1974 Nova Scotia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1974 Nova Scotia general election Nova Scotia parliamentary no no 1970 Nova Scotia general election 1970 50th General Assembly of Nova Scotia April 2, 1974 members 1978 Nova Scotia general election 1978 46 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 24 77.89% 0.57pp 150x150px NS Liberal nohash Gerald Regan July 24, 1965 NS Liberal name Halifax Needham 23 31 8 206,648 47.57% 1.94pp 150x150px NS PC nohash John Buchanan March 6, 1971 NS PC name Halifax Atlantic 21 12 9 166,388 38.31% 8.12pp 150x150px NS NDP nohash Jeremy Akerman November 9, 1968 NS NDP name Cape Breton East 2 3 1 55,902 12.87% 6.28pp Premier Premier after election Gerald Regan NS Liberal name Gerald Regan NS Liberal name The 1974 Nova Scotia general election was held on 2 April 1974 to elect members of the 51st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal Party. Most of its MLAs were elected in single-member district using first past the post voting but some, such as in Colchester and Yarmouth, were elected in two-seat districts using plurality block voting. Results Results by party + ↓ 31 12 3 Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic +Official results Election Returns 1974 https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201974.pdf Elections Nova Scotia November 14, 2021 February 8, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240208124951/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201974.pdf dead Election Returns 1974 Recapitulation https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/RECAPS1974.pdf Elections Nova Scotia November 14, 2021PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1970DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp) NS Liberal rowLiberalGerald Regan46232431+8206,64847.57%+1.94% NS PC rowProgressive ConservativeJohn Buchanan46211912-9166,38838.31%-8.12% NS NDP rowNew DemocraticJeremy Akerman46223+155,90212.87%+6.28% NS Independent rowIndependent601002,2200.51%+0.13% Vacant0 Total valid votes431,15899.26%+0.23%Blank and invalid ballots3,2050.74%-0.23%Total144464646–434,363100.00%–Registered voters / turnout507,19077.89%While 434,363 votes were cast, only 395,028 electors voted as Colchester, Inverness and Yarmouth electors voted for two candidates.+0.57% Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Liberal NS Liberal 47.57 PC NS PC 38.31 New Democratic NS NDP 12.87 Independent NS Independent 0.51Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px Liberal NS Liberal 67.39 PC NS PC 26.09 New Democratic NS NDP 6.52 Results by region Party nameHRMCape BretonAnnapolis ValleySouth ShoreFundy-NortheastCentral NovaTotalParties winning seats in the legislature NS Liberal rowLiberal Seats:86644331 NS Liberal row Popular vote:48.73%42.68%51.25%51.37%48.19%48.05%47.57% NS PC rowProgressive Conservative Seats:21232212 NS PC row Popular vote:38.34%32.67%42.11%39.63%42.33%41.57%38.31% NS NDP rowNew Democratic Party Seats:0300003 NS NDP row Popular vote:12.93%24.21%6.64%6.48%9.06%10.37%12.87%Parties not winning seats in the legislature NS Independent row-name Popular vote:–0.45%–2.52%0.42%–0.51%Total seats:1010876546 Retiring incumbents Liberal James L. Connolly, Halifax Chebucto Ralph F. Fiske, Pictou Centre A. Lloyd MacDonald, Pictou East George Riley, Halifax Cobequid Progressive Conservative Gerald Doucet, Richmond Floyd MacDonald, Queens George Isaac Smith, Colchester Victor Thorpe, Kings North Maurice L. Zinck, Lunenburg East 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 Liberal PC NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis East | |Hank De Boer2,58343.48% |NS PC background| |Gerry Sheehy3,13452.76% | |Murray A. Bent2233.75% | | |NS PC background| |Gerry Sheehy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis West |NS Liberal background| |Peter M. Nicholson2,63653.00% | |J.R. Kerr2,15043.22% | |David N. Lowe1883.78% | | |NS Liberal background| |Peter M. Nicholson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare |NS Liberal background| |Benoit Comeau2,95961.07% | |Vincent L. Doucet1,21825.14% | |Jean L. Belliveau66813.79% | | |NS Liberal background| |Benoit Comeau |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby |NS Liberal background| |Joseph H. Casey3,52565.90% | |John R. Nichols1,59029.73% | |C.B. Haight2344.37% | | |NS Liberal background| |Joseph H. Casey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West |NS Liberal background| |Robert D. Lindsay4,14848.07% | |Ron Russell3,70742.96% | |Gary E. Tonks7748.97% | | |NS Liberal background| |Robert D. Lindsay |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North |NS Liberal background| |Glenn Ells3,53649.39% | |David J. Waterbury3,12443.63% | |George W. Graves5006.98% | | |NS PC background| |Victor Thorpe† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South | |Edgar K. Aston1,99933.11% |NS PC background| |Harry How3,57659.22% | |John P. O'Meara4637.67% | | |NS PC background| |Harry How |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West |NS Liberal background| |Frank Bezanson5,03158.34% | |Kathleen E. Howlett3,20637.23% | |Donald Wolsey3744.34% | | |NS Liberal background| |Frank Bezanson |} South Shore NS Liberal PC NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg Centre | |James Kinley3,87839.08% |NS PC background| |Bruce Cochran4,08641.18% | |Ralph E. Deamond4214.24% | |Walton Cook1,53815.50% |NS Independent background| |Walton Cook |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg East | |Joseph Saunders1,96341.06% |NS PC background| |Ron Barkhouse2,53653.04% | |Anthony W.E. Zinck2825.90% | | |NS PC background| |Maurice L. Zinck† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West |NS Liberal background| |Maurice DeLory3,63554.92% | |Ella Spence2,64339.93% | |William R. Griswold3415.15% | | |NS Liberal background| |Maurice DeLory |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens | |R. Keith Wyer2,64940.58% |NS PC background| |John Wickwire2,90544.50% | |A.J. d'Entremont97414.92% | | |NS PC background| |Floyd MacDonald† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne |NS Liberal background| |Harold Huskilson4,11947.58% | |Ron Hatfield3,73243.11% | |Dewey Waybret8069.31% | | |NS Liberal background| |Harold Huskilson |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth |NS Liberal background| |Fraser Mooney8,09832.87% | |Martin Cottreau4,02916.35% | |Lawrence Dukeshire6372.59% | | |NS Liberal background| |Fraser Mooney |- |NS Liberal background| |Hugh Tinkham7,06828.69% | |George A. Snow4,30017.45% | |Leslie Babin5042.05% | | |NS PC background| |George A. Snow |} Fundy-Northeast NS Liberal PC NDP Independent |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester |NS Liberal background| |Melinda MacLean9,51425.87% | |Gerald Ritcey7,18219.53% | |Eda Forsythe1,5154.12% | |Bob Kirk1590.43% |NS PC background| |Gerald Ritcey |- |NS Liberal background| |Floyd Tucker8,66223.55% | |Ron Giffin7,97421.68% | |Allan Marchbank1,7714.82% | | |NS PC background| |George Isaac Smith† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland Centre |NS Liberal background| |Guy Brown2,28352.16% | |Raymond M. Smith1,60136.58% | |Elory Tabor49311.26% | | |NS PC background| |Raymond M. Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland East | |Ronald S. MacNeil3,49040.82% |NS PC background| |Roger Stuart Bacon4,12548.25% | |David W. D'Aubin93410.93% | | |NS PC background| |Roger Stuart Bacon |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland West | |W.J. Brown2,20545.86% |NS PC background| |D. L. George Henley2,32348.32% | |A. Bradley Colpitts2805.82% | | |NS PC background| |D. L. George Henley |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East |NS Liberal background| |Jack Hawkins3,32249.88% | |Avard Ettinger2,69040.39% | |Clair White5498.24% | |John G. Stanhope Sr.991.49% |NS Liberal background| |Jack Hawkins |} Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore NS Liberal PC NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Atlantic | |Darrell E. Wentzell4,38035.90% |NS PC background| |John Buchanan6,22951.06% | |Colin Campbell1,59113.04% | | |NS PC background| |John Buchanan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Chebucto |NS Liberal background| |Walter Fitzgerald5,60853.47% | |Dennis Ashworth3,23330.82% | |Burris Devanney1,64815.71% | | |NS Liberal background| |James L. Connolly† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Citadel |NS Liberal background| |Ronald Wallace4,29948.73% | |Richard MacLean3,07134.81% | |Michael Bradfield1,45216.46% | | |NS Liberal background| |Ronald Wallace |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Cobequid |NS Liberal background| |George Doucet8,69149.57% | |Silvia Hudson6,87839.23% | |George C. Cann1,96411.20% | | |NS Liberal background| |George Riley† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Cornwallis |NS Liberal background| |George M. Mitchell5,39147.52% | |George T.H. Cooper3,83333.79% | |Muriel Duckworth2,12118.70% | | |NS Liberal background| |George M. Mitchell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Eastern Shore |NS Liberal background| |Alexander Garnet Brown6,43752.90% | |Hanson D. Josey4,20534.56% | |John T. Kennedy1,52712.55% | | |NS Liberal background| |Alexander Garnet Brown |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Needham |NS Liberal background| |Gerald Regan4,36461.49% | |James H. Vaughan1,85426.12% | |Martin Dolin87912.39% | | |NS Liberal background| |Gerald Regan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax-St. Margaret's |NS Liberal background| |Leonard L. Pace7,23847.87% | |George C. Piercey6,08440.24% | |Richard Rogers1,79811.89% | | |NS Liberal background| |Leonard L. Pace |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth North |NS Liberal background| |Glen M. Bagnell7,09151.41% | |Richard L. Weldon4,83935.08% | |Joseph Bouchard1,86313.51% | | |NS Liberal background| |Glen M. Bagnell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth South | |D. Scott MacNutt5,87144.24% |NS PC background| |Roland J. Thornhill6,49148.91% | |Norman H. Dares9086.84% | | |NS Liberal background| |D. Scott MacNutt |} Central Nova NS Liberal PC NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish |NS Liberal background| |Bill Gillis5,14156.88% | |Ronald A. MacDonald3,17235.09% | |Patrick D. Gough7268.03% | | |NS Liberal background| |Bill Gillis |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough |NS Liberal background| |A.M. "Sandy" Cameron3,68855.66% | |Fenwick MacIntosh2,65240.02% | |William Sugg2864.32% | | |NS Liberal background| |A.M. "Sandy" Cameron |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre | |Lawrence MacKinnon4,95442.54% |NS PC background| |Fraser MacLean5,10043.80% | |Dave MacKenzie1,59113.66% | | |NS Liberal background| |Ralph F. Fiske† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East | |J. Lester MacLellan2,94542.09% |NS PC background| |Donald Cameron3,21745.98% | |Joanne E. Kohout83511.93% | | |NS Liberal background| |A. Lloyd MacDonald† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West |NS Liberal background| |Dan Reid2,62443.99% | |Harvey Veniot2,60243.62% | |Charles Parker73912.39% | | |NS PC background| |Harvey Veniot |} Cape Breton NS Liberal PC NDP Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre | |Albert J. Boudreau1,70321.76% | |Mike Laffin2,74335.05% |NS NDP background| |Buddy MacEachern3,38043.19% | | |NS PC background| |Mike Laffin |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East | |Vincent Kachafanas3,44330.83% | |Frederick Adshade1,61114.43% |NS NDP background| |Jeremy Akerman5,92953.10% | |Archie MacDonald1831.64% |NS NDP background| |Jeremy Akerman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North | |Barry LeBlanc4,15533.57% |NS PC background| |Tom MacKeough4,88939.50% | |Len J. Arsenault3,33326.93% | | |NS PC background| |Tom MacKeough |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Nova | |Ronald DiPenta1,27517.19% | |Percy Gaum2,33431.46% |NS NDP background| |Paul MacEwan3,80951.35% | | |NS NDP background| |Paul MacEwan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South |NS Liberal background| |Vince MacLean6,48750.87% | |John Francis Burke3,72129.18% | |Earl Johnston2,44119.14% | |Angus Currie1020.80% |NS PC background| |John Francis Burke |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West |NS Liberal background| |Allan Sullivan6,28153.46% | |Kenneth Andrews3,19927.23% | |Frank Boone2,26919.31% | | |NS Liberal background| |Allan Sullivan |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness |NS Liberal background| |William MacEachern5,60626.50% | |Norman J. MacLean4,83222.84% | |Donald MacKay6212.94% | |Catherine M. Haig1390.66% |NS PC background| |Norman J. MacLean |- |NS Liberal background| |John Archie MacKenzie5,40325.54% | |Joseph Shannon4,08819.32% | |Winston Bennett4662.20% | | |NS Liberal background| |John Archie MacKenzie |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond |NS Liberal background| |Gaston LeBlanc3,69757.62% | |Joseph Stewart2,13833.32% | |Stanley Pashkoski5819.06% | | |NS PC background| |Gerald Doucet† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria |NS Liberal background| |Maynard MacAskill2,57359.44% | |Fisher Hudson1,54235.62% | |Colin A. Gillis2144.94% | | |NS PC background| |Fisher Hudson |} References Election related reports Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201974.pdf 1974 Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer Queen's Printer June 18, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180618204230/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201974.pdf Further reading Saywell John John Saywell Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1974 1976 University of Toronto Press Toronto 9780802021960 https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0002unse_d8f4 registration 1974 Nova Scotia general election General election Nova Scotia general election