2009 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 2009 Nova Scotia general election was held on June 9, 2009 to elect members of the 61st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The government was defeated on a money bill on May 4, and the Nova Scotia House of Assembly was dissolved by Lieutenant Governor Mayann Francis on May 5.[1] thereby triggering an election. The NDP won a majority government, forming government the first time in the province's history, and for the first time in an Atlantic Canadian province. The governing Progressive Conservatives were reduced to third place.
Campaign
The election campaign began on May 5, 2009, after the New Democrats and Liberals voted against the Offshore Offset Revenues Expenditure Act, legislation that would have permitted the government to divert its revenues from oil and gas development in the Atlantic Ocean from debt payment, as required under current provincial law, to fund extra spending in the 2009 budget.[2] As the Progressive Conservatives won only a minority government in the 2006 election, at least one of the two opposition parties would have been required to vote in favour of (or abstain from voting on) the legislation for it to pass.
Timeline
- June 13, 2006 - Rodney MacDonald's Progressive Conservatives are elected to a minority government.[3]
- June 20, 2006 - Liberal leader Francis MacKenzie resigns.[4]
- February 20, 2007 - Cumberland North MLA Ernie Fage is suspended from the Progressive Conservative caucus after Halifax Police charge him with failing to remain at the scene of an accident, following an incident in November 2006.[5]
- March 1, 2007 - NDP MLA Kevin Deveaux resigns his seat of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage.[6]
- April 28, 2007 - Stephen McNeil is elected leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[7]
- October 2, 2007 - Becky Kent of the NDP is elected in the Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage byelection.[8]
- December 18, 2007 - Fage is convicted of leaving the scene of an accident, and is expelled from the Progressive Conservative caucus.[9][10]
- March 2, 2009 - Lunenburg MLA and Finance Minister Michael Baker dies.[11]
- May 4, 2009 - Government is defeated on a budget bill (Bill 240 - Offshore Offset Revenues Expenditure Act (amendments to Provincial finance Act)).[2]
- May 5, 2009 - Legislature is officially dissolved and election is called for June 9, 2009.[1]
| 31 | 11 | 10 |
| New Democratic | Liberal | Progressive Conservative |
Results by party
Candidates lined up.[12]
Results by region
| Party name | HRM | C.B. | Valley | S. Shore | Fundy | Central | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parties winning seats in the legislature | New Democratic Party | Seats: | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 31 | Popular vote: | 54.07% | 40.16% | 27.05% | 43.03% | 41.76% | 50.10% | 45.26% | Liberal | Seats: | 4 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | 11 | Popular vote: | 28.65% | 29.57% | 46.46% | 18.11% | 14.60% | 16.84% | 27.22% | Progressive Conservative | Seats: | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | Popular vote: | 14.36% | 28.34% | 23.89% | 36.08% | 37.44% | 31.32% | 24.52% | |||||||||
| Parties not winning seats in the legislature | Popular vote: | 2.88% | 1.78% | 2.60% | 1.90% | 1.89% | 1.74% | 2.33% | Independents | Popular vote: | 0.03% | 0.14% | N/A | 0.88% | 4.32% | N/A | 0.67% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total seats: | 18 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
Annapolis Valley
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Annapolis | Kent Robinson 971 11.10% |
Henry Spurr 1,131 12.93% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Stephen McNeil 6,446 73.70% |
Jamie Spinney 198 2.26% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Stephen McNeil | |||||
| Clare | Jimmy Doucet 459 8.75% |
Paul Comeau 1,326 25.29% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Wayne Gaudet 3,392 64.68% |
Diane Doucet-Bean 67 1.28% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Wayne Gaudet | |||||
| Digby-Annapolis | Cindy Nesbitt 852 15.39% |
Sherri Oliver 1,092 19.73% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Harold Theriault 3,514 63.48% |
Namron Bean 78 1.41% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Harold Theriault | |||||
| Hants West | Template:Canadian party colour| | Chuck Porter 3,364 37.24% |
Barbara Gallagher 2,401 26.58% |
Paula Lunn 3,065 33.93% |
Sheila Richardson 204 2.26% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Chuck Porter | |||||
| Kings North | Mark Parent 3,079 36.08% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Jim Morton 3,535 41.43% |
Shirley Fisher 1,541 18.06% |
Anna-Maria Galante-Ward 378 4.43% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Mark Parent | |||||
| Kings South | David Morse 2,759 28.14% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Ramona Jennex 4,038 41.18% |
Paula Howatt 2,639 26.91% |
Brendan MacNeill 369 3.76% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | David Morse | |||||
| Kings West | Chris Palmer 1,667 20.20% |
Carol Tobin 1,422 17.23% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Leo Glavine 5,015 60.77% |
Nistal Prem de Boer 149 1.81% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Leo Glavine | |||||
South Shore
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Argyle | Template:Canadian party colour| | Chris d'Entremont 3,158 67.65% |
Melvin Huskins 66 1.41% |
Lionel LeBlanc 913 19.56% |
Barbara Lake 531 11.38% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Chris d'Entremont | |||||
| Chester-St. Margaret's | Judy Streatch 2,762 27.47% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Denise Peterson-Rafuse 4,835 48.09% |
Jo-Ann Grant 2,122 21.11% |
Ryan Cameron 335 3.33% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Judy Streatch | |||||
| Lunenburg | Peter Zwicker 2,399 28.30% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Pam Birdsall 4,069 48.01% |
Rick Welsford 1,374 16.21% |
Jason A. Remai 145 1.71% |
Milton Countway 489 5.77% |
Vacant | |||||
| Lunenburg West | Carolyn Bolivar-Getson 3,045 33.50% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Gary Ramey 3,600 39.60% |
Mark Furey 2,297 25.27% |
Emily Richardson 148 1.63% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Carolyn Bolivar-Getson | |||||
| Queens | Kerry Morash 1,936 28.87% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Vicki Conrad 4,012 59.82% |
Wayne Henley 674 10.05% |
Stuart Simpson 85 1.27% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Vicki Conrad | |||||
| Shelburne | Eddie Nickerson 1,637 23.59% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Sterling Belliveau 3,844 55.41% |
Darian Huskilson 1,356 19.54% |
Robin Smith 101 1.46% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Sterling Belliveau | |||||
| Yarmouth | Template:Canadian party colour| | Richard Hurlburt 4,537 61.34% |
David Olie 1,696 22.93% |
David Mooney 1,041 14.07% |
Ronald Mills 123 1.66% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Richard Hurlburt | |||||
Fundy-Northeast
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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| Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley | Steve Streatch 2,265 29.07% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Gary Burrill 3,697 47.45% |
Willie Versteeg 1,649 21.16% |
Margaret Whitney 181 2.32% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Brooke Taylor† | |||||
| Colchester North | Template:Canadian party colour| | Karen Casey 3,811 50.25% |
Arthur Hartlen 2,362 31.14% |
Lorenda Ebbett 1,250 16.48% |
Judy Davis 161 2.12% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Karen Casey | |||||
| Cumberland North | Keith Hunter 1,359 17.23% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Brian Skabar 3,170 40.19% |
Brent Noiles 1,073 13.60% |
Aviva Silburt 127 1.61% |
Ernest Fage 2,159 27.37% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Ernest Fage | ||||
| Cumberland South | Template:Canadian party colour| | Murray Scott 4,334 67.66% |
Don Tabor 1,659 25.90% |
Joseph Archibald 325 5.07% |
Danny Melvin 88 1.37% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Murray Scott | |||||
| Hants East | Todd Williams 1,567 16.82% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | John MacDonell 6,052 64.96% |
Maurice Rees 1,467 15.75% |
Emerich Winkler 231 2.48% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | John MacDonell | |||||
| Truro-Bible Hill | Hughie MacIsaac 2,544 30.23% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Lenore Zann 4,070 48.37% |
Bob Hagell 1,643 19.52% |
Kaleigh Brinkhurst 158 1.88% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Jamie Muir† | |||||
Central Halifax
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Halifax Chebucto | David Atchison 544 6.91% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Howard Epstein 4,446 56.47% |
Jane Spurr 2,535 32.20% |
Chris Hanlon 348 4.42% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Howard Epstein | |||||
| Halifax Citadel | Ted Larsen 1,000 12.99% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Leonard Preyra 3,785 49.17% |
Gerry Walsh 2,584 33.57% |
Ryan Watson 329 4.27% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Leonard Preyra | |||||
| Halifax Clayton Park | Debbie Hum 1,084 10.56% |
Linda Power 3,924 38.24% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Diana Whalen 5,030 49.02% |
Amanda Hester 172 1.68% |
Jonathan Dean 51 0.50% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Diana Whalen | ||||
| Halifax Fairview | Paul Henderson 893 12.16% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Graham Steele 4,680 63.71% |
Brad Armitage 1,544 21.02% |
Jane Hester 229 3.12% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Graham Steele | |||||
| Halifax Needham | Jason Cameron 536 6.76% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Maureen MacDonald 5,336 67.30% |
Graham Estabrooks 1,690 21.31% |
Kris MacLellan 367 4.63% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Maureen MacDonald | |||||
Suburban Halifax
Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore
Central Nova
Cape Breton
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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| Cape Breton Centre | Chris Ryan 479 7.53% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Frank Corbett 5,096 80.14% |
Joe MacPherson 685 10.77% |
Chris Alders 99 1.56% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Frank Corbett | |||||
| Cape Breton North | Template:Canadian party colour| | Cecil Clarke 3,477 44.47% |
Russell MacDonald 3,312 42.36% |
Ken Jardine 921 11.78% |
Chris Milburn 108 1.38% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Cecil Clarke | |||||
| Cape Breton Nova | Cory Hann 276 4.14% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Gordie Gosse 4,735 71.07% |
Donnie Morrison 1,549 23.25% |
Michael P. Milburn 102 1.53% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Gordie Gosse | |||||
| Cape Breton South | Steve Tobin 1,387 15.12% |
Wayne McKay 3,332 36.33% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Manning MacDonald 4,278 46.65% |
Cathy Theriault 174 1.90% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Manning MacDonald | |||||
| Cape Breton West | Template:Canadian party colour| | Alfie MacLeod 3,962 43.47% |
Delton MacDonald 2,797 30.69% |
Josephine Kennedy 2,212 24.27% |
Michael Parsons 143 1.57% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Alfie MacLeod | |||||
| Glace Bay | Tom MacPherson 810 11.41% |
Myrtle Campbell 2,829 39.84% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Dave Wilson 3,380 47.60% |
Todd Pettigrew 82 1.15% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Dave Wilson | |||||
| Inverness | Template:Canadian party colour| | Rodney MacDonald 8,714 98.54% |
Michael MacIsaac 1,971 20.49% |
Shaun Bennett 1,905 19.81% |
Nathalie Arsenault 339 3.53% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Rodney MacDonald | |||||
| Richmond | John Greene 1,045 17.92% |
Clair Rankin 1,477 25.33% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Michel Samson 3,228 55.36% |
John Percy 81 1.39% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Michel Samson | |||||
| Victoria-The Lakes | Template:Canadian party colour| | Keith Bain 2,417 38.68% |
Fraser Patterson 1,680 26.88% |
Gerald Sampson 1,912 30.60% |
James V. O'Brien 143 2.29% |
Stemer MacLeod 97 1.55% |
Template:Canadian party colour| | Keith Bain | ||||
Opinion polls
References
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