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 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 ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives.

Results

Results by party

Retiring incumbents

;Liberal * Pierre E. Belliveau,

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 ...

* John W. MacDonald,

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 ...

;Progressive Conservative *

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 ...

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 ...

Nominated candidates

Legend
bold denotes party leader
† 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 ...

, , , John I. Marshall
2,962
56.40% , , Melbourne Parker Armstrong
2,232
42.50% , , Murray Alton Bent
58
1.10% , , , Vacant , - , 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 ...

, , Kenneth E. Green
2,075
45.81% , , ,

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 ...

2,386
52.67% , , Dale A. Young
69
1.52% , , ,

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, , , Hector J. Pothier
2,154
52.61% , , Joseph C. LeBlanc
1,940
47.39% , , , , , Pierre E. Belliveau† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Digby , , ,

Robert Baden Powell Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, ( ; (Commonly pronounced by others as ) 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the worl ...

2,671
52.23% , ,

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 ...

2,378
46.50% , , Louis A. Beeler
65
1.27% , , ,

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, , , Norman T. Spence
4,193
58.20% , , W. Whitney Spicer
2,840
39.42% , , Arthur Benedict
171
2.37% , , ,

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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 ...

3,668
59.43% , , David Durell Sutton
2,405
38.97% , , George Turner
99
1.60% , , ,

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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 ...

2,505
65.27% , , Bruce M. Trenholm
1,333
34.73% , , , , ,

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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 ...

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Paul Kinsman Paul Eric Kinsman (March 5, 1931 – May 11, 2014), was a Canadian physician and politician in the province of Nova Scotia. He served in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a MLA for the constituencies of West Kings (1963–1967) and Kings Sou ...

3,879
55.85% , , Edward D. MacArthur
3,067
44.15% , , , , , Edward D. MacArthur

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
4,785
57.06% , , Leon J. Iverson
3,601
42.94% , , , , , 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 ...

2,267
63.17% , , Charles E. Harris
1,322
36.83% , , , , ,

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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
2,937
58.12% , , Joye F. Davison
2,116
41.88% , , , , , 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
3,833
65.85% , , W. Alton Snow
1,988
34.15% , , , , , W. S. Kennedy Jones , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Shelburne , , , James McKay Harding
3,737
54.40% , , Robert Quinlan Hood
3,133
45.60% , , , , , 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
4,884
25.20% , , Irving Charles Pink
4,345
22.42% , , Angus Boyd MacGillivary
358
1.85% , , , George A. Burridge , - , , ,

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 ...

5,077
26.19% , , Willard O'Brien
4,719
24.35% , , , , , 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 ...

9,606
32.42% , , Gordon T. Purdy
5,515
18.61% , , Harvey T. Curtis
382
1.29% , , ,

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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 ...

9,147
30.87% , , Charles K. Sutherland
4,746
16.02% , , Helen K. Wright
233
0.79% , , ,

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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 ...

2,545
66.68% , , William Thomas Noiles
1,272
33.32% , , , , ,

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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 ...

5,226
63.10% , , Norman Willard Noonan
2,795
33.75% , , Lloyd L. Ayer
261
3.15% , , ,

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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 ...

, , , D. L. George Henley
2,516
54.04% , , Allison T. Smith
2,140
45.96% , , , , , 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 ...

, , , 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

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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 ...

5,478
58.57% , , Gordon S. Cowan
3,875
41.43% , , , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax County-Dartmouth , , , Irvin William Akerley
9,884
52.88% , ,

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 ...

8,150
43.60% , , Edward B. Doyle
657
3.52% , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax East , , , Nelson Gaetz
3,061
52.62% , , Duncan MacMillan
2,756
47.38% , , , , , 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 ...

, , , James H. Vaughan
8,602
52.43% , , John E. Ahern
7,360
44.86% , , Peggy Prowse
444
2.71% , , , 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
5,559
56.07% , , George Douglas Burris
4,027
40.62% , , Gerald A. Guptill
329
3.32% , , , Gordon H. Fitzgerald , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax South , , ,

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 ...

5,986
63.23% , , Merlin Nunn
3,183
33.62% , , Gordon A. Smith
298
3.15% , , ,

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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
8,792
57.00% , , Charles H. Reardon
6,126
39.72% , , Harold J. Martell
506
3.28% , , , 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
3,334
54.58% , , Ronald Saint John Chisholm
2,774
45.42% , , , , , 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
3,229
52.86% , , Thomas Edwin Kirk
2,880
47.14% , , , , , Alexander MacIsaac , - , 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 ...

5,752
60.21% , , Thomas H. Frazer
3,801
39.79% , , , , ,

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, , John Andrew McLean
2,649
49.90% , , , A. Lloyd MacDonald
2,660
50.10% , , , , , John W. MacDonald† , - , 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
2,999
59.54% , , Charles Ernest MacCarthy
2,038
40.46% , , , , , 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 ...

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Mike Laffin Michael Alexander Laffin (January 12, 1918 – May 23, 2019) was a Canadian politician and dentist. He represented the Electoral district (Canada), electoral district of Cape Breton Centre in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1963 to 1974, ...

3,699
54.12% , , Joseph Flaudio Rizzetto
939
13.74% , ,

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 ...

2,197
32.14% , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton East , , , Layton Fergusson
5,870
58.06% , , Bernard Currie
1,359
13.44% , , John L. MacKinnon
2,881
28.50% , , , Layton Fergusson , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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 ...

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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 ...

6,200
58.71% , , Murray J. Ryan
2,961
28.04% , , John Dolhanty
1,399
13.25% , , ,

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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 ...

3,344
53.37% , , Charles Richard Sigut
1,213
19.36% , , Albert Ollie Wilson
1,709
27.27% , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, 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 , - , 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 ...

4,941
56.30% , ,

Allan Sullivan Allan Edmund Sullivan, (June 23, 1932 – June 19, 1982) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1970 to 1976. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Pa ...

3,835
43.70% , , , , ,

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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 ...

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Norman J. MacLean Norman James MacLean (September 21, 1920 – July 3, 2000) was a Canadian politician. He represented the Electoral district (Canada), electoral district of Inverness (provincial electoral district), Inverness in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly ...

4,474
26.78% , , Joseph Clyde Nunn
3,988
23.87% , , , , , Joseph Clyde Nunn , - , , Alfred J. Davis
4,026
24.10% , , , William N. MacLean
4,219
25.25% , , , , , William N. MacLean , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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, ...

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Gerald Doucet Gerald Joseph Doucet, QC (May 4, 1937 – November 23, 2017) was a Canadian politician and lobbyist. He represented the electoral district of Richmond in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1963 to 1974, as a Progressive Conservative. Born ...

2,670
50.79% , ,

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 ...

2,587
49.21% , , , , ,

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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 ...

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Fisher Hudson Roy Fisher Hudson (May 16, 1920 – April 15, 1999) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Victoria in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1967 to 1974 and from 1980 to 1988. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Prog ...

1,890
49.42% , , , Carleton L. MacMillan
1,934
50.58% , , , , , Carleton L. MacMillan

Results

Results by party

Retiring incumbents

Nominated candidates

Valley

South Shore

Fundy-Northeast

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

Central Nova

Cape Breton

References

Further reading