The 1953 Nova Scotia general election was held on 26 May 1953 to elect members of the 45th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

Results by party

Results by region

Retiring incumbents

Progressive Conservative

E. Keith Potter, Digby

Nominated candidates

Legend

bold denotes party leader

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

1953 Nova Scotia general election

Valley

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis

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|Henry Hicks5,00651.55%

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|Charles F. LeBrun4,70548.45%

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|Henry Hicks

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare

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|Pierre E. Belliveau2,30758.46%

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|Desire J. Comeau1,63941.54%

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|Desire J. Comeau

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby

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|Victor Cardoza2,77052.40%

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|Malcolm Stewart Leonard2,51647.60%

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|E. Keith Potter†

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West

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|Ken Eisner3,12046.37%

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|George Henry Wilson3,60853.63%

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|George Henry Wilson

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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings

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|David Durell Sutton7,24524.63%

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|George Arthur Boggs7,48125.43%

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|David Durell Sutton

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|William H. Pipe7,04723.96%

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|Edward Haliburton7,64225.98%

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|William H. Pipe

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South Shore

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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg

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|Arthur L. Thurlow6,94021.53%

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|R. Clifford Levy8,72727.07%

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|Winfred Llewellyn2040.63%

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|Arthur L. Thurlow

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|Gordon E. Romkey7,38122.90%

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|Harley J. Spence8,74127.12%

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|G. Boyd Crouse2410.75%

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|Gordon E. Romkey

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens

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|Merrill D. Rawding2,83845.77%

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|W. S. Kennedy Jones3,23052.09%

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|Claude VanBuskirk1332.14%

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|Merrill D. Rawding

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne

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|Wilfred Dauphinee3,25651.20%

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|James McKay Harding3,10348.80%

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|Wilfred Dauphinee

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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth

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|Allan d'Entremont4,06723.59%

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|William Heartz Brown4,85928.18%

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|William Heartz Brown

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|Donald J. Fraser3,79021.98%

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|Raymond Z. Bourque4,52426.24%

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|Donald J. Fraser

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Fundy-Northeast

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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester

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|Gordon Purdy7,25524.20%

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|Robert Stanfield7,67725.61%

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|Harvey Curtis3241.08%

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|Robert Stanfield

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|Hector Hill6,96323.23%

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|George Isaac Smith7,43524.80%

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|Sydney Parker3261.09%

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|George Isaac Smith

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland Centre

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|Archibald J. Mason2,01240.65%

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|Stephen T. Pyke2,26245.70%

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|Florence Welton67613.66%

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|Archibald J. Mason

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland East

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|Martin J. Kaufman4,21448.96%

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|James A. Langille4,39351.04%

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|Martin J. Kaufman

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland West

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|Allison T. Smith2,79954.55%

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|Thomas A. Giles2,33245.45%

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|Thomas A. Giles

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East

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|Alfred E. Reid2,25150.01%

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|Ernest M. Ettinger2,25049.99%

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|Ernest M. Ettinger

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Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Centre

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1953 Nova Scotia general election