The 1960 Nova Scotia general election was held on 7 June 1960 to elect members of the 47th 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 Progressive Conservatives.

Results

Results by party

Retiring incumbents

;Liberal * Geoffrey W. Stevens,

Halifax County Dartmouth Halifax County-Dartmouth was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1956 from portions of the former Halifax County district and existed until 1967, ...

;Progressive Conservative *

Malcolm Stewart Leonard Malcolm Stewart Leonard (March 4, 1911 – November 11, 1962) was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Digby in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1960 as a Progressive Conservative member. Early ...

, Digby *

John Michael Macdonald John Michael Macdonald (May 3, 1906 – June 20, 1997) was a Canadian politician. Early life Born in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, the son of Joseph Macdonald and Theresa MacDonald,

Cape Breton North Northside-Westmount is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In 1933, the County of Cape Breton was divided into five electoral districts, one of which was Cape Bre ...

Hiram Thomas Hiram Thomas (March 31, 1889 – March 24, 1974) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Kings West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1960. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nov ...

Kings West Kings West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It includes the towns of Berwick and Kingston, and the village of Greenwood. Geography The electoral district ...

Nominated candidates

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

Valley

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Annapolis East Annapolis East was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and existed from 1956 to 1993. It was created by a division of the former district of Annapolis County into An ...

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Hanson Dowell Hanson Taylor Dowell (September 14, 1906September 23, 2000) was a Canadian ice hockey administrator and politician. He served as president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association from 1945 to 1947, and was the first person from the Maritime ...

2,666
48.69% , , Henry Hicks
2,658
48.55% , , Murray Alton Bent
151
2.76% , , , , , Henry Hicks , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Annapolis West Annapolis West was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1956 to 1993. Prior to 1956, it was a part of the district of Annapolis County. It was ab ...

, , Charles T. LeBrun
2,068
42.74% , , ,

Peter M. Nicholson Peter Murray Nicholson (March 31, 1919 – August 17, 1986) was a political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Annapolis West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1978 as a Liberal member. A graduduate of Dalhousie Univ ...

2,571
53.14% , , Louis A. Beeler
199
4.11% , , , , ,

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Clare Clare may refer to: Places Antarctica * Clare Range, a mountain range in Victoria Land Australia * Clare, South Australia, a town in the Clare Valley * Clare Valley, South Australia Canada * Clare (electoral district), an electoral district * Cl ...

, , Kenneth Weaver
2,034
47.87% , , , Pierre E. Belliveau
2,215
52.13% , , , , , , , Pierre E. Belliveau , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Digby , , E. Keith Potter
2,593
48.15% , , ,

Victor Cardoza Victor George Cardoza (May 25, 1916 – December 15, 1987) was a journalist and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Digby in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1953 to 1956 and from 1960 to 1963 as a Liberal member. He wa ...

2,651
49.23% , , Foster Journeay
141
2.62% , , , , ,

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Hants West Hants West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The district has existed since 1949. Prior to that it, along with Hants East, were a part of the district of Hants ...

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George Henry Wilson George Henry Wilson (December 12, 1893 – October 17, 1988) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Hants West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1950 to 1963. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative ...

3,623
49.27% , ,

Gerald Regan Gerald Augustine Paul Regan (February 13, 1928 – November 26, 2019) was a Canadian politician (as federal MP and later as Nova Scotia MLA), who served as the 19th premier of Nova Scotia from 1970 to 1978. Early life and education Regan was ...

3,412
46.40% , , Howard B. Wile
319
4.34% , , , , ,

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Kings North Kings North is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The electoral district was formed through redistribution in 1956. It was previously part of the district of Ki ...

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Gladys Porter Gladys Muriel Porter, MBE, née Richardson, daughter of Walter Richardson and Christina Macpherson, (August 4, 1893, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada – April 30, 1967, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada) was the first woman in the Maritimes to be ...

3,060
51.19% , , Eric Balcom
2,782
46.54% , , Levitte Joseph Melanson
136
2.28% , , , , , Eric Balcom , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Kings South Kings South is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It includes the town of Wolfville, the village of New Minas, the community of Coldbrook, and Glooscap First Nati ...

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Edward Haliburton Edward Douglas Haliburton (March 28, 1898 – March 12, 1990) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Kings County and Kings South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1953 to 1970. He was a member of the Progre ...

2,388
57.29% , , Bruce Trenholm
1,581
37.93% , , George R. Goucher
199
4.77% , , , , ,

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, , R.F. Hazel
3,425
45.18% , , , Edward D. MacArthur
3,937
51.93% , , George Turner
219
2.89% , , , , ,

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South Shore

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Lunenburg Centre Lunenburg is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. From 1867 to 1956, the district included all of Lunenburg County.

, , , George O. Lohnes
4,384
52.25% , , Nathan Simeon Joudrey
3,832
45.67% , , Arthur William Benedict
175
2.09% , , , , , George O. Lohnes , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Lunenburg East Chester—St. Margaret's is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It is located on the South Shore. The constituency was created in 1956 as a division of Lunenbur ...

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Maurice L. Zinck Maurice Louis Zinck (December 30, 1911 – 1988) was a Canadian politician. He represented the Electoral district (Canada), electoral district of Lunenburg East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1959 to 1974. He is a member of the Pr ...

2,140
58.37% , , Kirk S. Hennigar
1,405
38.33% , , Albro Boehner
121
3.30% , , , , ,

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Lunenburg West Lunenburg West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1956 from the riding of Lunenburg County. The riding includes the town of Bridgewater, La ...

, , , Harley J. Spence
2,858
52.94% , , Frederick E.L. Fowke
2,541
47.06% , , , , , , , Harley J. Spence , - , 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 ...

, , , W. S. Kennedy Jones
3,770
59.04% , , Della P. Richardson
2,616
40.96% , , , , , , , W. S. Kennedy Jones , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Shelburne , , , James McKay Harding
3,539
52.94% , , William Russell MacKay
3,146
47.06% , , , , , , , James McKay Harding , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Yarmouth Yarmouth may refer to: Places Canada *Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia **Yarmouth, Nova Scotia **Municipality of the District of Yarmouth **Yarmouth (provincial electoral district) **Yarmouth (electoral district) * Yarmouth Township, Ontario *New ...

, , , George A. Burridge
4,811
24.82% , , Eric Spinney
4,309
22.23% , , , , Willard Franklyn Allen
650
3.35% , , , Eric Spinney , - , ,

George A. Snow George Albert Snow (August 1, 1923 – April 7, 2020) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1963 to 1974. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conserv ...

4,578
23.62% , , , Willard O'Brien
5,037
25.98% , , , , , , , Willard O'Brien

Fundy-Northeast

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Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian. Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colches ...

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Robert Stanfield Robert Lorne Stanfield (April 11, 1914 – December 16, 2003) was a Canadian politician who served as the 17th premier of Nova Scotia from 1956 to 1967 and the leader of the Official Opposition and leader of the federal Progressive Conservative ...

8,574
28.82% , , Hugh Charles MacKinnon
5,439
18.28% , , Harvey T. Curtis
704
2.37% , , , , ,

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George Isaac Smith George Isaac Smith MBE (April 6, 1909 – December 19, 1982) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 18th premier of Nova Scotia from 1967 to 1970. He was a Canadian senator from 1975 until his death. G.I. Smith is noted for ...

8,219
27.62% , ,

Gordon Purdy Gordon Timlin Purdy (1 July 1888 – 22 December 1974) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada, 1935-1945 and 1953–1957. He was born in East Amherst, Nova Scotia and became a lumber merchant by career. He was firs ...

6,127
20.59% , , Helen K. Wright
692
2.33% , , , , ,

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Cumberland Centre : ''For the Census Designated Place in Maine, see Cumberland Center, Maine.'' Cumberland Centre was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1949 to 1993. ...

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Stephen T. Pyke Stephen Thomas Pyke (1916-1985) was a political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cumberland Centre in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Progressive Conservative member from 1953 to 1968. He was born in Springhill, Nova Scotia ...

2,308
52.91% , , Ralph F. Gilroy
1,753
40.19% , , John R. Tabor
301
6.90% , , , , ,

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Cumberland East Cumberland East was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1949 to 1993. It was formed in 1949 when Cumberland County was divided into three new distri ...

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James A. Langille James Arnold Langille (February 18, 1909 – April 10, 1979) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cumberland East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1953 to 1970. He was a member of the Progressive Conservat ...

5,081
57.08% , , Walter T. Purdy
3,471
39.00% , , Lloyd L. Ayer
349
3.92% , , , , ,

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Cumberland West Cumberland West was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1949 when Cumberland County was divided into three new districts, the other two being Cumbe ...

, , George Percy Graham
2,219
45.79% , , , Allison T. Smith
2,418
49.90% , , Thomas Alton Johnstone
209
4.31% , , , , , Allison T. Smith , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Hants East Hants East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2013 has been Margaret Miller of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. The ...

, , , Ernest M. Ettinger
2,426
49.50% , , Carl Spencer Grant
2,207
45.03% , , Alfred James Scothorn
268
5.47% , , , , , Ernest M. Ettinger

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

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Halifax Centre Halifax Centre was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (french: Assemblée législative de la Nouvelle-Écosse; gd, Taigh Seanaid ...

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Donald MacKeen Smith Donald MacKeen Smith (November 26, 1923 – February 16, 1998) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Halifax Centre and Halifax Citadel in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1960 to 1970 as a member of the Pr ...

4,921
48.01% , , Gordon S. Cowan
4,651
45.38% , , James M. Murray
678
6.61% , , , , , Gordon S. Cowan , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax County-Dartmouth , , Murray Ritcey
7,653
43.05% , , ,

Gordon L. S. Hart Gordon Leavitt Shaw Hart (December 23, 1924 – September 28, 2010) was a Canadian politician and judge. He represented the electoral district of Halifax County Dartmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1960 to 1963, and Dartmouth Nort ...

8,258
46.46% , , Percy W. Dares
1,864
10.49% , , , , , Geoffrey W. Stevens† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax East , , Nelson Gaetz
2,432
44.06% , , , Duncan MacMillan
2,787
50.49% , , Wallace H. Mason
301
5.45% , , , , , Duncan MacMillan , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Halifax North Halifax North was a provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1933 when Halifax (provincial electoral district), Halifax County w ...

, , Robert Mullane
7,444
44.09% , , , John E. Ahern
7,974
47.23% , , Charles A. Moulton
1,466
8.68% , , , , , John E. Ahern , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Halifax Northwest Halifax Cobequid was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1956 as Halifax Northwest from part of the former district of Halifax West. In 1966, the dis ...

, , , Gordon H. Fitzgerald
4,209
46.55% , ,

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 ...

4,182
46.26% , , L.C. Wilson
650
7.19% , , , , ,

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Richard Donahoe Richard Alphonsus Donahoe, Q.C., K.S.G. (September 27, 1909 – April 25, 2000) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of James Donahoe and Rebecca Duggan, he was educated at Dalhousie University and set ...

5,861
54.65% , , Robert James Butler
4,302
40.12% , , Ralph Loomer
561
5.23% , , , , ,

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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 ...

, , D. C. McNeil
6,684
45.06% , , , Charles H. Reardon
6,925
46.68% , , Harold J. Martell
1,225
8.26% , , , , , Charles H. Reardon

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 ...

, , , William F. MacKinnon
3,177
54.77% , , Vincent J. MacDonald
2,495
43.01% , , Alex MacPherson
129
2.22% , , , , , William F. MacKinnon , - , 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 municipa ...

, , , Alexander MacIsaac
3,123
49.98% , , Norman Robert Anderson
2,934
46.95% , , Leslie Wilfred Myers
192
3.07% , , , , , Vacant , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Pictou Centre Pictou Centre is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Members of the Legislative Assembly This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly: ...

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Donald R. MacLeod Donald Ross MacLeod (December 30, 1902 – October 20, 1976) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Pictou Centre in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1970. He was a member of the Progressive Conservati ...

4,755
43.92% , , James H. Power
3,615
33.39% , , Doris Nicholson
2,456
22.69% , , , , ,

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Pictou East Pictou East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since the 2013 election is Tim Houston of the Progressive Conservativ ...

, , William A. MacLeod
2,424
44.55% , , , John W. MacDonald
2,568
47.20% , , Barrie M. Hould
449
8.25% , , , , , William A. MacLeod , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Pictou West Pictou West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since 2013 has been Karla MacFarlane of the Progressive Conservative A ...

, , , Harvey Veniot
2,744
52.28% , , W.A. Broidy
2,353
44.83% , , W.E. Salsman
152
2.90% , , , , , Harvey Veniot

Cape Breton

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Cape Breton Centre Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier, formerly Cape Breton Centre is a provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of ...

, , Lowell Murray
1,964
27.19% , , James P. McNeil
1,887
26.13% , , ,

Michael James MacDonald Michael James MacDonald (August 8, 1909''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1956'', PG Normandin – July 3, 1997) was a union leader, coal miner, volunteer firefighter and politician in Nova Scotia. Born and raised in Cape Breton Regional Munici ...

3,371
46.68% , , , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton East , , , Layton Fergusson
4,862
45.56% , , Joe A. Wadden
1,567
14.68% , , John L. MacKinnon
4,243
39.76% , , , , , Layton Fergusson , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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Tom MacKeough Thomas James MacKeough (October 12, 1922 – January 2, 1990) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Cape Breton North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (french: Assemblée lé ...

5,257
46.83% , , Ted Sullivan
3,094
27.56% , , Thomas R. MacDonald
2,875
25.61% , , , , ,

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Cape Breton Nova Cape Breton Nova is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1956 and 2013. It elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the district included the northern parts ...

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Percy Gaum Percy (Pinky) Gaum (October 19, 1915 – June 22, 1994) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton Nova in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1970. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Progressive C ...

2,525
36.93% , , Wilfred Gillis
2,094
30.63% , , Albert Ollie Wilson
2,218
32.44% , , , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton South , , , Donald C. MacNeil
5,153
46.23% , , Ritchie MacCoy
3,718
33.36% , , Bernard O'Neil
2,275
20.41% , , , , , Donald C. MacNeil , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Cape Breton West Cape Breton East (formerly Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg) is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding is represented by Brian Comer of the Progressive Conser ...

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Edward Manson Edward Alexander Manson (October 6, 1906 – February 17, 1989) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1970. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Prog ...

4,192
45.37% , , Herbert Shannon
3,652
39.53% , , John R. Lynk
1,395
15.10% , , , , ,

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Inverness Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histori ...

, , Archie Neil Chisholm
3,923
24.43% , , , Joseph Clyde Nunn
4,113
25.62% , , Stephen James MacLellan
353
2.20% , , , , , Joseph Clyde Nunn , - , , Ralph Mauger MacKichan
3,648
22.72% , , ,

Roderick MacLean Roderick Edward Maclean ( – 8 June 1921) was a Scotsman who attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria on 2 March 1882, at Windsor, England, with a pistol. This was the last of eight attempts by separate people to kill or assault Victoria over a ...

4,018
25.03% , , , , , , ,

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Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ...

, , Byron Seymour Langley
2,491
48.89% , , ,

Earl Wallace Urquhart Earl Wallace Urquhart (February 22, 1921 – August 17, 1971) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. Early life Urquhart was born in West Bay, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Urquhart served in the Canadian Infantry Corps and the Ro ...

2,604
51.11% , , , , , , ,

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Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

, , Leonard Walter Jones
1,817
46.96% , , , Carleton L. MacMillan
2,052
53.04% , , , , , , , Carleton L. MacMillan

Results

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Retiring incumbents

Nominated candidates

Valley

South Shore

Fundy-Northeast

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

Central Nova

Cape Breton

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