title: 1867 Nova Scotia general election
text: # 1867 Nova Scotia general election
  
  The 1867 Nova Scotia general election was held on 18 September 1867 to elect members of the 24th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was the first general election in Nova Scotia after Confederation, and was won by the Anti-Confederation Party.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Results by party
  
  | 36 | 2 |
  | - | - |
  | Anti-Confederation | Confederation |
  
  Official results :
  
  | Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Seats | Popular vote |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Elected | # | % |
  | | Anti-Confederation | William Annand | 41 | 36 | 47,448 | 60.98% |
  | | Confederation | Hiram Blanchard | 36 | 2 | 30,362 | 39.02% |
  | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 77,810 | 100.00% |
  | Blank and invalid ballots | Blank and invalid ballots | Blank and invalid ballots | Blank and invalid ballots | Blank and invalid ballots | 0 | 0.00% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 77 | 38 | 77,810 | 100.00% |
  
  Popular vote
  
  Anti-Confederation
  
  60.98%
  
  Confederation
  
  39.02% :
  
  Seats summary
  
  Anti-Confederation
  
  94.74%
  
  Confederation
  
  5.26% :
  
  ## Nominated candidates
  
  1867 Nova Scotia Provincial Election
  
  Legend bold denotes party leader
  
  ### Valley
  
  | Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Electoral district | Anti-Confederation | Anti-Confederation | Confederation | Confederation | Incumbent | Incumbent |
  | Annapolis | | Jared C. Troop 1,187 27.16% | | W. T. Foster 1,019 23.31% | New riding |
  | Annapolis | | David C. Landers 1,163 26.61% | | George Whitman 1,002 22.92% | New riding |
  | Digby | | William Berrian Vail 1,139 36.% | | Colin Campbell 612 19.34% | New riding |
  | Digby | | Urbine Doucette 1,010 31.92% | | J. Melanson 403 12.74% | New riding |
  | Hants | | William Dawson Lawrence 1,529 31.64% | | Parker 921 19.06% | New riding |
  | Hants | | Elkanah Young 1,479 30.60% | | William McDougall 904 18.70% | New riding |
  | Kings | | David M. Dickie 1,393 32.87% | | T.W. Harris 904 21.33% | New riding |
  | Kings | | Edward L. Brown 1,280 30.20% | | R. C. Foster 661 15.60% | New riding |
  
  ### South Shore
  
  | Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Electoral district | Anti-Confederation | Anti-Confederation | Confederation | Confederation | Incumbent | Incumbent |
  | Lunenburg | | Mather Byles DesBrisay 1,553 31.93% | | Henry S. Jost 853 17.54% | New riding |
  | Lunenburg | | James Daniel Eisenhauer 1,664 34.22% | | W. A. C. Randall 793 16.31% | New riding |
  | Queens | | William Henry Smith 792 36.65% | | Allison 310 14.35% | New riding |
  | Queens | | Samuel Freeman 785 36.33% | | A. J. Campbell 274 12.68% | New riding |
  | Shelburne | | Robert Robertson Acclamation | | | New riding |
  | Shelburne | | Thomas Johnson Acclamation | | | New riding |
  | Yarmouth | | John K. Ryerson 1,138 32.53% | | John Van Norden Hatfield 626 17.90% | New riding |
  | Yarmouth | | W. G. Goucher 726 20.75% | | Isaac Smith Hatfield 61 1.74% | New riding |
  | Yarmouth | | William H. Townsend 853 24.39% | | J. Smith Hatfield 94 2.69% | New riding |
  
  ### Fundy-Northeast
  
  | Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Electoral district | Anti-Confederation | Anti-Confederation | Confederation | Confederation | Incumbent | Incumbent |
  | Colchester | | Thomas Fletcher Morrison 1,641 28.59% | | Samuel Rettie 1,311 22.84% | New riding |
  | Colchester | | Robert Chambers 1,625 28.32% | | N. McKim 1,162 20.25% | New riding |
  | Cumberland | | Amos Purdy 1,309 25.07% | | Edward Vickery 1,284 24.59% | New riding |
  | Cumberland | | W. Fullerton 1,291 24.73% | | Henry Gesner Pineo Jr. 1,337 25.61% | New riding |
  
  ### Halifax
  
  | Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Electoral district | Anti-Confederation | Anti-Confederation | Confederation | Confederation | Incumbent | Incumbent |
  | Halifax | | Jeremiah Northup 2,386 17.64% | | Philip Carteret Hill 2,152 15.91% | New riding |
  | Halifax | | James Cochran 2,366 17.49% | | S. Tobin 2,129 15.74% | New riding |
  | Halifax | | Henry Balcom 2,364 17.48% | | G. McLeod 2,129 15.74% | New riding |
  
  ### Central Nova
  
  | Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Electoral district | Anti-Confederation | Anti-Confederation | Confederation | Confederation | Incumbent | Incumbent |
  | Antigonish | | Daniel MacDonald 1,424 45.95% | | R. N. Henry 410 13.23% | New riding |
  | Antigonish | | Joseph MacDonald 1,072 34.59% | | J. Macdonald 193 6.23% | New riding |
  | Guysborough | | John Joseph Marshall 730 32.10% | | J. A. Tory 443 19.48% | New riding |
  | Guysborough | | John Angus Kirk 674 29.64% | | Alexander N. McDonald 427 18.78% | New riding |
  | Pictou | | George Murray 2,019 18.45% | | Simon Hugh Holmes 1,684 15.38% | New riding |
  | Pictou | | Robert S. Copeland 1,977 18.06% | | Donald Fraser 1,649 15.06% | New riding |
  | Pictou | | Martin Isaac Wilkins 1,968 17.98% | | Alexander MacKay 1,649 15.06% | New riding |
  
  ### Cape Breton
  
  | Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Electoral district | Anti-Confederation | Anti-Confederation | Confederation | Confederation | Incumbent | Incumbent |
  | Cape Breton | | Alonzo J. White 963 29.39% | | Newton LeGayet Mackay 616 18.80% | New riding |
  | Cape Breton | | S. L. Purvis 471 14.37% | | Newton LeGayet Mackay 616 18.80% | New riding |
  | Cape Breton | | John Fergusson 702 21.42% | | P. Cadegan 525 16.02% | New riding |
  | Inverness | | Alexander Campbell 1,058 30.51% | | | New riding |
  | Inverness | | H. McInnis 932 26.87% | | Hiram Blanchard 986 28.43% | New riding |
  | Inverness | | A. Gillis 492 14.19% | | Hiram Blanchard 986 28.43% | New riding |
  | Richmond | | Edmund Power Flynn 583 39.85% | | J. H. Hearn 362 24.74% | New riding |
  | Richmond | | Josiah Hooper 518 35.41% | | | New riding |
  | Victoria | | John Ross 621 37.21% | | Charles James Campbell 256 15.34% | New riding |
  | Victoria | | William Kidston 571 34.21% | | McLean 162 9.71% | New riding |
  | Victoria | | William Kidston 571 34.21% | | Haliburton 59 3.53% | New riding |
  