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1988 Nova Scotia general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1988 Nova Scotia general election
country	Nova Scotia
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1984 Nova Scotia general election
previous_year	1984
outgoing_members	54th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
election_date	September 6, 1988
elected_mps	members
next_election	1993 Nova Scotia general election
next_year	1993
seats_for_election	52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
majority_seats	27
turnout	75.76% 8.24 pp
image1	[[File:John Buchanan portrait 1973.jpg	150x150px]]
colour1
leader1	John Buchanan
leader_since1	March 6, 1971
party1
leaders_seat1	Halifax Atlantic
last_election1	42
seats1	28
seat_change1	14
popular_vote1	204,150
percentage1	43.21%
swing1	7.20pp
image2	Lib
colour2
leader2	Vince MacLean
leader_since2	February 22, 1986
party2
leaders_seat2	Cape Breton South	last_election2 = 6
seats2	21
seat_change2	15
popular_vote2	186,007
percentage2	39.37%
swing2	8.22pp
image3	[[File:Alexa McDonough cropped.jpg	150x150px]]
colour3
leader3	Alexa McDonough
leader_since3	November 16, 1980
party3
leaders_seat3	Halifax Chebucto
last_election3	3
seats3	2
seat_change3	1
popular_vote3	74,038
percentage3	15.67%
swing3	0.20pp
title	Premier
before_election	John Buchanan
before_party
after_election	John Buchanan
posttitle	Premier after election
after_party

The 1988 Nova Scotia general election was held on September 6, 1988, to elect members of the 55th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

John Dunsworth, who would later gain fame for playing alcoholic trailer park supervisor Jim Lahey on the TV series Trailer Park Boys, stood as the NDP candidate in Halifax Bedford Basin. He finished in third place with a little over 19% of the vote. His underdog campaign was later the subject of a short documentary.

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Last day
of survey	Source	PCNS	LANS	NSNDP	Other	ME	Sample	NS	PC}};" data-sort-type="number"		NS	Liberal}};" data-sort-type="number"	NS	NDP}};" data-sort-type="number"	CA	Indépendant}};" data-sort-type="number"
Election 1988	September 6, 1988		43.21	39.37	15.67	1.19
Angus Reid	August 30, 1988	{{cite news	first=Julian	last=Beltrame	title=Buchanan will win again: poll	work=The Gazette	page=B1}}	45	34	20
Omnifacts	August 1988	{{cite news	title=Patronage charge stirs up election campaign in N.S.; Tories and Grits in dead heat: poll	work=The Ottawa Citizen	page=A16}}	41	40	19
Omnifacts	July 1988	{{cite news	title=Tories, Grits 'dead even' in N.S. poll	work=The Windsor Star	page=A6}}	37	38	25
Omnifacts	October 1987	{{cite news	title=N.S. voters back Grits over Tories, opinion poll finds	work=The Globe and Mail	page=A5}}	35	41	24
Omnifacts	October 1986	{{cite news	first=Julian	last=Beltrame	title=Premier cries as legislature ousts pal	work=The Ottawa Citizen	page=A1}}	32.7	46.9	20.4
Omnifacts	July 25, 1986	{{cite news	title=Grits top N.S. poll	work=The Calgary Herald	page=B7}}	30	44	25
Election 1984	November 6, 1984		50.41	31.15	15.87	2.15

Results

Results by party

Progressive Conservative	Liberal	New Democratic	Ind	Independent}}'''

Party	Party leader	# of
candidates	Seats	Popular vote	1984	Dissolution]]	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	52	42	40	28	-14	204,150	43.21%	-7.20%	Liberal	Vince MacLean
	Vacant	1
Total valid votes	469,833	99.45%	-0.13%
Blank and invalid ballots	2,604	0.55%	+0.13%
Total	163	52	52	52	–	472,437	100.00%	–
Registered voters / turnout	623,586	75.76%	+8.24%

Retiring incumbents

;Progressive Conservative

Maxine Cochran, Lunenburg Centre
Mike Laffin, Cape Breton Centre
Merryl Lawton, Digby
Donnie MacLeod, Cape Breton East
Alex McIntosh, Yarmouth
Edmund L. Morris, Halifax Needham
Mel Pickings, Lunenburg West
Gerry Sheehy, Annapolis East

;New Democratic Party

Bob Levy, Kings South

Nominated candidates

Legend

bold denotes party leader

† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest

Valley

|- | |Graham Smith 3,188 44.33% || |Earl Rayfuse 3,519 48.93% | |Margaret Wolfe 485 6.74% | | ||

Gerry Sheehy†

Greg Kerr
3,090
55.78%

| |Daurene Lewis 2,068 37.33% | |Nancy Onysko 306 5.52% | |Leo E. MacDonald 76 1.37% ||

Greg Kerr

Guy LeBlanc
3,587
54.02%

| |Nadine Boudreau 2,773 41.76% | |Jan Slakov-Crombie 280 4.22% | | ||

Guy LeBlanc

| |Maxine Connell 2,687 40.43% || |Joseph H. Casey 3,514 52.87% | |Susan Jamieson 445 6.70% | | ||

Merryl Lawton†

Ron Russell
5,091
52.84%

| |Donzell A. Ross 2,829 29.36% | |Penny Reid 1,715 17.80% | | ||

Ron Russell

George Archibald
3,868
45.42%

| |Glenn Ells 3,116 36.59% | |Don Fraser 1,532 17.99% | | ||

George Archibald

Derrick Kimball
3,531
42.44%

| |Perry Wallace 1,710 20.55% | |Steve Mattson 3,079 37.01% | | ||

Bob Levy†

George Moody
5,899
59.61%

| |Frank Bezanson 3,114 31.47% | |Ralph Lynch 883 8.92% | | || |George Moody |}

South Shore

|- || |Neil LeBlanc 3,798 64.14% | |Rick Murphy 1,862 31.45% | |Raymond Ethier 261 4.41% | | ||

Neil LeBlanc

Al Mosher
5,071
46.52%

| |Don Zwicker 4,024 36.92% | |Muriel Maybee 1,805 16.56% | | ||

Maxine Cochran†

| |Richard P. Eldridge 2,352 38.91% || |Jim Barkhouse 3,024 50.02% | |Wanda Broome 623 10.31% | |Malcolm Callaway 46 0.76% ||

Jim Barkhouse

Marie Dechman
3,511
42.34%

| |Jack Logan 3,243 39.11% | |John Scott 1,539 18.56% | | ||

Mel Pickings†

John Leefe
4,099
56.04%

| |Dave Randall 2,228 30.46% | |Margo Kleiker 988 13.51% | | ||

John Leefe

| |Tim Van Zoost 4,241 41.85% || |Harold Huskilson 5,224 51.54% | |Ralph Niessen 670 6.61% | | ||

Harold Huskilson

Leroy Legere
4,479
44.86%

| |Fraser Mooney 4,138 41.44% | |Brian Noble 1,368 13.70% | | || |Alex McIntosh† |}

Fundy-Northeast

|- | |Jack Coupar 4,097 44.85% || |Ed Lorraine 4,260 46.63% | |Penny Marchbank 778 8.52% | | ||

Jack Coupar

R. Colin Stewart
3,855
56.11%

| |Larry Thomas 2,462 35.83% | |Julia A. Skipper 554 8.06% | | ||

R. Colin Stewart

| |Scott Lockart 1,108 25.26% || |Guy Brown 3,117 71.05% | |Gary Thomas 162 3.69% | | ||

Guy Brown

Roger Stuart Bacon
4,758
52.31%

| |Carolyn Drysdale 3,276 36.02% | |Jim Mitchell 1,062 11.68% | | ||

Roger Stuart Bacon

| |Gardner Hurley 2,306 44.31% || |Ross Bragg 2,389 45.91% | |Barbara Jack 509 9.78% | | ||

Gardner Hurley

| |Cora Etter 3,977 41.60% || |Jack Hawkins 4,502 47.09% | |Richard Preeper 1,082 11.32% | | ||

Cora Etter

Ron Giffin
4,479
50.43%

| |Kirby Eileen Grant 3,490 39.30% | |Carol Martin 912 10.27% | | || |Ron Giffin |}

Central Halifax

|- || |Joel Matheson 6,462 45.56% | |Penny LaRocque 4,977 35.09% | |John Dunsworth 2,746 19.36% | | ||

Joel Matheson

| |J. Clair Callaghan 3,214 35.72% | |Penny Doherty 2,546 28.30% || |Alexa McDonough 3,238 35.99% | | ||

Alexa McDonough

Art Donahoe
3,283
35.11%

| |Jay Abbass 2,882 30.82% | |Eileen O'Connell 3,057 32.70% | |Frank J. Fawson 128 1.37% ||

Art Donahoe

Terry Donahoe
4,195
39.91%

| |Liz Crocker 4,013 38.18% | |Allan O'Brien 2,304 21.92% | | ||

Terry Donahoe

| |Randy Dewell 2,116 25.56% || |Gerry O'Malley 3,469 41.91% | |Maureen MacDonald 2,693 32.53% | | || |Edmund L. Morris† |}

Suburban Halifax

|- || |Ken Streatch 5,740 51.49% | |Geoff Regan 3,803 34.12% | |Susan Coldwell 1,604 14.39% | | ||

Ken Streatch

John Buchanan
6,284
56.33%

| |Doug Adams 2,763 24.77% | |Rene Quigley 1,976 17.71% | |Arthur R. Canning 77 0.69% Emanuel Jannasch 55 0.49% ||

John Buchanan

Jerry Lawrence
4,574
37.31%

| |Kevin Burke 4,061 33.13% | |Bill Estabrooks 3,623 29.56% | | ||

Jerry Lawrence

| |Dave Grace 4,774 31.78% | |Bruce Stephen 4,816 32.06% || |John Holm 5,430 36.15% | | ||

John Holm
}

Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

|- || |David Nantes 6,280 47.58% | |Alan Mitchell 4,892 37.06% | |Flora Christie 2,027 15.36% | | ||

David Nantes

| |Jack Greenough 4,940 40.88% || |Jim Smith 5,193 42.98% | |Maureen Vine 1,950 16.14% | | ||

Jim Smith

| |Laird Stirling 3,389 41.64% || |Sandy Jolly 3,510 43.13% | |Brenda Thompson 1,239 15.22% | | ||

Laird Stirling

Roland J. Thornhill
4,449
47.33%

| |Allan Peters 2,987 31.78% | |Joanne Lamey 1,963 20.89% | | ||

Roland J. Thornhill

Tom McInnis
5,762
54.01%

| |Eric Hill 3,810 35.71% | |David Noseworthy 1,097 10.28% | | ||

Tom McInnis
}

Central Nova

|- | |Bill Garvie 4,463 39.57% || |Bill Gillis 6,004 53.24% | |Bill Woodfine 811 7.19% | | ||

Bill Gillis

Chuck MacNeil
4,508
58.23%

| |Joe Sullivan 3,454 44.93% | |Sarah Wilson 503 6.54% | | ||

Chuck MacNeil

Jack MacIsaac
6,566
57.80%

| |Bob Leahy 3,116 27.43% | |Gerard Currie 1,677 14.76% | | ||

Jack MacIsaac

Donald Cameron
3,996
49.84%

| |Wayne Fraser 3,243 40.45% | |Cecil MacNeil 778 9.70% | | ||

Donald Cameron

Donald P. McInnes
3,824
54.74%

| |John J. Henderson 2,278 32.61% | |Geoff Moore 884 12.65% | | || |Donald P. McInnes |}

Cape Breton

|- | |Harold MacDonald 2,210 27.50% || |Wayne Connors 3,681 45.80% | |John Wilson 2,146 26.70% | | ||

Mike Laffin†

| |Bruce Clark 4,014 35.39% || |John MacEachern 5,739 50.60% | |Terry McVarish 1,590 14.02% | | ||

Donnie MacLeod†

Brian Young
6,018
60.68%

| |Robert E. McGrath 2,042 20.59% | |Gerald Yetman 1,858 18.73% | | ||

Brian Young

| |Joe Burke 1,060 14.05% | |Dan MacRury 2,603 34.51% | |Terry Crawley 686 9.09% || |Paul MacEwan 3,194 42.34% ||

Paul MacEwan

| |Murdock Smith 3,461 27.78% || |Vince MacLean 7,820 62.76% | |Ed MacLeod 1,179 9.46% | | ||

Vince MacLean

| |John Newell 3,282 35.52% || |Bernie Boudreau 4,192 45.37% | |Helen MacDonald 1,766 19.11% | | ||

John Newell

| |"Big" Donnie MacLeod 4,050 35.87% || |Russell MacKinnon 6,133 54.31% | |Con Mills 1,109 9.82% | | ||

"Big" Donnie MacLeod

| |Norman J. MacLean 2,865 36.16% || |Charles MacArthur 3,666 46.27% | |Ben Boucher 1,392 17.57% | | ||

Norman J. MacLean

| |Archie MacLachlan 866 15.87% || |Danny Graham 2,185 40.03% | |Martin Beaton 345 6.32% | |Billy Joe MacLean 2,062 37.78% ||

Billy Joe MacLean

| |Robert F. Martel 3,135 41.70% || |Richie Mann 3,528 46.93% | |Clair Rankin 855 11.37% | | ||

Vacant

| |Fisher Hudson 2,076 39.40% || |Kennie MacAskill 2,719 51.60% | |Fraser Patterson 474 9.00% | | || |Fisher Hudson |}

References

"John Dunsworth: The Candidate, A Neal Livingston Film".
"Election Returns 1988". Elections Nova Scotia.

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