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1970 Nova Scotia general election
Canadian provincial election
Canadian provincial election
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| election_name | 1970 Nova Scotia general election | |
| country | Nova Scotia | |
| type | parliamentary | |
| party_colour | no | |
| party_name | no | |
| previous_election | 1967 Nova Scotia general election | |
| previous_year | 1967 | |
| outgoing_members | 49th General Assembly of Nova Scotia | |
| election_date | October 13, 1970 | |
| elected_mps | [members](50th-general-assembly-of-nova-scotia) | |
| next_election | 1974 Nova Scotia general election | |
| next_year | 1974 | |
| seats_for_election | 46 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly | |
| majority_seats | 24 | |
| turnout | 77.32% 0.32pp | |
| image1 | [[File:Gerald Regan portrait.jpg | 150x150px]] |
| colour1 | ||
| leader1 | Gerald Regan | |
| leader_since1 | July 24, 1965 | |
| party1 | ||
| leaders_seat1 | Halifax Needham | |
| last_election1 | 6 | |
| seats1 | 23 | |
| seat_change1 | 17 | |
| popular_vote1 | 174,943 | |
| percentage1 | 45.63% | |
| swing1 | 4.14pp | |
| image2 | [[File:George Isaac Smith portrait.jpg | 150x150px]] |
| colour2 | ||
| leader2 | George Isaac Smith | |
| leader_since2 | November 4, 1967 | |
| party2 | ||
| leaders_seat2 | Colchester | |
| last_election2 | 40 | |
| seats2 | 21 | |
| seat_change2 | 19 | |
| popular_vote2 | 177,986 | |
| percentage2 | 46.43% | |
| swing2 | 5.96pp | |
| image3 | [[File:Jeremy Akerman portrait 1973.jpg | 150x150px]] |
| colour3 | ||
| leader3 | Jeremy Akerman | |
| leader_since3 | November 9, 1968 | |
| party3 | ||
| leaders_seat3 | *Ran in* Cape Breton East *(won)* | |
| last_election3 | 0 | |
| seats3 | 2 | |
| seat_change3 | 2 | |
| popular_vote3 | 25,259 | |
| percentage3 | 6.59% | |
| swing3 | 1.40pp | |
| title | Premier | |
| posttitle | Premier after election | |
| before_election | George Isaac Smith | |
| before_party | ||
| after_election | Gerald Regan | |
| after_party |
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
| **Liberal** | **Progressive Conservative** | **New Democratic** |
|---|
| Party | Party leader | # of | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| candidates | Seats | Popular vote | [1967](1967-nova-scotia-general-election) | Dissolution]] | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||
| Liberal | Gerald Regan | 46 | 6 | 5 | 23 | +17 | 174,943 | 45.63% | +4.14% | Progressive Conservative | George Isaac Smith |
| 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% | +0.32% |
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** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Seats: | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | **23** | Popular vote: | 51.93% | 34.59% | 50.85% | 50.49% | 45.08% | 46.16% | **45.63%** | Progressive Conservative |
| Popular vote: | – | 1.50% | 0.35% | – | – | – | **0.38%** |
Retiring incumbents
;Progressive Conservative
- Edward Haliburton, Kings South
- James McKay Harding, Shelburne
- James A. Langille, Cumberland East
- William F. MacKinnon, Antigonish
- Donald C. MacNeil, Cape Breton South
- Edward Manson, Cape Breton West
- John I. Marshall, Annapolis East
- Robert Baden Powell, Digby
- Harley J. Spence, Lunenburg West
Nominated candidates
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
|- || |Gerry Sheehy 2,836 54.36% | |Lloyd K. Hill 2,381 45.64% | | | | ||
| John I. Marshall† |
|---|
| |H. Robert Sanford 2,048 46.03% || |Peter M. Nicholson 2,401 53.97% | | | | ||
| Peter M. Nicholson |
|---|
| |Paul J. Comeau 1,833 40.33% || |Benoit Comeau 2,712 59.67% | | | | ||
| Benoit Comeau |
|---|
| |Gifford W. Lewis 2,142 42.46% || |Joseph H. Casey 2,903 57.54% | | | | ||
| Robert Baden Powell† |
|---|
| |Norman T. Spence 3,708 48.27% || |Robert D. Lindsay 3,974 51.73% | | | | ||
| Norman T. Spence |
|---|
| Victor Thorpe |
| 3,234 |
| 51.24% |
| |Glenn Ells 3,077 48.76% | | | | ||
| Victor Thorpe |
|---|
| Harry How |
| 2,722 |
| 57.55% |
| |Ed Aston 2,008 42.45% | | | | ||
| Edward Haliburton† |
|---|
| Gordon Tidman |
| 3,736 |
| 48.96% |
| |Frank Bezanson 3,735 48.95% | | | |Francis Keith Boates 160 2.10% || |Gordon Tidman |}
South Shore
|- | |George O. Lohnes 4,040 45.43% || |Walton Cook 4,852 54.57% | | | | ||
| George O. Lohnes |
|---|
| Maurice L. Zinck |
| 2,092 |
| 51.31% |
| |Eric Hagen 1,985 48.69% | | | | ||
| Maurice L. Zinck |
|---|
| |Bob Levy 2,717 46.82% || |Maurice DeLory 3,086 53.18% | | | | ||
| Harley J. Spence† |
|---|
| W. S. Kennedy Jones |
| 3,068 |
| 51.99% |
| |Harley Umphrey 2,833 48.01% | | | | ||
| W. S. Kennedy Jones |
|---|
| |Bill Cox 3,321 43.74% || |Harold Huskilson 3,725 49.06% | |Aubrey Harding 547 7.20% | | ||
| James McKay Harding† |
|---|
| |Benoit Robichaud 4,896 25.16% || |Fraser Mooney 5,039 25.90% | | | | ||
| Benoit Robichaud |
|---|
| George A. Snow |
| 4,929 |
| 25.33% |
| |Jack Rogers 4,592 23.60% | | | | || |George A. Snow |}
Fundy-Northeast
|- || |Gerald Ritcey 8,012 24.56% | |Ross Hill 7,313 22.42% | | | | ||
| Gerald Ritcey |
|---|
| George Isaac Smith |
| 9,398 |
| 28.81% |
| |George Norrie 7,901 24.22% | | | | ||
| George Isaac Smith |
|---|
| Raymond M. Smith |
| 2,220 |
| 54.87% |
| |Bill H. Mont 1,611 39.82% | |John E. Burbine 215 5.31% | | ||
| Raymond M. Smith |
|---|
| Roger Stuart Bacon |
| 4,355 |
| 51.89% |
| |Leonard J. Dolan 3,142 37.44% | |James M. MacSwain 895 10.66% | | ||
| James A. Langille† |
|---|
| D. L. George Henley |
| 2,458 |
| 57.35% |
| |Thomas H. Tonner 1,828 42.65% | | | | ||
| D. L. George Henley |
|---|
| |Albert J. Ettinger 2,793 47.27% || |Jack Hawkins 3,115 52.73% | | | | || |Albert J. Ettinger |}
Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore
|- || |John Buchanan 5,284 54.66% | |Bob Hayes 3,786 39.16% | |Charles Grineault 597 6.18% | | ||
| John Buchanan |
|---|
| |James H. Vaughan 4,015 38.34% || |James L. Connolly 5,276 50.39% | |Burris Devanney 1,180 11.27% | | ||
| James H. Vaughan |
|---|
| |Donald MacKeen Smith 3,833 45.60% || |Ronald Wallace 4,572 54.40% | | | | ||
| Donald MacKeen Smith |
|---|
| |Gordon H. Fitzgerald 5,427 42.69% || |George Riley 6,453 50.76% | |Bruno Dombrowski 833 6.55% | | ||
| Gordon H. Fitzgerald |
|---|
| |Richard Donahoe 3,891 39.27% || |George M. Mitchell 5,323 53.72% | |Barrett D. Halderman 694 7.00% | | ||
| Richard Donahoe |
|---|
| |Murray Everett Ritcey 4,029 41.91% || |Alexander Garnet Brown 5,585 58.09% | | | | ||
| Alexander Garnet Brown |
|---|
| |David MacKeen 2,887 37.05% || |Gerald Regan 4,514 57.92% | |Al Sinclair 392 5.03% | | ||
| Gerald Regan |
|---|
| |D. C. McNeil 4,729 39.74% || |Leonard L. Pace 6,152 51.69% | |Keith Jobson 1,020 8.57% | | ||
| D. C. McNeil |
|---|
| |Gerald G. Wambolt 4,826 39.59% || |Glen M. Bagnell 6,614 54.26% | |Percy William Dares 750 6.15% | | ||
| Gerald G. Wambolt |
|---|
| |Irvin William Akerley 5,213 49.57% || |D. Scott MacNutt 5,304 50.43% | | | | || |Irvin William Akerley |}
Central Nova
|- | |Bill Shaw 3,594 45.72% || |Bill Gillis 4,002 50.91% | |Alex MacPherson 265 3.37% | | ||
| William F. MacKinnon† |
|---|
| Angus MacIsaac |
| 3,035 |
| 47.86% |
| |Russell Pellerin 2,770 43.68% | |Al Newell 537 8.47% | | ||
| Angus MacIsaac |
|---|
| |Donald R. MacLeod 4,922 43.75% || |Ralph F. Fiske 5,356 47.61% | |Derrick Peter Kearley 972 8.64% | | ||
| Donald R. MacLeod |
|---|
| |Thomas MacQueen 2,981 47.18% || |A. Lloyd MacDonald 3,000 47.48% | |Charles E. Arbuckle 338 5.35% | | ||
| Thomas MacQueen |
|---|
| Harvey Veniot |
| 2,729 |
| 51.00% |
| |Laurence Mawhinney 2,008 37.53% | |Robert Cormier 614 11.47% | | || |Harvey Veniot |}
Cape Breton
|- || |Mike Laffin 3,680 50.54% | |Stewart Marsh 1,902 26.12% | |Alex MacDonald 1,700 23.35% | | ||
| Mike Laffin |
|---|
| |Layton Fergusson 3,807 34.06% | |Bob MacKay 2,037 18.22% || |Jeremy Akerman 5,334 47.72% | | ||
| Layton Fergusson |
|---|
| Tom MacKeough |
| 5,755 |
| 50.04% |
| |Sidney Oram 2,885 25.09% | |Len J. Arsenault 2,860 24.87% | | ||
| Tom MacKeough |
|---|
| |Percy Gaum 2,866 42.45% | |Ronald DiPenta 959 14.20% || |Paul MacEwan 2,927 43.35% | | ||
| Percy Gaum |
|---|
| John Francis Burke |
| 5,234 |
| 44.36% |
| |Vince MacLean 5,034 42.66% | |Don MacPherson 1,531 12.98% | | ||
| Donald C. MacNeil† |
|---|
| |Kenneth Andrews 4,843 49.08% || |Allan Sullivan 5,024 50.92% | | | | ||
| Edward Manson† |
|---|
| 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% ||
| Norman J. MacLean |
|---|
| |Joe Shannon 3,728 20.42% || |John Archie MacKenzie 4,124 22.59% | | | | ||
| William N. MacLean |
|---|
| Gerald Doucet |
| 3,439 |
| 55.67% |
| |Melvin J. Burt 2,411 39.03% | |Charles Joseph Gallant 327 5.29% | | ||
| Gerald Doucet |
|---|
| Fisher Hudson |
| 2,075 |
| 52.53% |
| |W. Harry F. Langley 1,700 43.04% | |Jessie Stone 175 4.43% | | || |Fisher Hudson |}
References
References
- "Election Returns 1970". Elections Nova Scotia.
- "Election Returns 1970 Recapitulation". Elections Nova Scotia.
- While 383,356 votes were cast, only 350,879 electors voted as [[Colchester (provincial electoral district). Colchester]], [[Inverness (provincial electoral district). Inverness]] and [[Yarmouth (provincial electoral district). Yarmouth]] electors voted for two candidates.
- Due to a tie, the Returning Officer cast the tie-breaking vote for Gordon Tidman
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