1874 Nova Scotia general election explained

Election Name:	1874 Nova Scotia general election
Country:	Nova Scotia
Type:	parliamentary
Party Colour:	no
Party Name:	no
Previous Election:	1871 Nova Scotia general election
Previous Year:	1871
Previous Mps:	25th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Election Date:	December 17, 1874
Elected Mps:	members
Next Election:	1878 Nova Scotia general election
Next Year:	1878
Seats For Election:	38 seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Majority Seats:	20
Image1:	William Annand by William Notman.jpg
Image1 Size:	150x150px
Leader1:	William Annand
Leader Since1:	1867
Leaders Seat1:	Member of Legislative Council
Last Election1:	24
Seats1:	20
Seat Change1:	4
Popular Vote1:	36,706
Percentage1:	54.39%
Swing1:	1.71pp
Image2 Size:	150x150px
Leader2:	Simon Hugh Holmes
Leader Since2:	1874
Party2:	Liberal-Conservative
Leaders Seat2:	Pictou
Last Election2:	14
Seats2:	11
Seat Change2:	3
Popular Vote2:	22,722
Percentage2:	33.67%
Swing2:	13.65pp
Image3:	Ind
Party3:	Independent/Other
Last Election3:	0
Seats3:	7
Seat Change3:	7
Popular Vote3:	8,060
Percentage3:	11.94%
Swing3:	11.94pp
Premier
Before Election:	William Annand
Posttitle:	Premier after election
After Election:	William Annand

The 1874 Nova Scotia general election was held on 17 December 1874 to elect members of the 26th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

Results by party

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20	11	7
Liberal	Liberal-Conservative	Independent

Party!rowspan="2"

Party leader	of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
1871		Dissolution	Elected	Change		%	Change (pp)	Liberal	William Annand	33	24	26	20	align="right"	-4	36,706	54.39%	+1.71%	Liberal-Conservative	Simon Hugh Holmes	27	14	9	11	align="right"	-3	22,722	33.67%	align="right"	-13.65%	Independent/Other^[1]		8	0	1	7	+7	8,060	11.94%	+11.94%
	Vacant				2
Total valid votes								67,488	100.00%	–
Blank and invalid ballots								0	0.00%	–
Total			68	38	38	38	–	67,488	100.00%	–

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

• John Flinn, Halifax
• David C. Landers, Annapolis
• John Ross, Victoria
• William Henry Smith, Queens
• John Taylor, Halifax
• Jared C. Troop, Annapolis
• William Berrian Vail, Digby
• Henry Yeomans, Hants

Liberal-Conservative

• Hiram Blanchard, Inverness
• Samuel Rettie, Colchester

Nominated candidates

1874 Nova Scotia Provincial Election^[2]

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

Valley

|-| rowspan="2"|Annapolis ||E. Bent
1,013
23.05%|||Avard Longley
1,211
27.55% |||||Jared C. Troop†|- || Parker
994
22.62%|||William Botsford Troop
1,177
26.78% |||||David C. Landers†|-| rowspan="2"|Digby|||Henri M. Robicheau
967
30.28% ||John Chipman Wade
574
17.98%|||||William Berrian Vail†|- ||Urbine Doucette
529
16.57% || |||Colin Campbell (Anti-Confederate)
1,123
35.17%|||Urbine Doucette|-| rowspan="2"|Hants ||Thomas Barlow Smith
1,332
31.68%|||William Henry Allison
1,463
34.80% |||||Thomas Barlow Smith|- |||||Alfred Putnam
1,409
33.52% |||||Henry Yeomans†|-| rowspan="2"|Kings ||Daniel Charles Moore
1,027
22.95%|||||John B. North
1,171
26.17%|||Daniel Charles Moore|- ||Henry Shaw
1,016
22.71% |||Douglas Benjamin Woodworth
1,260
28.16%|||||Vacant|-|}

South Shore

|-| rowspan="2"|Lunenburg|||James Daniel Eisenhauer
1,507
28.95% ||William Young
1,148
22.06% |||||James Daniel Eisenhauer|-|||Mather Byles DesBrisay
1,423
27.34% ||Edward James
1,127
21.65% |||||Mather Byles DesBrisay|-| rowspan="2"|Queens|||Isaac N. Mack
740
32.46% ||Charles Allison
441
19.34% |||||William Henry Smith†|-|||Samuel Freeman
705
30.92% ||George Starrat Parker
394
17.28% |||||Samuel Freeman|-| rowspan="2"|Shelburne|||Thomas Johnston
Acclamation|||||||Thomas Johnston|-|||Robert Robertson
Acclamation|| |||||Robert Robertson|-| rowspan="3"|Yarmouth|||Albert Gayton
1,641
45.70% |||||||Albert Gayton|-|||John Lovitt^[3]
1,211
33.72%|rowspan=2||rowspan=2||rowspan=2||rowspan=2||rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2|John K. Ryerson|-||John K. Ryerson
739
20.58% |}

Fundy-Northeast

|-| rowspan="3"|Colchester|||John Barnhill Dickie^[4]
1,687
30.25%|| |||||Samuel Rettie†|- ||Thomas Fletcher Morrison
1,046
18.76% |rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2|William Albert Patterson
1,718
30.81%|rowspan=2||rowspan=2||rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2|Thomas Fletcher Morrison|-||Robert Putman
1,126
20.19%|-| rowspan="2"|Cumberland||||Charles James Townsend
1,209
22.92%|||Hiram Black
1,461
27.70% |||Vacant|-|||Amos Purdy
1,304
24.72% ||Edward Vickery
1,301
24.66%|||||Edward Vickery|-|}

Halifax

|-| rowspan="3"|Halifax|||Philip Carteret Hill
2,862
20.88% ||Robert Sedgewick
1,837
13.40% |||||John Taylor†|-|||Donald Archibald
2,853
20.81% ||W. J. Almon
1,818
13.26% |||||Donald Archibald|-|||Edward Farrell
2,709
19.76% ||M. J. Griffin
1,630
11.89% |||||John Flinn†|-|}

Central Nova

|-| rowspan="2"|Antigonish|||Daniel MacDonald
752
31.01% |||||||Daniel MacDonald|- ||Joseph MacDonald
661
27.26% |||John J. McKinnon
1,012
41.73%|||||Joseph MacDonald|-| rowspan="3"|Guysborough|||Charles M. Franchville
682
28.26% ||Stewart Campbell
440
18.23% |||||Charles M. Franchville|-|rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2|William Henry Wylde
628
26.03% ||Alexander N. McDonald
362
15.00%|rowspan=2||rowspan=2||rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2|William Henry Wylde|-||Joseph William Hadley
301
12.47%|-| rowspan="3"|Pictou |||||Alexander MacKay
Acclamation|||||Alexander MacKay|- |||||Simon Hugh Holmes
Acclamation|||||Simon Hugh Holmes|- |||||Hugh J. Cameron
Acclamation|||||Hugh J. Cameron|-|}

Cape Breton

|-| rowspan="2"|Cape Breton|||Alonzo J. White
1,129
34.19%||John Currie
204
6.19%|||||Alonzo J. White|- ||John Fergusson
626
18.96% ||A. G. Hamilton
304
9.21%|||Ebenezer Tilton Moseley
1,039
31.47%|||John Fergusson|-| rowspan="2"|Inverness||Alexander Campbell
1,309
24.06%|| |||John J. McKinnon
1,390
25.55%|||Hiram Blanchard†|- ||Hugh McDonald
1,260
23.16% || |||Duncan J. Campbell
1,482
27.24%|||Duncan J. Campbell|-| rowspan="2"|Richmond |||||||Charles Boudroit
Acclamation|||Charles Boudroit|- || |||Murdoch McRae
Acclamation |||||Murdoch McRae|-| rowspan="2"|Victoria|||David McCurdy
680
33.93% ||John Angus Morrison
382
19.06% |||||David McCurdy|-|||John A. Fraser^[5]
548
27.35% || ||William Kidston
394
19.66%|||John Ross†|-|}

Notes and References

1. Many candidates listed and elected as Independents ended up supporting/joining both the Liberals and Liberal-Conservatives in the House.
2. Web site: Electoral Districts- History . Nova Scotia Legislature . December 17, 2021.
3. Listed and elected as a Liberal-Conservative candidate, however, he supported the Liberals
4. Listed and elected as a Liberal-Conservative candidate, however, he supported the Liberals
5. Listed and elected as a Liberal-Conservative candidate, however, he supported the Liberals