1956 Nova Scotia general election

The 1956 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 Liberals had fought after the death of their longtime charismatic leader, Angus L. Macdonald. Public Health Minister Harold Connolly became interim leader and premier following Macdonald's death in 1954, but was defeated at a leadership convention by Education Minister Henry Hicks. The convention exposed a sharp religious divide in the Liberal Party; Hicks was a Protestant and Connolly was a Catholic. Hicks was unable to heal the breach, and the Liberals were narrowly defeated, ending 23 years of Liberal rule.

  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%
Popular vote
PC
 
 48.85%
Liberal
 
 47.94%
CCF
 
 2.97%
Others
 
 0.24%
Seats summary
PC
 
 55.81%
Liberal
 
 41.86%
CCF
 
 2.33%

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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