1871 Nova Scotia general election
← 1867 May 16, 1871 1874 →
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 Liberal Liberal-Conservative
Leader since 1867 1867
Leader's seat Member of
Legislative Council 		Ran in
Inverness (Won)
Last election 36 2
Seats won 24 14
Seat change Decrease12 Increase12
Popular vote 39,494 35,471
Percentage 52.68% 47.32%
Swing Decrease8.30pp Increase8.30pp
Premier before election

William Annand
Liberal

Premier after election

William Annand
Liberal

The 1871 Nova Scotia general election was held on 16 May 1871 to elect members of the 25th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

Results by party

↓
24 14
Liberal Liberal-Conservative
Official results [1][2]
Party Party leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular vote
1867 Dissolution Elected Change # % Change (pp)
  Liberal William Annand 38 36 36 24 -12 39,494 52.68% -8.30%
  Liberal-Conservative Hiram Blanchard 33 2 2 14 +12 35,471 47.32% +8.30%
  Vacant 0  
Total valid votes 74,965 100.00% –
Blank and invalid ballots 0 0.00% –
Total 71 38 38 38 – 74,965 100.00% –
Popular vote
Liberal
 
 52.68%
Liberal-Conservative
 
 47.32%
Seats summary
Liberal
 
 63.16%
Liberal-Conservative
 
 36.84%

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

Nominated candidates

1871 Nova Scotia Provincial Election[3][4]

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

Valley

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative
Annapolis Jared C. Troop
1,083
26.03% 		Avard Longley
1,017
24.44% 		Jared C. Troop
David C. Landers
1,076
25.86% 		T. W. Chesley
985
23.67% 		David C. Landers
Digby William Berrian Vail
1,028
35.83% 		Colin Campbell
721
25.13% 		William Berrian Vail
Urbine Doucette
1,019
35.52% 		A. Amirault
101
3.52% 		Urbine Doucette
Hants William Dawson Lawrence
1,183
22.43% 		William Henry Allison
1,446
27.42% 		William Dawson Lawrence
Frederick Curry
1,249
23.68% 		William McDougall
1,396
26.47% 		Elkanah Young†
Kings David M. Dickie
796
21.68% 		Daniel Charles Moore
1,094
29.80% 		David M. Dickie
Edward L. Brown
797
21.71% 		Douglas Benjamin Woodworth
984
26.80% 		Edward L. Brown

South Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative
Lunenburg Mather Byles DesBrisay
Acclamation
 Mather Byles DesBrisay
James Daniel Eisenhauer
Acclamation
 James Daniel Eisenhauer
Queens William Henry Smith
826
33.59% 		Thomas Patillo
465
18.91% 		William Henry Smith
Samuel Freeman
829
33.71% 		Will Hendry
339
13.79% 		Samuel Freeman
Shelburne Thomas Johnston
826
30.72% 		William F. MacCoy
570
21.20% 		Thomas Johnston
Robert Robertson
765
28.45% 		J. H. Kendrick
528
19.64% 		Robert Robertson
Yarmouth Albert Gayton
714
25.71% 		John Van Norden Hatfield
397
14.30% 		John K. Ryerson
John K. Ryerson
636
22.90%
William H. Townsend
659
23.73% 		N. Churchill
371
13.36% 		William H. Townsend

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative
Colchester Thomas Fletcher Morrison
Acclamation 		Thomas Fletcher Morrison
Samuel Rettie
Acclamation
 Robert Chambers†
Cumberland George Hibbard
1,043
20.14% 		Henry Gesner Pineo Jr.
1,605
31.00% 		Henry Gesner Pineo Jr.
J. K. Kiderkin
946
18.27% 		Edward Vickery
1,584
30.59% 		Amos Purdy†

Halifax

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative
Halifax William Garvie
2,752
17.66% 		Philip Carteret Hill
2,497
16.02% 		Philip Carteret Hill
John Flinn
2,704
17.35% 		M. B. Daly
2,492
15.99% 		James Cochran†
Donald Archibald
2,693
17.28% 		J. Geddes
2,448
15.71% 		Henry Balcom†

Central Nova

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative
Antigonish Daniel MacDonald
1,052
30.62% 		R. N. Henry
853
24.83% 		Daniel MacDonald
Joseph MacDonald
978
28.46% 		Angus McGillivray
553
16.09% 		Joseph MacDonald
Guysborough John Angus Kirk
745
25.86% 		Joseph William Hadley
706
24.51% 		John Angus Kirk
William Henry Wylde
743
25.79% 		Alexander N. McDonald
687
23.85% 		William Henry Wylde
Pictou George Murray
1,955
15.68% 		James McDonald
2,270
18.21% 		George Murray
John D. McLeod
1,927
15.46% 		Simon Hugh Holmes
2,242
17.98% 		Martin Isaac Wilkins†
Robert S. Copeland
1,884
15.11% 		Hugh J. Cameron
2,188
17.55% 		Robert S. Copeland

Cape Breton

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative
Cape Breton Alonzo J. White
1,329
42.26% 		Newton LeGayet Mackay
824
26.20% 		Alonzo J. White
John Fergusson
992
31.54% 		John Fergusson
Inverness Alexander Campbell
1,280
24.15% 		Hiram Blanchard
1,427
26.92% 		Alexander Campbell
Hugh McDonald
1,265
23.87% 		Samuel McDonnell
1,328
25.06% 		Hugh McDonald
Richmond Edmund Power Flynn
492
39.17% 		Edmund Power Flynn
Isidore LeBlanc
317
25.24% 		Murdoch McRae
447
35.59% 		Josiah Hooper†
Victoria John Ross
505
27.79% 		David McCurdy
383
21.08% 		John Ross
William Kidston
406
22.34% 		Charles James Campbell
523
28.78% 		William Kidston

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. ^ Morgan, Henry J. (1874). The Canadian parliamentary companion. Montreal: J. Lovell. pp. 439–442.


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