September 19, 1867
CONSERVATIVES ROUTED IN NOVA SCOTIA
Sir John A. Macdonald and his Liberal-Conservative coalition was routed in the Nova Scotia elections held yesterday. The Anti-Confederates led by Joseph Howe, have won 17 of 18 seats in the province. In the provincial contests, the Liberals took 34 of 36 seats.
MONTREAL WEST SAGA CONTINUES
The Montreal Gazette has backed away from claims published recently that Bernard Devlin, the Liberal defeated by Thomas D’Arcy McGee, received funding for his campaign from Fenians in New York.
CONCERNS FOR COALITION UNITY
With still four days left in the present election campaign speculation is growing about how well the prime minister will be able to keep his supporters in line. The belief is that once all of the writs have been returned to Ottawa, Macdonald’s majority will be so great that he will be unable to keep the coalition together and the new “Liberal-Conservative” party will split into factions.
The anticipated difficulty highlights one of the dangers of the coalition that has discussed by the Liberals during the campaign, that being having candidates supporting only the notion of holding office rather than agreeing to support a particular policy program.
The writs will all be in Ottawa by September 24 and we will then know the composition of the House of Commons. It is expected the House will begin meeting in late October at which point we will see whether or not the current fears are realized and to what effect.
DAILY ELECTION RESULTS
Final Results
Nova Scotia
Annapolis
House of Commons
- Avard Longley (Conservative) 1016
- William Ray (Anti-Confederate) 1171 ELECTED
Nova Scotia Legislature
- W. Foster (Conservative) 1019
- David Landers (Liberal) 1163 ELECTED
- Jared Troop (Liberal) 1187 ELECTED
- George Whitman (Conservative) 1002
Antigonish
House of Commons
- William Henry (Conservative) 390
- Hugh McDonald (Anti-Confederate) 1238 ELECTED
Nova Scotia Legislature
- R. Henry (Conservative) 410
- Daniel MacDonald (Liberal 1424 ELECTED
- Joseph MacDonald (Liberal) 1072 ELECTED
- J. Macdonald (Conservative) 193
Cape Breton
House of Commons
- James McKeagney (Anti-Confederate) -- Elected by acclamation
Nova Scotia Legislature
- P. Cadegan (Conservative) 525
- John Ferguson (Liberal) 702 ELECTED
- N. McKay (Conservative) 616
- S. Purvis 471
- A. White (Liberal) 983 ELECTED
Colchester
House of Commons
- A. Archibald (Liberal-Conservative) 1289
- Archibald McLellan (Anti-Confederate) 1649 ELECTED
Nova Scotia Legislature
- R. Chambers (Liberal) 1625 ELECTED
- W. McKim (Conservative) 1162
- T. Morrison (Liberal) 1641 ELECTED
- S. Rettie (Conservative) 1311
Cumberland
House of Commons
- William Annand (Anti-Confederate) 1271
- Charles Tupper (Conservative) 1368 ELECTED
Nova Scotia Legislature
- W. Fullerton (Liberal) 1291
- H. Pineo (Conservative) 1337 ELECTED
- A. Purdy (Liberal) 1309 ELECTED
- E. Vickery (Conservative) 1284
Digby
House of Commons
- Mr. Mehan 362
- Alfred Savary (Anti-Confederate) 792 ELECTED
- Mr. Wade 497
Nova Scotia Legislature
- Colin Campbell Jr (Conservative) 612
- Urbain Doucette (Liberal) 1010 ELECTED
- J. Melanson (Conservative) 403
- William Vail (Liberal) 1139 ELECTED
Guysborough
House of Commons
- Steward Campbell (Anti-Confederate) -- Elected by acclamation
Nova Scotia Legislature
- J. Kirk (Liberal) 674 ELECTED
- J. Marshall (Liberal) 730 ELECTED
- A. Macdonald (Conservative) 427
- J. Tory (Conservative) 443
Halifax
House of Commons
- Alfred Jones (Anti-Confederate) 2381 ELECTED
- Patrick Powers (Anti-Confederate) 2267 ELECTED
- S. Shannon 2154
- John Tobin 2158
Nova Scotia Legislature
- Henry Balcom (Liberal) 2364 ELECTED
- James Cochran (Liberal) 2366 ELECTED
- P. Hill (Conservative) 2152
- G. McLeod (Conservative) 2129
- Jeremiah Northup (Liberal) 2386 ELECTED
- S. Tobin (Conservative) 2129
Hants
House of Commons
- Joseph Howe (Anti-Confederate) 1530 ELECTED
- Jason King 956
Nova Scotia Legislature
- William Laurence (Liberal) 1529 ELECTED
- Mr. McDougall (Conservative) 904
- Mr. Parker 921
- E. Young (Liberal) 1497 ELECTED
Inverness
House of Commons
- Hugh Cameron (Anti-Confederate) 1186 ELECTED
- Samuel McDonnell (Conservative) 601
Nova Scotia Legislature
- Hiram Blanchard (Conservative) 986 ELECTED
- A. Campbell (Liberal) 1058 ELECTED
- A. Gillis (Conservative) 492
- H. McInnis (Liberal) 932
Kings
House of Commons
- William Chimpan (Anti-Confederate) 1472 ELECTED
- Mr. Coleman 659
Nova Scotia Legislature
- C. Brown (Liberal) 1280 ELECTED
- David Dickie (Liberal) 1393 ELECTED
- R. Foster (Conservative) 661
- T. Harris (Conservative) 904
Lunenburg
House of Commons
- Henry Kaulback 905
- Edmund McDonald 1557 ELECTED
Nova Scotia Legislature
- Mather DesBrisay (Liberal) 800 ELECTED
- James Eisenhauer (Liberal) 800 ELECTED
- H. Jost (Conservative) None reported
- W. Randall (Conservative) None reported
Pictou
House of Commons
- James Carmichael (Anti-Confederate) 2011 ELECTED
- James McDonald (Conservative) 1653
Nova Scotia Legislature
- Robert Copeland (Liberal) 1977 ELECTED
- D. Fraser (Conservative) 1659
- S. Holmes (Conservative) 1685
- A. McKay (Conservative) 1649
- G. Murray (Liberal) 2019 ELECTED
- M. Wilking (Liberal) 1968 ELECTED
Queens
House of Commons
- Mr. Campbell 271
- James Forbes (Anti-Confederate) 844 ELECTED
Nova Scotia Legislature
- Mr. Allison (Conservative) 310
- A. Campbell (Conservative) 274
- Samuel Freeman (Liberal) 785
- H. Smith (Liberal) 792 ELECTED
Shelburne
House of Commons
- Thomas Coffin (Anti-Confederate) -- Elected by acclamation
Nova Scotia Legislature
- Thomas Johnston -- Elected by acclamation
- Robert Robertson -- Elected by acclamation
Victoria
House of Commons
- William Ross (Anti-Confederate) -- Elected by acclamation
Nova Scotia Legislature
- C. Campbell (Conservative) 256
- Mr. Haliburton (Conservative) 59
- William Kidston (Liberal) 571 ELECTED
- Mr. McLean (Conservative) 162
- J. Ross (Liberal) 621 ELECTED
Yarmouth
House of Commons
- George Brown 666
- Thomas Killam (Anti-Confederate) 1225 ELECTED
Nova Scotia Legislature
- W. Goucher 726
- I. Hatfield 61
- J. Hatfield (Conservative) 626
- J. Hatfield 94
- John Ryerson (Liberal) 1138 ELECTED
- William Townsend (Liberal) 853 ELECTED
Ontario
Haldimand
House of Commons
- Mr. McKinnon 1022
- David Thompson (Liberal) 1391 ELECTED
Ontario Legislature
- Jacob Baxter (Liberal) 1377 ELECTED
- Mr. Hurssell (Conservative) 1067
South Renfrew
House of Commons
- T. French (Conservative) 306
- John McDougall (Liberal) 543 ELECTED
New Brunswick
King’s County
House of Commons
- Mr. Otty 1083
- George Ryan (Liberal) 1303 ELECTED
Partial Results
Cardwell
House of Commons
- Thomas Ferguson (Conservative) 75 vote majority
- Mr. Phillips
Ontario Legislature
- George McManus (Liberal)
- Thomas Swinarton (Conservative) 95 vote majority