1970 Nova Scotia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1970 Nova Scotia general election Nova Scotia parliamentary no no 1967 Nova Scotia general election 1967 49th General Assembly of Nova Scotia October 13, 1970 members 1974 Nova Scotia general election 1974 46 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 24 77.32% 0.32pp 150x150px NS Liberal nohash Gerald Regan July 24, 1965 NS Liberal name Halifax Needham 6 23 17 174,943 45.63% 4.14pp 150x150px NS PC nohash George Isaac Smith November 4, 1967 NS PC name Colchester 40 21 19 177,986 46.43% 5.96pp 150x150px NS NDP nohash Jeremy Akerman November 9, 1968 NS NDP name Ran in Cape Breton East (won) 0 2 2 25,259 6.59% 1.40pp Premier Premier after election George Isaac Smith NS PC name Gerald Regan NS Liberal name The 1970 Nova Scotia general election was held on 13 October 1970 to elect members of the 50th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Liberal Party of Gerald Regan won the most seats but were one seat short of a majority. It is the only election in Nova Scotia's history in which the party who won the popular vote did not win the most seats. Results Results by party + ↓ 23 21 2 Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic +Official results Election Returns 1970 https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201970.pdf Elections Nova Scotia November 16, 2021 February 8, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240208125113/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201970.pdf dead Election Returns 1970 Recapitulation https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/RECAPS1970.pdf Elections Nova Scotia November 16, 2021PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1967DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp) NS Liberal rowLiberalGerald Regan466523+17174,94345.63%+4.14% NS PC rowProgressive ConservativeGeorge Isaac Smith46404121-19177,98646.43%-5.96% NS NDP rowNew DemocraticJeremy Akerman23002+225,2596.59%+1.40% NS Independent rowIndependent200001,4640.38%+0.24% Vacant0 Total valid votes379,65299.03%-0.19%Blank and invalid ballots3,7040.97%+0.19%Total117464646–383,356100.00%–Registered voters / turnout453,72777.32%While 383,356 votes were cast, only 350,879 electors voted as Colchester, Inverness and Yarmouth electors voted for two candidates.+0.32% Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px PC NS PC 46.43 Liberal NS Liberal 45.63 New Democratic NS NDP 6.59 Independent NS Independent 0.38Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px Liberal NS Liberal 50.00 PC NS PC 45.65 New Democratic NS NDP 4.35 Results by region Party nameHRMCape BretonAnnapolis ValleySouth ShoreFundy-NortheastCentral NovaTotalParties winning seats in the legislature NS Liberal rowLiberal Seats:92441323 NS Liberal row Popular vote:51.93%34.59%50.85%50.49%45.08%46.16%45.63% NS PC rowProgressive Conservative Seats:16435221 NS PC row Popular vote:42.77%46.14%48.80%48.46%52.91%46.50%46.43% NS NDP rowNew Democratic Party Seats:0200002 NS NDP row Popular vote:5.30%17.76%–1.06%2.01%7.34%6.59%Parties not winning seats in the legislature NS Independent row-name Popular vote:–1.50%0.35%–––0.38%Total seats:1010876546 Retiring incumbents Progressive Conservative Edward Haliburton, Kings South James McKay Harding, Shelburne James A. Langille, Cumberland East William F. MacKinnon, Antigonish Donald C. MacNeil, Cape Breton South Edward Manson, Cape Breton West John I. Marshall, Annapolis East Robert Baden Powell, Digby Harley J. Spence, Lunenburg West Nominated candidates Legend bold denotes party leader † denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest Valley NS PC Liberal NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis East |NS PC background| |Gerry Sheehy2,83654.36% | |Lloyd K. Hill2,38145.64% | | | | |NS PC background| |John I. Marshall† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis West | |H. Robert Sanford2,04846.03% |NS Liberal background| |Peter M. Nicholson2,40153.97% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Peter M. Nicholson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare | |Paul J. Comeau1,83340.33% |NS Liberal background| |Benoit Comeau2,71259.67% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Benoit Comeau |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby | |Gifford W. Lewis2,14242.46% |NS Liberal background| |Joseph H. Casey2,90357.54% | | | | |NS PC background| |Robert Baden Powell† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West | |Norman T. Spence3,70848.27% |NS Liberal background| |Robert D. Lindsay3,97451.73% | | | | |NS PC background| |Norman T. Spence |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North |NS PC background| |Victor Thorpe3,23451.24% | |Glenn Ells3,07748.76% | | | | |NS PC background| |Victor Thorpe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South |NS PC background| |Harry How2,72257.55% | |Ed Aston2,00842.45% | | | | |NS PC background| |Edward Haliburton† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West |NS PC background| |Gordon Tidman3,73648.96%Due to a tie, the Returning Officer cast the tie-breaking vote for Gordon Tidman | |Frank Bezanson3,73548.95% | | | |Francis Keith Boates1602.10% |NS PC background| |Gordon Tidman |} South Shore NS PC Liberal NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg Centre | |George O. Lohnes4,04045.43% |NS Liberal background| |Walton Cook4,85254.57% | | | | |NS PC background| |George O. Lohnes |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg East |NS PC background| |Maurice L. Zinck2,09251.31% | |Eric Hagen1,98548.69% | | | | |NS PC background| |Maurice L. Zinck |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West | |Bob Levy2,71746.82% |NS Liberal background| |Maurice DeLory3,08653.18% | | | | |NS PC background| |Harley J. Spence† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens |NS PC background| |W. S. Kennedy Jones3,06851.99% | |Harley Umphrey2,83348.01% | | | | |NS PC background| |W. S. Kennedy Jones |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne | |Bill Cox3,32143.74% |NS Liberal background| |Harold Huskilson3,72549.06% | |Aubrey Harding5477.20% | | |NS PC background| |James McKay Harding† |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth | |Benoit Robichaud4,89625.16% |NS Liberal background| |Fraser Mooney5,03925.90% | | | | |NS PC background| |Benoit Robichaud |- |NS PC background| |George A. Snow4,92925.33% | |Jack Rogers4,59223.60% | | | | |NS PC background| |George A. Snow |} Fundy-Northeast NS PC Liberal NDP Independent |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester |NS PC background| |Gerald Ritcey8,01224.56% | |Ross Hill7,31322.42% | | | | |NS PC background| |Gerald Ritcey |- |NS PC background| |George Isaac Smith9,39828.81% | |George Norrie7,90124.22% | | | | |NS PC background| |George Isaac Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland Centre |NS PC background| |Raymond M. Smith2,22054.87% | |Bill H. Mont1,61139.82% | |John E. Burbine2155.31% | | |NS PC background| |Raymond M. Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland East |NS PC background| |Roger Stuart Bacon4,35551.89% | |Leonard J. Dolan3,14237.44% | |James M. MacSwain89510.66% | | |NS PC background| |James A. Langille† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland West |NS PC background| |D. L. George Henley2,45857.35% | |Thomas H. Tonner1,82842.65% | | | | |NS PC background| |D. L. George Henley |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East | |Albert J. Ettinger2,79347.27% |NS Liberal background| |Jack Hawkins3,11552.73% | | | | |NS PC background| |Albert J. Ettinger |} Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore NS PC Liberal NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Atlantic |NS PC background| |John Buchanan5,28454.66% | |Bob Hayes3,78639.16% | |Charles Grineault5976.18% | | |NS PC background| |John Buchanan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Chebucto | |James H. Vaughan4,01538.34% |NS Liberal background| |James L. Connolly5,27650.39% | |Burris Devanney1,18011.27% | | |NS PC background| |James H. Vaughan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Citadel | |Donald MacKeen Smith3,83345.60% |NS Liberal background| |Ronald Wallace4,57254.40% | | | | |NS PC background| |Donald MacKeen Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Cobequid | |Gordon H. Fitzgerald5,42742.69% |NS Liberal background| |George Riley6,45350.76% | |Bruno Dombrowski8336.55% | | |NS PC background| |Gordon H. Fitzgerald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Cornwallis | |Richard Donahoe3,89139.27% |NS Liberal background| |George M. Mitchell5,32353.72% | |Barrett D. Halderman6947.00% | | |NS PC background| |Richard Donahoe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Eastern Shore | |Murray Everett Ritcey4,02941.91% |NS Liberal background| |Alexander Garnet Brown5,58558.09% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Alexander Garnet Brown |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Needham | |David MacKeen2,88737.05% |NS Liberal background| |Gerald Regan4,51457.92% | |Al Sinclair3925.03% | | |NS Liberal background| |Gerald Regan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax-St. Margaret's | |D. C. McNeil4,72939.74% |NS Liberal background| |Leonard L. Pace6,15251.69% | |Keith Jobson1,0208.57% | | |NS PC background| |D. C. McNeil |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth North | |Gerald G. Wambolt4,82639.59% |NS Liberal background| |Glen M. Bagnell6,61454.26% | |Percy William Dares7506.15% | | |NS PC background| |Gerald G. Wambolt |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth South | |Irvin William Akerley5,21349.57% |NS Liberal background| |D. Scott MacNutt5,30450.43% | | | | |NS PC background| |Irvin William Akerley |} Central Nova NS PC Liberal NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish | |Bill Shaw3,59445.72% |NS Liberal background| |Bill Gillis4,00250.91% | |Alex MacPherson2653.37% | | |NS PC background| |William F. MacKinnon† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough |NS PC background| |Angus MacIsaac3,03547.86% | |Russell Pellerin2,77043.68% | |Al Newell5378.47% | | |NS PC background| |Angus MacIsaac |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre | |Donald R. MacLeod4,92243.75% |NS Liberal background| |Ralph F. Fiske5,35647.61% | |Derrick Peter Kearley9728.64% | | |NS PC background| |Donald R. MacLeod |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East | |Thomas MacQueen2,98147.18% |NS Liberal background| |A. Lloyd MacDonald3,00047.48% | |Charles E. Arbuckle3385.35% | | |NS PC background| |Thomas MacQueen |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West |NS PC background| |Harvey Veniot2,72951.00% | |Laurence Mawhinney2,00837.53% | |Robert Cormier61411.47% | | |NS PC background| |Harvey Veniot |} Cape Breton NS PC Liberal NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre |NS PC background| |Mike Laffin3,68050.54% | |Stewart Marsh1,90226.12% | |Alex MacDonald1,70023.35% | | |NS PC background| |Mike Laffin |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East | |Layton Fergusson3,80734.06% | |Bob MacKay2,03718.22% |NS NDP background| |Jeremy Akerman5,33447.72% | | |NS PC background| |Layton Fergusson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North |NS PC background| |Tom MacKeough5,75550.04% | |Sidney Oram2,88525.09% | |Len J. Arsenault2,86024.87% | | |NS PC background| |Tom MacKeough |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Nova | |Percy Gaum2,86642.45% | |Ronald DiPenta95914.20% |NS NDP background| |Paul MacEwan2,92743.35% | | |NS PC background| |Percy Gaum |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South |NS PC background| |John Francis Burke5,23444.36% | |Vince MacLean5,03442.66% | |Don MacPherson1,53112.98% | | |NS PC background| |Donald C. MacNeil† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West | |Kenneth Andrews4,84349.08% |NS Liberal background| |Allan Sullivan5,02450.92% | | | | |NS PC background| |Edward Manson† |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness |NS PC background| |Norman J. MacLean4,60725.23% | |William N. MacLean3,93921.57% | |Jerry Yetman5563.05% | |Al Davis1,3047.14% |NS PC background| |Norman J. MacLean |- | |Joe Shannon3,72820.42% |NS Liberal background| |John Archie MacKenzie4,12422.59% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |William N. MacLean |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond |NS PC background| |Gerald Doucet3,43955.67% | |Melvin J. Burt2,41139.03% | |Charles Joseph Gallant3275.29% | | |NS PC background| |Gerald Doucet |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria |NS PC background| |Fisher Hudson2,07552.53% | |W. Harry F. Langley1,70043.04% | |Jessie Stone1754.43% | | |NS PC background| |Fisher Hudson |} References Election related reports Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, 1970 https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201970.pdf 1970 Nova Scotia, Legislative Assembly Queen's Printer July 25, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180725063811/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201970.pdf Further reading Saywell John John Saywell Canadian Annual Review for 1970 1971 978-0-8020-1818-2 University of Toronto Press Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_d9a5 registration 1970 Nova Scotia general election General election Nova Scotia general election