# 1963 Nova Scotia general election

The 1963 Nova Scotia general election was held on 8 October 1963 to elect members of the 48th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives.

## Results
### Results by party

| 39 | 4 |
| Progressive Conservative | Liberal |
Official results :
| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | 1960 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) |
| | Progressive Conservative | Robert Stanfield | 43 | 27 | 26 | 39 | +12 | 191,128 | 55.87% | +7.76% |
| | Liberal | Earl Wallace Urquhart | 43 | 15 | 15 | 4 | -11 | 134,873 | 39.43% | -2.93% |
| | New Democratic | James H. Aitchison | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14,076 | 4.11% | -4.78% |
| | 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 | 340,077 | 99.42% | -0.12% |
| 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 | 1,997 | 0.58% | +0.12% |
| Total | Total | Total | 106 | 43 | 43 | 43 | – | 342,074 | 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 | 400,078 | 77.87% | -4.15% |
Popular vote
PC
55.87%
Liberal
39.43%
New Democratic
4.11% :
Seats summary
PC
90.70%
Liberal
9.30% :

## Retiring incumbents
### Liberal

* Pierre E. Belliveau, Clare
* John W. MacDonald, Pictou East

### Progressive Conservative

* George Henry Wilson, Hants 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 | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Annapolis East | | John I. Marshall 2,962 56.40% | | Melbourne Parker Armstrong 2,232 42.50% | | Murray Alton Bent 58 1.10% | Vacant |
| Annapolis West | | Kenneth E. Green 2,075 45.81% | | Peter M. Nicholson 2,386 52.67% | | Dale A. Young 69 1.52% | Peter M. Nicholson |
| Clare | | Hector J. Pothier 2,154 52.61% | | Joseph C. LeBlanc 1,940 47.39% | | | Pierre E. Belliveau† |
| Digby | | Robert Baden Powell 2,671 52.23% | | Victor Cardoza 2,378 46.50% | | Louis A. Beeler 65 1.27% | Victor Cardoza |
| Hants West | | Norman T. Spence 4,193 58.20% | | W. Whitney Spicer 2,840 39.42% | | Arthur Benedict 171 2.37% | George Henry Wilson† |
| Kings North | | Gladys Porter 3,668 59.43% | | David Durell Sutton 2,405 38.97% | | George Turner 99 1.60% | Gladys Porter |
| Kings South | | Edward Haliburton 2,505 65.27% | | Bruce M. Trenholm 1,333 34.73% | | | Edward Haliburton |
| Kings West | | Paul Kinsman 3,879 55.85% | | Edward D. MacArthur 3,067 44.15% | | | Edward D. MacArthur |

### South Shore

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Lunenburg Centre | | George O. Lohnes 4,785 57.06% | | Leon J. Iverson 3,601 42.94% | | | George O. Lohnes |
| Lunenburg East | | Maurice L. Zinck 2,267 63.17% | | Charles E. Harris 1,322 36.83% | | | Maurice L. Zinck |
| Lunenburg West | | Harley J. Spence 2,937 58.12% | | Joye F. Davison 2,116 41.88% | | | Harley J. Spence |
| Queens | | W. S. Kennedy Jones 3,833 65.85% | | W. Alton Snow 1,988 34.15% | | | W. S. Kennedy Jones |
| Shelburne | | James McKay Harding 3,737 54.40% | | Robert Quinlan Hood 3,133 45.60% | | | James McKay Harding |
| Yarmouth | | George A. Burridge 4,884 25.20% | | Irving Charles Pink 4,345 22.42% | | Angus Boyd MacGillivary 358 1.85% | George A. Burridge |
| Yarmouth | | George A. Snow 5,077 26.19% | | Willard O'Brien 4,719 24.35% | | | Willard O'Brien |

### Fundy-Northeast

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Colchester | | Robert Stanfield 9,606 32.42% | | Gordon T. Purdy 5,515 18.61% | | Harvey T. Curtis 382 1.29% | Robert Stanfield |
| Colchester | | George Isaac Smith 9,147 30.87% | | Charles K. Sutherland 4,746 16.02% | | Helen K. Wright 233 0.79% | George Isaac Smith |
| Cumberland Centre | | Stephen T. Pyke 2,545 66.68% | | William Thomas Noiles 1,272 33.32% | | | Stephen T. Pyke |
| Cumberland East | | James A. Langille 5,226 63.10% | | Norman Willard Noonan 2,795 33.75% | | Lloyd L. Ayer 261 3.15% | James A. Langille |
| Cumberland West | | D. L. George Henley 2,516 54.04% | | Allison T. Smith 2,140 45.96% | | | Allison T. Smith |
| Hants East | | Albert J. Ettinger 2,739 52.86% | | George E. Fraser 2,356 45.47% | | Ralph Loomer 87 1.68% | Albert J. Ettinger |

### Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Halifax Centre | | Donald MacKeen Smith 5,478 58.57% | | Gordon S. Cowan 3,875 41.43% | | | Donald MacKeen Smith |
| Halifax County-Dartmouth | | Irvin William Akerley 9,884 52.88% | | Gordon L. S. Hart 8,150 43.60% | | Edward B. Doyle 657 3.52% | Gordon L. S. Hart |
| Halifax East | | Nelson Gaetz 3,061 52.62% | | Duncan MacMillan 2,756 47.38% | | | Duncan MacMillan |
| Halifax North | | James H. Vaughan 8,602 52.43% | | John E. Ahern 7,360 44.86% | | Peggy Prowse 444 2.71% | John E. Ahern |
| Halifax Northwest | | Gordon H. Fitzgerald 5,559 56.07% | | George Douglas Burris 4,027 40.62% | | Gerald A. Guptill 329 3.32% | Gordon H. Fitzgerald |
| Halifax South | | Richard Donahoe 5,986 63.23% | | Merlin Nunn 3,183 33.62% | | Gordon A. Smith 298 3.15% | Richard Donahoe |
| Halifax West | | D. C. McNeil 8,792 57.00% | | Charles H. Reardon 6,126 39.72% | | Harold J. Martell 506 3.28% | Charles H. Reardon |

### Central Nova

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Antigonish | | William F. MacKinnon 3,334 54.58% | | Ronald Saint John Chisholm 2,774 45.42% | | | William F. MacKinnon |
| Guysborough | | Alexander MacIsaac 3,229 52.86% | | Thomas Edwin Kirk 2,880 47.14% | | | Alexander MacIsaac |
| Pictou Centre | | Donald R. MacLeod 5,752 60.21% | | Thomas H. Frazer 3,801 39.79% | | | Donald R. MacLeod |
| Pictou East | | John Andrew McLean 2,649 49.90% | | A. Lloyd MacDonald 2,660 50.10% | | | John W. MacDonald† |
| Pictou West | | Harvey Veniot 2,999 59.54% | | Charles Ernest MacCarthy 2,038 40.46% | | | Harvey Veniot |

### Cape Breton

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Cape Breton Centre | | Mike Laffin 3,699 54.12% | | Joseph Flaudio Rizzetto 939 13.74% | | Michael James MacDonald 2,197 32.14% | Michael James MacDonald |
| Cape Breton East | | Layton Fergusson 5,870 58.06% | | Bernard Currie 1,359 13.44% | | John L. MacKinnon 2,881 28.50% | Layton Fergusson |
| Cape Breton North | | Tom MacKeough 6,200 58.71% | | Murray J. Ryan 2,961 28.04% | | John Dolhanty 1,399 13.25% | Tom MacKeough |
| Cape Breton Nova | | Percy Gaum 3,344 53.37% | | Charles Richard Sigut 1,213 19.36% | | Albert Ollie Wilson 1,709 27.27% | Percy Gaum |
| Cape Breton South | | Donald C. MacNeil 5,283 49.21% | | John F. MacIntosh 3,579 33.34% | | Edward Johnston 1,873 17.45% | Donald C. MacNeil |
| Cape Breton West | | Edward Manson 4,941 56.30% | | Allan Sullivan 3,835 43.70% | | | Edward Manson |
| Inverness | | Norman J. MacLean 4,474 26.78% | | Joseph Clyde Nunn 3,988 23.87% | | | Joseph Clyde Nunn |
| Inverness | | Alfred J. Davis 4,026 24.10% | | William N. MacLean 4,219 25.25% | | | William N. MacLean |
| Richmond | | Gerald Doucet 2,670 50.79% | | Earl Wallace Urquhart 2,587 49.21% | | | Earl Wallace Urquhart |
| Victoria | | Fisher Hudson 1,890 49.42% | | Carleton L. MacMillan 1,934 50.58% | | | Carleton L. MacMillan |