1945 Nova Scotia general election was held on 23 October 1945 to elect members of the 43rd House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party. The Progressive Conservatives were entirely shut out of the Assembly, making the CCF's two MLAs the only opposition members.

## Results
### Results by party

| 28 | 2 |
| 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 | 1941 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) |
| | Liberal | Angus Lewis Macdonald | 30 | 22 | | 28 | +6 | 153,493 | 53.05% | +0.14% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Donald MacDonald | 20 | 3 | | 2 | -1 | 39,637 | 13.70% | +6.57% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Frederick Murray Blois | 29 | 5 | | 0 | -5 | 95,573 | 33.03% | -6.93% |
| | Independent/Other | Independent/Other | 3 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 634 | 0.22% | N/A |
| | 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 | 289,337 | 99.37% | – |
| 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 | 1,697 | 0.58% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 82 | 30 | 30 | 30 | – | 291,034 | 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 | 370,945 | 64.68% | |
Popular vote
Liberal
53.05%
PC
33.03%
CCF
13.70%
Others
0.22% :
Seats summary
Liberal
93.33%
CCF
6.67% :

## Retiring incumbents
### Co-operative Commonwealth

* Douglas Neil Brodie, Cape Breton East
* Douglas MacDonald, Cape Breton Centre

### Liberal

* Alexander Stirling MacMillan, Hants
* Harry Dennis Madden, Queens
* John McDonald, Kings
* John D. McKenzie, Annapolis
* Havelock Torrey, Guysborough

### Progressive Conservative

* George Scott Dickey, 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 | PC | PC | CCF | CCF | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Annapolis | | Henry Hicks 4,880 59.06% | | Horton Wheelock Phinney 3,383 40.94% | | | | | John D. McKenzie† |
| Digby | | Joseph William Comeau 4,714 59.13% | | Kenneth Earl Smith 2,706 33.94% | | Edgar Lawrence Outhouse 552 6.92% | | | Joseph William Comeau |
| Hants | | Robert A. MacLellan 4,951 52.66% | | Norman Dudley Murray 3,194 33.98% | | Frederick Charles Gilmore Scott 1,256 13.36% | | | Alexander Stirling MacMillan† |
| Kings | | David Durell Sutton 7,027 59.66% | | William Lawrence Chisholm 4,751 40.34% | | | | | John Alexander McDonald† |

### South Shore

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | PC | PC | CCF | CCF | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Lunenburg | | Frank R. Davis 6,867 27.31% | | R. Clifford Levy 5,854 23.28% | | | | | Frank R. Davis |
| Lunenburg | | Gordon E. Romkey 6,839 27.20% | | James A. MacLeod 5,585 22.21% | | | | | Gordon E. Romkey |
| Queens | | Merrill D. Rawding 2,844 48.17% | | Leonard William Fraser 2,503 42.39% | | Clarence Webber 557 9.43% | | | Harry Dennis Madden† |
| Shelburne | | Wilfred Dauphinee 3,214 55.85% | | Frederick William Bower 2,203 38.28% | | Cecil James O'Donnell 338 5.87% | | | Wilfred Dauphinee |
| Yarmouth | | Henry A. Waterman 5,000 55.20% | | Frank Parker Day 4,058 44.80% | | | | | Henry A. Waterman |

### Fundy-Northeast

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | PC | PC | CCF | CCF | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Colchester | | Gordon Purdy 7,714 29.18% | | Frederick Murray Blois 5,515 20.86% | | Clarence Vincent Fleury 547 2.07% | | | Frederick Murray Blois |
| Colchester | | Robert F. McLellan 6,631 25.09% | | William A. Flemming 5,383 20.37% | | Sidney Mansfield Parker 642 2.43% | | | George Scott Dickey† |
| Cumberland | | Martin J. Kaufman 6,540 21.67% | | Archie B. Smith 6,271 20.77% | | John James Crummey 2,867 9.50% | | | Archie B. Smith |
| Cumberland | | Kenneth Judson Cochrane 6,995 23.17% | | Norman Shaw Sanford 5,807 19.24% | | Joseph Bernard Murray 1,706 5.65% | | | Kenneth Judson Cochrane |

### Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | PC | PC | CCF | CCF | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Halifax Centre | | James Edward Rutledge 4,737 55.22% | | Carl Palm Bethune 2,279 26.57% | | R.B. Mitchell 1,562 18.21% | | | James Edward Rutledge |
| Halifax East | | Geoffrey W. Stevens 6,206 53.48% | | A.L. Mattatall 3,033 26.14% | | Cecil Clyde Russell 2,366 20.39% | | | Geoffrey W. Stevens |
| Halifax North | | Harold Connolly 6,089 59.43% | | Bernard Joseph Vaughan 1,777 17.34% | | Thomas Burgess 2,120 20.69% | | Alexander Munro 260 2.54% | Harold Connolly |
| Halifax South | | Angus Lewis Macdonald 5,181 61.26% | | Arthur John Haliburton 2,067 24.44% | | Richard Leo Rooney 1,080 12.77% | | Andrew Matthews 129 1.53% | Vacant |
| Halifax West | | Ronald Manning Fielding 4,997 49.11% | | Malcolm Edgbert Walker 2,786 27.38% | | Fred Young 2,392 23.51% | | | Ronald Manning Fielding |

### Central Nova

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | PC | PC | CCF | CCF | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Antigonish | | John Patrick Gorman 2,650 61.83% | | Douglas MacDonald 1,636 38.17% | | | | | John Patrick Gorman |
| Guysborough | | Arthur W. MacKenzie 3,456 62.07% | | Harold Vans Hudson 2,112 37.93% | | | | | Havelock Torrey† |
| Pictou | | Alfred B. DeWolfe 9,020 24.83% | | Ernest G. Irish 7,061 19.44% | | G. Miller Dick 1,576 4.34% | | George J. White 245 0.67% | Ernest G. Irish |
| Pictou | | Josiah H. MacQuarrie 10,031 27.61% | | John A. MacGregor 6,704 18.46% | | Donald L. Nicholson 1,688 4.65% | | | Josiah H. MacQuarrie |

### Cape Breton

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | PC | PC | CCF | CCF | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Cape Breton Centre | | Ronald McIsaac 2,726 38.37% | | Frank Doucette 518 7.29% | | Michael James MacDonald 3,860 54.34% | | | Douglas MacDonald† |
| Cape Breton East | | Gus McGillivray 2,719 30.03% | | Kenneth Daniel Beaton 1,002 11.07% | | Russell Cunningham 5,332 58.90% | | | Douglas Neil Brodie† |
| Cape Breton North | | Alexander O'Handley 3,328 38.48% | | Malcolm McDonald 2,416 27.94% | | Wendell Coldwell 2,904 33.58% | | | Alexander O'Handley |
| Cape Breton South | | John Smith MacIvor 4,778 43.10% | | Malcolm Cameron 1,861 16.79% | | Donald MacDonald 4,448 40.12% | | | Donald MacDonald |
| Cape Breton West | | Malcolm A. Patterson 2,826 49.82% | | Horace L. Ferguson 1,002 17.67% | | Robert Orr 1,844 32.51% | | | Malcolm A. Patterson |
| Inverness | | Alexander H. McKinnon 5,283 70.59% | | Alexander Angus MacInnes 2,201 29.41% | | | | | Alexander H. McKinnon |
| Richmond | | Lauchlin Daniel Currie 3,149 76.66% | | Frederick Albert Thurgood 959 23.34% | | | | | Lauchlin Daniel Currie |
| Victoria | | John Malcolm Campbell 2,101 64.69% | | William Ross MacAulay 1,147 35.31% | | | | | John Malcolm Campbell |