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 Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

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. It was won by the Liberal-Conservative party.

Results

Results by party

Retiring incumbents

;Liberal-Conservative * William Boardman Armstrong,

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William Hudson Farnham William Hudson Farnham (December 16, 1869 – April 5, 1940) was a manufacturer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Digby County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1925 to 1928 as a Liberal-Conservative member. ...

, 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

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Obediah Parker Goucher Obediah Parker Goucher (February 2, 1865 – June 12, 1947) was a school teacher, insurance agent and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Annapolis County from 1925 to 1933 as a Liberal-Conservative member. He was born i ...

3,689
25.90% , ,

John D. McKenzie John Douglas McKenzie (December 1, 1889 – April 28, 1952) was an Americans, American-born businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented the Riding (division), riding of Annapolis (provincial electoral district), ...

3,450
24.22% , , , , ,

, - , , , Harry Thompson MacKenzie
3,645
25.59% , , Daniel Owen
3,461
24.30% , , , , , Harry Thompson MacKenzie , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Digby , , Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau
3,125
22.88% , , ,

Joseph William Comeau Joseph William (Willie) Comeau (March 12, 1876 – January 11, 1966) was a Canadian educator and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Digby County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1907 to 1925 and from 1928 to 1 ...

3,763
27.55% , , , , , Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau , - , , H.E. Wagner
3,213
23.52% , , ,

Alexander Stirling MacMillan Alexander S. MacMillan (October 31, 1870 – August 7, 1955) was a Nova Scotia politician and businessman, the 13th premier of Nova Scotia, from 1940 to 1945. MacMillan was born in Upper South River in Antigonish County. He made his fortune ...

3,557
26.04% , , , , ,

† , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Hants , , ,

Albert Parsons Albert Richard Parsons (June 20, 1848 – November 11, 1887) was a pioneering American socialist and later anarchist newspaper editor, orator, and labor activist. As a teenager, he served in the military force of the Confederate States of Americ ...

4,087
26.46% , ,

James William Reid James William Reid (May 30, 1859 – October 30, 1933) was a physician and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Hants County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1911 to 1925 as a Liberal member. He was born in Musq ...

3,823
24.75% , , , , ,

, - , , ,

Edgar Nelson Rhodes Edgar Nelson Rhodes, (January 5, 1877 – March 15, 1942), was a Canadian parliamentarian from Nova Scotia who served as Premier of Nova Scotia from 1925 to 1930. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1908 as a memb ...

4,008
25.95% , , Robert Gass
3,528
22.84% , , , , ,

, - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kings , , ,

George Nowlan George Clyde Nowlan, (14 August 1898 – 31 May 1965) was a Canadian Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, he served from 9 August 1962–21 April 1963 as the Minister of Fi ...

5,452
27.25% , , James F. Durno
5,003
25.01% , , , , ,

, - , , , Reginald Tucker Caldwell
5,540
27.69% , , Frederick J. Porter
4,010
20.04% , , , , , Reginald Tucker Caldwell

South Shore

, - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Lunenburg , , Wallace Norman Rehfuss
5,709
23.71% , , , John James Kinley
6,533
27.13% , , , , , Wallace Norman Rehfuss , - , , William Haslam Smith
5,535
22.98% , , ,

Gordon E. Romkey Gordon Emerson Romkey (May 13, 1885 – September 3, 1977) was a general merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1928 to 1953 as a Liberal Liberal or liberalis ...

6,304
26.18% , , , , , William Haslam Smith , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Queens Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...

, , , William Lorimer Hall
2,206
29.36% , , Frederick Dickie
1,649
21.95% , , , , , William Lorimer Hall , - , , , Donald W. MacKay
1,937
25.78% , , Roland M. Irving
1,721
22.91% , , , , , Vacant , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Shelburne , , Ernest Reginald Nickerson
2,121
23.26% , , , Henry R. L. Bill
2,474
27.13% , , , , , Ernest Reginald Nickerson , - , , Norman Emmons Smith
2,052
22.50% , , ,

Wishart McLea Robertson Wishart McLea Robertson, (February 15, 1891 – August 16, 1967) was a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. Robertson's paternal grandfather, Robert Robertson, was a member of Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1854 until 1878. His father, T ...

2,473
27.12% , , , , , Norman Emmons Smith , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Yarmouth , ,

John Flint Cahan John Flint Cahan (February 1, 1889 – November 8, 1928) was a Canadian engineer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Yarmouth County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1925 to 1928 as a Liberal-Conservative me ...

3,666
24.26% , , , Lindsay C. Gardner
4,141
27.41% , , , , ,

, - , , Raymond Neri d'Entremont
3,286
21.75% , , , René W.E. Landry
4,016
26.58% , , , , , Raymond Neri d'Entremont

Fundy-Northeast

, - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke,

, , , William A. Flemming
4,882
27.74% , , William R. Dunbar
3,583
20.36% , , , , , William Boardman Armstrong† , - , , , Frank Stanfield
5,298
30.10% , , Donald L. MacKinnon
3,839
21.81% , , , , , Frank Stanfield , - , rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cumberland , , , ,

John S. Smiley John Stanley Smiley (January 20, 1885 – August 21, 1945) was a Canadian politician. He represented the Electoral district (Canada), electoral district of Cumberland (Nova Scotia electoral district), Cumberland in the Nova Scotia House of Assem ...

6,230
15.99% , , ,

Archibald Terris Archibald Terris (November 30, 1873 – February 14, 1938) was a coal miner and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1920 to 1925 and 1928 to 1933 as an Independent Labour ...

6,667
17.11% , , ,

, - , , , Percy Chapman Black
7,710
19.78% , , Charles H. Read
5,758
14.78% , , , , , Percy Chapman Black , - , , , Daniel George McKenzie
6,605
16.95% , , Kenneth Judson Cochrane
5,999
15.39% , , , , , Daniel George McKenzie

Halifax

, - , rowspan=5 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax , ,

John Archibald Walker John Archibald Walker (February 8, 1890 – November 22, 1977) was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Halifax County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1925 to 1928 as a Liberal-Conservative member. He ...

11,076
9.95% , , , Edward Joseph Cragg
11,215
10.08% , , , , ,

, - , , Frederick P. Bligh
11,082
9.96% , , , Gordon Benjamin Isnor
11,357
10.21% , , , , , William Drysdale Piercey† , - , , , Josiah Frederick Fraser
11,298
10.15% , , Thomas J. Byrne
10,939
9.83% , , , , , Josiah Frederick Fraser , - , , , John Francis Mahoney
11,589
10.41% , , Bernard W. Russell
10,855
9.76% , , , , , John Francis Mahoney , - , , , Angus MacDonald Morton
11,273
10.13% , , William J. Kennedy
10,591
9.52% , , , , , Alexander Montgomerie†

Central Nova

, - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Antigonish , settlement_type = Town , image_skyline = File:St Ninian's Cathedral Antigonish Spring.jpg , image_caption = St. Ninian's Cathedral , image_flag = Flag of Antigonish.pn ...

, , John D. MacIntyre
1,792
20.95% , , , John L. MacIsaac
2,431
28.42% , , , , , John L. MacIsaac , - , , John F. McLellan
1,925
22.50% , , ,

William Chisholm William Chisholm may refer to: *William Chisholm (I) (died 1564), bishop of Dunblane *William Chisholm (II) (died 1593), bishop of Dunblane and of Vaison, and nephew of William (I) *William Chisholm (Nova Scotia politician) William Chisholm (De ...

2,407
28.14% , , , , ,

, - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Guysborough Guysborough (population: 397) is an unincorporated Canadian community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. Located on the western shore of Chedabucto Bay, fronting Guysborough Harbour, it is the administrative seat of the Guysborough municip ...

, ,

Simon Osborn Giffin Simon Osborn Giffin (June 8, 1870 – February 11, 1935) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Guysborough County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1925 to 1928, as a Liberal-Conservative member. ...

2,980
23.60% , , ,

Clarence W. Anderson Clarence Wentworth Anderson (February 17, 1871 – December 16, 1944) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Guysborough County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1920 to 1925, and 1928 to 1937. He was a member ...

3,337
26.43% , , , , ,

, - , ,

Howard Amos Rice Howard Amos Rice (May 5, 1872 – February 2, 1959) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Guysborough County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1925 to 1928 as a Liberal-Conservative member. He wa ...

3,018
23.90% , , , Michael E. Morrison
3,293
26.08% , , , , ,

, - , rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Pictou Pictou ( ; Canadian Gaelic: ''Baile Phiogto'') is a town in Pictou County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Located on the north shore of Pictou Harbour, the town is approximately 10 km (6 miles) north of the larger town of New Gla ...

, , ,

John Doull John Doull (November 1, 1878 – October 27, 1969) was a lawyer, judge and politician. He represented Pictou County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Conservative member from 1925 to 1933. He was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, the ...

7,836
18.21% , , Donald F. Fraser
7,052
16.38% , , , , ,

, - , , ,

Hugh Allan MacQuarrie Hugh Allan MacQuarrie (November 25, 1874 – February 26, 1942) was an undertaker, furniture dealer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Pictou County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1928 to 1933 as a Liberal- ...

7,249
16.84% , , A.T. Logan
6,836
15.88% , , , , ,

, - , , , Robert Albert Douglas
7,572
17.59% , , Clifford E. Carruthers
6,498
15.10% , , , , , Robert Albert Douglas

Cape Breton

, - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton Centre , , , Gordon Sidney Harrington
5,949
29.22% , , Malcolm A. Patterson
4,384
21.54% , , , , , Gordon Sidney Harrington , - , , ,

Joseph Macdonald Joseph Patrick MacDonald, A.S.C. (December 15, 1906 - May 26, 1968) was a Mexico-born American cinematographer. An assistant cameraman from the early 1920s, he became a cinematographer in the 1940s and soon was working on Hollywood production ...

5,762
28.31% , , Luke Daye
4,261
20.93% , , , , ,

, - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton East , , , Daniel R. Cameron
5,541
21.98% , , Lauchlin Daniel Currie
4,724
18.73% , ,

Forman Waye William Forman Waye (August 18, 1886 – January 4, 1967), normally referred to simply as Forman Waye, was a merchant, machinist and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cape Breton County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly f ...

2,273
9.01% , , , Vacant , - , , , Robert Hamilton Butts
5,568
22.08% , , Dan C. McDonald
4,520
17.93% , , James B. McLachlan
2,589
10.27% , , , Alexander O'Handley† , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Inverness , ,

Hubert Meen Aucoin Hubert Meen Aucoin (December 17, 1874 – January 29, 1952) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Inverness County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1925 to 1928 as a Liberal-Conservative member. ...

3,865
23.37% , , ,

Moses Elijah McGarry Moses Elijah McGarry (February 19, 1878 – June 11, 1949) was a physician and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Inverness in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1928 to 1940 and Inverness—Richmond in the House of ...

4,318
26.11% , , , , ,

, - , , Malcolm McKay
3,930
23.77% , , , James A. Proudfoot
4,422
26.74% , , , , , Malcolm McKay , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Richmond-West Cape Breton , , Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc
2,044
24.77% , , , Alonzo Martell
2,055
24.90% , , , , , Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc , - , , John Angus Stewart
2,035
24.66% , , , Edward C. Doyle
2,118
25.67% , , , , , John Angus Stewart , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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, , H.A. Grant
1,640
23.75% , , , Donald Buchanan McLeod
1,840
26.65% , , , , , Donald Buchanan McLeod , - , , Phillip McLeod
1,652
23.92% , , ,

Daniel Alexander Cameron Daniel Alexander Cameron (December 10, 1870 – September 4, 1937) was a Canadian politician from the province of Nova Scotia. He was one of the first Nova Scotian legislators of the 20th century to die while in office. Early life and care ...

1,773
25.68% , , , , , Phillip McLeod

Results

Results by party

Retiring incumbents

Nominated candidates

Valley

South Shore

Fundy-Northeast

Halifax

Central Nova

Cape Breton

References

Further reading