The 1949 Nova Scotia general election was held on 9 June 1949 to elect members of the 44th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party. The Progressive Conservatives returned to the legislature after their wipeout in the 1945 general election, but their eight seats put them in a distant second place to the Liberals' 37.

Results

Results by party

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

John Malcolm Campbell, Victoria

John Patrick Gorman, Antigonish

Gordon Purdy, Colchester

Henry A. Waterman, Yarmouth

Nominated candidates

Legend

bold denotes party leader

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

1949 Nova Scotia general election

Valley

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis

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|Henry Hicks5,09152.29%

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|Louisa Anna Shaw1982.03%

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|Harry Thompson MacKenzie4,44745.68%

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|Henry Hicks

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare

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|Benoit Comeau2,07849.55%

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|Desire J. Comeau2,11650.45%

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby

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|Blanchard Spring Morrell2,74849.26%

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|E. Keith Potter2,83050.74%

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|Vacant

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West

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|George B. Cole2,53039.67%

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|Ralph Loomer5698.92%

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|George Henry Wilson2,52939.66%

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|Gordon B. Crossley74911.75%

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|New riding

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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings

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|David Durell Sutton7,32225.34%

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|Hiram Thomas7,06124.44%

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|David Durell Sutton

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|William H. Pipe7,36925.51%

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|Edward Haliburton7,13824.71%

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South Shore

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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg

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|Arthur L. Thurlow7,14523.49%

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|Orris A. MacLaren8442.77%

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|R. Clifford Levy6,93522.80%

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|Vacant

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|Gordon E. Romkey7,81425.69%

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|Lemuel O. Murphy8712.86%

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|Fred Rhodenizer6,80722.38%

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|Gordon E. Romkey

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens

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|Merrill D. Rawding3,16650.21%

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|J.N. McIntyre2994.74%

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|E.M. More2,84045.04%

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|Merrill D. Rawding

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne

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|Wilfred Dauphinee3,43653.20%

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|Reginald Donald Ross3,02346.80%

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|Wilfred Dauphinee

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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth

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|Joseph Israel Pothier4,60124.38%

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|William Heartz Brown5,32228.20%

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|New seat

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|Donald J. Fraser4,75125.18%

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|Alfred B. d'Entremont4,19722.24%

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|Henry A. Waterman†

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Fundy-Northeast

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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester

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|W.J. MacDonald6,96823.23%

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|A.L. Lynds5131.71%

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|Robert Stanfield8,08126.94%

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|Gordon Purdy†

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|Robert F. McLellan6,85722.86%

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|George Isaac Smith7,58025.27%

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|Robert F. McLellan

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland Centre

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|Archibald J. Mason2,21942.41%

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|Florence Welton1,40626.87%

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|Archie B. Smith1,60730.71%

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|New riding

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland East

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|Martin J. Kaufman4,28049.79%

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|Brenton Garnhum6978.11%

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|Arnold G. McLellan3,61942.10%

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|Martin J. KaufmanCumberland

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland West

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|Kenneth Judson Cochrane2,64548.38%

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|Thomas A. Giles2,82251.62%

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|Kenneth Judson CochraneCumberland

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East

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1949 Nova Scotia general election