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1999 Nova Scotia general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1999 Nova Scotia general election
country	Nova Scotia
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1998 Nova Scotia general election
previous_year	1998
previous_mps	57th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
election_date	July 27, 1999
elected_mps	[members](58th-general-assembly-of-nova-scotia)
next_election	2003 Nova Scotia general election
next_year	2003
seats_for_election	52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
27 seats were needed for a majority
turnout	68.12% 1.35pp
image1	[[Image:Jhamm03election.JPG	150x150px]]
colour1
leader1	John Hamm
leader_since1	October 28, 1995
party1
leaders_seat1	Pictou Centre
last_election1	14
seats1	30
seat_change1	16
popular_vote1	169,383
percentage1	38.93%
swing1	9.33pp
image2	[[File:Robert-Chisholm-2012-NDP-Leadership-Convention.png	150x150px]]
colour2
leader2	Robert Chisholm
leader_since2	March 30, 1996
party2
leaders_seat2	Halifax Atlantic
last_election2	19
seats2	11
seat_change2	8
popular_vote2	129,474
percentage2	29.76%
swing2	4.67pp
image3	[[Image:Russell MacLellan.jpg	150x150px]]
colour3
leader3	Russell MacLellan
leader_since3	July 12, 1997
party3
leaders_seat3	Cape Breton North
last_election3	19
seats3	11
seat_change3	8
popular_vote3	128,795
percentage3	29.60%
swing3	5.50pp
map_image	NsElectoralMap1999.png
map_size	300px
map_caption	Riding map of Nova Scotia showing winning parties
(Halifax is A - Cape Breton is B)
title	Premier
before_election	Russell MacLellan
before_party
after_election	John Hamm
posttitle	Premier after election
after_party

27 seats were needed for a majority (Halifax is A - Cape Breton is B) The 1999 Nova Scotia general election was held on July 27, 1999, to elect members of the 58th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The government was defeated on a money bill on June 18, and the Nova Scotia House of Assembly was dissolved by Lieutenant Governor James Kinley. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party, led by Dr. John Hamm. They received a majority of 30 seats compared to 11 seats by the NDP and 11 by the Liberals.

Campaign

The Halifax Daily News ran an article which asked each party leader personal questions, including one about whether the candidate had ever been convicted of a criminal offence. NDP Leader Robert Chisholm said no in response, however, several days later it was revealed that Chisholm had a past criminal record for driving under the influence of alcohol when he was 19 years old. Chisholm claimed that he lied because he did not want his daughter to find out about his past.

Results

Results by party

Progressive Conservative	New Democratic	Liberal

Party	Party leader	# of
candidates	Seats	Popular vote	[1998](1998-nova-scotia-general-election)	Dissolution]]	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
Progressive Conservative	John Hamm	52	14	13	30	+16	169,383	38.93%	+9.33%	New Democratic	Robert Chisholm
	Vacant	0
Total valid votes	432,083	99.31%	+0.12%
Blank and invalid ballots	2,983	0.69%	+0.12%
Total	178	52	52	52	–	435,066	100.00%	–
Registered voters / turnout	638,655	68.12%	-1.35%

Results by region

Party name	HRM	C.B.	Valley	S. Shore	Fundy	Central	Total	Total seats:	17	9	7	7	6	5	52
Parties winning seats in the legislature:	Progressive Conservative	Seats:	7	1	6	6	5	5	30	Popular vote:	36.64%	17.26%	48.06%	46.24%	55.96%
Parties not winning seats in the legislature:	Popular vote:	1.35%	—	0.83%	0.82%	0.21%	0.27%	0.72%	Independents	Popular vote:	0.09%	1.44%	—	—	0.66%

Retiring incumbents

;Liberal

Laurie Montgomery, Annapolis
Ed Lorraine, Colchester North
Gerry Fogarty, Halifax Bedford Basin
Francene Cosman, Bedford-Fall River

;Progressive Conservative

George Archibald, Kings North
George Moody, Kings West
John Leefe, Queens

;Independent

Reeves Matheson, Cape Breton 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

|- | |Stephen McNeil 3,265 35.22% | |Tom Clahane 1,708 18.43% || |Frank Chipman 4,026 43.43% | |Paul Mann 271 2.92% | | ||

Laurie Montgomery †

Wayne Gaudet
2,705
43.76%

| |Don Melanson 1,078 17.44% | |Paul Comeau 2,355 38.10% | |Anne Marie Boyer 43 0.70% | | ||

Wayne Gaudet

| |Vivian O'Neil 1,550 24.09% | |Steve Downes 1,105 17.17% || |Gordon Balser 3,780 58.74% | | | | ||

Gordon Balser

| |Joe Robertson 2,015 22.25% | |Dick Terfry 1,764 19.48% || |Ron Russell 5,276 58.27% | | | | ||

Ron Russell

| |Peter Hill 1,975 22.42% | |Neil H. McNeil 2,513 28.53% || |Mark Parent 4,321 49.05% | | | | ||

George Archibald †

| |Robbie Harrison 3,213 33.23% | |Mary DeWolfe 2,567 26.55% || |David Morse 3,890 40.23% | | | | ||

Robbie Harrison

| |Don Clarke 2,346 28.70% | |Jacquie DeMestral 1,629 19.93% || |Jon Carey 4,033 49.34% | |Frances Adams 166 2.03% | | || |George Moody† |}

South Shore

|- | |Karen Kravfe 820 15.55% | |Belinda Tucker 343 6.51% || |Neil LeBlanc 4,060 77.01% | |Oscar Harris 49 0.93% | | ||

Neil LeBlanc

| |Karen Willis Duerden 1,971 21.28% | |Hinrich Bitter-Suermann 3,098 33.45% || |John Chataway 4,193 45.27% | | | | ||

Hinrich Bitter-Suermann

| |Lila O'Connor 2,344 26.29% | |Marilyn B. Crook 1,982 22.23% || |Michael Baker 4,590 51.48% | | | | ||

Michael Baker

Don Downe
4,248
45.46%

| |Eric Hustvedt 1,846 19.75% | |Jerry Swain 3,251 34.79% | | | | ||

Don Downe

| |Eddie Whitty 1,296 20.77% | |John Wiles 1,498 24.00% || |Kerry Morash 3,447 55.23% | | | | ||

John Leefe †

| |Clifford Huskilson 3,206 41.54% | |Dianne Nickerson 1,306 16.92% || |Cecil O'Donnell 3,206 41.54% | | | | ||

Clifford Huskilson

| |Phil DeMille 2,605 28.21% | |John Deveau 3,079 33.34% || |Richard Hurlburt 3,141 34.02% | |Brian W. Hurlburt 409 4.43% | | || |John Deveau |}

Fundy-Northeast

|- | |Leo Stacey 1,052 12.97% | |Jim Harpell 1,591 19.62% || |Brooke Taylor 5,465 67.40% | | | | ||

Brooke Taylor

| |John Davidson 2,274 27.03% | |Ralph Martin 2,411 28.66% || |Bill Langille 3,728 44.31% | | | | ||

Ed Lorraine †

| |Kathy Langille 1,595 19.02% | |Doug Wilson 856 10.21% || |Ernie Fage 5,936 70.78% | | | | ||

Ernie Fage

| |John Harrison 1,000 13.39% | |Scott McKee 941 12.60% || |Murray Scott 5,527 74.01% | | | | ||

Murray Scott

| |Sara Stewart 2,150 23.33% || |John MacDonell 3,985 43.25% | |Reese Morash 3,079 33.42% | | | | ||

John MacDonell

| |Matthew Graham 1,613 18.21% | |Ibel Scammell 2,499 28.21% || |Jamie Muir 4,747 53.58% | | | | || |Jamie Muir |}

Central Halifax

|- | |Jack Hardiman 2,935 27.74% | |Errol Gaum 2,946 27.85% || |Mary Ann McGrath 4,489 42.43% | |Janice Lively 209 1.98% | | ||

Gerry Fogarty †

| |Royden Trainer 2,286 27.27% || |Howard Epstein 3,159 37.69% | |Sean Phillips 2,811 33.54% | |Hilda M. Stevens 126 1.50% | | ||

Howard Epstein

| |Ed Kinley 2,752 29.88% | |Peter Delefes 2,958 32.11% || |Jane Purves 3,392 36.83% | |Grace Patterson 52 0.56% | |Art Canning 57 0.62% ||

Peter Delefes

| |Greta Murtagh 1,888 24.15% || |Eileen O'Connell 3,615 46.23% | |Narayana Swamy 2,117 27.08% | |Maria Alexandridis 199 2.55% | | ||

Eileen O'Connell

| |Mike Rogers 1,970 25.12% || |Maureen MacDonald 3,525 44.95% | |Linda Carvery 2,185 27.86% | |Scott Higgins 162 2.07% | | || |Maureen MacDonald |}

Suburban Halifax

|- | |Gerry St. Armand 2,197 19.17% | |Jane Earle 2,700 23.55% || |Peter Christie 6,566 57.28% | | | | ||

Francene Cosman †

| |David Melnick 1,458 16.53% || |Robert Chisholm 4,266 48.37% | |Bruce Cooke 2,794 31.68% | |Gerald Rodgers 234 2.65% | |Golda M. Redden 68 0.77% ||

Robert Chisholm

| |Bill MacDonald 2,276 25.86% | |Rosemary Godin 2,951 33.53% || |Barry Barnet 3,573 40.60% | | | | ||

Rosemary Godin

| |Kevin Perkins 1,235 14.59% || |John Holm 4,787 56.57% | |Wade Marshall 2,440 28.83% | | | | ||

John Holm

| |Vicki Brown 2,171 23.34% || |Bill Estabrooks 4,356 46.83% | |Ken Fralick 2,600 27.95% | |Ken Bumstead 174 1.87% | | ||

Bill Estabrooks
}

Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

|- | |Colin MacEachern 2,216 23.39% || |Kevin Deveaux 3,721 39.27% | |Nadine Cooper Mont 3,539 37.35% | | | | ||

Kevin Deveaux

| |Peter Foy 2,150 25.79% || |Darrell Dexter 3,164 37.95% | |Greg Frampton 2,750 32.98% | |Rufus Peacock 274 3.29% | | ||

Darrell Dexter

Jim Smith
2,975
37.39%

| |Heather Henderson 2,272 28.55% | |Terry Degen 2,710 34.06% | | | | ||

Jim Smith

| |Frank Cameron 1,746 24.74% || |Jerry Pye 3,105 44.01% | |Jane MacKay 2,060 29.20% | |Susan Livingstone 145 2.05% | | ||

Jerry Pye

| |Audrey Goodyer 2,322 25.83% | |Don Chard 3,011 33.50% || |Tim Olive 3,656 40.67% | | | | ||

Don Chard

| |Keith Colwell 2,695 31.01% | |Mary-Alice Tzagarakis 1,970 22.67% || |Bill Dooks 3,637 41.85% | |Jack Friis 388 4.46% | | ||

Keith Colwell

| |Wendell Thomas 509 13.38% | |Yvonne Atwell 1,496 39.32% || |David Hendsbee 1,800 47.31% | | | | || |Yvonne Atwell |}

Central Nova

|- | |Hyland Fraser 4,058 39.18% | |Charlene Long 2,229 21.52% || |Angus MacIsaac 4,070 39.30% | | | | ||

Hyland Fraser

| |Ray White 3,151 40.19% | |Wendy Panagopoulos 1,267 16.16% || |Ron Chisholm 3,285 41.90% | | | | ||

Ray White

| |Marie Maxwell 1,171 13.78% | |Jeff Callaghan 1,850 21.76% || |John Hamm 5,479 64.46% | | | | ||

John Hamm

| |Lynn MacDonald 1,285 15.76% | |Andy Thompson 2,388 29.30% || |Jim DeWolfe 4,478 54.94% | | | | ||

Jim DeWolfe

| |Paul Landry 2,109 25.47% | |Charlie Parker 2,955 35.69% || |Muriel Baillie 3,102 37.46% | |D. Ed Berringer 114 1.38% | | || |Charlie Parker |}

Cape Breton

|- | |Susan Deruelle Marsh 2,985 39.94% || |Frank Corbett 4,042 54.09% | |John Morrissey 446 5.97% | | | | ||

Frank Corbett

Dave Wilson
3,704
40.12%

| |Cecil Saccary 3,699 40.06% | |Brad Kerr 1,043 11.30% | | | |Gerard Burke 787 8.52% ||

Reeves Matheson †

Russell MacLellan
4,222
48.69%

| |Archie MacKinnon 2,587 29.83% | |Murray Johnston 1,863 21.48% | | | | ||

Russell MacLellan

Paul MacEwan
4,004
53.44%

| |Gordie Gosse 3,253 43.42% | |Harold Dorrington 235 3.14% | | | | ||

Paul MacEwan

Manning MacDonald
5,356
62.90%

| |Elizabeth Cusack 2,451 28.78% | |Leland Lewis 708 8.31% | | | | ||

Manning MacDonald

Brian Boudreau
3,715
43.70%

| |Helen MacDonald 3,614 42.51% | |Ken Langley 1,173 13.80% | | | | ||

Helen MacDonald

Russell MacKinnon
5,094
51.83%

| |Brian Slaney 3,359 34.18% | |Joe Boudreau 1,375 13.99% | | | | ||

Russell MacKinnon

| |Charlie MacDonald 3,549 39.27% | |Roy Yipp 1,612 17.84% || |Rodney MacDonald 3,876 42.89% | | | | ||

Charlie MacDonald

Michel Samson
3,105
47.01%

| |Wilma Conrod 1,595 24.15% | |Joseph MacPhee 1,905 28.84% | | | | ||

Michel Samson

Kennie MacAskill
2,263
49.46%

| |Nancy MacKeigan 772 16.87% | |Anna Curtis-Steele 1,174 25.66% | | | |Osborne Burke 229 5.01% Stemer MacLeod 137 2.99% || |Kennie MacAskill |}

References

4 April 2000 deferred by-election for Cape Breton East seat, won by Liberal candidate
(23 July 1996). "Chisholm admits to drunk driving conviction".
"Summary, by Political Affiliation of Valid Votes Cast and Candidates Elected Provincial General Elections, 1960-1999". Elections Nova Scotia.
"Elections Returns 1999 Recapitulation". Elections Nova Scotia.

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