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1974 Nova Scotia general election
Canadian provincial election
Canadian provincial election
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| election_name | 1974 Nova Scotia general election | |
| country | Nova Scotia | |
| type | parliamentary | |
| party_colour | no | |
| party_name | no | |
| previous_election | 1970 Nova Scotia general election | |
| previous_year | 1970 | |
| outgoing_members | 50th General Assembly of Nova Scotia | |
| election_date | April 2, 1974 | |
| elected_mps | members | |
| next_election | 1978 Nova Scotia general election | |
| next_year | 1978 | |
| seats_for_election | 46 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly | |
| majority_seats | 24 | |
| turnout | 77.89% 0.57pp | |
| image1 | [[File:Gerald Regan portrait.jpg | 150x150px]] |
| colour1 | ||
| leader1 | Gerald Regan | |
| leader_since1 | July 24, 1965 | |
| party1 | ||
| leaders_seat1 | Halifax Needham | |
| last_election1 | 23 | |
| seats1 | 31 | |
| seat_change1 | 8 | |
| popular_vote1 | 206,648 | |
| percentage1 | 47.57% | |
| swing1 | 1.94pp | |
| image2 | [[File:John Buchanan portrait 1973.jpg | 150x150px]] |
| colour2 | ||
| leader2 | John Buchanan | |
| leader_since2 | March 6, 1971 | |
| party2 | ||
| leaders_seat2 | Halifax Atlantic | |
| last_election2 | 21 | |
| seats2 | 12 | |
| seat_change2 | 9 | |
| popular_vote2 | 166,388 | |
| percentage2 | 38.31% | |
| swing2 | 8.12pp | |
| image3 | [[File:Jeremy Akerman portrait 1973.jpg | 150x150px]] |
| colour3 | ||
| leader3 | Jeremy Akerman | |
| leader_since3 | November 9, 1968 | |
| party3 | ||
| leaders_seat3 | Cape Breton East | |
| last_election3 | 2 | |
| seats3 | 3 | |
| seat_change3 | 1 | |
| popular_vote3 | 55,902 | |
| percentage3 | 12.87% | |
| swing3 | 6.28pp | |
| title | Premier | |
| posttitle | Premier after election | |
| before_election | Gerald Regan | |
| before_party | ||
| after_election | Gerald Regan | |
| after_party |
The 1974 Nova Scotia general election was held on 2 April 1974 to elect members of the 51st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal Party.
Most of its MLAs were elected in single-member district using first past the post voting but some, such as in Colchester and Yarmouth, were elected in two-seat districts using plurality block voting.
Results
Results by party
| Liberal | Progressive Conservative | New Democratic |
|---|
| Party | Party leader | # of | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| candidates | Seats | Popular vote | 1970 | Dissolution]] | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||
| Liberal | Gerald Regan | 46 | 23 | 24 | 31 | +8 | 206,648 | 47.57% | +1.94% | Progressive Conservative | John Buchanan |
| Vacant | 0 | ||||||||||
| Total valid votes | 431,158 | 99.26% | +0.23% | ||||||||
| Blank and invalid ballots | 3,205 | 0.74% | -0.23% | ||||||||
| Total | 144 | 46 | 46 | 46 | – | 434,363 | 100.00% | – | |||
| Registered voters / turnout | 507,190 | 77.89% | +0.57% |
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: | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 31 | Popular vote: | 48.73% | 42.68% | 51.25% | 51.37% | 48.19% | 48.05% | 47.57% | Progressive Conservative |
| Popular vote: | – | 0.45% | – | 2.52% | 0.42% | – | 0.51% |
Retiring incumbents
;Liberal
- James L. Connolly, Halifax Chebucto
- Ralph F. Fiske, Pictou Centre
- A. Lloyd MacDonald, Pictou East
- George Riley, Halifax Cobequid
;Progressive Conservative
- Gerald Doucet, Richmond
- Floyd MacDonald, Queens
- George Isaac Smith, Colchester
- Victor Thorpe, Kings North
- Maurice L. Zinck, Lunenburg East
Nominated candidates
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
|- | |Hank De Boer 2,583 43.48% || |Gerry Sheehy 3,134 52.76% | |Murray A. Bent 223 3.75% | | ||
| Gerry Sheehy |
|---|
| Peter M. Nicholson |
| 2,636 |
| 53.00% |
| |J.R. Kerr 2,150 43.22% | |David N. Lowe 188 3.78% | | ||
| Peter M. Nicholson |
|---|
| Benoit Comeau |
| 2,959 |
| 61.07% |
| |Vincent L. Doucet 1,218 25.14% | |Jean L. Belliveau 668 13.79% | | ||
| Benoit Comeau |
|---|
| Joseph H. Casey |
| 3,525 |
| 65.90% |
| |John R. Nichols 1,590 29.73% | |C.B. Haight 234 4.37% | | ||
| Joseph H. Casey |
|---|
| Robert D. Lindsay |
| 4,148 |
| 48.07% |
| |Ron Russell 3,707 42.96% | |Gary E. Tonks 774 8.97% | | ||
| Robert D. Lindsay |
|---|
| Glenn Ells |
| 3,536 |
| 49.39% |
| |David J. Waterbury 3,124 43.63% | |George W. Graves 500 6.98% | | ||
| Victor Thorpe† |
|---|
| |Edgar K. Aston 1,999 33.11% || |Harry How 3,576 59.22% | |John P. O'Meara 463 7.67% | | ||
| Harry How |
|---|
| Frank Bezanson |
| 5,031 |
| 58.34% |
| |Kathleen E. Howlett 3,206 37.23% | |Donald Wolsey 374 4.34% | | || |Frank Bezanson |}
South Shore
|- | |James Kinley 3,878 39.08% || |Bruce Cochran 4,086 41.18% | |Ralph E. Deamond 421 4.24% | |Walton Cook 1,538 15.50% ||
| Walton Cook |
|---|
| |Joseph Saunders 1,963 41.06% || |Ron Barkhouse 2,536 53.04% | |Anthony W.E. Zinck 282 5.90% | | ||
| Maurice L. Zinck† |
|---|
| Maurice DeLory |
| 3,635 |
| 54.92% |
| |Ella Spence 2,643 39.93% | |William R. Griswold 341 5.15% | | ||
| Maurice DeLory |
|---|
| |R. Keith Wyer 2,649 40.58% || |John Wickwire 2,905 44.50% | |A.J. d'Entremont 974 14.92% | | ||
| Floyd MacDonald† |
|---|
| Harold Huskilson |
| 4,119 |
| 47.58% |
| |Ron Hatfield 3,732 43.11% | |Dewey Waybret 806 9.31% | | ||
| Harold Huskilson |
|---|
| Fraser Mooney |
| 8,098 |
| 32.87% |
| |Martin Cottreau 4,029 16.35% | |Lawrence Dukeshire 637 2.59% | | ||
| Fraser Mooney |
|---|
| Hugh Tinkham |
| 7,068 |
| 28.69% |
| |George A. Snow 4,300 17.45% | |Leslie Babin 504 2.05% | | || |George A. Snow |}
Fundy-Northeast
|- || |Melinda MacLean 9,514 25.87% | |Gerald Ritcey 7,182 19.53% | |Eda Forsythe 1,515 4.12% | |Bob Kirk 159 0.43% ||
| Gerald Ritcey |
|---|
| Floyd Tucker |
| 8,662 |
| 23.55% |
| |Ron Giffin 7,974 21.68% | |Allan Marchbank 1,771 4.82% | | ||
| George Isaac Smith† |
|---|
| Guy Brown |
| 2,283 |
| 52.16% |
| |Raymond M. Smith 1,601 36.58% | |Elory Tabor 493 11.26% | | ||
| Raymond M. Smith |
|---|
| |Ronald S. MacNeil 3,490 40.82% || |Roger Stuart Bacon 4,125 48.25% | |David W. D'Aubin 934 10.93% | | ||
| Roger Stuart Bacon |
|---|
| |W.J. Brown 2,205 45.86% || |D. L. George Henley 2,323 48.32% | |A. Bradley Colpitts 280 5.82% | | ||
| D. L. George Henley |
|---|
| Jack Hawkins |
| 3,322 |
| 49.88% |
| |Avard Ettinger 2,690 40.39% | |Clair White 549 8.24% | |John G. Stanhope Sr. 99 1.49% || |Jack Hawkins |}
Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore
|- | |Darrell E. Wentzell 4,380 35.90% || |John Buchanan 6,229 51.06% | |Colin Campbell 1,591 13.04% | | ||
| John Buchanan |
|---|
| Walter Fitzgerald |
| 5,608 |
| 53.47% |
| |Dennis Ashworth 3,233 30.82% | |Burris Devanney 1,648 15.71% | | ||
| James L. Connolly† |
|---|
| Ronald Wallace |
| 4,299 |
| 48.73% |
| |Richard MacLean 3,071 34.81% | |Michael Bradfield 1,452 16.46% | | ||
| Ronald Wallace |
|---|
| George Doucet |
| 8,691 |
| 49.57% |
| |Silvia Hudson 6,878 39.23% | |George C. Cann 1,964 11.20% | | ||
| George Riley† |
|---|
| George M. Mitchell |
| 5,391 |
| 47.52% |
| |George T.H. Cooper 3,833 33.79% | |Muriel Duckworth 2,121 18.70% | | ||
| George M. Mitchell |
|---|
| Alexander Garnet Brown |
| 6,437 |
| 52.90% |
| |Hanson D. Josey 4,205 34.56% | |John T. Kennedy 1,527 12.55% | | ||
| Alexander Garnet Brown |
|---|
| Gerald Regan |
| 4,364 |
| 61.49% |
| |James H. Vaughan 1,854 26.12% | |Martin Dolin 879 12.39% | | ||
| Gerald Regan |
|---|
| Leonard L. Pace |
| 7,238 |
| 47.87% |
| |George C. Piercey 6,084 40.24% | |Richard Rogers 1,798 11.89% | | ||
| Leonard L. Pace |
|---|
| Glen M. Bagnell |
| 7,091 |
| 51.41% |
| |Richard L. Weldon 4,839 35.08% | |Joseph Bouchard 1,863 13.51% | | ||
| Glen M. Bagnell |
|---|
| |D. Scott MacNutt 5,871 44.24% || |Roland J. Thornhill 6,491 48.91% | |Norman H. Dares 908 6.84% | | || |D. Scott MacNutt |}
Central Nova
|- || |Bill Gillis 5,141 56.88% | |Ronald A. MacDonald 3,172 35.09% | |Patrick D. Gough 726 8.03% | | ||
| Bill Gillis |
|---|
| A.M. "Sandy" Cameron |
| 3,688 |
| 55.66% |
| |Fenwick MacIntosh 2,652 40.02% | |William Sugg 286 4.32% | | ||
| A.M. "Sandy" Cameron |
|---|
| |Lawrence MacKinnon 4,954 42.54% || |Fraser MacLean 5,100 43.80% | |Dave MacKenzie 1,591 13.66% | | ||
| Ralph F. Fiske† |
|---|
| |J. Lester MacLellan 2,945 42.09% || |Donald Cameron 3,217 45.98% | |Joanne E. Kohout 835 11.93% | | ||
| A. Lloyd MacDonald† |
|---|
| Dan Reid |
| 2,624 |
| 43.99% |
| |Harvey Veniot 2,602 43.62% | |Charles Parker 739 12.39% | | || |Harvey Veniot |}
Cape Breton
|- | |Albert J. Boudreau 1,703 21.76% | |Mike Laffin 2,743 35.05% || |Buddy MacEachern 3,380 43.19% | | ||
| Mike Laffin |
|---|
| |Vincent Kachafanas 3,443 30.83% | |Frederick Adshade 1,611 14.43% || |Jeremy Akerman 5,929 53.10% | |Archie MacDonald 183 1.64% ||
| Jeremy Akerman |
|---|
| |Barry LeBlanc 4,155 33.57% || |Tom MacKeough 4,889 39.50% | |Len J. Arsenault 3,333 26.93% | | ||
| Tom MacKeough |
|---|
| |Ronald DiPenta 1,275 17.19% | |Percy Gaum 2,334 31.46% || |Paul MacEwan 3,809 51.35% | | ||
| Paul MacEwan |
|---|
| Vince MacLean |
| 6,487 |
| 50.87% |
| |John Francis Burke 3,721 29.18% | |Earl Johnston 2,441 19.14% | |Angus Currie 102 0.80% ||
| John Francis Burke |
|---|
| Allan Sullivan |
| 6,281 |
| 53.46% |
| |Kenneth Andrews 3,199 27.23% | |Frank Boone 2,269 19.31% | | ||
| Allan Sullivan |
|---|
| William MacEachern |
| 5,606 |
| 26.50% |
| |Norman J. MacLean 4,832 22.84% | |Donald MacKay 621 2.94% | |Catherine M. Haig 139 0.66% ||
| Norman J. MacLean |
|---|
| John Archie MacKenzie |
| 5,403 |
| 25.54% |
| |Joseph Shannon 4,088 19.32% | |Winston Bennett 466 2.20% | | ||
| John Archie MacKenzie |
|---|
| Gaston LeBlanc |
| 3,697 |
| 57.62% |
| |Joseph Stewart 2,138 33.32% | |Stanley Pashkoski 581 9.06% | | ||
| Gerald Doucet† |
|---|
| Maynard MacAskill |
| 2,573 |
| 59.44% |
| |Fisher Hudson 1,542 35.62% | |Colin A. Gillis 214 4.94% | | || |Fisher Hudson |}
References
References
- "Election Returns 1974". Elections Nova Scotia.
- "Election Returns 1974 Recapitulation". Elections Nova Scotia.
- While 434,363 votes were cast, only 395,028 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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