1878 Nova Scotia general election

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38 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Lib Leader Simon Hugh Holmes Philip Carteret Hill Party Liberal-Conservative Liberal Leader since 1874 1875 Leader's seat Pictou Halifax (Lost re-election) Last election 11 20 Seats won 30 8 Seat change 19 12 Popular vote 52,517 47,388 Percentage 51.85% 46.78% Swing 18.18pp 7.61pp
Premier before election Philip Carteret Hill Liberal Premier after election Simon Hugh Holmes Liberal-Conservative

The 1878 Nova Scotia general election was held on 17 September 1878 to elect members of the 27th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal-Conservative Party.

Results

Results by party

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30	8
Liberal-Conservative	Liberal

Official results ^[1][2]

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1874	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Liberal-Conservative	Simon Hugh Holmes	38	11	13	30	+19	52,517	51.85%	+18.18%
	Liberal	Philip Carteret Hill	41	20	17	8	-12	47,388	46.78%	-7.61%
	Independent/Other		3	7	7	0	-7	1,388	1.37%	-10.57%
	Vacant				1
Total valid votes								101,293	100.00%	–
Blank and invalid ballots								0	0.00%	–
Total			82	38	38	38	–	101,293	100.00%	–

Popular vote Liberal-Conservative   51.85% Liberal   46.78% Independent/Other   1.37%

Seats summary Liberal-Conservative   78.95% Liberal   21.05%

Retiring incumbents

Independent/Other

• Hiram Black, Cumberland
• Charles Boudroit, Richmond
• John J. McKinnon, Inverness
• John B. North, Kings

Liberal

• Charles Henry Davison, Lunenburg
• Edward Farrell, Halifax
• Charles M. Franchville, Guysborough
• John A. Fraser, Victoria
• Thomas Johnston, Shelburne
• John Lovitt, Yarmouth
• Daniel MacDonald, Antigonish
• David McCurdy, Victoria

Liberal-Conservative

• William Henry Allison, Hants
• Hugh J. Cameron, Pictou
• Avard Longley, Annapolis
• Murdoch McRae, Richmond
• Alfred Putnam, Hants
• Douglas Benjamin Woodworth, Kings

Nominated candidates

1878 Nova Scotia Provincial Election^[3]

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

Valley

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Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other
Annapolis		O. M. Taylor 1,235 24.49%		William Botsford Troop 1,350 26.77%				William Botsford Troop
		E. Bent 1,163 23.06%		Caleb Shaffner 1,295 25.68%				Avard Longley†
Digby		Urbine Doucette 738 20.20%		Benjamin Van Blarcom 833 22.80%		Colin Campbell 725 19.85%		Colin Campbell
		John S. McNeill 527 14.43%
		Henri M. Robicheau 830 22.72%						Henri M. Robicheau
Hants		Thomas Barlow Smith 1,507 25.58%		F. S. Creelman 1,465 24.87%				William Henry Allison†
		William Dawson Laurence 1,298 22.03%		Nathaniel Spence 1,621 27.52%				Alfred Putnam†
Kings		G. W. Fisher 1,414 24.87%		William C. Bill 1,601 28.16%				Douglas Benjamin Woodworth†
		E. A. Forsyth 1,143 20.11%