1984 Nova Scotia general election

1984 Nova Scotia general election

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52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 27 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	67.52% 6.65pp
First party Second party   PC Lib Leader John Buchanan A.M. "Sandy" Cameron Party Progressive Conservative Liberal Leader since March 6, 1971 June 8, 1980 Leader's seat Halifax Atlantic Guysborough (lost re-election) Last election 37 13 Seats won 42 6 Seat change 5 7 Percentage 50.41% 31.15% Swing 3.13pp 1.81pp   Third party Fourth party   CBL Leader Alexa McDonough Paul MacEwan Party New Democratic Cape Breton Labour Leader since November 16, 1980 1982 Leader's seat Halifax Chebucto Cape Breton Nova Last election 1 New Party Seats won 3 1 Seat change 2 1 Percentage 15.87% 2.00% Swing 2.14pp 2.00pp
Premier before election John Buchanan Progressive Conservative Premier after election John Buchanan Progressive Conservative

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

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Progressive Conservative	Liberal	New Democratic	Labour

Official results ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1981	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	52	37	38	42	+5	209,298	50.41%	+3.13%
	Liberal	A.M. "Sandy" Cameron	52	13	12	6	-7	129,310	31.15%	-1.81%
	New Democratic	Alexa McDonough	52	1	1	3	+2	65,876	15.87%	-2.14%
	Cape Breton Labour	Paul MacEwan	14	0	1	1	+1	8,322	2.00%	–
	Independent		4	1	0	0	-1	630	0.15%	-1.03%
	Vacant				0
Total valid votes								413,436	99.58%	+0.15%
Blank and invalid ballots								1,724	0.42%	+0.15%
Total			174	52	52	52	–	415,160	100.00%	–
Registered voters / turnout								614,899	67.52%	-6.65%

Popular vote PC   50.41% Liberal   31.15% New Democratic   15.87% Cape Breton Labour   2.00% Independent   0.15%

Seats summary PC   80.77% Liberal   11.54% New Democratic   5.77% Cape Breton 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

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	PC		Liberal		NDP		Cape Breton Labour		Independent
Annapolis East		Gerry Sheehy 3,736 56.02%		Nita M. Irvine 2,011 30.15%		Joan M. Boutilier 922 13.83%						Gerry Sheehy
Annapolis West		Greg Kerr 2,809 53.68%		Herb Anderson 2,019 38.58%		Howard Langille 405 7.74%						Greg Kerr
Clare		Guy LeBlanc 3,094 50.33%		Chester Melanson 2,784 45.29%		Alain Chabot 269 4.38%						Chester Melanson
Digby		Merryl Lawton 3,451 60.66%		Paul Scovil 1,657 29.13%		Susan Jamieson 581 10.21%						Joseph H. Casey†
Hants West		Ron Russell 4,634 55.65%		Robert D. Lindsay 2,535 30.44%		Alan St. C. Squires 1,158 13.91%						Ron Russell
Kings North		George Archibald 3,655 49.57%		Bob Wilson 1,858 25.20%		Don Fraser 1,860 25.23%						Edward Twohig†
Kings South		Paul Kinsman 3,673 45.31%		Alan Sponagle 625 7.71%		Bob Levy 3,694 45.57%				Doug Milligan 114 1.41%		Paul Kinsman
Kings West		George Moody 5,273 60.45%		Doug McKeil 2,546 29.19%		Ted Davis 904 10.36%						George Moody

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	PC		Liberal		NDP		Cape Breton Labour		Independent
Argyle		Neil LeBlanc 2,894 52.51%		J. Donald Doucette 2,422 43.95%		Lawrence Meuse 195 3.54%						Hugh Tinkham†
Lunenburg Centre		Maxine Cochran 5,239 56.60%		Linton M. Wentzell 2,669 28.83%		Angus J. Fields 1,349 14.57%						Maxine Cochran
Lunenburg East		David Hatt 1,764 32.10%		Jim Barkhouse 2,696 49.06%		Janet Mooney 1,035 18.84%						Ron Barkhouse†
Lunenburg West		Mel Pickings 3,435 51.25%		Caroll W. Young 2,162 32.25%		Martha Laurence 1,106 16.50%						Mel Pickings
Queens		John Leefe 3,661 59.92%		Hugh Mosher 1,532 25.07%		Bill Zimmerman 917 15.01%						John Leefe
Shelburne		Ron Leary 3,659 43.88%		Harold Huskilson 3,843 46.09%		Laurie Hitchens 601 7.21%				Etheren Goreham 235 2.82%		Harold Huskilson
Yarmouth		Alex McIntosh 4,400 49.16%		Fraser Mooney 3,755 41.96%		Brian Doucette 795 8.88%						Fraser Mooney

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	PC		Liberal		NDP		Cape Breton Labour		Independent
Colchester North		Jack Coupar 3,796 46.65%		Ed Lorraine 3,636 44.68%		Alan M. Marchbank 706 8.68%						Ed Lorraine
Colchester South		R. Colin Stewart 3,572 63.85%		Fred A. Kennedy 1,530 27.35%		Bernard A. Gay 492 8.80%						R. Colin Stewart
Cumberland Centre		Douglas Marshall 1,804 41.03%		Guy Brown 2,436 55.40%		Stanley H. McCormick 157 3.57%						Guy Brown
Cumberland East		Roger Stuart Bacon 4,837 61.35%		Ira Drysdale 2,349 29.79%		Barbara Anne Marsden 698 8.85%						Roger Stuart Bacon
Cumberland West		Gardner Hurley 2,503 51.77%		Gary Gordon 1,845 38.16%		Sandy Graham 487 10.07%						D. L. George Henley†
Hants East		Cora Etter 3,730 48.57%		Jack Hawkins 3,192 41.57%		Herbert H. Radley 757 9.86%						Jack Hawkins
Truro—Bible Hill		Ron Giffin 5,008 61.03%		Kirby Eileen Grant 2,253 27.46%		Andy Belliveau 945 11.52%						Ron Giffin

Central Halifax

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	PC		Liberal		NDP		Cape Breton Labour		Independent
Halifax Bedford Basin		Joel Matheson 5,613 47.32%		Alan Weeks 2,224 18.75%		Paul Fiander 4,024 33.93%						Joel Matheson
Halifax Chebucto		Helen Gillis 2,630 29.85%		Dan Clarke 1,806 20.50%		Alexa McDonough 4,374 49.65%						Alexa McDonough
Halifax Citadel		Art Donahoe 3,652 40.40%		John Godfrey 2,524 27.92%		Eileen O'Connell 2,864 31.68%						Art Donahoe
Halifax Cornwallis		Terry Donahoe 5,273 47.80%		Dale Godsoe 2,753 24.96%		Tim Hill 3,005 27.24%						Terry Donahoe
Halifax Needham		Edmund L. Morris 3,173 39.97%		Walter Fitzgerald 2,208 27.81%		Maureen MacDonald 2,514 31.67%		Beatrice Kaizer 44 0.55%				Edmund L. Morris

Suburban Halifax

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	PC		Liberal		NDP		Cape Breton Labour		Independent
Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley		Ken Streatch 4,953 59.98%		John M. Dillon 1,755 21.25%		Susan Coldwell 1,468 17.78%		Alfred Nieforth 82 0.99%				Ken Streatch
Halifax Atlantic		John Buchanan 5,528 58.37%		David C. Melnick 1,888 19.93%		Rene Quigley 1,942 20.50%				Arthur R. Canning 113 1.19%		John Buchanan
Halifax-St. Margaret's		Jerry Lawrence 5,141 57.39%		Michael N. Kelly 1,559 17.40%		Lillian Viau 2,258 25.21%						Jerry Lawrence
Sackville		Malcolm A. MacKay 2,997 26.49%		Bill MacDonald 3,763 33.26%		John Holm 4,555 40.26%						Malcolm A. MacKay

Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	PC		Liberal		NDP		Cape Breton Labour		Independent
Cole Harbour		David Nantes 5,283 61.49%		Dennis F. Cuvelier 1,614 18.78%		Les MacDougall 1,695 19.73%						David Nantes
Dartmouth East		Richard L. Weldon 3,101 33.84%		Jim Smith 4,004 43.70%		Gerry Legere 2,058 22.46%						Richard L. Weldon
Dartmouth North		Laird Stirling 3,200 43.45%		Pat Connolly 2,150 29.20%		Chester Sanford 1,938 26.32%		Ron Bugbee 76 1.03%				Laird Stirling
Dartmouth South		Roland J. Thornhill 4,534 58.20%		Don Walker 1,666 21.39%		Fred Lutley 1,590 20.41%						Roland J. Thornhill
Halifax Eastern Shore		Tom McInnis 5,395 62.74%		Paul MacKenzie 2,151 25.01%		Kevin Wilson 1,053 12.25%						Tom McInnis

Central Nova

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	PC		Liberal		NDP		Cape Breton Labour		Independent
Antigonish		Liz Chisholm 4,854 44.89%		Bill Gillis 5,167 47.78%		Bill Woodfine 793 7.33%						Bill Gillis
Guysborough		Chuck MacNeil 3,859 50.70%		A.M. "Sandy" Cameron 3,469 45.57%		Elsie Richard 284 3.73%						A.M. "Sandy" Cameron
Pictou Centre		Jack MacIsaac 6,596 67.11%		Bob Leahy 2,103 21.40%		Kim Murray 1,130 11.50%						Jack MacIsaac
Pictou East		Donald Cameron 4,367 63.75%		Scott Johnston 1,754 25.61%		Larry Duchesne 729 10.64%						Donald Cameron
Pictou West		Donald P. McInnes 3,844 59.78%		Bob Naylor 1,932 30.05%		Lynn Curwin-Porteous 486 7.56%				Franklin R. Fiske 168 2.61%		Donald P. McInnes

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	PC		Liberal		NDP		Cape Breton Labour		Independent
Cape Breton Centre		Mike Laffin 4,586 58.83%		A. Beaver Parsons 1,264 16.22%		Angus Grant 743 9.53%		Dan MacKinnon 1,202 15.42%				Mike Laffin
Cape Breton East		Donnie MacLeod 9,822 96.33%		Cha Keliher 3,579 33.62%		Jim Jobe 555 5.21%		Blair Matheson 1,724 16.20%				Donnie MacLeod
Cape Breton North		Brian Young 6,431 70.01%		Hank Lamond 1,637 17.82%		Tom Rose 709 7.72%		M.J. Julian 409 4.45%				Brian Young
Cape Breton Nova		Jim Neville 1,747 23.87%		John Ryan 1,066 14.56%		Alex MacIsaac 674 9.21%		Paul MacEwan 3,832 52.36%				Paul MacEwan
Cape Breton South		Murdock Smith 5,049 42.04%		Vince MacLean 5,961 49.63%		John Chisholm 633 5.27%		Kim MacEwan 367 3.06%				Vince MacLean
Cape Breton—The Lakes		John Newell 4,535 51.29%		John Coady 3,338 37.75%		Richard Fogarty 813 9.19%		Mary Strickland 156 1.76%				John Newell
Cape Breton West		"Big" Donnie MacLeod 9,822 96.33%		Russell MacKinnon 3,925 40.04%		Terry Crawley 582 5.94%		Linda Martin 261 2.66%				"Big" Donnie MacLeod
Inverness North		Norman J. MacLean 3,475 45.57%		John Archie MacKenzie 3,209 42.08%		Ben Boucher 913 11.97%		Nancy Thomas 29 0.38%				John Archie MacKenzie
Inverness South		Billy Joe MacLean 3,349 63.44%		Danny Graham 1,736 32.83%		Al MacKinnon 246 4.65%		Laddie Golemiec 33 0.62%				Billy Joe MacLean
Richmond		Greg MacIsaac 3,262 47.20%		Richie Mann 2,790 40.37%		Shirley McNamara 828 11.98%		Ken Covey 31 0.45%				Greg MacIsaac
Victoria		Fisher Hudson 2,498 50.76%		Elmourne K. MacKinnon 1,960 39.83%		Fraser Patterson 387 7.86%		Bernice MacLean 76 1.54%				Fisher Hudson

References

1. "Election Returns 1984" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
2. "Election Returns 1984 Recapitulation" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 11, 2021.