1978 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 1978 Nova Scotia general election was held on September 19, 1978, to elect members of the 52nd House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

Results

Results by party

↓
31 17 4
Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic
Official results [1][2]
Party Party leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular vote
1974 Dissolution Elected Change # % Change (pp)

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Progressive Conservative John Buchanan 52 12 12 31 +19 203,500 45.48% +7.17%

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Liberal Gerald Regan 52 31 30 17 -14 175,218 39.16% -8.41%

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New Democratic Jeremy Akerman 52 3 3 4 +1 63,979 14.30% +1.43%

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Independent 6 0 0 0 0 2,008 0.45% -0.06%
  Vacant 1  
Total valid votes 444,705 99.39% +0.13%
Blank and invalid ballots 2,739 0.61% -0.13%
Total 162 46 46 52 +6 447,444 100.00% –
Registered voters / turnout 542,547 78.23%[3] +0.34%
Popular vote
PC
 
 45.48%
Liberal
 
 39.16%
New Democratic
 
 14.30%
Independent
 
 0.45%
Seats summary
PC
 
 59.62%
Liberal
 
 32.69%
New Democratic
 
 7.69%

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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Progressive Conservative Seats: 12 0 6 4 6 3 31

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Popular vote: 52.01% 31.95% 51.35% 44.73% 50.28% 48.32% 45.48%

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Liberal Seats: 2 7 2 3 1 2 17

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Popular vote: 34.50% 42.78% 40.27% 44.10% 40.66% 36.74% 39.16%

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New Democratic Party Seats: 0 4 0 0 0 0 4

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Popular vote: 12.99% 25.27% 8.38% 9.48% 8.91% 14.48% 14.30%
Parties not winning seats in the legislature

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Popular vote: 0.49% – – 1.68% 0.14% 0.46% 0.45%
Total seats: 14 11 8 7 7 5 52

Retiring incumbents

Liberal
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 Carl L. Bruce
2,470
36.37% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Gerry Sheehy
3,863
56.88% 		Roger A. Boutilier
458
6.74% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Gerry Sheehy
Annapolis West Peter M. Nicholson
2,329
43.78% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Greg Kerr
2,690
50.56% 		Larry Duchesne
301
5.66% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Peter M. Nicholson
Clare Template:Canadian party colour| Benoit Comeau
2,963
56.47% 		Gerald J.B. Comeau
1,896
36.13% 		Sylvio Gagnon
388
7.39% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Benoit Comeau
Digby Template:Canadian party colour| Joseph H. Casey
3,048
51.56% 		John Comeau
2,603
44.03% 		John Gray
261
4.41% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Joseph H. Casey
Hants West Robert D. Lindsay
3,485
38.08% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Ron Russell
4,872
53.23% 		Bill Shiers
795
8.69% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Robert D. Lindsay
Kings North Glenn Ells
3,283
42.77% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Edward Twohig
3,744
48.78% 		Donald C. Fraser
649
8.45% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Glenn Ells
Kings South Wilbur H. Starratt
1,526
22.66% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Harry How
4,214
62.58% 		Donald F. Archibald
994
14.76% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Harry How
Kings West Frank Bezanson
3,559
37.71% 		Template:Canadian party colour| George Moody
5,011
53.09% 		William J. Dyer
869
9.21% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Frank Bezanson

South Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
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Lunenburg Centre Jack Pelley
3,156
30.23% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Bruce Cochran
5,764
55.22% 		Scott D. Miller
425
4.07% 		Walton Cook
1,094
10.48% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Bruce Cochran
Lunenburg East Wally MacDonald
1,417
28.01% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Ron Barkhouse
3,386
66.93% 		Robert Whiting Sr.
256
5.06% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Ron Barkhouse
Lunenburg West Maurice DeLory
2,791
36.54% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Mel Pickings
3,907
51.15% 		G.M. Dean
941
12.32% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Maurice DeLory
Queens Keith Wyer
2,440
33.85% 		Template:Canadian party colour| John Leefe
3,800
52.72% 		A.J. d'Entremont
968
13.43% 		Template:Canadian party colour| John Wickwire†
Shelburne Template:Canadian party colour| Harold Huskilson
3,932
45.06% 		A. Etheren Goreham
3,682
42.20% 		Jane A. Strange
1,112
12.74% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Harold Huskilson
Yarmouth Template:Canadian party colour| Fraser Mooney
7,568
29.25% 		Dorothy M. Crosby
4,389
16.96% 		Hartley Wickens
1,268
4.90% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Fraser Mooney
Template:Canadian party colour| Hugh Tinkham
7,339
28.36% 		Harold H. Hanf
4,122
15.93% 		Charles Paddock
1,190
4.60% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Hugh Tinkham

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
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Colchester North Floyd Tucker
3,023
43.30% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Bill Campbell
3,447
49.37% 		Peter Robben
512
7.33% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Floyd Tucker
Colchester
Colchester South Ed Lorraine
2,187
38.11% 		Template:Canadian party colour| R. Colin Stewart
3,230
56.28% 		Chester Rice
322
5.61% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Melinda MacLean†
Colchester
Cumberland Centre Template:Canadian party colour| Guy Brown
2,515
53.75% 		Russell Fisher
1,354
28.94% 		Dennis R. Calder
810
17.31% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Guy Brown
Cumberland East Norman J. Mansour
3,234
34.15% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Roger Stuart Bacon
4,955
52.33% 		Francis Soontiens
1,280
13.52% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Roger Stuart Bacon
Cumberland West Duncan Lake
2,292
43.72% 		Template:Canadian party colour| D. L. George Henley
2,633
50.23% 		John S. Edgecombe
317
6.05% 		Template:Canadian party colour| D. L. George Henley
Hants East Jack Hawkins
3,294
42.15% 		Template:Canadian party colour| G. Patrick Hunt
4,035
51.63% 		Clair White
486
6.22% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Jack Hawkins
Truro—Bible Hill Peter Wilson
3,160
37.04% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Ron Giffin
4,713
55.24% 		Tom Barron
589
6.90% 		Bob Kirk
70
0.82% 		Template:Canadian party colour| New riding

Central Halifax

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
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Halifax Bedford Basin Wilfred Moore
4,081
35.08% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Joel Matheson
6,325
54.36% 		Tom Orman
1,229
10.56% 		Template:Canadian party colour| New riding
Halifax Chebucto Template:Canadian party colour| Walter Fitzgerald
3,998
44.28% 		Margaret Stanbury
3,733
41.34% 		Donald F. Mielke
1,298
14.38% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Walter Fitzgerald
Halifax Citadel Ronald Wallace
3,525
37.82% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Art Donahoe
3,780
40.56% 		Michael Bradfield
2,015
21.62% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Ronald Wallace
Halifax Cornwallis George M. Mitchell
3,104
31.77% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Terry Donahoe
4,446
45.51% 		Michael Coyle
2,220
22.72% 		Template:Canadian party colour| George M. Mitchell
Halifax Needham Template:Canadian party colour| Gerald Regan
3,553
43.38% 		Pat Curran
3,416
41.70% 		James Miller
1,222
14.92% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Gerald Regan

Suburban Halifax

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
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Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley Jim MacLean
2,743
32.65% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Ken Streatch
4,951
58.93% 		Gerald B. Hoganson
708
8.43% 		Template:Canadian party colour| New riding
Halifax Atlantic Jerry F. Blom
2,303
22.28% 		Template:Canadian party colour| John Buchanan
6,628
64.13% 		Susan Holtz
1,274
12.33% 		Art Canning
131
1.27% 		Template:Canadian party colour| John Buchanan
Halifax-St. Margaret's Terry Tingley
3,149
32.45% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Jerry Lawrence
5,277
54.38% 		Garry Richard Craig
1,278
13.17% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Leonard L. Pace†
Sackville George Doucet
3,554
34.47% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Malcolm A. MacKay
5,247
50.89% 		Doug MacDonald
990
9.60% 		Evan Morgan
519
5.03% 		Template:Canadian party colour| George Doucet
Halifax Cobequid

Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
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Cole Harbour Peter Sawler
2,782
35.59% 		Template:Canadian party colour| David Nantes
4,278
54.73% 		Daniel laFitte
757
9.68% 		Template:Canadian party colour| New riding
Dartmouth East Barbara Hart
3,488
36.27% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Richard L. Weldon
5,098
53.02% 		Gabriel Des Rochers
1,030
10.71% 		Template:Canadian party colour| New riding
Dartmouth North Glen M. Bagnell
2,927
33.94% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Laird Stirling
4,561
52.89% 		Nick Rolls
1,135
13.16% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Glen M. Bagnell
Dartmouth South Norman Crawford
2,365
25.38% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Roland J. Thornhill
5,530
59.35% 		Mike Marshall
1,423
15.27% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Roland J. Thornhill
Halifax Eastern Shore Alexander Garnet Brown
3,911
40.07% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Tom McInnis
5,298
54.28% 		Daniel Matheson
552
5.66% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Alexander Garnet Brown

Central Nova

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
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Antigonish Template:Canadian party colour| Bill Gillis
4,689
49.82% 		Bill McNeil
3,713
39.45% 		John Arthur Murphy
1,010
10.73% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Bill Gillis
Guysborough Template:Canadian party colour| A.M. "Sandy" Cameron
3,306
47.87% 		Jim Johnson
3,293
47.68% 		Kevin Patrick Keeping
307
4.45% 		Template:Canadian party colour| A.M. "Sandy" Cameron
Pictou Centre Erskine Cumming
2,313
20.00% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Jack MacIsaac
6,056
52.36% 		Austin Sutton
3,068
26.52% 		Jim Beck
130
1.12% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Jack MacIsaac
Pictou East W.G. Bill Munro
2,364
32.30% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Donald Cameron
4,315
58.96% 		Bill Mitton
639
8.73% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Donald Cameron
Pictou West Dan Reid
2,735
40.61% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Donald P. McInnes
2,888
42.89% 		John McDonald
1,047
15.55% 		Lloyd H. MacLellan
64
0.95% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Dan Reid

Cape Breton

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
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Cape Breton Centre Francis MacLean
2,993
36.96% 		Peter MacKinnon
1,510
18.65% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Buddy MacEachern
3,594
44.39% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Buddy MacEachern
Cape Breton East Vincent Kachafanas
3,109
27.21% 		Frank Edwards
3,182
27.85% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Jeremy Akerman
5,135
44.94% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Jeremy Akerman
Cape Breton North Barry LeBlanc
2,782
28.17% 		Tom MacKeough
3,215
32.56% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Len J. Arsenault
3,878
39.27% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Tom MacKeough
Cape Breton Nova Earle Tubrett
2,867
34.60% 		Percy Gaum
1,502
18.12% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Paul MacEwan
3,918
47.28% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Paul MacEwan
Cape Breton South Template:Canadian party colour| Vince MacLean
7,041
59.84% 		Donald C. MacNeil
2,761
23.46% 		Sandy MacNeil
1,965
16.70% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Vince MacLean
Cape Breton—The Lakes Template:Canadian party colour| Ossie Fraser
3,473
46.26% 		Jim MacDonald
2,642
35.19% 		Irene LeBlanc
1,393
18.55% 		Template:Canadian party colour| New riding
Cape Breton West Template:Canadian party colour| David Muise
3,664
36.80% 		"Big" Donnie MacLeod
3,081
30.95% 		Frank Boone
3,211
32.25% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Ossie Fraser
Inverness Template:Canadian party colour| William MacEachern
6,270
27.10% 		Bernie MacLean
5,412
23.39% 		Archie A. Chisholm
644
2.78% 		Template:Canadian party colour| William MacEachern
Template:Canadian party colour| John Archie MacKenzie
5,632
24.34% 		Bill MacIsaac
4,614
19.94% 		Joyce Campbell
563
2.43% 		Template:Canadian party colour| John Archie MacKenzie
Richmond Template:Canadian party colour| Gaston LeBlanc
3,287
49.39% 		Eva Landry
2,446
36.75% 		Bruce Wright
922
13.85% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Gaston LeBlanc
Victoria Template:Canadian party colour| Peter John Nicholson
2,199
48.29% 		Catherine MacNeil Jankowski
1,992
43.74% 		Steve Lake
363
7.97% 		Template:Canadian party colour| Vacant

References

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