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	Michael James MacDonald	2	1	-50%		3.0%
	Other		0	0	0%		0.1%
Totals			37	43			100%