1963 Nova Scotia general election

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43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
22 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

77.87%

4.15pp

	First party	Second party	Third party
		Lib	NDP
Leader	Robert Stanfield	Earl Wallace Urquhart	James H. Aitchison
Party	Progressive Conservative	Liberal	New Democratic
Leader since	November 10, 1948	November 3, 1962	1963
Leader's seat	Colchester	Richmond (Lost re-election)	Did not run
Last election	27	15	1^[1]
Seats won	39	4	0
Seat change	12	11	1
Popular vote	191,128	134,873	14,076
Percentage	55.87%	39.43%	4.11%
Swing	7.76pp	2.93pp	4.78pp

Premier before election

Robert Stanfield
Progressive Conservative

Premier after election

Robert Stanfield
Progressive Conservative

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, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives.

Results

Results by party

↓
39	4
Progressive Conservative	Liberal

Official results ^[2]^[3]
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1960	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Stanfield	43	27	26	39	+12	191,128	55.87%	+7.76%
	Liberal	Earl Wallace Urquhart	43	15	15	4	-11	134,873	39.43%	-2.93%
	New Democratic	James H. Aitchison	20	1	1	0	-1	14,076	4.11%	-4.78%
	Vacant				1
Total valid votes								340,077	99.42%	-0.12%

Blank and invalid ballots								1,997	0.58%	+0.12%
Total			106	43	43	43	–	342,074	100.00%	–
Registered voters / turnout								400,078	77.87%^[4]	-4.15%

Popular vote

PC			55.87%
Liberal			39.43%
New Democratic			4.11%

Seats summary

PC			90.70%
Liberal			9.30%

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

Progressive Conservative

George Henry Wilson, Hants West

Nominated candidates

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
Electoral district	PC		Liberal		NDP		Incumbent
Annapolis East		John I. Marshall 2,962 56.40%		Melbourne Parker Armstrong 2,232 42.50%		Murray Alton Bent 58 1.10%		Vacant
Annapolis West		Kenneth E. Green 2,075 45.81%		Peter M. Nicholson 2,386 52.67%		Dale A. Young 69 1.52%		Peter M. Nicholson
Clare		Hector J. Pothier 2,154 52.61%		Joseph C. LeBlanc 1,940 47.39%				Pierre E. Belliveau†
Digby		Robert Baden Powell 2,671 52.23%		Victor Cardoza 2,378 46.50%		Louis A. Beeler 65 1.27%		Victor Cardoza
Hants West		Norman T. Spence 4,193 58.20%		W. Whitney Spicer 2,840 39.42%		Arthur Benedict 171 2.37%		George Henry Wilson†
Kings North		Gladys Porter 3,668 59.43%		David Durell Sutton 2,405 38.97%		George Turner 99 1.60%		Gladys Porter
Kings South		Edward Haliburton 2,505 65.27%		Bruce M. Trenholm 1,333 34.73%				Edward Haliburton
Kings West		Paul Kinsman 3,879 55.85%		Edward D. MacArthur 3,067 44.15%				Edward D. MacArthur

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	PC		Liberal		NDP		Incumbent
Lunenburg Centre		George O. Lohnes 4,785 57.06%		Leon J. Iverson 3,601 42.94%				George O. Lohnes
Lunenburg East		Maurice L. Zinck 2,267 63.17%		Charles E. Harris 1,322 36.83%				Maurice L. Zinck
Lunenburg West		Harley J. Spence 2,937 58.12%		Joye F. Davison 2,116 41.88%				Harley J. Spence
Queens		W. S. Kennedy Jones 3,833 65.85%		W. Alton Snow 1,988 34.15%				W. S. Kennedy Jones
Shelburne		James McKay Harding 3,737 54.40%		Robert Quinlan Hood 3,133 45.60%				James McKay Harding
Yarmouth		George A. Burridge 4,884 25.20%		Irving Charles Pink 4,345 22.42%		Angus Boyd MacGillivary 358 1.85%		George A. Burridge
Yarmouth		George A. Snow 5,077 26.19%		Willard O'Brien 4,719 24.35%				Willard O'Brien

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	PC		Liberal		NDP		Incumbent
Colchester		Robert Stanfield 9,606 32.42%		Gordon T. Purdy 5,515 18.61%		Harvey T. Curtis 382 1.29%		Robert Stanfield
Colchester		George Isaac Smith 9,147 30.87%		Charles K. Sutherland 4,746 16.02%		Helen K. Wright 233 0.79%		George Isaac Smith
Cumberland Centre		Stephen T. Pyke 2,545 66.68%		William Thomas Noiles 1,272 33.32%				Stephen T. Pyke
Cumberland East		James A. Langille 5,226 63.10%		Norman Willard Noonan 2,795 33.75%		Lloyd L. Ayer 261 3.15%		James A. Langille
Cumberland West		D. L. George Henley 2,516 54.04%		Allison T. Smith 2,140 45.96%				Allison T. Smith
Hants East		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

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	PC		Liberal		NDP		Incumbent
Halifax Centre		Donald MacKeen Smith 5,478 58.57%		Gordon S. Cowan 3,875 41.43%				Donald MacKeen Smith
Halifax County-Dartmouth		Irvin William Akerley 9,884 52.88%		Gordon L. S. Hart 8,150 43.60%		Edward B. Doyle 657 3.52%		Gordon L. S. Hart
Halifax East		Nelson Gaetz 3,061 52.62%		Duncan MacMillan 2,756 47.38%				Duncan MacMillan
Halifax North		James H. Vaughan 8,602 52.43%		John E. Ahern 7,360 44.86%		Peggy Prowse 444 2.71%		John E. Ahern
Halifax Northwest		Gordon H. Fitzgerald 5,559 56.07%		George Douglas Burris 4,027 40.62%		Gerald A. Guptill 329 3.32%		Gordon H. Fitzgerald
Halifax South		Richard Donahoe 5,986 63.23%		Merlin Nunn 3,183 33.62%		Gordon A. Smith 298 3.15%		Richard Donahoe
Halifax West		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

Electoral district	Candidates					Incumbent
Electoral district	PC		Liberal		NDP	Incumbent
Antigonish		William F. MacKinnon 3,334 54.58%		Ronald Saint John Chisholm 2,774 45.42%			William F. MacKinnon
Guysborough		Alexander MacIsaac 3,229 52.86%		Thomas Edwin Kirk 2,880 47.14%			Alexander MacIsaac
Pictou Centre		Donald R. MacLeod 5,752 60.21%		Thomas H. Frazer 3,801 39.79%			Donald R. MacLeod
Pictou East		John Andrew McLean 2,649 49.90%		A. Lloyd MacDonald 2,660 50.10%			John W. MacDonald†
Pictou West		Harvey Veniot 2,999 59.54%		Charles Ernest MacCarthy 2,038 40.46%			Harvey Veniot

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	PC		Liberal		NDP		Incumbent
Cape Breton Centre		Mike Laffin 3,699 54.12%		Joseph Flaudio Rizzetto 939 13.74%		Michael James MacDonald 2,197 32.14%		Michael James MacDonald
Cape Breton East		Layton Fergusson 5,870 58.06%		Bernard Currie 1,359 13.44%		John L. MacKinnon 2,881 28.50%		Layton Fergusson
Cape Breton North		Tom MacKeough 6,200 58.71%		Murray J. Ryan 2,961 28.04%		John Dolhanty 1,399 13.25%		Tom MacKeough
Cape Breton Nova		Percy Gaum 3,344 53.37%		Charles Richard Sigut 1,213 19.36%		Albert Ollie Wilson 1,709 27.27%		Percy Gaum
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
Cape Breton West		Edward Manson 4,941 56.30%		Allan Sullivan 3,835 43.70%				Edward Manson
Inverness		Norman J. MacLean 4,474 26.78%		Joseph Clyde Nunn 3,988 23.87%				Joseph Clyde Nunn
Inverness		Alfred J. Davis 4,026 24.10%		William N. MacLean 4,219 25.25%				William N. MacLean
Richmond		Gerald Doucet 2,670 50.79%		Earl Wallace Urquhart 2,587 49.21%				Earl Wallace Urquhart
Victoria		Fisher Hudson 1,890 49.42%		Carleton L. MacMillan 1,934 50.58%				Carleton L. MacMillan

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