Nova Scotia general election, 1956

The 23rd Nova Scotia general election was held on 30 October 1956 to elect members of the 46th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives led by Robert Stanfield. This was the first election the Liberal Party fought without their charismatic leader Angus L. Macdonald, and under Henry Hicks they were narrowly defeated.

	Party	Leader	1953	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Progressive Conservative	Robert L. Stanfield	13	24	+85%		48.6%
	Liberal	Henry D. Hicks	22	18	-18%		48.2%
	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Michael James MacDonald	2	1	-50%		3.0%
	Other		0	0	0%		0.1%
Totals			37	43			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