1920 Nova Scotia general election

1920 Nova Scotia general election

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43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   UF Leader George Henry Murray Daniel George McKenzie Party Liberal United Farmers Leader since 1896 January 20, 1920 Leader's seat Victoria Ran in Cumberland (Won) Last election 30 New party Seats won 29 6 Seat change 1 6 Popular vote 154,627 47,798 Percentage 44.4% 14.0% Swing 6.0pp New party   Third party Fourth party   Lab Con Leader No leader William Lorimer Hall Party Labour Liberal-Conservative Leader since June 29, 1922 Leader's seat Queens (Lost re-election) Last election 0 13 Seats won 5 3 Seat change 5 10 Popular vote 64,495 81,044 Percentage 16.9% 24.7% Swing 16.5pp 24.1pp
Premier before election George Henry Murray Liberal Premier after election George Henry Murray Liberal

The 1920 Nova Scotia general election was held on 27 July 1920 to elect members of the 37th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Liberal party won a majority of seats in the Legislaure with only 44 percent of the vote.

This was the first general election in which women could vote and run for office.^[1]

Members were elected in multi-member districts electing from two to five members each, through plurality block voting.