1890 Nova Scotia general election explained

Election Name:	1890 Nova Scotia general election
Country:	Nova Scotia
Type:	parliamentary
Party Colour:	no
Party Name:	no
Previous Election:	1886 Nova Scotia general election
Previous Year:	1886
Previous Mps:	29th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Election Date:	May 14–21, 1890
Elected Mps:	members
Next Election:	1894 Nova Scotia general election
Next Year:	1894
Next Mps:	31st General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority Seats:	20
Image1:	William Stevens Fielding, premier of Nova Scotia.jpg
Image1 Size:	150x150px
Leader1:	William Stevens Fielding
Leader Since1:	1884
Leaders Seat1:	Halifax
Last Election1:	29
Seats1:	28
Seat Change1:	1
Popular Vote1:	69,307
Percentage1:	50.84%
Swing1:	4.04pp
Leader2:	William MacKay
Leader Since2:	1887
Party2:	Liberal-Conservative
Leaders Seat2:	Cape Breton (Lost re-election)
Last Election2:	8
Seats2:	10
Seat Change2:	2
Popular Vote2:	63,720
Percentage2:	46.74%
Swing2:	2.61pp
Premier
Posttitle:	Premier after election
Before Election:	William Stevens Fielding
After Election:	William Stevens Fielding

The 1890 Nova Scotia general election was held from 14 May to 21 May 1890 to elect members of the 30th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

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28	10
Liberal	Liberal-Conservative

1890 Nova Scotia Provincial Election^[1]

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

|-| rowspan="2"|Annapolis|||James Wilberforce Longley
1,884
27.33% ||C. S. Harrington
1,622
23.53% |||||James Wilberforce Longley|-|||Harris H. Chute
1,844
26.75% ||B. Starratt
1,543
22.39% |||||Frank Andrews†|-| rowspan="4"|Digby|||Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau
1,207
26.57% |rowspan=2||rowspan=2|Robert G. Munroe
708
15.59% |rowspan=2||rowspan=2||rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2|Henri M. Robicheau†|-||William German
437
9.62%|-|||Eliakim Tupper
1,179
25.96% |rowspan=2||rowspan=2|Daniel LeBlanc
665
14.64% |rowspan=2||rowspan=2||rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2|John S. McNeill†|-||Edward Hogan
346
7.63%|-| rowspan="2"|Hants|||Allen Haley
1,661
25.28%||Adam McDougall
1,660
25.26% |||||Allen Haley|- ||Archibald Frame
1,552
23.62% |||Thomas Barlow Smith
1,698
25.84% |||||Archibald Frame|-| rowspan="2"|Kings|||Alfred P. Welton
1,572
25.12%||Thomas R. Harris
1,540
24.61%|||||Leander Rand†|- ||J. E. Starr
1,405
22.45% |||Barclay Webster
1,741
27.82% |||||William C. Bill†|-|}

|-| rowspan="2"|Lunenburg|||John Drew Sperry
2,091
26.12% ||James A. McLean
1,960
24.48% |||||John Drew Sperry|-|||Charles Edward Church
2,033
25.39% ||Charles A. Smith
1,922
24.01% |||||Charles Edward Church|-| rowspan="2"|Queens|||Richard Hunt
897
28.12% ||Leander Ford
722
22.63% |||||Joseph H. Cook†|-|||Albert M. Hemeon
887
27.81% ||C. A. Bowlley
684
21.44% |||||Albert M. Hemeon|-| rowspan="2"|Shelburne|||Thomas Johnston
1,061
25.85% ||Alfred K. Smith
951
23.17%|||||Thomas Johnston|-||William F. MacCoy
1,042
25.38% |||Charles Cahan
1,051
25.60% |||||William F. MacCoy|-| rowspan="2"|Yarmouth|||William Law
1,487
31.48% ||M. D'Entremont
962
20.37% |||||William Law|-|||Albert Gayton
1,473
31.19% ||Jacob Bingay
801
16.96% |||||Albert Gayton|-|}

|-| rowspan="2"|Colchester|||Frederick Andrew Laurence
1,904
25.71% ||Israel Longworth
1,842
24.87% |||||Frederick Andrew Laurence|-|||George Clarke
1,868
25.22% ||William Albert Patterson
1,793
24.21% |||||George Clarke|-| rowspan="2"|Cumberland ||Thomas Reuben Black
2,537
24.58%|||George W. Forrest
2,818
27.30% |||||Thomas Reuben Black|- ||Richard L. Black
2,252
21.82%|||William Oxley
2,715
26.30% |||||Richard L. Black|-|}

|-| rowspan="3"|Halifax|||William Stevens Fielding
5,036
18.86% ||H. McDonald Henry
4,219
15.80% |||||William Stevens Fielding|-|||William Roche
4,828
18.08% ||P. O'Mullin
3,946
14.77% |||||William Roche|-|||Michael Joseph Power
4,752
17.79% ||J. J. Stewart
3,928
14.71% |||||Michael Joseph Power|-|}

|-| rowspan="2"|Antigonish|||Angus McGillivray
1,362
30.68% ||J.J. Cameron
1,003
22.60% |||||Angus McGillivray|-|||Colin Francis McIsaac
1,274
28.70% ||Archibald McPhee
800
18.02% |||||Colin Francis McIsaac|-| rowspan="2"|Guysborough ||A. J. O. Maguire
663
18.98%|||Alexander F. Cameron
831
23.78% ||Otto Schwartz Weeks (Independent Liberal)
538
15.40%|||Otto Schwartz Weeks|- ||James A. Fraser
707
20.23%|||Hamilton Morrow
755
21.61% |||||James A. Fraser|-| rowspan="3"|Pictou||John Yorston
2,728
16.05% |||William Cameron
2,897
17.05% ||Robert Drummond
2,764
16.27%|||William Cameron|- |||James Drummond McGregor
2,885
16.98%||Charles Elliott Tanner
2,835
16.68%|||||Jeffrey McColl†|- |||||Alexander Grant
2,883
16.97%|||||Charles H. Munro†|-|}

|-| rowspan="2"|Cape Breton|||Angus J. MacDonald
2,681
28.23% ||Colin Chisholm
2,097
22.08%|||||Colin Chisholm|-|||Joseph McPherson
2,579
27.15% ||William MacKay
2,141
22.54% |||||William MacKay|-| rowspan="2"|Inverness|||Daniel McNeil
1,908
27.76% ||John McKeen
1,602
23.31% |||||Daniel McNeil|-|||John McKinnon
1,874
27.26% ||Angus MacLennan
1,490
21.68% |||||John McKinnon|-| rowspan="2"|Richmond|||Abraham LeBlanc
865
28.47% ||David A. Hearn
669
22.02% |||||David A. Hearn|-|||Joseph Matheson
859
28.28% ||Roderick Ferguson
645
21.23% |||||Joseph Matheson|-| rowspan="3"|Victoria||N. E. Mckay
630
19.28% |rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2|John Lemuel Bethune
846
25.89% |rowspan=2||rowspan=2||rowspan=2 ||rowspan=2|John Lemuel Bethune|- ||John J. McCabe
86
2.63%|-|||John A. Fraser
971
29.71%||Murdoch G. McLeod
735
22.49% |||||John A. Fraser|-|}

Web site: Electoral Districts- History . Nova Scotia Legislature . December 4, 2021.