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1993 Nova Scotia general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1993 Nova Scotia general election
country	Nova Scotia
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1988 Nova Scotia general election
previous_year	1988
outgoing_members	55th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
election_date	May 25, 1993
elected_mps	[members](56th-general-assembly-of-nova-scotia)
next_election	1998 Nova Scotia general election
next_year	1998
seats_for_election	52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
majority_seats	27
turnout	75.39% 0.37 pp
image1	Lib
colour1
leader1	John Savage
leader_since1	June 20, 1992
party1
leaders_seat1	Ran in Dartmouth South (won)
last_election1	21
seats1	40
seat_change1	19
popular_vote1	237,493
percentage1	48.96%
swing1	9.59pp
image2	PC
colour2
leader2	Donald W. Cameron
leader_since2	February 9, 1991
party2
leaders_seat2	Pictou East
last_election2	28
seats2	9
seat_change2	19
popular_vote2	150,862
percentage2	31.09%
swing2	12.12pp
image3	[[File:Alexa McDonough cropped.jpg	150x150px]]
colour3
leader3	Alexa McDonough
leader_since3	November 16, 1980
party3
leaders_seat3	Halifax Fairview
last_election3	2
seats3	3
seat_change3	1
popular_vote3	85,946
percentage3	17.72%
swing3	2.05pp
map_image	1993 Nova Scotia Election.png
map_size	300px
map_caption	Riding map of Nova Scotia showing winning parties
title	Premier
before_election	Donald W. Cameron
before_party
after_election	John Savage
posttitle	Premier after election
after_party

The 1993 Nova Scotia general election was held on May 25, 1993, to elect members of the 56th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Liberals under John Savage won a landslide victory over the unpopular Progressive Conservatives under Premier Donald Cameron, while Alexa McDonough's NDP remained a distant third, winning three seats.

Campaign

The Progressive Conservatives, led by Donald Cameron, campaigned on his record of making 152 reforms since assuming office in 1991. Cameron slashed government spending, cutting out free coffee and rented plants in government offices. John Buchanan (served 1978 to 1990) suffered allegations of patronage which Cameron could not overcome during the election campaign. Cameron vowed to end patronage and balance the budget within three years or he would resign. However, Cameron made a controversial move by appointing two unelected women to his cabinet immediately prior to the election campaign.

Liberal leader John Savage promised to end pork-barrel politics and introduce a new style of governing focusing on job creation.

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Last day
of survey	Source	LANS	PCNS	NSNDP	Other	ME	Sample	NS	Liberal}};" data-sort-type="number"		NS	PC}};" data-sort-type="number"	NS	NDP}};" data-sort-type="number"	CA	Indépendant}};" data-sort-type="number"
Election 1993	May 25, 1993		48.96	31.09	17.72	1.53
Omnifacts	January 1992		54	28	16	2
Omnifacts	December 1992		50	27	23			title=N,S. awaits election call: Polls differ on Tories' chances	work=The Globe and Mail	page=A7	last=Cox	first=Kevin}}
Corporate Research Associates	December 1992		42	31	23
Omnifacts	January 1992	{{cite news	title=Tide turns for Nova Scotia Tories: Premier Don Cameron's party finally catches up to opposition in polls	work=The Ottawa Citizen	page=A2	last=Flaherty	first=Elaine}}	32	33	35
[Election 1988](1988-nova-scotia-general-election)	September 6, 1988		39.37	43.21	15.67	1.19

Results

Results by party

Liberal	Progressive Conservative	New Democratic

Party	Party leader	# of
candidates	Seats	Popular vote	[1988](1988-nova-scotia-general-election)	Dissolution]]	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
Liberal	John Savage	52	21	21	40	+19	237,493	48.96%	+9.59%	Progressive Conservative	Donald Cameron
	Vacant	2
Total valid votes	481,706	99.30%	-0.15%
Blank and invalid ballots	3,410	0.70%	+0.15%
Total	180	52	52	52	–	485,116	100.00%	–
Registered voters / turnout	654,280	75.39%	-0.37%

Results by region

Party name	HRM	C.B.	Valley	S. Shore	Fundy	Central	Total	Total seats:	17	10	7	7	6	5	52
Parties winning seats in the legislature:	Liberal	Seats:	13	10	4	6	5	2	40	Popular vote:	40.99%	65.94%	46.70%	52.22%	50.20%
Parties not winning seats in the legislature:	Natural Law	Popular vote:	0.52%	N/A	0.43%	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.34%	Independents	Popular vote:	0.89%	0.60%	3.62%	2.24%

Retiring incumbents

;Liberal

Jack Hawkins, Hants East
Harold Huskilson, Shelburne
Vince MacLean, Cape Breton South

;Progressive Conservative

Roger Stuart Bacon, Cumberland East
Art Donahoe, Halifax Citadel
Ron Giffin, Truro-Bible Hill
Jerry Lawrence, Halifax-St. Margaret's
Jack MacIsaac, Pictou Centre
David Nantes, Cole Harbour
R. Colin Stewart, Colchester South
Roland J. Thornhill, Dartmouth 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

|- | |Greg Kerr 3,388 30.34% || |Earl Rayfuse 7,022 62.89% | |Margaret Wolfe 756 6.77% | | | | ||

New riding

| |Guy LeBlanc 2,854 42.87% || |Wayne Gaudet 3,461 51.99% | |Christian Collin 342 5.14% | | | | ||

Guy LeBlanc

| |Walter MacAlpine 1,521 18.72% || |Joseph H. Casey 5,805 71.46% | |Susan Jamieson 797 9.81% | | | | || |Joseph H. Casey Digby |- || |Ron Russell 4,152 40.41% | |Mike Doyle 4,106 39.96% | |Dana Harvey 1,881 18.31% | | | |Donald L. McKay 136 1.32% ||

Ron Russell

George Archibald
4,137
42.62%

| |Jennifer Foster 3,980 41.01% | |Cameron Jess 1,505 15.51% | |Anne Dow 84 0.87% | | ||

George Archibald

| |Harry How 2,941 28.24% || |Robbie Harrison 3,069 29.46% | |Steve Mattson 2,064 19.82% | |Peter Cameron 102 0.98% | |Derrick Kimball 2,240 21.51% ||

Derrick Kimball

George Moody
4,895
53.08%

| |Baden Thurber 3,178 34.46% | |Jacquie DeMestral 1,055 11.44% | |Christopher MacLean 94 1.02% | | || |George Moody |}

South Shore

|- | |Neil LeBlanc 2,633 44.28% || |Allister Surette 3,091 51.98% | |Dee Dee Daigle 222 3.73% | | | | ||

Neil LeBlanc

| |Aileen Heisler 2,867 29.49% || |Jim Barkhouse 5,025 51.69% | |Jack Ross 1,644 16.91% | | | |Malcolm Callaway 185 1.90% || |Jim Barkhouse Lunenburg East |- | |Al Mosher 3,709 38.26% || |Lila O'Connor 3,982 41.07% | |Wade Vernon Garrison 1,487 15.34% | |Walton Cook 517 5.33% | | || |Al Mosher Lunenburg Centre |- | |Marie Dechman 2,910 28.09% || |Don Downe 6,276 60.59% | |Karen Reinhardt 1,172 11.31% | | | | ||

Marie Dechman

John Leefe
3,529
47.11%

| |Marilyn Large 3,266 43.60% | |Anne Corbin 696 9.29% | | | | ||

John Leefe

| |Mary E. Rose 2,002 22.71% || |Clifford Huskilson 5,438 61.70% | |Kathleen K. Tudor 692 7.85% | | | |Kent A. Blades 507 5.75% James M. Harding 175 1.99% ||

Harold Huskilson †

| |Leroy Legere 3,138 32.08% || |Richie Hubbard 5,197 53.13% | |Ian MacPherson 1,447 14.79% | | | | || |Leroy Legere |}

Fundy-Northeast

|- || |Ken Streatch 4,221 45.74% | |John David Tilley 3,463 37.52% | |Roger J. Hunka 1,545 16.74% | | | | || |R. Colin Stewart† Colchester South |- | |Tom Taggart 3,306 35.02% || |Ed Lorraine 5,123 54.27% | |Patsy Forrest 1,010 10.70% | | | | ||

Ed Lorraine

| |Ernie Fage 4,354 40.63% || |Ross Bragg 5,605 52.31% | |Curtis Leland Bird 756 7.06% | | | | || |Ross Bragg Cumberland West |- | |Mac Bennett 1,570 17.69% || |Guy Brown 6,713 75.63% | |Douglas Meekins 431 4.86% | | | |Philip T. Donkin 162 1.83% || |Guy Brown Cumberland Centre |- | |Stephen MacKeil 3,657 37.43% || |Bob Carruthers 4,295 43.97% | |Terry MacLean 1,817 18.60% | | | | ||

Jack Hawkins †

| |Jack Coupar 4,134 38.36% || |Eleanor Norrie 4,321 40.10% | |Rick Bowden 2,321 21.54% | | | | || |Ron Giffin † |}

Central Halifax

|- | |Joel Matheson 4,270 37.63% || |Gerry Fogarty 4,676 41.21% | |Clarrie MacKinnon 2,323 20.47% | |Pulkesh Lakhanpal 77 0.68% | | ||

Joel Matheson

| |J. Clair Callaghan 2,903 27.07% || |Jay Abbass 3,906 36.42% | |Eileen O'Connell 3,800 35.43% | |Christopher Collrin 116 1.08% | | ||

Alexa McDonough

Terry Donahoe
4,584
39.23%

| |Liz Crocker 4,505 38.55% | |Mary Sparling 2,433 20.82% | |Gilles Bigras 78 0.67% | |Jan Morrison 85 0.73% ||

Art Donahoe †

| |Rosanna Liberatore 2,078 19.75% | |Art Flynn 3,558 33.82% || |Alexa McDonough 4,789 45.52% | |Mark Hawkins 96 0.91% | | ||

New riding

| |Ron Walter Milsom 1,852 18.48% || |Gerry O'Malley 4,527 45.18% | |Innis MacDonald 3,555 35.48% | |Ian Temple 85 0.85% | | || |Gerry O'Malley |}

Suburban Halifax

|- | |Peter J. Kelly 4,401 40.57% || |Francene Cosman 4,794 44.19% | |Ryan Kidney 1,653 15.24% | | | | || |Ken Streatch Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley |- | |Kevin Umlah 2,731 25.16% | |Randy Ball 4,053 37.34% || |Robert Chisholm 4,071 37.50% | | | | ||

Robert Chisholm

| |Stephen Taylor 2,353 26.93% || |Bill MacDonald 3,620 41.43% | |Frank Sutherland 2,764 31.64% | | | | ||

New riding

| |George Mansfield 2,313 22.00% | |Don Boutilier 3,159 30.04% || |John Holm 5,044 47.97% | | | | || |John Holm Sackville |- | |Debi Forsyth-Smith 2,744 30.54% || |Bruce Holland 3,470 38.62% | |Bill Estabrooks 2,772 30.85% | | | | || |Jerry Lawrence † Halifax-St. Margaret's |- |}

Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

|- | |John Gold 3,409 34.89% || |Dennis Richards 4,702 48.13% | |Ash Shaikh 1,501 15.36% | |Helen Creighton 158 1.62% | | ||

New riding

| |Michael L. MacDonald 2,905 31.31% || |Alan Mitchell 4,079 43.97% | |Gail Cann 2,293 24.72% | | | | || |David Nantes † Cole Harbour |- | |Gwen Haliburton 2,429 27.46% || |Jim Smith 4,912 55.53% | |Owen Hertzman 1,504 17.00% | | | | ||

Jim Smith

| |Mike Brownlow 2,327 27.11% || |Sandy Jolly 3,301 38.46% | |Jerry Pye 2,878 33.53% | |Monique Poudrette 77 0.90% | | ||

Sandy Jolly

| |Colin May 3,091 31.47% || |John Savage 4,346 44.25% | |Don Chard 2,221 22.61% | |Alexander J. Gillis 163 1.66% | | ||

Roland J. Thornhill †

| |Tom McInnis 3,523 40.72% || |Keith Colwell 3,760 43.46% | |Gary Moore 1,369 15.82% | | | | || |Tom McInnis Halifax Eastern Shore |- | |Darryl Gray 1,016 20.94% || |Wayne Adams 1,872 38.57% | |Yvonne Atwell 584 12.03% | | | |David Hendsbee 1,381 28.46% || |New riding |}

Central Nova

|- | |Liz Chisholm 3,196 28.26% || |Bill Gillis 7,292 64.48% | |Marion MacDonald 821 7.26% | | | | ||

Bill Gillis

| |Chuck MacNeil 4,242 43.20% || |Ray White 5,487 56.55% | |Frank X. Fraser 982 10.12% | | | | || |Chuck MacNeil Guysborough |- || |John Hamm 4,840 47.40% | |Mary Daley 4,364 42.73% | |Cecil MacNeil 1,008 9.87% | | | | ||

Jack MacIsaac †

Donald Cameron
4,446
47.05%

| |Wayne Fraser 3,729 39.46% | |Dave Peters 1,275 13.49% | | | | ||

Donald Cameron

Donald P. McInnes
4,032
45.72%

| |Rob McDowell 3,347 37.95% | |Sonny Campbell 1,097 12.44% | | | |Edward MacMaster 343 3.89% || |Donald P. McInnes |}

Cape Breton

|- | |Julien Frison 1,012 10.99% || |Russell MacNeil 5,644 61.28% | |Victor Tomiczek 2,554 27.73% | | | | ||

Russell MacNeil

| |Greg Hicks 1,069 10.38% || |John MacEachern 7,566 73.50% | |Terry McVarish 1,659 16.12% | | | | ||

John MacEachern

| |Brian Young 3,911 36.43% || |Ron Stewart 5,459 50.85% | |Archie MacKinnon 1,289 12.01% | | | |Ron Laffin 76 0.71% ||

Brian Young

| |Joe Currie 443 5.34% || |Paul MacEwan 6,816 82.22% | |Blair Riley 1,031 12.44% | | | | ||

Paul MacEwan

| |Norm Ferguson 2,015 20.59% || |Manning MacDonald 5,629 57.52% | |Peter Mancini 2,143 21.90% | | | | ||

Vince MacLean †

| |Lauchie G. Leslie 1,264 13.79% || |Bernie Boudreau 6,591 71.90% | |Helen MacDonald 1,312 14.31% | | | | ||

Bernie Boudreau

| |Victor Hanham 2,055 19.56% || |Russell MacKinnon 7,355 70.01% | |Daniel O'Connor 777 7.40% | | | |Wendy MacKenzie 318 3.03% ||

Russell MacKinnon

| |Frank Crowdis 2,944 30.51% || |Charles MacArthur 5,804 60.15% | |Mary T. Goodwin 902 9.35% | | | | || |Charles MacArthur Inverness North |- | |Chuck Boudreau 1,587 21.70% || |Richie Mann 5,440 74.40% | |Wilf Cude 285 3.90% | | | | ||

Richie Mann

| |Walter S. Brett 1,488 28.78% || |Kennie MacAskill 3,119 60.32% | |Gerald Yetman 414 8.01% | | | |Stemer MacLeod 150 2.90% || |Kennie MacAskill |}

References

[http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1795742223 Nova Scotia Elections: A Savage sweep (Video)] CBC Archives
[http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/nova-scotia-elections-a-savage-sweep A Savage sweep in Nova Scotia (Article)] CBC Archives
(May 18, 1993). "Many Nova Scotians undecided". The Gazette.
(December 30, 1992). "Survey favours N.S. Grits". The Globe and Mail.
"Election Returns 1993". Elections Nova Scotia.

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