1988 Nova Scotia general election
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.
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52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 27 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
Results
Results by party
| 28 | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| Progressive Conservative | Liberal | New Democratic | Ind |
| 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 | 52 | 6 | 6 | 21 | +15 | 186,007 | 39.37% | +8.22% | |
| New Democratic | Alexa McDonough | 52 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 74,038 | 15.67% | -0.20% | |
| Independent | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5,638 | 1.19% | +1.04% | ||
| 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
Nominated candidates
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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| PC | Liberal | NDP | Independent | |||||||
| Annapolis East | Graham Smith | Earl Rayfuse | Margaret Wolfe | Gerry Sheehy† | ||||||
| Annapolis West | Greg Kerr | Daurene Lewis | Nancy Onysko | Leo E. MacDonald | Greg Kerr | |||||
| Clare | Guy LeBlanc | Nadine Boudreau | Jan Slakov-Crombie | Guy LeBlanc | ||||||
| Digby | Maxine Connell | Joseph H. Casey | Susan Jamieson | Merryl Lawton† | ||||||
| Hants West | Ron Russell | Donzell A. Ross | Penny Reid | Ron Russell | ||||||
| Kings North | George Archibald | Glenn Ells | Don Fraser | George Archibald | ||||||
| Kings South | Derrick Kimball | Perry Wallace | Steve Mattson | Bob Levy† | ||||||
| Kings West | George Moody | Frank Bezanson | Ralph Lynch | George Moody | ||||||
South Shore
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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| PC | Liberal | NDP | Independent | |||||||
| Argyle | Neil LeBlanc | Rick Murphy | Raymond Ethier | Neil LeBlanc | ||||||
| Lunenburg Centre | Al Mosher | Don Zwicker | Muriel Maybee | Maxine Cochran† | ||||||
| Lunenburg East | Richard P. Eldridge | Jim Barkhouse | Wanda Broome | Malcolm Callaway | Jim Barkhouse | |||||
| Lunenburg West | Marie Dechman | Jack Logan | John Scott | Mel Pickings† | ||||||
| Queens | John Leefe | Dave Randall | Margo Kleiker | John Leefe | ||||||
| Shelburne | Tim Van Zoost | Harold Huskilson | Ralph Niessen | Harold Huskilson | ||||||
| Yarmouth | Leroy Legere | Fraser Mooney | Brian Noble | Alex McIntosh† | ||||||
Fundy-Northeast
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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| PC | Liberal | NDP | Independent | |||||||
| Colchester North | Jack Coupar | Ed Lorraine | Penny Marchbank | Jack Coupar | ||||||
| Colchester South | R. Colin Stewart | Larry Thomas | Julia A. Skipper | R. Colin Stewart | ||||||
| Cumberland Centre | Scott Lockart | Guy Brown | Gary Thomas | Guy Brown | ||||||
| Cumberland East | Roger Stuart Bacon | Carolyn Drysdale | Jim Mitchell | Roger Stuart Bacon | ||||||
| Cumberland West | Gardner Hurley | Ross Bragg | Barbara Jack | Gardner Hurley | ||||||
| Hants East | Cora Etter | Jack Hawkins | Richard Preeper | Cora Etter | ||||||
| Truro—Bible Hill | Ron Giffin | Kirby Eileen Grant | Carol Martin | Ron Giffin | ||||||
Central Halifax
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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| PC | Liberal | NDP | Independent | |||||||
| Halifax Bedford Basin | Joel Matheson | Penny LaRocque | John Dunsworth | Joel Matheson | ||||||
| Halifax Chebucto | J. Clair Callaghan | Penny Doherty | Alexa McDonough | Alexa McDonough | ||||||
| Halifax Citadel | Art Donahoe | Jay Abbass | Eileen O'Connell | Frank J. Fawson | Art Donahoe | |||||
| Halifax Cornwallis | Terry Donahoe | Liz Crocker | Allan O'Brien | Terry Donahoe | ||||||
| Halifax Needham | Randy Dewell | Gerry O'Malley | Maureen MacDonald | Edmund L. Morris† | ||||||
Suburban Halifax
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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| PC | Liberal | NDP | Independent | |||||||
| Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley | Ken Streatch | Geoff Regan | Susan Coldwell | Ken Streatch | ||||||
| Halifax Atlantic | John Buchanan | Doug Adams | Rene Quigley | Art Canning Emanuel Jannasch |
John Buchanan | |||||
| Halifax-St. Margaret's | Jerry Lawrence | Kevin Burke | Bill Estabrooks | Jerry Lawrence | ||||||
| Sackville | Dave Grace | Bruce Stephen | John Holm | John Holm | ||||||
Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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| PC | Liberal | NDP | Independent | |||||||
| Cole Harbour | David Nantes | Alan Mitchell | Flora Christie | David Nantes | ||||||
| Dartmouth East | Jack Greenough | Jim Smith | Maureen Vine | Jim Smith | ||||||
| Dartmouth North | Laird Stirling | Sandy Jolly | Brenda Thompson | Laird Stirling | ||||||
| Dartmouth South | Roland J. Thornhill | Allan Peters | Joanne Lamey | Roland J. Thornhill | ||||||
| Halifax Eastern Shore | Tom McInnis | Eric Hill | David Noseworthy | Tom McInnis | ||||||
Central Nova
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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| PC | Liberal | NDP | Independent | |||||||
| Antigonish | Bill Garvie | Bill Gillis | Bill Woodfine | Bill Gillis | ||||||
| Guysborough | Chuck MacNeil | Joe Sullivan | Sarah Wilson | Chuck MacNeil | ||||||
| Pictou Centre | Jack MacIsaac | Bob Leahy | Gerard Currie | Jack MacIsaac | ||||||
| Pictou East | Donald Cameron | Wayne Fraser | Cecil MacNeil | Donald Cameron | ||||||
| Pictou West | Donald P. McInnes | John J. Henderson | Geoff Moore | Donald P. McInnes | ||||||
Cape Breton
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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| PC | Liberal | NDP | Independent | |||||||
| Cape Breton Centre | Harold MacDonald | Wayne Connors | John Wilson | Mike Laffin† | ||||||
| Cape Breton East | Bruce Clark | John MacEachern | Terry McVarish | Donnie MacLeod† | ||||||
| Cape Breton North | Brian Young | Robert E. McGrath | Gerald Yetman | Brian Young | ||||||
| Cape Breton Nova | Joe Burke | Dan MacRury | Terry Crawley | Paul MacEwan | Paul MacEwan | |||||
| Cape Breton South | Murdock Smith | Vince MacLean | Ed MacLeod | Vince MacLean | ||||||
| Cape Breton—The Lakes | John Newell | Bernie Boudreau | Helen MacDonald | John Newell | ||||||
| Cape Breton West | "Big" Donnie MacLeod | Russell MacKinnon | Con Mills | "Big" Donnie MacLeod | ||||||
| Inverness North | Norman J. MacLean | Charles MacArthur | Ben Boucher | Norman J. MacLean | ||||||
| Inverness South | Archie MacLachlan | Danny Graham | Martin Beaton | Billy Joe MacLean | Billy Joe MacLean | |||||
| Richmond | Robert F. Martel | Richie Mann | Clair Rankin | Vacant | ||||||
| Victoria | Fisher Hudson | Kennie MacAskill | Fraser Patterson | Fisher Hudson | ||||||
References
- "John Dunsworth: The Candidate, A Neal Livingston Film".
- "Election Returns 1988" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
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