Nova Scotia general election, 1882

The 5th Nova Scotia general election was held on 20 June 1882 to elect members of the 28th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party, their first of ten consecutive wins that would see retain power until 1925. The Conservatives were the only one-term government in Nova Scota until 2013 when the NDP lost.

	Party	Leader	1878	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Liberal	none	6	24	+300%		51.8%
	Conservative	John Thompson	32	14	-56%		46.9%
	Other / Independents		0	0	0%		1.3%
Totals			38	38			100%

References

Government of Nova Scotia. "Election Summary From 1867 - 2006" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2006-12-02.

Elections and referendums in Nova Scotia

General elections	1867 1871 1874 1878 1882 1886 1890 1894 1897 1901 1906 1911 1916 1920 1925 1928 1933 1937 1941 1945 1949 1953 1956 1960 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1981 1984 1988 1993 1998 1999 2003 2006 2009 2013 next

Referendums	1929 2004

See also: List of Nova Scotia by-elections