1970 Nova Scotia general election

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The 1970 Nova Scotia general election was held on 13 October 1970 to elect members of the 50th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Liberal Party of Gerald Regan won the most seats but were one seat short of a majority. It is the only election in Nova Scotia's history in which the party who won the popular vote did not win the most seats.

Results

Results by party

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23 21 2
Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic
Official results [1][2]
Party Party leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular vote
1967 Dissolution Elected Change # % Change (pp)

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Liberal Gerald Regan 46 6 5 23 +17 174,943 45.63% +4.14%

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Progressive Conservative George Isaac Smith 46 40 41 21 -19 177,986 46.43% -5.96%

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New Democratic Jeremy Akerman 23 0 0 2 +2 25,259 6.59% +1.40%

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Independent 2 0 0 0 0 1,464 0.38% +0.24%
  Vacant 0  
Total valid votes 379,652 99.03% -0.19%
Blank and invalid ballots 3,704 0.97% +0.19%
Total 117 46 46 46 – 383,356 100.00% –
Registered voters / turnout 453,727 77.32%[3] +0.32%
Popular vote
PC
 
 46.43%
Liberal
 
 45.63%
New Democratic
 
 6.59%
Independent
 
 0.38%
Seats summary
Liberal
 
 50.00%
PC
 
 45.65%
New Democratic
 
 4.35%

Results by region

Party name HRM Cape Breton Annapolis Valley South Shore Fundy-Northeast Central Nova Total
Parties winning seats in the legislature

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Liberal Seats: 9 2 4 4 1 3 23

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Popular vote: 51.93% 34.59% 50.85% 50.49% 45.08% 46.16% 45.63%

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Progressive Conservative Seats: 1 6 4 3 5 2 21

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Popular vote: 42.77% 46.14% 48.80% 48.46% 52.91% 46.50% 46.43%

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New Democratic Party Seats: 0 2 0 0 0 0 2

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Popular vote: 5.30% 17.76% – 1.06% 2.01% 7.34% 6.59%
Parties not winning seats in the legislature

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Popular vote: – 1.50% 0.35% – – – 0.38%
Total seats: 10 10 8 7 6 5 46

Retiring incumbents

Progressive Conservative

Nominated candidates

Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest

Valley

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
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Annapolis East Template:Canadian party colour| Gerry Sheehy
2,836
54.36% 		Lloyd K. Hill
2,381
45.64% 		Template:Canadian party colour| John I. Marshall†
Annapolis West H. Robert Sanford
2,048
46.03% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Peter M. Nicholson
2,401
53.97% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Peter M. Nicholson
Clare Paul J. Comeau
1,833
40.33% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Benoit Comeau
2,712
59.67% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Benoit Comeau
Digby Gifford W. Lewis
2,142
42.46% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Joseph H. Casey
2,903
57.54% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Robert Baden Powell†
Hants West Norman T. Spence
3,708
48.27% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Robert D. Lindsay
3,974
51.73% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Norman T. Spence
Kings North Template:Canadian party colour| Victor Thorpe
3,234
51.24% 		Glenn Ells
3,077
48.76% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Victor Thorpe
Kings South Template:Canadian party colour| Harry How
2,722
57.55% 		Ed Aston
2,008
42.45% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Edward Haliburton†
Kings West Template:Canadian party colour| Gordon Tidman
3,736
48.96%[4] 		Frank Bezanson
3,735
48.95% 		Francis Keith Boates
160
2.10% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Gordon Tidman

South Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
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Lunenburg Centre George O. Lohnes
4,040
45.43% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Walton Cook
4,852
54.57% 		Template:Canadian party colour| George O. Lohnes
Lunenburg East Template:Canadian party colour| Maurice L. Zinck
2,092
51.31% 		Eric Hagen
1,985
48.69% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Maurice L. Zinck
Lunenburg West Bob Levy
2,717
46.82% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Maurice DeLory
3,086
53.18% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Harley J. Spence†
Queens Template:Canadian party colour| W. S. Kennedy Jones
3,068
51.99% 		Harley Umphrey
2,833
48.01% 		Template:Canadian party colour| W. S. Kennedy Jones
Shelburne Bill Cox
3,321
43.74% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Harold Huskilson
3,725
49.06% 		Aubrey Harding
547
7.20% 		Template:Canadian party colour| James McKay Harding†
Yarmouth Benoit Robichaud
4,896
25.16% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Fraser Mooney
5,039
25.90% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Benoit Robichaud
Template:Canadian party colour| George A. Snow
4,929
25.33% 		Jack Rogers
4,592
23.60% 		Template:Canadian party colour| George A. Snow

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
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Colchester Template:Canadian party colour| Gerald Ritcey
8,012
24.56% 		Ross Hill
7,313
22.42% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Gerald Ritcey
Template:Canadian party colour| George Isaac Smith
9,398
28.81% 		George Norrie
7,901
24.22% 		Template:Canadian party colour| George Isaac Smith
Cumberland Centre Template:Canadian party colour| Raymond M. Smith
2,220
54.87% 		Bill H. Mont
1,611
39.82% 		John E. Burbine
215
5.31% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Raymond M. Smith
Cumberland East Template:Canadian party colour| Roger Stuart Bacon
4,355
51.89% 		Leonard J. Dolan
3,142
37.44% 		James M. MacSwain
895
10.66% 		Template:Canadian party colour| James A. Langille†
Cumberland West Template:Canadian party colour| D. L. George Henley
2,458
57.35% 		Thomas H. Tonner
1,828
42.65% 		Template:Canadian party colour| D. L. George Henley
Hants East Albert J. Ettinger
2,793
47.27% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Jack Hawkins
3,115
52.73% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Albert J. Ettinger

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
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Halifax Atlantic Template:Canadian party colour| John Buchanan
5,284
54.66% 		Bob Hayes
3,786
39.16% 		Charles Grineault
597
6.18% 		Template:Canadian party colour| John Buchanan
Halifax Chebucto James H. Vaughan
4,015
38.34% 		Template:Canadian party colour| James L. Connolly
5,276
50.39% 		Burris Devanney
1,180
11.27% 		Template:Canadian party colour| James H. Vaughan
Halifax Citadel Donald MacKeen Smith
3,833
45.60% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Ronald Wallace
4,572
54.40% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Donald MacKeen Smith
Halifax Cobequid Gordon H. Fitzgerald
5,427
42.69% 		Template:Canadian party colour| George Riley
6,453
50.76% 		Bruno Dombrowski
833
6.55% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Gordon H. Fitzgerald
Halifax Cornwallis Richard Donahoe
3,891
39.27% 		Template:Canadian party colour| George M. Mitchell
5,323
53.72% 		Barrett D. Halderman
694
7.00% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Richard Donahoe
Halifax Eastern Shore Murray Everett Ritcey
4,029
41.91% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Alexander Garnet Brown
5,585
58.09% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Alexander Garnet Brown
Halifax Needham David MacKeen
2,887
37.05% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Gerald Regan
4,514
57.92% 		Al Sinclair
392
5.03% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Gerald Regan
Halifax-St. Margaret's D. C. McNeil
4,729
39.74% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Leonard L. Pace
6,152
51.69% 		Keith Jobson
1,020
8.57% 		Template:Canadian party colour| D. C. McNeil
Dartmouth North Gerald G. Wambolt
4,826
39.59% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Glen M. Bagnell
6,614
54.26% 		Percy William Dares
750
6.15% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Gerald G. Wambolt
Dartmouth South Irvin William Akerley
5,213
49.57% 		Template:Canadian party colour| D. Scott MacNutt
5,304
50.43% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Irvin William Akerley

Central Nova

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
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Antigonish Bill Shaw
3,594
45.72% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Bill Gillis
4,002
50.91% 		Alex MacPherson
265
3.37% 		Template:Canadian party colour| William F. MacKinnon†
Guysborough Template:Canadian party colour| Angus MacIsaac
3,035
47.86% 		Russell Pellerin
2,770
43.68% 		Al Newell
537
8.47% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Angus MacIsaac
Pictou Centre Donald R. MacLeod
4,922
43.75% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Ralph F. Fiske
5,356
47.61% 		Derrick Peter Kearley
972
8.64% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Donald R. MacLeod
Pictou East Thomas MacQueen
2,981
47.18% 		Template:Canadian party colour| A. Lloyd MacDonald
3,000
47.48% 		Charles E. Arbuckle
338
5.35% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Thomas MacQueen
Pictou West Template:Canadian party colour| Harvey Veniot
2,729
51.00% 		Laurence Mawhinney
2,008
37.53% 		Robert Cormier
614
11.47% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Harvey Veniot

Cape Breton

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
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Cape Breton Centre Template:Canadian party colour| Mike Laffin
3,680
50.54% 		Stewart Marsh
1,902
26.12% 		Alex MacDonald
1,700
23.35% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Mike Laffin
Cape Breton East Layton Fergusson
3,807
34.06% 		Bob MacKay
2,037
18.22% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Jeremy Akerman
5,334
47.72% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Layton Fergusson
Cape Breton North Template:Canadian party colour| Tom MacKeough
5,755
50.04% 		Sidney Oram
2,885
25.09% 		Len J. Arsenault
2,860
24.87% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Tom MacKeough
Cape Breton Nova Percy Gaum
2,866
42.45% 		Ronald DiPenta
959
14.20% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Paul MacEwan
2,927
43.35% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Percy Gaum
Cape Breton South Template:Canadian party colour| John Francis Burke
5,234
44.36% 		Vince MacLean
5,034
42.66% 		Don MacPherson
1,531
12.98% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Donald C. MacNeil†
Cape Breton West Kenneth Andrews
4,843
49.08% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Allan Sullivan
5,024
50.92% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Edward Manson†
Inverness Template:Canadian party colour| Norman J. MacLean
4,607
25.23% 		William N. MacLean
3,939
21.57% 		Jerry Yetman
556
3.05% 		Al Davis
1,304
7.14% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Norman J. MacLean
Joe Shannon
3,728
20.42% 		Template:Canadian party colour| John Archie MacKenzie
4,124
22.59% 		Template:Canadian party colour| William N. MacLean
Richmond Template:Canadian party colour| Gerald Doucet
3,439
55.67% 		Melvin J. Burt
2,411
39.03% 		Charles Joseph Gallant
327
5.29% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Gerald Doucet
Victoria Template:Canadian party colour| Fisher Hudson
2,075
52.53% 		W. Harry F. Langley
1,700
43.04% 		Jessie Stone
175
4.43% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Fisher Hudson

References

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  3. ↑ While 383,356 votes were cast, only 350,879 electors voted as Colchester, Inverness and Yarmouth electors voted for two candidates.
  4. ↑ Due to a tie, the Returning Officer cast the tie-breaking vote for Gordon Tidman

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Further reading

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