# 1928 Nova Scotia general election

The 1928 Nova Scotia general election was held on 1 October 1928 to elect members of the 39th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal-Conservative party.

## Results
### Results by party

| 22 | 20 | 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 | 1925 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) |
| | Liberal-Conservative | Edgar Nelson Rhodes | 42 | 39 | | 22 | -17 | 210,442 | 49.11% | -9.97% |
| | Liberal | William Chisholm | 43 | 3 | | 20 | +17 | 206,541 | 48.20% | +11.90% |
| | Labour | None | 3 | 1 | | 1 | 0 | 11,529 | 4.62% | -1.93% |
| | 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 | 428,512 | 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 | 88 | 43 | 43 | 43 | – | 428,512 | 100.00% | – |
Popular vote
Liberal-Conservative
49.11%
Liberal
48.20%
Labour
4.62% :
Seats summary
Liberal-Conservative
51.16%
Liberal
46.51%
Labour
2.33% :

## Retiring incumbents
### Liberal-Conservative

* William Boardman Armstrong, Colchester
* William Hudson Farnham, Digby
* Alexander Montgomerie, Halifax
* Alexander O'Handley, Cape Breton East
* William Drysdale Piercey, Halifax

## Nominated candidates

Legend bold denotes party leader † denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest 0

### Valley

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Liberal | Labour | Labour | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Annapolis | | Obediah Parker Goucher 3,689 25.90% | | John D. McKenzie 3,450 24.22% | | | Obediah Parker Goucher |
| Annapolis | | Harry Thompson MacKenzie 3,645 25.59% | | Daniel Owen 3,461 24.30% | | | Harry Thompson MacKenzie |
| Digby | | Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau 3,125 22.88% | | Joseph William Comeau 3,763 27.55% | | | Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau |
| Digby | | H.E. Wagner 3,213 23.52% | | Alexander Stirling MacMillan 3,557 26.04% | | | William Hudson Farnham† |
| Hants | | Albert Parsons 4,087 26.46% | | James William Reid 3,823 24.75% | | | Albert Parsons |
| Hants | | Edgar Nelson Rhodes 4,008 25.95% | | Robert Gass 3,528 22.84% | | | Edgar Nelson Rhodes |
| Kings | | George Nowlan 5,452 27.25% | | James F. Durno 5,003 25.01% | | | George Nowlan |
| Kings | | Reginald Tucker Caldwell 5,540 27.69% | | Frederick J. Porter 4,010 20.04% | | | Reginald Tucker Caldwell |

### South Shore

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Liberal | Labour | Labour | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Lunenburg | | Wallace Norman Rehfuss 5,709 23.71% | | John James Kinley 6,533 27.13% | | | Wallace Norman Rehfuss |
| Lunenburg | | William Haslam Smith 5,535 22.98% | | Gordon E. Romkey 6,304 26.18% | | | William Haslam Smith |
| Queens | | William Lorimer Hall 2,206 29.36% | | Frederick Dickie 1,649 21.95% | | | William Lorimer Hall |
| Queens | | Donald W. MacKay 1,937 25.78% | | Roland M. Irving 1,721 22.91% | | | Vacant |
| Shelburne | | Ernest Reginald Nickerson 2,121 23.26% | | Henry R. L. Bill 2,474 27.13% | | | Ernest Reginald Nickerson |
| Shelburne | | Norman Emmons Smith 2,052 22.50% | | Wishart McLea Robertson 2,473 27.12% | | | Norman Emmons Smith |
| Yarmouth | | John Flint Cahan 3,666 24.26% | | Lindsay C. Gardner 4,141 27.41% | | | John Flint Cahan |
| Yarmouth | | Raymond Neri d'Entremont 3,286 21.75% | | René W.E. Landry 4,016 26.58% | | | Raymond Neri d'Entremont |

### Fundy-Northeast

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Liberal | Labour | Labour | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Colchester | | William A. Flemming 4,882 27.74% | | William R. Dunbar 3,583 20.36% | | | William Boardman Armstrong† |
| Colchester | | Frank Stanfield 5,298 30.10% | | Donald L. MacKinnon 3,839 21.81% | | | Frank Stanfield |
| Cumberland | | | | John S. Smiley 6,230 15.99% | | Archibald Terris 6,667 17.11% | Archibald Terris |
| Cumberland | | Percy Chapman Black 7,710 19.78% | | Charles H. Read 5,758 14.78% | | | Percy Chapman Black |
| Cumberland | | Daniel George McKenzie 6,605 16.95% | | Kenneth Judson Cochrane 5,999 15.39% | | | Daniel George McKenzie |

### Halifax

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Liberal | Labour | Labour | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Halifax | | John Archibald Walker 11,076 9.95% | | Edward Joseph Cragg 11,215 10.08% | | | John Archibald Walker |
| Halifax | | Frederick P. Bligh 11,082 9.96% | | Gordon Benjamin Isnor 11,357 10.21% | | | William Drysdale Piercey† |
| Halifax | | Josiah Frederick Fraser 11,298 10.15% | | Thomas J. Byrne 10,939 9.83% | | | Josiah Frederick Fraser |
| Halifax | | John Francis Mahoney 11,589 10.41% | | Bernard W. Russell 10,855 9.76% | | | John Francis Mahoney |
| Halifax | | Angus MacDonald Morton 11,273 10.13% | | William J. Kennedy 10,591 9.52% | | | Alexander Montgomerie† |

### Central Nova

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Liberal | Labour | Labour | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Antigonish | | John D. MacIntyre 1,792 20.95% | | John L. MacIsaac 2,431 28.42% | | | John L. MacIsaac |
| Antigonish | | John F. McLellan 1,925 22.50% | | William Chisholm 2,407 28.14% | | | William Chisholm |
| Guysborough | | Simon Osborn Giffin 2,980 23.60% | | Clarence W. Anderson 3,337 26.43% | | | Simon Osborn Giffin |
| Guysborough | | Howard Amos Rice 3,018 23.90% | | Michael E. Morrison 3,293 26.08% | | | Howard Amos Rice |
| Pictou | | John Doull 7,836 18.21% | | Donald F. Fraser 7,052 16.38% | | | John Doull |
| Pictou | | Hugh Allan MacQuarrie 7,249 16.84% | | A.T. Logan 6,836 15.88% | | | Hugh Allan MacQuarrie |
| Pictou | | Robert Albert Douglas 7,572 17.59% | | Clifford E. Carruthers 6,498 15.10% | | | Robert Albert Douglas |

### Cape Breton

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Liberal | Labour | Labour | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Cape Breton Centre | | Gordon Sidney Harrington 5,949 29.22% | | Malcolm A. Patterson 4,384 21.54% | | | Gordon Sidney Harrington |
| Cape Breton Centre | | Joseph Macdonald 5,762 28.31% | | Luke Daye 4,261 20.93% | | | Joseph Macdonald |
| Cape Breton East | | Daniel R. Cameron 5,541 21.98% | | Lauchlin Daniel Currie 4,724 18.73% | | Forman Waye 2,273 9.01% | Vacant |
| Cape Breton East | | Robert Hamilton Butts 5,568 22.08% | | Dan C. McDonald 4,520 17.93% | | James B. McLachlan 2,589 10.27% | Alexander O'Handley† |
| Inverness | | Hubert Meen Aucoin 3,865 23.37% | | Moses Elijah McGarry 4,318 26.11% | | | Hubert Meen Aucoin |
| Inverness | | Malcolm McKay 3,930 23.77% | | James A. Proudfoot 4,422 26.74% | | | Malcolm McKay |
| Richmond-West Cape Breton | | Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc 2,044 24.77% | | Alonzo Martell 2,055 24.90% | | | Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc |
| Richmond-West Cape Breton | | John Angus Stewart 2,035 24.66% | | Edward C. Doyle 2,118 25.67% | | | John Angus Stewart |
| Victoria | | H.A. Grant 1,640 23.75% | | Donald Buchanan McLeod 1,840 26.65% | | | Donald Buchanan McLeod |
| Victoria | | Phillip McLeod 1,652 23.92% | | Daniel Alexander Cameron 1,773 25.68% | | | Phillip McLeod |