The 1894 Nova Scotia general election was held from 8 March to 15 March 1894 to elect members of the 31st House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.
Results Results by party + ↓ 26 12 Liberal Liberal-Conservative
+Official results PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1890DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp)LiberalWilliam Stevens Fielding39282726-275,29552.05%+1.21%Liberal-ConservativeWilliam MacKay37101012+268,45547.33%+0.59%Independent/Other100008990.62%-1.80% Vacant1 Total valid votes144,649100.00%–Blank and invalid ballots00.00%–Total77383838–144,649100.00%–
Retiring incumbents Liberal George Clarke, Colchester Daniel McNeil, Inverness Henry M. Munro, Annapolis
Liberal-Conservative Alexander F. Cameron, Guysborough Thomas Barlow Smith, Hants
Nominated candidates 1894 Nova Scotia Provincial Election
Legend bold denotes party leader † denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
| rowspan="2"|Annapolis || |James Wilberforce Longley1,80827.18% | |Thomas R. Jones1,55523.38%
|James Wilberforce Longley
|Joseph A. Bancroft1,79326.95% | |Hugh E. Gillis1,49622.49%
|Henry M. Munro† |- | rowspan="2"|Digby || |Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau1,22827.54% | |Louis Dugan1,01822.83%
|Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau
|Eliakim Tupper1,24527.92% | |M. R. Timpany96821.71%
|Eliakim Tupper |- | rowspan="2"|Hants || |Arthur Drysdale1,70625.19% | |James A. Thompson1,68924.94%
|Arthur Drysdale
|W. H. Guild1,64424.28% || |Charles Smith Wilcox1,73325.59%
|Thomas Barlow Smith† |- | rowspan="2"|Kings || |Brenton Dodge2,22731.% | |Barclay Webster1,58021.99%
|Barclay Webster
|Harry H. Wickwire2,08128.97% | |R. M. Rand1,29618.04%
|Vacant
South Shore
| rowspan="2"|Lunenburg || |John Drew Sperry2,64827.92% | |James A. McLean2,13322.49%
|John Drew Sperry
|Charles Edward Church2,60227.44% | |J. A. Hirtle2,10122.15%
|Charles Edward Church |- | rowspan="2"|Queens || |Albert M. Hemeon91328.83% | |John Hutt70322.20%
|Albert M. Hemeon
|Richard Hunt91228.79% | |O.L. Patch63920.18%
|Richard Hunt |- | rowspan="2"|Shelburne || |Thomas Johnston1,28226.31% | |R. W. Freeman1,05921.74%
|Thomas Johnston
|Thomas Robertson1,31927.07% | |Charles Cahan1,21224.88%
|Charles Cahan |- | rowspan="2"|Yarmouth || |William Law1,46431.78%
|E.C. Simonson (Prohibitionist-Temperance)89919.51% || |William Law
|Cornelius Forman Hatfield1,09723.81% || |Albert A. Pothier1,14724.90%
|Cornelius Forman Hatfield
Fundy-Northeast
| rowspan="2"|Colchester || |Frederick Andrew Laurence1,89625.09% | |Israel Longworth1,89025.02%
|Frederick Andrew Laurence
|Alfred Dickie1,81424.01% || |Wilbert David Dimock1,95525.88%
|George Clarke† |- | rowspan="2"|Cumberland || |Thomas Reuben Black3,10928.47% | |George W. Forrest2,49822.87%
|George W. Forrest
|Alexander E. Fraser2,90226.58% | |William Oxley2,41122.08%
|William Oxley
Halifax
| rowspan="3"|Halifax || |William Stevens Fielding4,79517.88% | |T. W. Walsh4,01914.99%
|William Stevens Fielding
|William Roche4,65117.35% | |James Morrow4,40616.43%
|William Roche
|Michael Joseph Power4,37316.31% || |William Anderson Black4,57017.04%
|Michael Joseph Power
Central Nova
| rowspan="2"|Antigonish || |Colin Francis McIsaac1,33327.99% | |J.J. Cameron1,14123.95%
|Colin Francis McIsaac
|Christopher P. Chisholm1,22525.72% | |C. Ernest Gregory1,06422.34%
|Christopher P. Chisholm |- | rowspan="2"|Guysborough || |Daniel H. McKinnon1,24028.70% | |Hamilton Morrow97922.66%
|Hamilton Morrow
|John Howard Sinclair1,21628.15% | |A. Whitman88520.49%
|Alexander F. Cameron† |- | rowspan="3"|Pictou | |Edward Mortimer Macdonald2,79715.41% || |William Cameron3,25417.93%
|William Cameron
|James Drummond McGregor2,99216.49% || |Charles Elliott Tanner3,23617.83%
|James Drummond McGregor
|J. F. Oliver2,75915.20% || |Alexander Grant3,10917.13%
|Alexander Grant
Cape Breton
| rowspan="2"|Cape Breton | |Joseph McPherson2,59223.89% || |William MacKay2,88526.59%
|Joseph McPherson
|Angus J. MacDonald2,55223.52% || |John McCormick2,82226.01%
|Angus J. MacDonald |- | rowspan="2"|Inverness | |John McKinnon1,74624.87% || |John H. Jameison1,85726.45%
|John McKinnon
|Samuel McDonnell1,65823.61% || |Alexander Campbell1,76025.07%
|Daniel McNeil† |- | rowspan="2"|RichmondIn the riding of Richmond, Liberal-Conservative John Morrison's election was voided by courts upon protest and petition by Liberal Joseph Matheson on March 19 and April 19, 1894. A by-election was held on December 4, 1894 to fill the seat and was won by Matheson. || |Simon Joyce99625.89% | |Abraham LeBlanc88322.95%
|Abraham LeBlanc
|Joseph Matheson97425.32% | |John Morrison99425.84%
|Joseph Matheson |- | rowspan="3"|Victoria || |John Gillis Morrison78424.39% | |John J. McCabe59718.57%
|John A. Fraser
|John A. Fraser74823.27% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|John Lemuel Bethune91128.34% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|John Lemuel Bethune
|M. H. MacKenzie1745.41%
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