1967 Nova Scotia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1967 Nova Scotia general election Nova Scotia parliamentary no no 1963 Nova Scotia general election 1963 48th General Assembly of Nova Scotia May 30, 1967 members 1970 Nova Scotia general election 1970 46 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 24 77.00% 0.87pp Premier Bob Stanfield.jpg 150x150px NS PC nohash Robert Stanfield November 10, 1948 NS PC name Colchester 39 40 1 180,498 52.39% 3.48pp 150x150px NS Liberal nohash Gerald Regan July 24, 1965 NS Liberal name Ran in Halifax Needham (won) 4 6 2 142,945 41.49% 2.06pp NDP NS NDP nohash James H. Aitchison 1963 NS NDP name Ran in Cape Breton East (lost) 0 0 17,873 5.19% 1.08pp Premier Premier after election Robert Stanfield NS PC name Robert Stanfield NS PC name The 1967 Nova Scotia general election was held on 30 May 1967 to elect members of the 49th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative Party. Results Results by party + ↓ 40 6 Progressive Conservative Liberal +Official results Election Returns 1967 https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201967.pdf Elections Nova Scotia November 16, 2021 July 25, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180725063820/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201967.pdf dead Election Returns 1967 Recapitulation https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/RECAPS1967.pdf Elections Nova Scotia November 16, 2021PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1963DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp) NS PC rowProgressive ConservativeRobert Stanfield46393940+1180,49852.39%-3.48% NS Liberal rowLiberalGerald Regan46446+2142,94541.49%+2.06% NS NDP rowNew DemocraticJames H. Aitchison24000017,8735.19%+1.08% NS Independent rowIndependent200004980.14%+0.14% Vacant0 Total valid votes341,81499.22%-0.20%Blank and invalid ballots2,7030.78%+0.20%Total118434346+3344,517100.00%–Registered voters / turnout405,71477.00%While 344,517 votes were cast, only 312,647 electors voted as Colchester, Inverness and Yarmouth electors voted for two candidates.-0.87% Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px PC NS PC 52.39 Liberal NS Liberal 41.49 New Democratic NS NDP 5.19 Independent NS Independent 0.14Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px PC NS PC 86.96 Liberal NS Liberal 13.04 Results by region Party nameHRMCape BretonAnnapolis ValleySouth ShoreFundy-NortheastCentral NovaTotalParties winning seats in the legislature NS PC rowProgressive Conservative Seats:79676540 NS PC row Popular vote:50.77%51.07%51.92%53.02%58.77%54.15%52.39% NS Liberal rowLiberal Seats:3120006 NS Liberal row Popular vote:44.82%35.54%47.51%44.18%37.58%43.46%41.49%Parties not winning seats in the legislature NS NDP row-name Popular vote:4.42%13.17%0.57%2.13%3.66%2.39%5.19%NS Independent row-name Popular vote:–0.22%–0.68%––0.14%Total seats:1010876546 Retiring incumbents Liberal Carleton L. MacMillan, Victoria Progressive Conservative George A. Burridge, Yarmouth Paul Kinsman, Kings West Gladys Porter, Kings North 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| |John I. Marshall2,86656.13% | |Malcolm Balcom2,24043.87% | | | | |NS PC background| |John I. Marshall |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis West | |Kenneth Green1,98145.87% |NS Liberal background| |Peter M. Nicholson2,33854.13% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Peter M. Nicholson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare | |Hector J. Pothier1,84143.57% |NS Liberal background| |Benoit Comeau2,38456.43% | | | | |NS PC background| |Hector J. Pothier |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby |NS PC background| |Robert Baden Powell2,52451.31% | |Phillip R. Woolaver2,39548.69% | | | | |NS PC background| |Robert Baden Powell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West |NS PC background| |Norman T. Spence3,76551.96% | |Robert D. Lindsay3,48148.04% | | | | |NS PC background| |Norman T. Spence |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North |NS PC background| |Victor Thorpe3,40755.25% | |Victor Cleyle2,75944.75% | | | | |NS PC background| |Gladys Porter† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South |NS PC background| |Edward Haliburton2,51562.89% | |Bruce Trenholm1,48437.11% | | | | |NS PC background| |Edward Haliburton |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West |NS PC background| |Gordon Tidman3,61948.98% | |Frank Bezanson3,52247.67% | |Ralph Loomer2473.34% | | |NS PC background| |Paul Kinsman† |} South Shore NS PC Liberal NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg Centre |NS PC background| |George O. Lohnes4,22951.46% | |Walton Cook3,76045.75% | |Earl Croft2292.79% | | |NS PC background| |George O. Lohnes |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg East |NS PC background| |Maurice L. Zinck2,10055.87% | |Fred Porter Jr.1,65944.13% | | | | |NS PC background| |Maurice L. Zinck |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West |NS PC background| |Harley J. Spence2,56450.00% | |Carroll Young2,39646.72% | |Wilson Touchie1683.28% | | |NS PC background| |Harley J. Spence |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens |NS PC background| |W. S. Kennedy Jones3,29057.69% | |G. Cecil Day2,41342.31% | | | | |NS PC background| |W. S. Kennedy Jones |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne |NS PC background| |James McKay Harding3,27146.60% | |Harold Huskilson3,11144.32% | |Aubrey Harding6389.09% | | |NS PC background| |James McKay Harding |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth |NS PC background| |Benoit Robichaud5,00326.56% | |Fraser Mooney4,46323.69% | | | |Willard F. Allen3291.75% |NS PC background| |George A. Burridge† |- |NS PC background| |George A. Snow5,34528.37% | |Earle Maberley3,69919.63% | | | | |NS PC background| |George A. Snow |} Fundy-Northeast NS PC Liberal NDP Independent |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester |NS PC background| |Robert Stanfield9,09131.04% | |George Pulsifer5,34418.25% | |Arthur Benedict5071.73% | | |NS PC background| |Robert Stanfield |- |NS PC background| |George Isaac Smith8,48528.97% | |Charles Sutherland5,34818.26% | |Cecil Delaney5091.74% | | |NS PC background| |George Isaac Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland Centre |NS PC background| |Stephen T. Pyke2,43767.34% | |Charles H. Sarson1,02228.24% | |J. Reginald Daborn1604.42% | | |NS PC background| |Stephen T. Pyke |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland East |NS PC background| |James A. Langille4,41555.16% | |Howard R. Furlong3,05338.14% | |John Burbine5366.70% | | |NS PC background| |James A. Langille |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland West |NS PC background| |D. L. George Henley2,50657.81% | |Ruth Fullerton1,69839.17% | |Shirley Spicer1313.02% | | |NS PC background| |D. L. George Henley |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East |NS PC background| |Albert J. Ettinger2,69752.08% | |Norman E. Casey2,48247.92% | | | | |NS PC background| |Albert J. Ettinger |} Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore NS PC Liberal NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Atlantic |NS PC background| |John Buchanan4,50753.74% | |Percy Baker3,55642.40% | |Charles Grineault3243.86% | | |NS Vacant background| |New riding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Chebucto |NS PC background| |James H. Vaughan5,15452.01% | |K. Peter Richard4,25342.92% | |Keith Jobson5035.08% | | |NS PC background| |James H. Vaughan Halifax North |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Citadel |NS PC background| |Donald MacKeen Smith4,77155.41% | |Robert Matheson3,52240.91% | |M. Rae Gillman3173.68% | | |NS PC background| |Donald MacKeen Smith Halifax Centre |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Cobequid |NS PC background| |Gordon H. Fitzgerald5,46351.51% | |John F. Cruickshank5,14348.49% | | | | |NS PC background| |Gordon H. Fitzgerald Halifax Northwest |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Cornwallis |NS PC background| |Richard Donahoe5,45856.39% | |Clarence L. Gosse4,22143.61% | | | | |NS PC background| |Richard Donahoe Halifax South |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Eastern Shore | |Nelson Gaetz3,68243.36% |NS Liberal background| |Duncan MacMillan4,20149.48% | |James Yetman6087.16% | | |NS PC background| |Nelson Gaetz Halifax East |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Needham | |Cecil Moore3,25246.72% |NS Liberal background| |Gerald Regan3,35448.18% | |Buddy Daye3555.10% | | |NS Vacant background| |New riding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax-St. Margaret's |NS PC background| |D. C. McNeil5,03053.48% | |Alex McNeil3,91041.57% | |Peggy Prowse4664.95% | | |NS PC background| |D. C. McNeil Halifax West |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth North | |Charles Clarke4,30143.62% |NS Liberal background| |Gordon L. S. Hart4,90649.75% | |Perry Ronayne6546.63% | | |NS Vacant background| |New Riding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth South |NS PC background| |Irvin William Akerley4,55250.37% | |Eileen Stubbs3,69440.88% | |Bruce Wallace7918.75% | | |NS PC background| |Irvin William Akerley Halifax County-Dartmouth |} Central Nova NS PC Liberal NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish |NS PC background| |William F. MacKinnon3,22250.20% | |Bill Gillis3,19649.80% | | | | |NS PC background| |William F. MacKinnon |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough |NS PC background| |Alexander MacIsaac3,15452.75% | |Donald J. Gillis2,82547.25% | | | | |NS PC background| |Alexander MacIsaac |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre |NS PC background| |Donald R. MacLeod5,41653.90% | |John Brother MacDonald3,84638.28% | |John Markie7867.82% | | |NS PC background| |Donald R. MacLeod |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East |NS PC background| |Thomas MacQueen2,87651.14% | |A. Lloyd MacDonald2,74848.86% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |A. Lloyd MacDonald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West |NS PC background| |Harvey Veniot3,13765.20% | |Edward Snow1,67434.80% | | | | |NS PC background| |Harvey Veniot |} Cape Breton NS PC Liberal NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre |NS PC background| |Mike Laffin3,56555.85% | |William J. Boudreau1,31320.57% | |Tom O'Leary1,50523.58% | | |NS PC background| |Mike Laffin |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East |NS PC background| |Layton Fergusson5,09453.29% | |William O'Leary1,41714.82% | |James H. Aitchison3,04831.89% | | |NS PC background| |Layton Fergusson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North |NS PC background| |Tom MacKeough5,57453.39% | |Alexander O'Handley3,31831.90% | |Gerald Yetman1,51014.52% | | |NS PC background| |Tom MacKeough |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Nova |NS PC background| |Percy Gaum2,87347.13% | |Tom Miller1,82930.00% | |Paul MacEwan1,39422.87% | | |NS PC background| |Percy Gaum |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South |NS PC background| |Donald C. MacNeil4,84347.18% | |Charles O'Connell3,94438.42% | |Charles Palmer1,30912.75% | |Angus Currie1691.65% |NS PC background| |Donald C. MacNeil |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West |NS PC background| |Edward Manson3,86243.95% | |Allan Sullivan3,74842.65% | |Jeremy Akerman1,17813.40% | | |NS PC background| |Edward Manson |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness |NS PC background| |Norman J. MacLean3,99426.27% | |William MacIsaac3,57123.49% | | | | |NS PC background| |Norman J. MacLean |- | |Alfred Davis3,68024.21% |NS Liberal background| |William N. MacLean3,95626.02% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |William N. MacLean |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond |NS PC background| |Gerald Doucet3,05459.42% | |Rudolph J. Boudreau2,08640.58% | | | | |NS PC background| |Gerald Doucet |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria |NS PC background| |Fisher Hudson2,03355.01% | |Duncan F. Buchanan1,66344.99% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Carleton L. MacMillan† |} References Election related reports Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201967.pdf 1967 Nova Scotia Legislature Queen's Printer July 25, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180725063820/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201967.pdf Further reading Saywell John John Saywell Canadian Annual Review for 1967 1968 978-0-8020-1549-5 University of Toronto Press Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_d3z9 registration 1967 Nova Scotia general election General election Nova Scotia general election