1960 Nova Scotia general election

1960 Nova Scotia general election

June 7, 1960
43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	82.02% 2.19pp
First party Second party Third party   Lib CCF Leader Robert Stanfield Henry Hicks Michael James MacDonald Party Progressive Conservative Liberal Co-operative Commonwealth Leader since November 10, 1948 September 9, 1954 1953 Leader's seat Colchester Annapolis East (Lost re-election) Cape Breton Centre Last election 24 18 1 Seats won 27 15 1 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 168,023 147,951 31,036 Percentage 48.11% 42.36% 8.89% Swing 0.44pp 5.29pp 5.94pp
Premier before election Robert Stanfield Progressive Conservative Premier after election Robert Stanfield Progressive Conservative

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, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives.

Results

Results by party

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27	15	1
Progressive Conservative	Liberal	CCF

Official results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1956	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Stanfield	43	24	24	27	+3	168,023	48.11%	-0.44%
	Liberal	Henry Hicks	43	18	17	15	-3	147,951	42.36%	-5.29%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Michael James MacDonald	34	1	1	1	0	31,036	8.89%	+5.94%
	Independent		1	0	0	0	0	650	0.19%	-0.05%
	Vacant				1
Total valid votes								347,660	99.54%	+0.15%
Blank and invalid ballots								1,596	0.46%	-0.15%
Total			121	43	43	43	–	349,256	100.00%	–
Registered voters / turnout								388,805	82.02%	+2.19%

Popular vote PC   48.11% Liberal   42.36% CCF   8.89% Independent   0.19%

Seats summary PC   62.79% Liberal   34.88% CCF   2.33%

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

• Geoffrey W. Stevens, Halifax County Dartmouth

Progressive Conservative

• Malcolm Stewart Leonard, Digby
• John Michael Macdonald, Cape Breton North
• Hiram Thomas, Kings 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
	PC		Liberal		CCF		Independent
Annapolis East		Hanson Dowell 2,666 48.69%		Henry Hicks 2,658 48.55%		Murray Alton Bent 151 2.76%				Henry Hicks
Annapolis West		Charles T. LeBrun 2,068 42.74%		Peter M. Nicholson 2,571 53.14%		Louis A. Beeler 199 4.11%				Peter M. Nicholson
Clare		Kenneth Weaver 2,034 47.87%		Pierre E. Belliveau 2,215 52.13%						Pierre E. Belliveau
Digby		E. Keith Potter 2,593 48.15%		Victor Cardoza 2,651 49.23%		Foster Journeay 141 2.62%				Malcolm Stewart Leonard†
Hants West		George Henry Wilson 3,623 49.27%		Gerald Regan 3,412 46.40%		Howard B. Wile 319 4.34%				George Henry Wilson
Kings North		Gladys Porter 3,060 51.19%		Eric Balcom 2,782 46.54%		Levitte Joseph Melanson 136 2.28%				Eric Balcom
Kings South		Edward Haliburton 2,388 57.29%		Bruce Trenholm 1,581 37.93%		George R. Goucher 199 4.77%				Edward Haliburton
Kings West		R.F. Hazel 3,425 45.18%		Edward D. MacArthur 3,937 51.93%		George Turner 219 2.89%				Hiram Thomas†

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	PC		Liberal		CCF		Independent
Lunenburg Centre		George O. Lohnes 4,384 52.25%		Nathan Simeon Joudrey 3,832 45.67%		Arthur William Benedict 175 2.09%				George O. Lohnes
Lunenburg East		Maurice L. Zinck 2,140 58.37%		Kirk S. Hennigar 1,405 38.33%		Albro Boehner 121 3.30%				Maurice L. Zinck
Lunenburg West		Harley J. Spence 2,858 52.94%		Frederick E.L. Fowke 2,541 47.06%						Harley J. Spence
Queens		W. S. Kennedy Jones 3,770 59.04%		Della P. Richardson 2,616 40.96%						W. S. Kennedy Jones
Shelburne		James McKay Harding 3,539 52.94%		William Russell MacKay 3,146 47.06%						James McKay Harding
Yarmouth		George A. Burridge 4,811 24.82%		Eric Spinney 4,309 22.23%				Willard Franklyn Allen 650 3.35%		Eric Spinney
		George A. Snow 4,578 23.62%		Willard O'Brien 5,037 25.98%						Willard O'Brien

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	PC		Liberal		CCF		Independent
Colchester		Robert Stanfield 8,574 28.82%		Hugh Charles MacKinnon 5,439 18.28%		Harvey T. Curtis 704 2.37%				Robert Stanfield
		George Isaac Smith 8,219 27.62%		Gordon Purdy 6,127 20.59%		Helen K. Wright 692 2.33%				George Isaac Smith
Cumberland Centre		Stephen T. Pyke 2,308 52.91%		Ralph F. Gilroy 1,753 40.19%		John R. Tabor 301 6.90%				Stephen T. Pyke
Cumberland East		James A. Langille 5,081 57.08%		Walter T. Purdy 3,471 39.00%		Lloyd L. Ayer 349 3.92%				James A. Langille
Cumberland West		George Percy Graham 2,219 45.79%		Allison T. Smith 2,418 49.90%		Thomas Alton Johnstone 209 4.31%				Allison T. Smith
Hants East		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

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	PC		Liberal		CCF		Independent
Halifax Centre		Donald MacKeen Smith 4,921 48.01%		Gordon S. Cowan 4,651 45.38%		James M. Murray 678 6.61%				Gordon S. Cowan
Halifax County-Dartmouth		Murray Ritcey 7,653 43.05%		Gordon L. S. Hart 8,258 46.46%		Percy W. Dares 1,864 10.49%				Geoffrey W. Stevens†
Halifax East		Nelson Gaetz 2,432 44.06%		Duncan MacMillan 2,787 50.49%		Wallace H. Mason 301 5.45%				Duncan MacMillan
Halifax North		Robert Mullane 7,444 44.09%		John E. Ahern 7,974 47.23%		Charles A. Moulton 1,466 8.68%				John E. Ahern
Halifax Northwest		Gordon H. Fitzgerald 4,209 46.55%		Ronald Manning Fielding 4,182 46.26%		L.C. Wilson 650 7.19%				Ronald Manning Fielding
Halifax South		Richard Donahoe 5,861 54.65%		Robert James Butler 4,302 40.12%		Ralph Loomer 561 5.23%				Richard Donahoe
Halifax West		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

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	PC		Liberal		CCF		Independent
Antigonish		William F. MacKinnon 3,177 54.77%		Vincent J. MacDonald 2,495 43.01%		Alex MacPherson 129 2.22%				William F. MacKinnon
Guysborough		Alexander MacIsaac 3,123 49.98%		Norman Robert Anderson 2,934 46.95%		Leslie Wilfred Myers 192 3.07%				Vacant
Pictou Centre		Donald R. MacLeod 4,755 43.92%		James H. Power 3,615 33.39%		Doris Nicholson 2,456 22.69%				Donald R. MacLeod
Pictou East		William A. MacLeod 2,424 44.55%		John W. MacDonald 2,568 47.20%		Barrie M. Hould 449 8.25%				William A. MacLeod
Pictou West		Harvey Veniot 2,744 52.28%		W.A. Broidy 2,353 44.83%		W.E. Salsman 152 2.90%				Harvey Veniot

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	PC		Liberal		CCF		Independent
Cape Breton Centre		Lowell Murray 1,964 27.19%		James P. McNeil 1,887 26.13%		Michael James MacDonald 3,371 46.68%				Michael James MacDonald
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
Cape Breton North		Tom MacKeough 5,257 46.83%		Ted Sullivan 3,094 27.56%		Thomas R. MacDonald 2,875 25.61%				John Michael Macdonald†
Cape Breton Nova		Percy Gaum 2,525 36.93%		Wilfred Gillis 2,094 30.63%		Albert Ollie Wilson 2,218 32.44%				Percy Gaum
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
Cape Breton West		Edward Manson 4,192 45.37%		Herbert Shannon 3,652 39.53%		John R. Lynk 1,395 15.10%				Edward Manson
Inverness		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 4,018 25.03%						Roderick MacLean
Richmond		Byron Seymour Langley 2,491 48.89%		Earl Wallace Urquhart 2,604 51.11%						Earl Wallace Urquhart
Victoria		Leonard Walter Jones 1,817 46.96%		Carleton L. MacMillan 2,052 53.04%						Carleton L. MacMillan

Further reading

• Saywell, John T., ed. (1961). Canadian Annual Review for 1960. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.