1867 Nova Scotia general election
September 18, 1867 1871 →
38 seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader William Annand Hiram Blanchard
Party Anti-Confederation Party Confederation Party
Leader since 1867 1867
Leader's seat Member of
Legislative Council 		Ran in
Inverness
(Won, later declared invalid)
Seats won 36 2
Popular vote 47,448 30,362
Percentage 60.98% 39.02%
Premier before election

Hiram Blanchard
Liberal-Conservative

Premier after election

William Annand
Anti-Confederation Party

The 1867 Nova Scotia general election was held on 18 September 1867 to elect members of the 24th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was the first general election in Nova Scotia after Confederation, and was won by the Anti-Confederation Party.

Results

Results by party

↓
36 2
Anti-Confederation Confederation
Official results [1][2]
Party Party leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular vote
Elected # %
  Anti-Confederation William Annand 41 36 47,448 60.98%
  Confederation Hiram Blanchard 36 2 30,362 39.02%
Total valid votes 77,810 100.00%
Blank and invalid ballots 0 0.00%
Total 77 38 77,810 100.00%
Popular vote
Anti-Confederation
 
 60.98%
Confederation
 
 39.02%
Seats summary
Anti-Confederation
 
 94.74%
Confederation
 
 5.26%

Nominated candidates

1867 Nova Scotia Provincial Election[3]

Legend
bold denotes party leader

Valley

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Anti-Confederation Confederation
Annapolis Jared C. Troop
1,187
27.16% 		W. T. Foster
1,019
23.31% 		New riding
David C. Landers
1,163
26.61% 		George Whitman
1,002
22.92% 		New riding
Digby William Berrian Vail
1,139
36.% 		Colin Campbell
612
19.34% 		New riding
Urbine Doucette
1,010
31.92% 		J. Melanson
403
12.74% 		New riding
Hants William Dawson Lawrence
1,529
31.64% 		Parker
921
19.06% 		New riding
Elkanah Young
1,479
30.60% 		William McDougall
904
18.70% 		New riding
Kings David M. Dickie
1,393
32.87% 		T.W. Harris
904
21.33% 		New riding
Edward L. Brown
1,280
30.20% 		R. C. Foster
661
15.60% 		New riding

South Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Anti-Confederation Confederation
Lunenburg Mather Byles DesBrisay
1,553
31.93% 		Henry S. Jost
853
17.54% 		New riding
James Daniel Eisenhauer
1,664
34.22% 		W. A. C. Randall
793
16.31% 		New riding
Queens William Henry Smith
792
36.65% 		Allison
310
14.35% 		New riding
Samuel Freeman
785
36.33% 		A. J. Campbell
274
12.68% 		New riding
Shelburne Robert Robertson
Acclamation 		New riding
Thomas Johnson
Acclamation 		New riding
Yarmouth John K. Ryerson
1,138
32.53% 		John Van Norden Hatfield
626
17.90% 		New riding
W. G. Goucher
726
20.75% 		Isaac Smith Hatfield
61
1.74%
William H. Townsend
853
24.39% 		J. Smith Hatfield
94
2.69%
 New riding

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Anti-Confederation Confederation
Colchester Thomas Fletcher Morrison
1,641
28.59% 		Samuel Rettie
1,311
22.84% 		New riding
Robert Chambers
1,625
28.32% 		N. McKim
1,162
20.25% 		New riding
Cumberland Amos Purdy
1,309
25.07% 		Edward Vickery
1,284
24.59% 		New riding
W. Fullerton
1,291
24.73% 		Henry Gesner Pineo Jr.
1,337
25.61% 		New riding

Halifax

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Anti-Confederation Confederation
Halifax Jeremiah Northup
2,386
17.64% 		Philip Carteret Hill
2,152
15.91% 		New riding
James Cochran
2,366
17.49% 		S. Tobin
2,129
15.74% 		New riding
Henry Balcom
2,364
17.48% 		G. McLeod
2,129
15.74% 		New riding

Central Nova

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Anti-Confederation Confederation
Antigonish Daniel MacDonald
1,424
45.95% 		R. N. Henry
410
13.23% 		New riding
Joseph MacDonald
1,072
34.59% 		J. Macdonald
193
6.23% 		New riding
Guysborough John Joseph Marshall
730
32.10% 		J. A. Tory
443
19.48% 		New riding
John Angus Kirk
674
29.64% 		Alexander N. McDonald
427
18.78% 		New riding
Pictou George Murray
2,019
18.45% 		Simon Hugh Holmes
1,684
15.38% 		New riding
Robert S. Copeland
1,977
18.06% 		Donald Fraser
1,649
15.06% 		New riding
Martin Isaac Wilkins
1,968
17.98% 		Alexander MacKay
1,649
15.06% 		New riding

Cape Breton

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Anti-Confederation Confederation
Cape Breton Alonzo J. White
963
29.39% 		Newton LeGayet Mackay
616
18.80% 		New riding
S. L. Purvis
471
14.37%
John Fergusson
702
21.42% 		P. Cadegan
525
16.02% 		New riding
Inverness[4] Alexander Campbell
1,058
30.51% 		New riding
H. McInnis
932
26.87% 		Hiram Blanchard
986
28.43% 		New riding
A. Gillis
492
14.19%
Richmond Edmund Power Flynn
583
39.85% 		J. H. Hearn
362
24.74% 		New riding
Josiah Hooper
518
35.41% 		New riding
Victoria John Ross
621
37.21% 		Charles James Campbell
256
15.34% 		New riding
William Kidston
571
34.21% 		McLean
162
9.71% 		New riding
Haliburton
59
3.53%

References

  1. ^ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  4. ^ In the riding of Inverness, Confederate Hiram Blanchard's election was declared invalid as he had recently been appointed the legal advisor for the federal government in Nova Scotia. A by-election was held on October 22, 1868 to fill the seat and was won by Anti-Confederation candidate Hugh McDonald.


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