Nova Scotia general election, 1956

The 23rd Nova Scotia general election was held on 30 October 1956 to elect members of the 46th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives led by Robert Stanfield. This was the first election the Liberal Party fought without their charismatic leader Angus L. Macdonald, and under Henry Hicks they were narrowly defeated.

  Party Leader 1953 Seats won % change Popular vote (%)
  Progressive Conservative Robert L. Stanfield 13 24 +85% 162,678 48.6%
  Liberal Henry D. Hicks 22 18 -18% 159,666 48.2%
Co-operative Commonwealth Michael James MacDonald 2 1 -50% 9,878 3.0%
     Other 0 0 0% 812 0.1%
Totals 37 43 333,034 100%

References

  • Government of Nova Scotia. "Election Summary From 1867 - 2006" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2006-12-02.


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