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