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1967 Nova Scotia general election
Canadian provincial election
Canadian provincial election
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| election_name | 1967 Nova Scotia general election | |
| country | Nova Scotia | |
| type | parliamentary | |
| party_colour | no | |
| party_name | no | |
| previous_election | 1963 Nova Scotia general election | |
| previous_year | 1963 | |
| outgoing_members | 48th General Assembly of Nova Scotia | |
| election_date | May 30, 1967 | |
| elected_mps | members | |
| next_election | 1970 Nova Scotia general election | |
| next_year | 1970 | |
| seats_for_election | 46 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly | |
| majority_seats | 24 | |
| turnout | 77.00% 0.87pp | |
| image1 | Premier Bob Stanfield.jpg | |
| image1_size | 150x150px | |
| colour1 | ||
| leader1 | Robert Stanfield | |
| leader_since1 | November 10, 1948 | |
| party1 | ||
| leaders_seat1 | Colchester | |
| last_election1 | 39 | |
| seats1 | 40 | |
| seat_change1 | 1 | |
| popular_vote1 | 180,498 | |
| percentage1 | 52.39% | |
| swing1 | 3.48pp | |
| image2 | [[File:Gerald Regan portrait.jpg | 150x150px]] |
| colour2 | ||
| leader2 | Gerald Regan | |
| leader_since2 | July 24, 1965 | |
| party2 | ||
| leaders_seat2 | Ran in Halifax Needham (won) | |
| last_election2 | 4 | |
| seats2 | 6 | |
| seat_change2 | 2 | |
| popular_vote2 | 142,945 | |
| percentage2 | 41.49% | |
| swing2 | 2.06pp | |
| image3 | NDP | |
| colour3 | ||
| leader3 | James H. Aitchison | |
| leader_since3 | 1963 | |
| party3 | ||
| leaders_seat3 | Ran in Cape Breton East (lost) | |
| last_election3 | 0 | |
| seats3 | 0 | |
| seat_change3 | ||
| popular_vote3 | 17,873 | |
| percentage3 | 5.19% | |
| swing3 | 1.08pp | |
| title | Premier | |
| posttitle | Premier after election | |
| before_election | Robert Stanfield | |
| before_party | ||
| after_election | Robert Stanfield | |
| after_party |
The 1967 Nova Scotia general election was held on 30 May 1967 to elect members of the 49th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative Party.
Results
Results by party
| Progressive Conservative | Liberal |
|---|
| Party | Party leader | # of | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| candidates | Seats | Popular vote | 1963 | Dissolution]] | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Stanfield | 46 | 39 | 39 | 40 | +1 | 180,498 | 52.39% | -3.48% | Liberal | Gerald Regan |
| Vacant | 0 | ||||||||||
| Total valid votes | 341,814 | 99.22% | -0.20% | ||||||||
| Blank and invalid ballots | 2,703 | 0.78% | +0.20% | ||||||||
| Total | 118 | 43 | 43 | 46 | +3 | 344,517 | 100.00% | – | |||
| Registered voters / turnout | 405,714 | 77.00% | -0.87% |
Results by region
| Party name | HRM | Cape Breton | Annapolis Valley | South Shore | Fundy-Northeast | Central Nova | Total | Parties winning seats in the legislature | Parties not winning seats in the legislature | Total seats: | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 46 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Seats: | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 40 | Popular vote: | 50.77% | 51.07% | 51.92% | 53.02% | 58.77% | 54.15% | 52.39% | Liberal |
| Popular vote: | 4.42% | 13.17% | 0.57% | 2.13% | 3.66% | 2.39% | 5.19% | ||||||||||
| Popular vote: | – | 0.22% | – | 0.68% | – | – | 0.14% |
Retiring incumbents
;Liberal
- Carleton L. MacMillan, Victoria
;Progressive Conservative
- George A. Burridge, Yarmouth
- Paul Kinsman, Kings West
- Gladys Porter, Kings North
Nominated candidates
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
|- || |John I. Marshall 2,866 56.13% | |Malcolm Balcom 2,240 43.87% | | | | ||
| John I. Marshall |
|---|
| |Kenneth Green 1,981 45.87% || |Peter M. Nicholson 2,338 54.13% | | | | ||
| Peter M. Nicholson |
|---|
| |Hector J. Pothier 1,841 43.57% || |Benoit Comeau 2,384 56.43% | | | | ||
| Hector J. Pothier |
|---|
| Robert Baden Powell |
| 2,524 |
| 51.31% |
| |Phillip R. Woolaver 2,395 48.69% | | | | ||
| Robert Baden Powell |
|---|
| Norman T. Spence |
| 3,765 |
| 51.96% |
| |Robert D. Lindsay 3,481 48.04% | | | | ||
| Norman T. Spence |
|---|
| Victor Thorpe |
| 3,407 |
| 55.25% |
| |Victor Cleyle 2,759 44.75% | | | | ||
| Gladys Porter† |
|---|
| Edward Haliburton |
| 2,515 |
| 62.89% |
| |Bruce Trenholm 1,484 37.11% | | | | ||
| Edward Haliburton |
|---|
| Gordon Tidman |
| 3,619 |
| 48.98% |
| |Frank Bezanson 3,522 47.67% | |Ralph Loomer 247 3.34% | | || |Paul Kinsman† |}
South Shore
|- || |George O. Lohnes 4,229 51.46% | |Walton Cook 3,760 45.75% | |Earl Croft 229 2.79% | | ||
| George O. Lohnes |
|---|
| Maurice L. Zinck |
| 2,100 |
| 55.87% |
| |Fred Porter Jr. 1,659 44.13% | | | | ||
| Maurice L. Zinck |
|---|
| Harley J. Spence |
| 2,564 |
| 50.00% |
| |Carroll Young 2,396 46.72% | |Wilson Touchie 168 3.28% | | ||
| Harley J. Spence |
|---|
| W. S. Kennedy Jones |
| 3,290 |
| 57.69% |
| |G. Cecil Day 2,413 42.31% | | | | ||
| W. S. Kennedy Jones |
|---|
| James McKay Harding |
| 3,271 |
| 46.60% |
| |Harold Huskilson 3,111 44.32% | |Aubrey Harding 638 9.09% | | ||
| James McKay Harding |
|---|
| Benoit Robichaud |
| 5,003 |
| 26.56% |
| |Fraser Mooney 4,463 23.69% | | | |Willard F. Allen 329 1.75% ||
| George A. Burridge† |
|---|
| George A. Snow |
| 5,345 |
| 28.37% |
| |Earle Maberley 3,699 19.63% | | | | || |George A. Snow |}
Fundy-Northeast
|- || |Robert Stanfield 9,091 31.04% | |George Pulsifer 5,344 18.25% | |Arthur Benedict 507 1.73% | | ||
| Robert Stanfield |
|---|
| George Isaac Smith |
| 8,485 |
| 28.97% |
| |Charles Sutherland 5,348 18.26% | |Cecil Delaney 509 1.74% | | ||
| George Isaac Smith |
|---|
| Stephen T. Pyke |
| 2,437 |
| 67.34% |
| |Charles H. Sarson 1,022 28.24% | |J. Reginald Daborn 160 4.42% | | ||
| Stephen T. Pyke |
|---|
| James A. Langille |
| 4,415 |
| 55.16% |
| |Howard R. Furlong 3,053 38.14% | |John Burbine 536 6.70% | | ||
| James A. Langille |
|---|
| D. L. George Henley |
| 2,506 |
| 57.81% |
| |Ruth Fullerton 1,698 39.17% | |Shirley Spicer 131 3.02% | | ||
| D. L. George Henley |
|---|
| Albert J. Ettinger |
| 2,697 |
| 52.08% |
| |Norman E. Casey 2,482 47.92% | | | | || |Albert J. Ettinger |}
Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore
|- || |John Buchanan 4,507 53.74% | |Percy Baker 3,556 42.40% | |Charles Grineault 324 3.86% | | ||
| New riding |
|---|
| James H. Vaughan |
| 5,154 |
| 52.01% |
| |K. Peter Richard 4,253 42.92% | |Keith Jobson 503 5.08% | | || |James H. Vaughan Halifax North |- || |Donald MacKeen Smith 4,771 55.41% | |Robert Matheson 3,522 40.91% | |M. Rae Gillman 317 3.68% | | || |Donald MacKeen Smith Halifax Centre |- || |Gordon H. Fitzgerald 5,463 51.51% | |John F. Cruickshank 5,143 48.49% | | | | || |Gordon H. Fitzgerald Halifax Northwest |- || |Richard Donahoe 5,458 56.39% | |Clarence L. Gosse 4,221 43.61% | | | | || |Richard Donahoe Halifax South |- | |Nelson Gaetz 3,682 43.36% || |Duncan MacMillan 4,201 49.48% | |James Yetman 608 7.16% | | || |Nelson Gaetz Halifax East |- | |Cecil Moore 3,252 46.72% || |Gerald Regan 3,354 48.18% | |Buddy Daye 355 5.10% | | ||
| New riding |
|---|
| D. C. McNeil |
| 5,030 |
| 53.48% |
| |Alex McNeil 3,910 41.57% | |Peggy Prowse 466 4.95% | | || |D. C. McNeil Halifax West |- | |Charles Clarke 4,301 43.62% || |Gordon L. S. Hart 4,906 49.75% | |Perry Ronayne 654 6.63% | | ||
| New Riding |
|---|
| Irvin William Akerley |
| 4,552 |
| 50.37% |
| |Eileen Stubbs 3,694 40.88% | |Bruce Wallace 791 8.75% | | || |Irvin William Akerley Halifax County-Dartmouth |}
Central Nova
|- || |William F. MacKinnon 3,222 50.20% | |Bill Gillis 3,196 49.80% | | | | ||
| William F. MacKinnon |
|---|
| Alexander MacIsaac |
| 3,154 |
| 52.75% |
| |Donald J. Gillis 2,825 47.25% | | | | ||
| Alexander MacIsaac |
|---|
| Donald R. MacLeod |
| 5,416 |
| 53.90% |
| |John Brother MacDonald 3,846 38.28% | |John Markie 786 7.82% | | ||
| Donald R. MacLeod |
|---|
| Thomas MacQueen |
| 2,876 |
| 51.14% |
| |A. Lloyd MacDonald 2,748 48.86% | | | | ||
| A. Lloyd MacDonald |
|---|
| Harvey Veniot |
| 3,137 |
| 65.20% |
| |Edward Snow 1,674 34.80% | | | | || |Harvey Veniot |}
Cape Breton
|- || |Mike Laffin 3,565 55.85% | |William J. Boudreau 1,313 20.57% | |Tom O'Leary 1,505 23.58% | | ||
| Mike Laffin |
|---|
| Layton Fergusson |
| 5,094 |
| 53.29% |
| |William O'Leary 1,417 14.82% | |James H. Aitchison 3,048 31.89% | | ||
| Layton Fergusson |
|---|
| Tom MacKeough |
| 5,574 |
| 53.39% |
| |Alexander O'Handley 3,318 31.90% | |Gerald Yetman 1,510 14.52% | | ||
| Tom MacKeough |
|---|
| Percy Gaum |
| 2,873 |
| 47.13% |
| |Tom Miller 1,829 30.00% | |Paul MacEwan 1,394 22.87% | | ||
| Percy Gaum |
|---|
| Donald C. MacNeil |
| 4,843 |
| 47.18% |
| |Charles O'Connell 3,944 38.42% | |Charles Palmer 1,309 12.75% | |Angus Currie 169 1.65% ||
| Donald C. MacNeil |
|---|
| Edward Manson |
| 3,862 |
| 43.95% |
| |Allan Sullivan 3,748 42.65% | |Jeremy Akerman 1,178 13.40% | | ||
| Edward Manson |
|---|
| Norman J. MacLean |
| 3,994 |
| 26.27% |
| |William MacIsaac 3,571 23.49% | | | | ||
| Norman J. MacLean |
|---|
| |Alfred Davis 3,680 24.21% || |William N. MacLean 3,956 26.02% | | | | ||
| William N. MacLean |
|---|
| Gerald Doucet |
| 3,054 |
| 59.42% |
| |Rudolph J. Boudreau 2,086 40.58% | | | | ||
| Gerald Doucet |
|---|
| Fisher Hudson |
| 2,033 |
| 55.01% |
| |Duncan F. Buchanan 1,663 44.99% | | | | || |Carleton L. MacMillan† |}
References
References
- "Election Returns 1967". Elections Nova Scotia.
- "Election Returns 1967 Recapitulation". Elections Nova Scotia.
- While 344,517 votes were cast, only 312,647 electors voted as [[Colchester (provincial electoral district). Colchester]], [[Inverness (provincial electoral district). Inverness]] and [[Yarmouth (provincial electoral district). Yarmouth]] electors voted for two candidates.
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