The 1941 Nova Scotia general election was held on 28 October 1941 to elect members of the 42nd House of Assembly of the Province of

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. It was won by the

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Results

Results by party

* The CCF ran in the 1933 election but did not run any candidates in 1937. The party elected 1 MLA in the 1939 Cape Breton East by-election.

Retiring incumbents

;Liberal * Henry R. L. Bill, Shelburne * George Belcher Murray, Cape Breton North

Nominated candidates

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

Valley

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Annapolis , , ,

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), ...

4,292
60.60% , , Hanson Taylor Dowell
2,790
39.40% , , , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Digby , , ,

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 ...

4,818
62.34% , , James John Wallis
2,910
37.66% , , , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Hants , , , Alexander Stirling MacMillan
4,871
57.56% , , Norman Dexter Blanchard
3,592
42.44% , , , , , Alexander Stirling MacMillan , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kings , , , John Alexander McDonald
6,654
62.58% , , Raymond Crosby
3,978
37.42% , , , , , John Alexander McDonald

South Shore

, - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Lunenburg , , , Frank R. Davis
6,366
29.39% , , R. Clifford Levy
4,601
21.24% , , , , , Frank R. Davis , - , , ,

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 ...

6,288
29.03% , , Angus J. Walters
4,404
20.33% , , , , ,

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, , , Harry Dennis Madden
2,461
50.13% , , John J. Cameron
2,448
49.87% , , , , , John J. Cameron , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Shelburne , , ,

Wilfred Dauphinee Wilfred Tennyson Dauphinee (August 14, 1910 – July 11, 2007Acadia Bullet ...

2,422
50.73% , , Frederick William Bower
2,352
49.27% , , , , , Henry R. L. Bill† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Yarmouth , , , Henry A. Waterman
4,551
63.02% , , Peter Lorimer Judge
2,670
36.98% , , , , , Henry A. Waterman

Fundy-Northeast

, - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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, , Alexander Murdoch Sutherland
5,160
23.74% , , , Frederick Murray Blois
5,842
26.88% , , , , , Frederick Murray Blois , - , ,

Robert F. McLellan Robert Faulkner McLellan (September 8, 1914 – November 23, 1988) was a Canadian politician. He represented the Electoral district (Canada), electoral district of Colchester (provincial electoral district), Colchester in the Nova Scotia House of ...

5,301
24.39% , , , George Scott Dickey
5,432
24.99% , , , , , George Scott Dickey , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cumberland , , Archibald J. Mason
7,040
22.87% , , ,

Archie B. Smith Archie Barney Smith (July 1, 1896 – October 2, 1951) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1937 to 1945. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative P ...

7,954
25.84% , , , , ,

, - , , , Kenneth Judson Cochrane
7,970
25.90% , , Leonard William Fraser
7,814
25.39% , , , , , Leonard William Fraser

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax Centre , , , James Edward Rutledge
4,226
59.49% , , Arthur Wilfred Morton
2,878
40.51% , , , , , James Edward Rutledge , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax East , , , Geoffrey W. Stevens
5,094
60.39% , , Norman Dudley Murray
3,341
39.61% , , , , , Geoffrey W. Stevens , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Halifax North Halifax North was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1933 when Halifax County was divided into five distinct electoral districts. In 1966, Halifax N ...

, , ,

Harold Connolly Harold Joseph Connolly (8 September 1901 – 17 May 1980) was a Canadian journalist, newspaper editor, and politician who served as the 15th premier of Nova Scotia in 1954. Connolly was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, the son of Richard Joseph ...

4,124
64.98% , , Helen Macdonald Lownds
1,962
30.91% , , James Ronald Clark
261
4.11% , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax South , , , Joseph Richard Murphy
4,381
58.75% , , Arthur James Haliburton
3,076
41.25% , , , , , Joseph Richard Murphy , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Halifax West Halifax West (french: Halifax-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. Its population in 2021 was 111,944. Demographics ''From the 2016 census'' E ...

, , ,

Ronald Manning Fielding Ronald Manning Fielding (October 7, 1896 – March 1, 1972) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Halifax West and Halifax Northwest in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1941 to 1960. He was a member of the ...

4,459
58.37% , , John Shenstone Roper
3,180
41.63% , , , , , Vacant

Central Nova

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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 A. MacIsaac
2,759
61.49% , , Michael Ignatius Webb
1,728
38.51% , , , , , Vacant , - , 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 ...

, , , Havelock Torrey
3,759
64.15% , , John Donald McIntyre
2,101
35.85% , , , , , Havelock Torrey , - , rowspan=2 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 ...

, , Newton G. Munro
7,562
23.16% , , , Ernest G. Irish
8,256
25.28% , , , , , Newton G. Munro , - , , ,

Josiah H. MacQuarrie Josiah H. MacQuarrie (November 12, 1897 – April 7, 1971) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Pictou County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1933 to 1947 as a Liberal member. He was born ...

8,780
26.89% , , W. Thomas Hayden
8,055
24.67% , , , , ,

Cape Breton

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton Centre , , Gus Brown
2,275
30.96% , , John Clifford Gregor
1,155
15.72% , , , Douglas MacDonald
3,918
53.32% , , , Douglas MacDonald , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton East , , Lauchlin Daniel Currie
4,052
39.44% , , , , ,

Douglas Neil Brodie Douglas Neil Brodie (January 15, 1872 – September 14, 1954) was a businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Glace Bay (electoral district), Cape Breton East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1941 to 1945 ...

6,222
60.56% , , , Lauchlin Daniel Currie , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton North , , , Alexander O'Handley
3,344
39.97% , , Joseph Angus MacDougall
2,387
28.53% , , Robert Silas Bartlett
2,636
31.50% , , , George Belcher Murray† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton South , , George M. Morrison
3,946
35.96% , , Donald John MacLean
3,019
27.51% , , , Donald MacDonald
4,008
36.53% , , , George M. Morrison , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton West , , , Malcolm A. Patterson
2,306
41.10% , , John Alexander MacDonald
1,767
31.49% , , Robert Joseph Orr
1,538
27.41% , , , Malcolm A. Patterson , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Inverness , , , Alexander H. McKinnon
5,302
63.54% , , Alexander Daniel McInnis
3,043
36.46% , , , , , Alexander H. McKinnon , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Richmond , , , Donald David Boyd
2,176
50.59% , , Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc
2,125
49.41% , , , , , Donald David Boyd , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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, , , John Malcolm Campbell
2,176
63.05% , , John Roderick Fraser
1,275
36.95% , , , , , John Malcolm Campbell

References

* {{NS Elections 1941 1941 elections in Canada 1941 in Nova Scotia October 1941 events