1988 Nova Scotia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1988 Nova Scotia general election Nova Scotia parliamentary no no 1984 Nova Scotia general election 1984 54th General Assembly of Nova Scotia September 6, 1988 members 1993 Nova Scotia general election 1993 52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 27 75.76% 8.24 pp 150x150px NS PC nohash John Buchanan March 6, 1971 NS PC name Halifax Atlantic 42 28 14 204,150 43.21% 7.20pp Lib NS Liberal nohash Vince MacLean February 22, 1986 NS Liberal name Cape Breton South 6 21 15 186,007 39.37% 8.22pp 150x150px NS NDP nohash Alexa McDonough November 16, 1980 NS NDP name Halifax Chebucto 3 2 1 74,038 15.67% 0.20pp Premier John Buchanan NS PC name John Buchanan Premier after election NS PC name 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. 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.http://www.blackriver.ns.ca/john-dunsworth.html John Dunsworth: The Candidate, A Neal Livingston Film November 20, 2018 November 3, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191103162817/http://www.blackriver.ns.ca/john-dunsworth.html dead Opinion polls + Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level Polling firmLast day of survey Source PCNS LANS NSNDP Other ME Margin of Error SampleElection 1988September 6, 198843.2139.3715.671.19Angus ReidAugust 30, 1988Julian Beltrame Buchanan will win again: poll September 2, 1988 The Gazette B1453420OmnifactsAugust 1988Patronage charge stirs up election campaign in N.S.; Tories and Grits in dead heat: poll August 25, 1988 The Ottawa Citizen A16414019OmnifactsJuly 1988Tories, Grits 'dead even' in N.S. poll August 4, 1988 The Windsor Star A6373825OmnifactsOctober 1987N.S. voters back Grits over Tories, opinion poll finds October 16, 1987 The Globe and Mail A5354124OmnifactsOctober 1986Julian Beltrame Premier cries as legislature ousts pal October 31, 1986 The Ottawa Citizen A132.746.920.4OmnifactsJuly 25, 1986Grits top N.S. poll August 1, 1986 The Calgary Herald B7304425Election 1984November 6, 198450.4131.1515.872.15 Results Results by party + ↓ 28 21 2 1 Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic Ind Independent +Official results Election Returns 1988 https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf Elections Nova Scotia November 10, 2021 February 8, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240208124507/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf dead PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1984DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp) NS PC rowProgressive ConservativeJohn Buchanan52424028-14204,15043.21%-7.20% NS Liberal rowLiberalVince MacLean526621+15186,00739.37%+8.22% NS NDP rowNew DemocraticAlexa McDonough52332-174,03815.67%-0.20% NS Independent rowIndependent7021+15,6381.19%+1.04% Vacant1 Total valid votes469,83399.45%-0.13%Blank and invalid ballots2,6040.55%+0.13%Total163525252–472,437100.00%–Registered voters / turnout623,58675.76%+8.24% Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px PC NS PC 43.21 Liberal NS Liberal 39.37 New Democratic NS NDP 15.67 Independent NS Independent 1.19Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px PC NS PC 53.85 Liberal NS Liberal 40.38 New Democratic NS NDP 3.85 Independent NS Independent 1.92 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 Bob Levy, Kings 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 NS PC Liberal NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis East | |Graham Smith3,18844.33% |NS Liberal background| |Earl Rayfuse3,51948.93% | |Margaret Wolfe4856.74% | | |NS PC background| |Gerry Sheehy† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis West |NS PC background| |Greg Kerr3,09055.78% | |Daurene Lewis2,06837.33% | |Nancy Onysko3065.52% | |Leo E. MacDonald761.37% |NS PC background| |Greg Kerr |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare |NS PC background| |Guy LeBlanc3,58754.02% | |Nadine Boudreau2,77341.76% | |Jan Slakov-Crombie2804.22% | | |NS PC background| |Guy LeBlanc |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby | |Maxine Connell2,68740.43% |NS Liberal background| |Joseph H. Casey3,51452.87% | |Susan Jamieson4456.70% | | |NS PC background| |Merryl Lawton† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West |NS PC background| |Ron Russell5,09152.84% | |Donzell A. Ross2,82929.36% | |Penny Reid1,71517.80% | | |NS PC background| |Ron Russell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North |NS PC background| |George Archibald3,86845.42% | |Glenn Ells3,11636.59% | |Don Fraser1,53217.99% | | |NS PC background| |George Archibald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South |NS PC background| |Derrick Kimball3,53142.44% | |Perry Wallace1,71020.55% | |Steve Mattson3,07937.01% | | |NS NDP background| |Bob Levy† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West |NS PC background| |George Moody5,89959.61% | |Frank Bezanson3,11431.47% | |Ralph Lynch8838.92% | | |NS PC background| |George Moody |} South Shore NS PC Liberal NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Argyle |NS PC background| |Neil LeBlanc3,79864.14% | |Rick Murphy1,86231.45% | |Raymond Ethier2614.41% | | |NS PC background| |Neil LeBlanc |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg Centre |NS PC background| |Al Mosher5,07146.52% | |Don Zwicker4,02436.92% | |Muriel Maybee1,80516.56% | | |NS PC background| |Maxine Cochran† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg East | |Richard P. Eldridge2,35238.91% |NS Liberal background| |Jim Barkhouse3,02450.02% | |Wanda Broome62310.31% | |Malcolm Callaway460.76% |NS Liberal background| |Jim Barkhouse |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West |NS PC background| |Marie Dechman3,51142.34% | |Jack Logan3,24339.11% | |John Scott1,53918.56% | | |NS PC background| |Mel Pickings† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens |NS PC background| |John Leefe4,09956.04% | |Dave Randall2,22830.46% | |Margo Kleiker98813.51% | | |NS PC background| |John Leefe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne | |Tim Van Zoost4,24141.85% |NS Liberal background| |Harold Huskilson5,22451.54% | |Ralph Niessen6706.61% | | |NS Liberal background| |Harold Huskilson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth |NS PC background| |Leroy Legere4,47944.86% | |Fraser Mooney4,13841.44% | |Brian Noble1,36813.70% | | |NS PC background| |Alex McIntosh† |} Fundy-Northeast NS PC Liberal NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester North | |Jack Coupar4,09744.85% |NS Liberal background| |Ed Lorraine4,26046.63% | |Penny Marchbank7788.52% | | |NS PC background| |Jack Coupar |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester South |NS PC background| |R. Colin Stewart3,85556.11% | |Larry Thomas2,46235.83% | |Julia A. Skipper5548.06% | | |NS PC background| |R. Colin Stewart |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland Centre | |Scott Lockart1,10825.26% |NS Liberal background| |Guy Brown3,11771.05% | |Gary Thomas1623.69% | | |NS Liberal background| |Guy Brown |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland East |NS PC background| |Roger Stuart Bacon4,75852.31% | |Carolyn Drysdale3,27636.02% | |Jim Mitchell1,06211.68% | | |NS PC background| |Roger Stuart Bacon |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland West | |Gardner Hurley2,30644.31% |NS Liberal background| |Ross Bragg2,38945.91% | |Barbara Jack5099.78% | | |NS PC background| |Gardner Hurley |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East | |Cora Etter3,97741.60% |NS Liberal background| |Jack Hawkins4,50247.09% | |Richard Preeper1,08211.32% | | |NS PC background| |Cora Etter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Truro—Bible Hill |NS PC background| |Ron Giffin4,47950.43% | |Kirby Eileen Grant3,49039.30% | |Carol Martin91210.27% | | |NS PC background| |Ron Giffin |} Central Halifax NS PC Liberal NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Bedford Basin |NS PC background| |Joel Matheson6,46245.56% | |Penny LaRocque4,97735.09% | |John Dunsworth2,74619.36% | | |NS PC background| |Joel Matheson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Chebucto | |J. Clair Callaghan3,21435.72% | |Penny Doherty2,54628.30% |NS NDP background| |Alexa McDonough3,23835.99% | | |NS NDP background| |Alexa McDonough |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Citadel |NS PC background| |Art Donahoe3,28335.11% | |Jay Abbass2,88230.82% | |Eileen O'Connell3,05732.70% | |Frank J. Fawson1281.37% |NS PC background| |Art Donahoe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Cornwallis |NS PC background| |Terry Donahoe4,19539.91% | |Liz Crocker4,01338.18% | |Allan O'Brien2,30421.92% | | |NS PC background| |Terry Donahoe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Needham | |Randy Dewell2,11625.56% |NS Liberal background| |Gerry O'Malley3,46941.91% | |Maureen MacDonald2,69332.53% | | |NS PC background| |Edmund L. Morris† |} Suburban Halifax NS PC Liberal NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley |NS PC background| |Ken Streatch5,74051.49% | |Geoff Regan3,80334.12% | |Susan Coldwell1,60414.39% | | |NS PC background| |Ken Streatch |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Atlantic |NS PC background| |John Buchanan6,28456.33% | |Doug Adams2,76324.77% | |Rene Quigley1,97617.71% | |Arthur R. Canning770.69%Emanuel Jannasch550.49% |NS PC background| |John Buchanan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax-St. Margaret's |NS PC background| |Jerry Lawrence4,57437.31% | |Kevin Burke4,06133.13% | |Bill Estabrooks3,62329.56% | | |NS PC background| |Jerry Lawrence |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville | |Dave Grace4,77431.78% | |Bruce Stephen4,81632.06% |NS NDP background| |John Holm5,43036.15% | | |NS NDP background| |John Holm |- |} Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore NS PC Liberal NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cole Harbour |NS PC background| |David Nantes6,28047.58% | |Alan Mitchell4,89237.06% | |Flora Christie2,02715.36% | | |NS PC background| |David Nantes |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth East | |Jack Greenough4,94040.88% |NS Liberal background| |Jim Smith5,19342.98% | |Maureen Vine1,95016.14% | | |NS Liberal background| |Jim Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth North | |Laird Stirling3,38941.64% |NS Liberal background| |Sandy Jolly3,51043.13% | |Brenda Thompson1,23915.22% | | |NS PC background| |Laird Stirling |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth South |NS PC background| |Roland J. Thornhill4,44947.33% | |Allan Peters2,98731.78% | |Joanne Lamey1,96320.89% | | |NS PC background| |Roland J. Thornhill |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Eastern Shore |NS PC background| |Tom McInnis5,76254.01% | |Eric Hill3,81035.71% | |David Noseworthy1,09710.28% | | |NS PC background| |Tom McInnis |- |} Central Nova NS PC Liberal NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish | |Bill Garvie4,46339.57% |NS Liberal background| |Bill Gillis6,00453.24% | |Bill Woodfine8117.19% | | |NS Liberal background| |Bill Gillis |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough |NS PC background| |Chuck MacNeil4,50858.23% | |Joe Sullivan3,45444.93% | |Sarah Wilson5036.54% | | |NS PC background| |Chuck MacNeil |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre |NS PC background| |Jack MacIsaac6,56657.80% | |Bob Leahy3,11627.43% | |Gerard Currie1,67714.76% | | |NS PC background| |Jack MacIsaac |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East |NS PC background| |Donald Cameron3,99649.84% | |Wayne Fraser3,24340.45% | |Cecil MacNeil7789.70% | | |NS PC background| |Donald Cameron |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West |NS PC background| |Donald P. McInnes3,82454.74% | |John J. Henderson2,27832.61% | |Geoff Moore88412.65% | | |NS PC background| |Donald P. McInnes |} Cape Breton NS PC Liberal NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre | |Harold MacDonald2,21027.50% |NS Liberal background| |Wayne Connors3,68145.80% | |John Wilson2,14626.70% | | |NS PC background| |Mike Laffin† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East | |Bruce Clark4,01435.39% |NS Liberal background| |John MacEachern5,73950.60% | |Terry McVarish1,59014.02% | | |NS PC background| |Donnie MacLeod† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North |NS PC background| |Brian Young6,01860.68% | |Robert E. McGrath2,04220.59% | |Gerald Yetman1,85818.73% | | |NS PC background| |Brian Young |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Nova | |Joe Burke1,06014.05% | |Dan MacRury2,60334.51% | |Terry Crawley6869.09% |NS Independent background| |Paul MacEwan3,19442.34% |NS Independent background| |Paul MacEwan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South | |Murdock Smith3,46127.78% |NS Liberal background| |Vince MacLean7,82062.76% | |Ed MacLeod1,1799.46% | | |NS Liberal background| |Vince MacLean |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton—The Lakes | |John Newell3,28235.52% |NS Liberal background| |Bernie Boudreau4,19245.37% | |Helen MacDonald1,76619.11% | | |NS PC background| |John Newell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West | |"Big" Donnie MacLeod4,05035.87% |NS Liberal background| |Russell MacKinnon6,13354.31% | |Con Mills1,1099.82% | | |NS PC background| |"Big" Donnie MacLeod |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness North | |Norman J. MacLean2,86536.16% |NS Liberal background| |Charles MacArthur3,66646.27% | |Ben Boucher1,39217.57% | | |NS PC background| |Norman J. MacLean |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness South | |Archie MacLachlan86615.87% |NS Liberal background| |Danny Graham2,18540.03% | |Martin Beaton3456.32% | |Billy Joe MacLean2,06237.78% |NS Independent background| |Billy Joe MacLean |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond | |Robert F. Martel3,13541.70% |NS Liberal background| |Richie Mann3,52846.93% | |Clair Rankin85511.37% | | |NS Vacant background| |Vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria | |Fisher Hudson2,07639.40% |NS Liberal background| |Kennie MacAskill2,71951.60% | |Fraser Patterson4749.00% | | |NS PC background| |Fisher Hudson |} References Election related reports Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf 1988 Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer Queen's Printer Halifax July 7, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180707090748/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the conduct of the September 6, 1988 provincial election including recommendations respecting amendments to the Elections Act 1989 Chief Electoral Officer Halifax https://archive.org/details/micro_IA40243223_0127 1988 Nova Scotia General election Nova Scotia general election