1968 Nova Scotia New Democratic Party leadership election

1968 Nova Scotia New Democratic Party leadership election Nova Scotia presidential no 1963 1980 1980 November 9, 1968 Final ballot f4a460 Jeremy Akerman 80(51.28%) f4a460 Keith Jobson 76(48.72%) Leader James H. Aitchison Jeremy Akerman Nova Scotia New Democratic Party NB NDP 1968 November 9, 1968 Jeremy Akerman James H. Aitchison 2 1 The 1968 Nova Scotia New Democratic Party leadership election was held on November 9, 1968, to elect a successor to James H. Aitchison as leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. Jeremy Akerman was elected, defeating Keith Jobson. Background James H. Aitchison had led the party in the 1963 and 1967 provincial elections. In both elections, the party failed to win any seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Aitchison had been the first leader of the party not from Cape Breton Island; and the party's subsequent poor showings in 1963 and 1967 among its traditional strongholds in the island's fishing and mining communities was attributed to Aitchison's leadership. He chose not to continue as leader in 1968.Evans Bryan M. Transforming Provincial Politics: The Political Economy of Canada's Provinces and Territories in the Neoliberal Era Smith Charles W. 2015-03-27 University of Toronto Press 978-1-4426-9593-1 88 en Following the leadership election, Akerman became one of the youngest-ever leaders of a major political party in Canada at just 26 years old.1980-05-19 Void facing N.S. New Democrats The Globe and Mail Toronto Candidates Jeremy Akerman Jeremy Akerman was the NDP candidate for Cape Breton—East Richmond in the 1968 federal election and the Nova Scotia NDP candidate for Cape Breton West in the 1967 provincial election. Before entering politics, he had been a journalist in Sydney, and had also worked on archaeological projects at the Fortress of Louisbourg.Elliott Shirley B. Shirley Elliott The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983: A biographical directory https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/1 2025-04-03 1984 Public Archives of Nova Scotia 0-88871-050-X 1 Keith Jobson Keith Jobson was a university professor from Halifax. Ballot results +First BallotCandidateVotesPercentageJeremy Akerman8051.28Keith Jobson7648.72Total156100.00 References 30em Nova Scotia New Democratic Party leadership election New Democratic Party leadership election Nova Scotia New Democratic Party leadership election Nova Scotia New Democratic Party leadership election