1937 Nova Scotia general election

The 1937 Nova Scotia general election was held on 20 June 1937 to elect members of the 41st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal Party.

  Party Leader 1933 Seats won % change Popular vote (%)
  Liberal Angus L. Macdonald 22 25 +14% 51.0%
  Conservative Gordon S. Harrington 8 5 -38% 46.0%
     Labour 0 0 0% 1.1%
Totals 30 30 249,215 100%
Turnout 79.67%
Popular vote
Liberal
 
 51.00%
Conservative
 
 46.00%
Others
 
 3.00%
Seats summary
Liberal
 
 83.33%
Conservative
 
 16.67%
1937 Nova Scotia general election
June 20, 1937
30 seats to the 41st General Assembly of Nova Scotia
16 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout79.67%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Con
Leader Angus Lewis Macdonald Gordon Sidney Harrington
Party Liberal Conservative
Last election 22 seats 8 seats
Seats won 25 5
Seat change 3 3
Premier before election

Angus Lewis Macdonald
Liberal

 Premier after election

Angus Lewis Macdonald
Liberal

References
  • Legislature Of Nova Scotia. "Election Returns 1937" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  • 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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