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1906 Nova Scotia general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1906 Nova Scotia general election
country	Nova Scotia
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1901 Nova Scotia general election
previous_year	1901
outgoing_members	33rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
election_date	June 20, 1906
elected_mps	members
next_election	1911 Nova Scotia general election
next_year	1911
elected_members	35th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
seats_for_election	38 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
majority_seats	20
image1	George Henry Murray (cropped).jpg
image1_size	150x150px
colour1
leader1	George Henry Murray
leader_since1	1896
party1
leaders_seat1	Victoria
last_election1	36
seats1	32
seat_change1	4
popular_vote1	87,267
percentage1	55.08%
swing1	3.71pp
image2	Charles Elliott Tanner (cropped).png
image2_size	150x150px
colour2
leader2	Charles Elliott Tanner
leader_since2	1901
party2	Liberal-Conservative
leaders_seat2	Pictou
last_election2	2
seats2	5
seat_change2	3
popular_vote2	67,028
percentage2	42.32%
swing2	1.11pp
title	Premier
posttitle	Premier after election
before_election	George Henry Murray
before_party
after_election	George Henry Murray
after_party

The 1906 Nova Scotia general election was held on 20 June 1906 to elect members of the 34th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

Results by party

Liberal	Liberal-Conservative	Other

Party	Party leader	# of
candidates	Seats	Popular vote	1901	Dissolution]]	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
Liberal	George Henry Murray	40	36	36	32	-4	87,267	55.08%	-3.71%	Liberal-Conservative	Charles Elliott Tanner
	Vacant	0
Total valid votes	158,420	100.00%	–
Blank and invalid ballots	0	0.00%	–
Total	74	38	38	38	–	158,420	100.00%	–

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

George A. Cox, Shelburne
Michael Edwin Keefe, Halifax
Henry T. Laurence, Colchester
George Mitchell, Halifax
George G. Sanderson, Yarmouth
John Drew Sperry, Lunenburg

Nominated candidates

1906 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

|- || |Orlando Daniels 2,062 29.46% | |A. L. Davison 1,674 23.91% | | ||

Orlando Daniels

Joseph A. Bancroft
1,826
26.09%

| |Alfred Wightman 1,438 20.54% | | ||

Joseph A. Bancroft

Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau
1,376
32.51%

| |M. H. Marshall 829 19.59% | | ||

Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau

Angus Morrison Gidney
1,253
29.61%

| |A. A. Theriault 774 18.29% | | ||

Angus Morrison Gidney

Arthur Drysdale
1,934
26.19%

| |E. A. O'Brien 1,800 24.37% | | ||

Arthur Drysdale

| |Francis Parker McHeffey 1,792 24.27% || |Charles Smith Wilcox 1,859 25.17% | | ||

Francis Parker McHeffey

Brenton Dodge
2,152
25.83%

| | | |E. W. Sawyer 1,977 23.72% (Union Reform) ||

Brenton Dodge

| |Harry H. Wickwire 2,056 24.67% | | || |Charles Alexander Campbell 2,148 25.78% (Union Reform) ||

Harry H. Wickwire
}

South Shore

|- || |Charles Uniacke Mader 2,274 26.12% | |C. S. Marshall 2,147 24.66% | | ||

Charles Uniacke Mader

Henry March
2,254
25.89%

| |C. A. Lander 2,031 23.33% | | ||

John Drew Sperry†

Edward Matthew Farrell
1,008
31.28%

| |J. S. Hughes 754 23.40% | | ||

Edward Matthew Farrell

Charles F. Cooper
874
27.13%

| |J. C. Pyke 586 18.19% | | ||

Charles F. Cooper

Moses H. Nickerson
1,083
28.08%

| |N. R. Craig 930 24.11% | | ||

Moses H. Nickerson

Robert Irwin
975
25.28%

| |T. C. Lockwood 869 22.53% | | ||

George A. Cox†

Ernest Howard Armstrong
1,586
34.20%

| |A. M. Perrin 815 17.57% | | ||

George G. Sanderson†

Henry S. LeBlanc
1,425
30.72%

| |Raymond Neri d'Entremont 812 17.51% | | ||

Henry S. LeBlanc
}

Fundy-Northeast

|- || |William Davison Hill 2,567 28.76% | |J. H. McCleave 2,177 24.39% | | ||

Henry T. Laurence†

Benjamin Franklin Pearson
2,386
26.73%

| |John Suckling 1,795 20.11% | | ||

Benjamin Franklin Pearson

Elisha B. Paul
3,619
26.57%

| |C. F. Jameison 2,995 21.99% | | ||

Elisha B. Paul

William Thomas Pipes
3,587
26.34%

| |Daniel J. McLeod 3,419 25.10% | | ||

Daniel J. McLeod
}

Halifax

|- || |David McPherson 5,550 19.23% | |G.M. Campbell 4,423 15.33% | | ||

David McPherson

George Everett Faulkner
5,475
18.97%

| |W.M. Sedgewick 4,093 14.18% | | ||

George Mitchell†

Robert Emmett Finn
5,372
18.62%

| |W.F. O'Connor 3,943 13.66% | | ||

Michael Edwin Keefe†
}

Central Nova

|- || |Fred Robert Trotter Acclamation | | | | ||

Fred Robert Trotter

Christopher P. Chisholm
Acclamation

| | | | ||

Christopher P. Chisholm

James F. Ellis
1,705
29.30%

| |Simon Osborn Giffin 1,325 22.77% | | ||

James F. Ellis

William Whitman
1,634
28.08%

| |G.A.R. Rowlings 1,155 19.85% | | ||

William Whitman

Robert M. McGregor
3,832
17.50%

| |George E. Munro 3,372 15.40% | | ||

Robert M. McGregor

| |George Patterson 3,546 16.19% || |John M. Baillie 3,617 16.52% | | ||

George Patterson

| |Robert Hugh MacKay 3,546 16.19% || |Charles Elliott Tanner 3,983 18.19% | | ||

Charles Elliott Tanner
}

Cape Breton

|- || |Arthur Samuel Kendall 5,225 26.66% | |J. W. Madden 4,777 24.37% | | ||

Arthur Samuel Kendall

Neil J. Gillis
4,897
24.98%

| |Robert Hamilton Butts 4,702 23.99% | | ||

Neil J. Gillis

James MacDonald
2,052
22.26%
1,099
11.92%
-

| |H. C. Hache 1,540 16.70% |- | |Moses J. Doucet 1,530 16.59% 1,639 17.78% |- | |Dougald MacLachan 1,360 14.75% |- || |Charles P. Bissett 1,140 36.66% | |Edward Doyle 398 12.80% | | ||

Charles P. Bissett

| |Simon Joyce 766 24.63% || |Felix Landry 806 25.92% | | ||

Simon Joyce

George Henry Murray
Acclamation

| | | | ||

George Henry Murray

John Gillis Morrison
Acclamation

| | | | ||

John Gillis Morrison
}

References

"Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016". Elections Nova Scotia.
(July 5, 2011). "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature.
(June 4, 2018). "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867–2016". Elections Nova Scotia.
(November 17, 1906). "The kingly men of Kings set an example to the man of all Canada". Halifax Evening Mail.

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