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1890 Nova Scotia general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
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
outgoing_members	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
elected_members	31st General Assembly of Nova Scotia
seats_for_election	38 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
majority_seats	20
image1	William Stevens Fielding, premier of Nova Scotia.jpg
image1_size	150x150px
colour1
leader1	William Stevens Fielding
leader_since1	1884
party1
leaders_seat1	Halifax
last_election1	29
seats1	28
seat_change1	1
popular_vote1	69,307
percentage1	50.84%
swing1	4.04pp
image2	Con
colour2
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
title	Premier
posttitle	Premier after election
before_election	William Stevens Fielding
before_party
after_election	William Stevens Fielding
after_party

(Lost re-election) 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

Results by party

Liberal	Liberal-Conservative

Party	Party leader	# of
candidates	Seats	Popular vote	1886	Dissolution]]	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
Liberal	William Stevens Fielding	40	29	29	28	-1	69,307	50.84%	-4.04%	Liberal-Conservative	William MacKay
	Vacant	0
Total valid votes	136,329	100.00%	–
Blank and invalid ballots	0	0.00%	–
Total	80	38	38	38	–	136,329	100.00%	–

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

Joseph H. Cook, Queens
Jeffrey McColl, Pictou
John S. McNeill, Digby
Leander Rand, Kings
Henri M. Robicheau, Digby

Liberal-Conservative

Frank Andrews, Annapolis
William C. Bill, Kings
Charles H. Munro, Pictou

Nominated candidates

1890 Nova Scotia Provincial Election

Legend

bold denotes party leader

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

Valley

|- || |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†

Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau
1,207
26.57%
708
15.59%
-

| |William German 437 9.62% |- || |Eliakim Tupper 1,179 25.96% 665 14.64% |- | |Edward Hogan 346 7.63% |- || |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

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†
}

South Shore

|- || |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

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

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

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
}

Fundy-Northeast

|- || |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

| |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
}

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
}

Central Nova

|- || |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

| |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

| |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†
}

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

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

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

| |N. E. Mckay 630 19.28% 846 25.89% |- | |John J. McCabe 86 2.63% |- || |John A. Fraser 971 29.71% | |Murdoch G. McLeod 735 22.49% | | ||

John A. Fraser
}

References

"Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016". Elections Nova Scotia.
(July 5, 2011). "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature.
(July 5, 2011). "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature.

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