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1984 Nova Scotia general election
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1984 Nova Scotia general election Nova Scotia parliamentary no no 1981 Nova Scotia general election 1981 53rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia November 6, 1984 members 1988 Nova Scotia general election 1988 52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 27 67.52% 6.65pp 150x150px NS PC nohash John Buchanan March 6, 1971 NS PC name Halifax Atlantic 37 42 5 209,298 50.41% 3.13pp Lib NS Liberal nohash A.M. "Sandy" Cameron June 8, 1980 NS Liberal name Guysborough (lost re-election) 13 6 7 129,310 31.15% 1.81pp 150x150px NS NDP nohash Alexa McDonough November 16, 1980 NS NDP name Halifax Chebucto 1 3 2 65,876 15.87% 2.14pp 150x150px NS Cape Breton Labour nohash Paul MacEwan 1982 NS Cape Breton Labour name Cape Breton Nova New Party 1 1 8,322 2.00% 2.00pp Premier Premier after election John Buchanan NS PC name John Buchanan NS PC name
The 1984 Nova Scotia general election was held on November 6, 1984, to elect members of the 54th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.
Results
Results by party
+ ↓ 42 6 3 1 Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic Labour
+Official results Election Returns 1984 https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201984.pdf Elections Nova Scotia November 11, 2021 February 8, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240208124622/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201984.pdf dead Election Returns 1984 Recapitulation https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/RECAPS1984.pdf Elections Nova Scotia November 11, 2021PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1981DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp)
NS PC rowProgressive ConservativeJohn Buchanan52373842+5209,29850.41%+3.13%
NS Liberal rowLiberalA.M. "Sandy" Cameron5213126-7129,31031.15%-1.81%
NS NDP rowNew DemocraticAlexa McDonough52113+265,87615.87%-2.14%
NS Cape Breton Labour rowCape Breton LabourPaul MacEwan14011+18,3222.00%–
NS Independent rowIndependent4100-16300.15%-1.03% Vacant0 Total valid votes413,43699.58%+0.15%Blank and invalid ballots1,7240.42%+0.15%Total174525252–415,160100.00%–Registered voters / turnout614,89967.52%-6.65%
Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px PC NS PC 50.41
Liberal NS Liberal 31.15
New Democratic NS NDP 15.87
Cape Breton Labour NS Labour 2.00
Independent NS Independent 0.15Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px PC NS PC 80.77
Liberal NS Liberal 11.54
New Democratic NS NDP 5.77
Cape Breton Labour NS Labour 1.92
Retiring incumbents
Liberal
Joseph H. Casey, Digby
Hugh Tinkham, Argyle
Progressive Conservative
Ron Barkhouse, Lunenburg East
D. L. George Henley, Cumberland West
Edward Twohig, 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 Cape Breton Labour Independent
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis East
|NS PC background|
|Gerry Sheehy3,73656.02%
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|Nita M. Irvine2,01130.15%
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|Joan M. Boutilier92213.83%
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|NS PC background|
|Gerry Sheehy
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis West
|NS PC background|
|Greg Kerr2,80953.68%
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|Herb Anderson2,01938.58%
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|Howard Langille4057.74%
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|NS PC background|
|Greg Kerr
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare
|NS PC background|
|Guy LeBlanc3,09450.33%
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|Chester Melanson2,78445.29%
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|Alain Chabot2694.38%
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|NS Liberal background|
|Chester Melanson
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby
|NS PC background|
|Merryl Lawton3,45160.66%
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|Paul Scovil1,65729.13%
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|Susan Jamieson58110.21%
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|NS Liberal background|
|Joseph H. Casey†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West
|NS PC background|
|Ron Russell4,63455.65%
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|Robert D. Lindsay2,53530.44%
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|Alan St. C. Squires1,15813.91%
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|NS PC background|
|Ron Russell
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North
|NS PC background|
|George Archibald3,65549.57%
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|Bob Wilson1,85825.20%
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|Don Fraser1,86025.23%
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|NS PC background|
|Edward Twohig†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South
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|Paul Kinsman3,67345.31%
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|Alan Sponagle6257.71%
|NS NDP background|
|Bob Levy3,69445.57%
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|Doug Milligan1141.41%
|NS PC background|
|Paul Kinsman
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West
|NS PC background|
|George Moody5,27360.45%
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|Doug McKeil2,54629.19%
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|Ted Davis90410.36%
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|NS PC background|
|George Moody
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South Shore
NS PC Liberal NDP Cape Breton Labour Independent
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Argyle
|NS PC background|
|Neil LeBlanc2,89452.51%
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|J. Donald Doucette2,42243.95%
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|Lawrence Meuse1953.54%
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|NS Liberal background|
|Hugh Tinkham†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg Centre
|NS PC background|
|Maxine Cochran5,23956.60%
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|Linton M. Wentzell2,66928.83%
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|Angus J. Fields1,34914.57%
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|NS PC background|
|Maxine Cochran
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg East
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|David Hatt1,76432.10%
|NS Liberal background|
|Jim Barkhouse2,69649.06%
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|Janet Mooney1,03518.84%
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|NS PC background|
|Ron Barkhouse†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West
|NS PC background|
|Mel Pickings3,43551.25%
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|Caroll W. Young2,16232.25%
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|Martha Laurence1,10616.50%
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|NS PC background|
|Mel Pickings
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens
|NS PC background|
|John Leefe3,66159.92%
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|Hugh Mosher1,53225.07%
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|Bill Zimmerman91715.01%
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|NS PC background|
|John Leefe
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne
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|Ron Leary3,65943.88%
|NS Liberal background|
|Harold Huskilson3,84346.09%
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|Laurie Hitchens6017.21%
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|Etheren Goreham2352.82%
|NS Liberal background|
|Harold Huskilson
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth
|NS PC background|
|Alex McIntosh4,40049.16%
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|Fraser Mooney3,75541.96%
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|Brian Doucette7958.88%
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|NS Liberal background|
|Fraser Mooney
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Fundy-Northeast
NS PC Liberal NDP Cape Breton Labour Independent
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester North
|NS PC background|
|Jack Coupar3,79646.65%
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|Ed Lorraine3,63644.68%
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|Alan M. Marchbank7068.68%
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|NS Liberal background|
|Ed Lorraine
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester South
|NS PC background|
|R. Colin Stewart3,57263.85%
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|Fred A. Kennedy1,53027.35%
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|Bernard A. Gay4928.80%
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|NS PC background|
|R. Colin Stewart
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland Centre
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|Douglas Marshall1,80441.03%
|NS Liberal background|
|Guy Brown2,43655.40%
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|Stanley H. McCormick1573.57%
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|NS Liberal background|
|Guy Brown
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland East
|NS PC background|
|Roger Stuart Bacon4,83761.35%
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|Ira Drysdale2,34929.79%
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|Barbara Anne Marsden6988.85%
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|NS PC background|
|Roger Stuart Bacon
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland West
|NS PC background|
|Gardner Hurley2,50351.77%
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|Gary Gordon1,84538.16%
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|Sandy Graham48710.07%
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|NS PC background|
|D. L. George Henley†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East
|NS PC background|
|Cora Etter3,73048.57%
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|Jack Hawkins3,19241.57%
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|Herbert H. Radley7579.86%
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|NS Liberal background|
|Jack Hawkins
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Truro—Bible Hill
|NS PC background|
|Ron Giffin5,00861.03%
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|Kirby Eileen Grant2,25327.46%
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|Andy Belliveau94511.52%
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|NS PC background|
|Ron Giffin
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Central Halifax
NS PC Liberal NDP Cape Breton Labour Independent
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Bedford Basin
|NS PC background|
|Joel Matheson5,61347.32%
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|Alan Weeks2,22418.75%
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|Paul Fiander4,02433.93%
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|NS PC background|
|Joel Matheson
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Chebucto
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|Helen Gillis2,63029.85%
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|Dan Clarke1,80620.50%
|NS NDP background|
|Alexa McDonough4,37449.65%
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|NS NDP background|
|Alexa McDonough
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Citadel
|NS PC background|
|Art Donahoe3,65240.40%
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|John Godfrey2,52427.92%
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|Eileen O'Connell2,86431.68%
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|NS PC background|
|Art Donahoe
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Cornwallis
|NS PC background|
|Terry Donahoe5,27347.80%
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|Dale Godsoe2,75324.96%
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|Tim Hill3,00527.24%
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|NS PC background|
|Terry Donahoe
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Needham
|NS PC background|
|Edmund L. Morris3,17339.97%
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|Walter Fitzgerald2,20827.81%
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|Maureen MacDonald2,51431.67%
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|Beatrice Kaizer440.55%
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|NS PC background|
|Edmund L. Morris
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Suburban Halifax
NS PC Liberal NDP Cape Breton Labour Independent
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley
|NS PC background|
|Ken Streatch4,95359.98%
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|John M. Dillon1,75521.25%
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|Susan Coldwell1,46817.78%
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|Alfred Nieforth820.99%
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|NS PC background|
|Ken Streatch
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Atlantic
|NS PC background|
|John Buchanan5,52858.37%
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|David C. Melnick1,88819.93%
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|Rene Quigley1,94220.50%
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|Arthur R. Canning1131.19%
|NS PC background|
|John Buchanan
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax-St. Margaret's
|NS PC background|
|Jerry Lawrence5,14157.39%
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|Michael N. Kelly1,55917.40%
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|Lillian Viau2,25825.21%
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|NS PC background|
|Jerry Lawrence
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville
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|Malcolm A. MacKay2,99726.49%
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|Bill MacDonald3,76333.26%
|NS NDP background|
|John Holm4,55540.26%
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|NS PC background|
|Malcolm A. MacKay
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Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore
NS PC Liberal NDP Cape Breton Labour Independent
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cole Harbour
|NS PC background|
|David Nantes5,28361.49%
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|Dennis F. Cuvelier1,61418.78%
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|Les MacDougall1,69519.73%
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|NS PC background|
|David Nantes
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth East
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|Richard L. Weldon3,10133.84%
|NS Liberal background|
|Jim Smith4,00443.70%
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|Gerry Legere2,05822.46%
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|NS PC background|
|Richard L. Weldon
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth North
|NS PC background|
|Laird Stirling3,20043.45%
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|Pat Connolly2,15029.20%
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|Chester Sanford1,93826.32%
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|Ron Bugbee761.03%
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|NS PC background|
|Laird Stirling
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth South
|NS PC background|
|Roland J. Thornhill4,53458.20%
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|Don Walker1,66621.39%
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|Fred Lutley1,59020.41%
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|NS PC background|
|Roland J. Thornhill
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Eastern Shore
|NS PC background|
|Tom McInnis5,39562.74%
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|Paul MacKenzie2,15125.01%
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|Kevin Wilson1,05312.25%
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|NS PC background|
|Tom McInnis
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Central Nova
NS PC Liberal NDP Cape Breton Labour Independent
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish
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|Liz Chisholm4,85444.89%
|NS Liberal background|
|Bill Gillis5,16747.78%
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|Bill Woodfine7937.33%
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|NS Liberal background|
|Bill Gillis
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough
|NS PC background|
|Chuck MacNeil3,85950.70%
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|A.M. "Sandy" Cameron3,46945.57%
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|Elsie Richard2843.73%
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|NS Liberal background|
|A.M. "Sandy" Cameron
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre
|NS PC background|
|Jack MacIsaac6,59667.11%
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|Bob Leahy2,10321.40%
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|Kim Murray1,13011.50%
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|NS PC background|
|Jack MacIsaac
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East
|NS PC background|
|Donald Cameron4,36763.75%
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|Scott Johnston1,75425.61%
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|Larry Duchesne72910.64%
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|NS PC background|
|Donald Cameron
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West
|NS PC background|
|Donald P. McInnes3,84459.78%
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|Bob Naylor1,93230.05%
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|Lynn Curwin-Porteous4867.56%
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|Franklin R. Fiske1682.61%
|NS PC background|
|Donald P. McInnes
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Cape Breton
NS PC Liberal NDP Cape Breton Labour Independent
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre
|NS PC background|
|Mike Laffin4,58658.83%
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|A. Beaver Parsons1,26416.22%
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|Angus Grant7439.53%
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|Dan MacKinnon1,20215.42%
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|NS PC background|
|Mike Laffin
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East
|NS PC background|
|Donnie MacLeod9,82296.33%
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|Cha Keliher3,57933.62%
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|Jim Jobe5555.21%
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|Blair Matheson1,72416.20%
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|NS PC background|
|Donnie MacLeod
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North
|NS PC background|
|Brian Young6,43170.01%
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|Hank Lamond1,63717.82%
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|Tom Rose7097.72%
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|M.J. Julian4094.45%
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|NS PC background|
|Brian Young
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Nova
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|Jim Neville1,74723.87%
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|John Ryan1,06614.56%
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|Alex MacIsaac6749.21%
|NS Cape Breton Labour background|
|Paul MacEwan3,83252.36%
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|NS Cape Breton Labour background|
|Paul MacEwan
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South
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|Murdock Smith5,04942.04%
|NS Liberal background|
|Vince MacLean5,96149.63%
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|John Chisholm6335.27%
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|Kim MacEwan3673.06%
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|NS Liberal background|
|Vince MacLean
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton—The Lakes
|NS PC background|
|John Newell4,53551.29%
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|John Coady3,33837.75%
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|Richard Fogarty8139.19%
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|Mary Strickland1561.76%
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|NS PC background|
|John Newell
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West
|NS PC background|
|"Big" Donnie MacLeod9,82296.33%
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|Russell MacKinnon3,92540.04%
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|Terry Crawley5825.94%
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|Linda Martin2612.66%
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|NS PC background|
|"Big" Donnie MacLeod
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness North
|NS PC background|
|Norman J. MacLean3,47545.57%
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|John Archie MacKenzie3,20942.08%
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|Ben Boucher91311.97%
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|Nancy Thomas290.38%
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|NS Liberal background|
|John Archie MacKenzie
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness South
|NS PC background|
|Billy Joe MacLean3,34963.44%
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|Danny Graham1,73632.83%
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|Al MacKinnon2464.65%
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|Laddie Golemiec330.62%
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|NS PC background|
|Billy Joe MacLean
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond
|NS PC background|
|Greg MacIsaac3,26247.20%
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|Richie Mann2,79040.37%
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|Shirley McNamara82811.98%
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|Ken Covey310.45%
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|NS PC background|
|Greg MacIsaac
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria
|NS PC background|
|Fisher Hudson2,49850.76%
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|Elmourne K. MacKinnon1,96039.83%
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|Fraser Patterson3877.86%
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|Bernice MacLean761.54%
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|NS PC background|
|Fisher Hudson
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References
Election related reports
Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201984.pdf 1984 Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer Queen's Printer July 31, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170731082645/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201984.pdf
Report of the Election Commission of Nova Scotia 1986 1986 Election Commission of Nova Scotia Halifax https://archive.org/details/micro_IA40243210_0084
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