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1978 Nova Scotia general election
Canadian provincial election
Canadian provincial election
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| election_name | 1978 Nova Scotia general election | |
| country | Nova Scotia | |
| type | parliamentary | |
| party_colour | no | |
| party_name | no | |
| previous_election | 1974 Nova Scotia general election | |
| previous_year | 1974 | |
| outgoing_members | 51st General Assembly of Nova Scotia | |
| election_date | September 19, 1978 | |
| elected_mps | members | |
| next_election | 1981 Nova Scotia general election | |
| next_year | 1981 | |
| seats_for_election | 52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly | |
| majority_seats | 27 | |
| turnout | 78.23% 0.34pp | |
| image1 | [[File:John Buchanan portrait 1973.jpg | 150x150px]] |
| colour1 | ||
| leader1 | John Buchanan | |
| leader_since1 | March 6, 1971 | |
| party1 | ||
| leaders_seat1 | Halifax Atlantic | |
| last_election1 | 12 | |
| seats1 | 31 | |
| seat_change1 | 19 | |
| popular_vote1 | 203,500 | |
| percentage1 | 45.48% | |
| swing1 | 7.17pp | |
| image2 | [[File:Gerald Regan portrait.jpg | 150x150px]] |
| colour2 | ||
| leader2 | Gerald Regan | |
| leader_since2 | July 24, 1965 | |
| party2 | ||
| leaders_seat2 | Halifax Needham | |
| last_election2 | 31 | |
| seats2 | 17 | |
| seat_change2 | 14 | |
| popular_vote2 | 175,218 | |
| percentage2 | 39.16% | |
| swing2 | 8.41pp | |
| 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 | 3 | |
| seats3 | 4 | |
| seat_change3 | 1 | |
| popular_vote3 | 63,979 | |
| percentage3 | 14.30% | |
| swing3 | 1.43pp | |
| title | Premier | |
| posttitle | Premier after election | |
| before_election | Gerald Regan | |
| before_party | ||
| after_election | John Buchanan | |
| after_party |
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
| Progressive Conservative | Liberal | New Democratic |
|---|
| Party | Party leader | # of | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| candidates | Seats | Popular vote | 1974 | Dissolution]] | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||
| Progressive Conservative | John Buchanan | 52 | 12 | 12 | 31 | +19 | 203,500 | 45.48% | +7.17% | Liberal | Gerald Regan |
| 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% | +0.34% |
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: | 14 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 52 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Seats: | 12 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 31 | Popular vote: | 52.01% | 31.95% | 51.35% | 44.73% | 50.28% | 48.32% | 45.48% | Liberal |
| Popular vote: | 0.49% | – | – | 1.68% | 0.14% | 0.46% | 0.45% |
Retiring incumbents
;Liberal
- Melinda MacLean, Colchester
- Leonard L. Pace, Halifax-St. Margaret's
;Progressive Conservative
- John Wickwire, Queens
Nominated candidates
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
|- | |Carl L. Bruce 2,470 36.37% || |Gerry Sheehy 3,863 56.88% | |Roger A. Boutilier 458 6.74% | | ||
| Gerry Sheehy |
|---|
| |Peter M. Nicholson 2,329 43.78% || |Greg Kerr 2,690 50.56% | |Larry Duchesne 301 5.66% | | ||
| Peter M. Nicholson |
|---|
| Benoit Comeau |
| 2,963 |
| 56.47% |
| |Gerald J.B. Comeau 1,896 36.13% | |Sylvio Gagnon 388 7.39% | | ||
| Benoit Comeau |
|---|
| Joseph H. Casey |
| 3,048 |
| 51.56% |
| |John Comeau 2,603 44.03% | |John Gray 261 4.41% | | ||
| Joseph H. Casey |
|---|
| |Robert D. Lindsay 3,485 38.08% || |Ron Russell 4,872 53.23% | |Bill Shiers 795 8.69% | | ||
| Robert D. Lindsay |
|---|
| |Glenn Ells 3,283 42.77% || |Edward Twohig 3,744 48.78% | |Donald C. Fraser 649 8.45% | | ||
| Glenn Ells |
|---|
| |Wilbur H. Starratt 1,526 22.66% || |Harry How 4,214 62.58% | |Donald F. Archibald 994 14.76% | | ||
| Harry How |
|---|
| |Frank Bezanson 3,559 37.71% || |George Moody 5,011 53.09% | |William J. Dyer 869 9.21% | | || |Frank Bezanson |}
South Shore
|- | |Jack Pelley 3,156 30.23% || |Bruce Cochran 5,764 55.22% | |Scott D. Miller 425 4.07% | |Walton Cook 1,094 10.48% ||
| Bruce Cochran |
|---|
| |Wally MacDonald 1,417 28.01% || |Ron Barkhouse 3,386 66.93% | |Robert Whiting Sr. 256 5.06% | | ||
| Ron Barkhouse |
|---|
| |Maurice DeLory 2,791 36.54% || |Mel Pickings 3,907 51.15% | |G.M. Dean 941 12.32% | | ||
| Maurice DeLory |
|---|
| |Keith Wyer 2,440 33.85% || |John Leefe 3,800 52.72% | |A.J. d'Entremont 968 13.43% | | ||
| John Wickwire† |
|---|
| Harold Huskilson |
| 3,932 |
| 45.06% |
| |A. Etheren Goreham 3,682 42.20% | |Jane A. Strange 1,112 12.74% | | ||
| Harold Huskilson |
|---|
| Fraser Mooney |
| 7,568 |
| 29.25% |
| |Dorothy M. Crosby 4,389 16.96% | |Hartley Wickens 1,268 4.90% | | ||
| Fraser Mooney |
|---|
| Hugh Tinkham |
| 7,339 |
| 28.36% |
| |Harold H. Hanf 4,122 15.93% | |Charles Paddock 1,190 4.60% | | || |Hugh Tinkham |}
Fundy-Northeast
|- | |Floyd Tucker 3,023 43.30% || |Bill Campbell 3,447 49.37% | |Peter Robben 512 7.33% | | || |Floyd Tucker Colchester |- | |Ed Lorraine 2,187 38.11% || |R. Colin Stewart 3,230 56.28% | |Chester Rice 322 5.61% | | || |Melinda MacLean† Colchester |- || |Guy Brown 2,515 53.75% | |Russell Fisher 1,354 28.94% | |Dennis R. Calder 810 17.31% | | ||
| Guy Brown |
|---|
| |Norman J. Mansour 3,234 34.15% || |Roger Stuart Bacon 4,955 52.33% | |Francis Soontiens 1,280 13.52% | | ||
| Roger Stuart Bacon |
|---|
| |Duncan Lake 2,292 43.72% || |D. L. George Henley 2,633 50.23% | |John S. Edgecombe 317 6.05% | | ||
| D. L. George Henley |
|---|
| |Jack Hawkins 3,294 42.15% || |G. Patrick Hunt 4,035 51.63% | |Clair White 486 6.22% | | ||
| Jack Hawkins |
|---|
| |Peter Wilson 3,160 37.04% || |Ron Giffin 4,713 55.24% | |Tom Barron 589 6.90% | |Bob Kirk 70 0.82% || |New riding |}
Central Halifax
|- | |Wilfred Moore 4,081 35.08% || |Joel Matheson 6,325 54.36% | |Tom Orman 1,229 10.56% | | ||
| New riding |
|---|
| Walter Fitzgerald |
| 3,998 |
| 44.28% |
| |Margaret Stanbury 3,733 41.34% | |Donald F. Mielke 1,298 14.38% | | ||
| Walter Fitzgerald |
|---|
| |Ronald Wallace 3,525 37.82% || |Art Donahoe 3,780 40.56% | |Michael Bradfield 2,015 21.62% | | ||
| Ronald Wallace |
|---|
| |George M. Mitchell 3,104 31.77% || |Terry Donahoe 4,446 45.51% | |Michael Coyle 2,220 22.72% | | ||
| George M. Mitchell |
|---|
| Gerald Regan |
| 3,553 |
| 43.38% |
| |Pat Curran 3,416 41.70% | |James Miller 1,222 14.92% | | || |Gerald Regan |}
Suburban Halifax
|- | |Jim MacLean 2,743 32.65% || |Ken Streatch 4,951 58.93% | |Gerald B. Hoganson 708 8.43% | | ||
| New riding |
|---|
| |Jerry F. Blom 2,303 22.28% || |John Buchanan 6,628 64.13% | |Susan Holtz 1,274 12.33% | |Art Canning 131 1.27% ||
| John Buchanan |
|---|
| |Terry Tingley 3,149 32.45% || |Jerry Lawrence 5,277 54.38% | |Garry Richard Craig 1,278 13.17% | | ||
| Leonard L. Pace† |
|---|
| |George Doucet 3,554 34.47% || |Malcolm A. MacKay 5,247 50.89% | |Doug MacDonald 990 9.60% | |Evan Morgan 519 5.03% || |George Doucet Halifax Cobequid |}
Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore
|- | |Peter Sawler 2,782 35.59% || |David Nantes 4,278 54.73% | |Daniel laFitte 757 9.68% | | ||
| New riding |
|---|
| |Barbara Hart 3,488 36.27% || |Richard L. Weldon 5,098 53.02% | |Gabriel Des Rochers 1,030 10.71% | | ||
| New riding |
|---|
| |Glen M. Bagnell 2,927 33.94% || |Laird Stirling 4,561 52.89% | |Nick Rolls 1,135 13.16% | | ||
| Glen M. Bagnell |
|---|
| |Norman Crawford 2,365 25.38% || |Roland J. Thornhill 5,530 59.35% | |Mike Marshall 1,423 15.27% | | ||
| Roland J. Thornhill |
|---|
| |Alexander Garnet Brown 3,911 40.07% || |Tom McInnis 5,298 54.28% | |Daniel Matheson 552 5.66% | | ||
| Alexander Garnet Brown |
|---|
| } |
Central Nova
|- || |Bill Gillis 4,689 49.82% | |Bill McNeil 3,713 39.45% | |John Arthur Murphy 1,010 10.73% | | ||
| Bill Gillis |
|---|
| A.M. "Sandy" Cameron |
| 3,306 |
| 47.87% |
| |Jim Johnson 3,293 47.68% | |Kevin Patrick Keeping 307 4.45% | | ||
| A.M. "Sandy" Cameron |
|---|
| |Erskine Cumming 2,313 20.00% || |Jack MacIsaac 6,056 52.36% | |Austin Sutton 3,068 26.52% | |Jim Beck 130 1.12% ||
| Jack MacIsaac |
|---|
| |W.G. Bill Munro 2,364 32.30% || |Donald Cameron 4,315 58.96% | |Bill Mitton 639 8.73% | | ||
| Donald Cameron |
|---|
| |Dan Reid 2,735 40.61% || |Donald P. McInnes 2,888 42.89% | |John McDonald 1,047 15.55% | |Lloyd H. MacLellan 64 0.95% || |Dan Reid |}
Cape Breton
|- | |Francis MacLean 2,993 36.96% | |Peter MacKinnon 1,510 18.65% || |Buddy MacEachern 3,594 44.39% | | ||
| Buddy MacEachern |
|---|
| |Vincent Kachafanas 3,109 27.21% | |Frank Edwards 3,182 27.85% || |Jeremy Akerman 5,135 44.94% | | ||
| Jeremy Akerman |
|---|
| |Barry LeBlanc 2,782 28.17% | |Tom MacKeough 3,215 32.56% || |Len J. Arsenault 3,878 39.27% | | ||
| Tom MacKeough |
|---|
| |Earle Tubrett 2,867 34.60% | |Percy Gaum 1,502 18.12% || |Paul MacEwan 3,918 47.28% | | ||
| Paul MacEwan |
|---|
| Vince MacLean |
| 7,041 |
| 59.84% |
| |Donald C. MacNeil 2,761 23.46% | |Sandy MacNeil 1,965 16.70% | | ||
| Vince MacLean |
|---|
| Ossie Fraser |
| 3,473 |
| 46.26% |
| |Jim MacDonald 2,642 35.19% | |Irene LeBlanc 1,393 18.55% | | ||
| New riding |
|---|
| David Muise |
| 3,664 |
| 36.80% |
| |"Big" Donnie MacLeod 3,081 30.95% | |Frank Boone 3,211 32.25% | | ||
| Ossie Fraser |
|---|
| William MacEachern |
| 6,270 |
| 27.10% |
| |Bernie MacLean 5,412 23.39% | |Archie A. Chisholm 644 2.78% | | ||
| William MacEachern |
|---|
| John Archie MacKenzie |
| 5,632 |
| 24.34% |
| |Bill MacIsaac 4,614 19.94% | |Joyce Campbell 563 2.43% | | ||
| John Archie MacKenzie |
|---|
| Gaston LeBlanc |
| 3,287 |
| 49.39% |
| |Eva Landry 2,446 36.75% | |Bruce Wright 922 13.85% | | ||
| Gaston LeBlanc |
|---|
| Peter John Nicholson |
| 2,199 |
| 48.29% |
| |Catherine MacNeil Jankowski 1,992 43.74% | |Steve Lake 363 7.97% | | || |Vacant |}
References
References
- "Election Returns 1978". Elections Nova Scotia.
- "Election Returns 1978 Recapitulation". Elections Nova Scotia.
- While 447,444 votes were cast, only 424,418 electors voted as [[Inverness (provincial electoral district). Inverness]] and [[Yarmouth (provincial electoral district). Yarmouth]] electors voted for two candidates.
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