2017 Nova Scotia general election

2017 Nova Scotia general election

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All 51 seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	53.35% 5.73 pp
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Stephen McNeil Jamie Baillie Gary Burrill Party Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic Leader since April 28, 2007 October 26, 2010 February 27, 2016 Leader's seat Annapolis Cumberland South Halifax Chebucto Last election 33 seats, 45.71% 11 seats, 26.31% 7 seats, 26.84% Seats before 34 10 5 Seats won 27 17 7 Seat change 7 7 2 Popular vote 158,384 143,353 86,299 Percentage 39.47% 35.73% 21.51% Swing 6.24pp 9.42pp 5.33pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom.
Premier before election Stephen McNeil Liberal Premier after election Stephen McNeil Liberal

The 2017 Nova Scotia general election was held on May 30, 2017, to elect members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

The Liberals under Premier Stephen McNeil won re-election with a reduced majority, falling from 34 seats at dissolution to 27 seats.

Timeline

• October 8, 2013 – The Liberal Party, led by Stephen McNeil, wins the 2013 Nova Scotia general election. The Progressive Conservative Association becomes the official opposition, and the governing New Democratic Party is relegated to third party status.
• November 23, 2013 – Darrell Dexter resigns as leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) and MLA Maureen MacDonald becomes interim leader. ^[1]
• February 27, 2016 – Gary Burrill is elected leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. ^[2]
• June 28, 2016 - The Atlantica Party becomes Nova Scotia's newest registered political party. ^[3]
• April 30, 2017 – Premier Stephen McNeil calls a general election for May 30, 2017. ^[4]

Changes in seats held (2014–2017)

Seat	Before				Change
	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Hants West	June 13, 2014 [5]	Chuck Porter	█  PC	Left party			█  Independent
Dartmouth South	March 16, 2015 [6]	Allan Rowe	█  Liberal	Died in office	July 14, 2015 [7]	Marian Mancini	█  New Democratic
Cape Breton Centre	April 2, 2015 [8]	Frank Corbett	█  New Democratic	Resignation	July 14, 2015	David Wilton	█  Liberal
Sydney-Whitney Pier	April 2, 2015	Gordie Gosse	█  New Democratic	Resignation	July 14, 2015	Derek Mombourquette	█  Liberal
Dartmouth East	November 5, 2015 [9]	Andrew Younger	█  Liberal	Dismissed from Cabinet and caucus			█  Independent
Hants West	February 17, 2016 [10]	Chuck Porter	█  Independent	Joins Liberal caucus			█  Liberal
Halifax Needham	April 12, 2016 [11]	Maureen MacDonald	█  New Democratic	Resignation	August 30, 2016 [12]	Lisa Roberts	█  New Democratic
Dartmouth South	April 23, 2017	Marian Mancini	█  New Democratic	Resignation			█ Vacant

Party standings

Results by party

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27	17	7
Liberal	Progressive Conservative	New Democratic

Summary of the 2017 Nova Scotia House of Assembly election ^[13]

Party		Leader	Candidates	Votes						Seats
				#	±	%	Change (pp)			2013	2017	±
	Liberal	Stephen McNeil	51	158,383	31,729	39.47	-6.23			33	27 / 51	6
	Progressive Conservative	Jamie Baillie	51	143,354	33,902	35.73	9.41		9.41	11	17 / 51	6
	New Democratic	Gary Burrill	51	86,299	25,323	21.51	-5.33			7	7 / 51
	Green	Thomas Trappenberg	32	11,127	7,599	2.77	1.92		1.92
	Atlantica	Jonathan Geoffrey Dean	15	1,632	1,632	0.41	New
	Independent		3	447	791	0.11	-0.19
Total			203	401,242		100.00%
Rejected ballots				2,123	1,016
Turnout				403,365	15,726	53.35%	4.85
Registered voters				756,113	36,036

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 2017 Nova Scotia general election [13]
Riding	Region	Winning party										Turnout [a 1]	Votes
		2013		1st place		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %	2nd place			Lib	PC	NDP	Grn	Atl	Ind	Total
Annapolis	Annapolis Valley		Lib		Lib	6,410	64.73%	4,893	49.41%		NDP	58.86%	6,410	1,480	1,517	366	130	–	9,903
Antigonish	Central Nova		Lib		Lib	3,877	43.38%	738	8.26%		PC	62.08%	3,877	3,139	1,815	–	106	–	8,937
Argyle-Barrington	South Shore		PC		PC	4,031	65.07%	2,190	35.35%		Lib	49.76%	1,841	4,031	323	–	–	–	6,195
Bedford	Suburban Halifax		Lib		Lib	5,831	52.69%	2,443	22.08%		PC	51.50%	5,831	3,388	1,362	485	–	–	11,066
Cape Breton Centre	Cape Breton		NDP		NDP	3,419	43.77%	796	10.19%		Lib	59.68%	2,623	1,770	3,419	–	–	–	7,812
Cape Breton-Richmond	Cape Breton		Lib		PC	3,337	43.57%	21	0.27%		Lib	68.56%	3,316	3,337	1,006	–	–	–	7,659
Chester-St. Margaret's	South Shore		NDP		Lib	3,112	35.46%	91	1.04%		NDP	57.03%	3,112	2,230	3,021	413	–	–	8,776
Clare-Digby	Annapolis Valley		Lib		Lib	4,044	50.49%	1,761	21.99%		PC	56.08%	4,044	2,283	1,682	–	–	–	8,009
Clayton Park West	Central Halifax		Lib		Lib	4,035	46.05%	1,731	19.75%		PC	49.64%	4,035	2,304	1,764	506	154	–	8,763
Colchester North	Fundy-Northeast		Lib		Lib	3,654	46.49%	429	5.46%		PC	54.57%	3,654	3,225	980	–	–	–	7,859
Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley	Fundy-Northeast		PC		PC	3,655	50.57%	1,708	23.63%		Lib	51.18%	1,947	3,655	1,625	–	–	–	7,227
Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage	Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore		Lib		PC	2,682	36.40%	97	1.32%		Lib	48.98%	2,585	2,682	1,759	343	–	–	7,369
Cole Harbour-Portland Valley	Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore		Lib		Lib	3,583	36.85%	380	3.91%		PC	53.95%	3,583	3,203	2,552	385	–	–	9,723
Cumberland North	Fundy-Northeast		Lib		PC	3,632	51.66%	919	13.07%		Lib	53.30%	2,713	3,632	496	–	84	106	7,031
Cumberland South	Fundy-Northeast		PC		PC	3,536	51.49%	757	11.02%		Lib	62.37%	2,779	3,536	398 [a 2]	–	154	–	6,867
Dartmouth East	Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore		Lib		PC	3,309	41.15%	191	2.38%		Lib	54.31%	3,118	3,309	964	650	–	–	8,041
Dartmouth North	Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore		Lib		NDP	2,771	39.36%	329	4.67%		Lib	42.65%	2,442	1,384	2,771	318	126	–	7,041
Dartmouth South	Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore		Lib		NDP	3,545	39.65%	197	2.20%		Lib	50.83%	3,348	1,418	3,545	506	123	–	8,940
Eastern Shore	Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore		Lib		Lib	2,527	37.71%	503	7.51%		PC	53.67%	2,527	2,024	1,780	221	–	149	6,701
Fairview-Clayton Park	Central Halifax		Lib		Lib	2,925	39.90%	735	10.03%		NDP	41.93%	2,925	1,839	2,190	376	–	–	7,330
Glace Bay	Cape Breton		Lib		Lib	3,317	46.65%	379	5.33%		PC	57.42%	3,317	2,938	718	–	137	–	7,110
Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie	Central Nova		Lib		Lib	2,565	43.09%	71	1.19%		PC	58.47%	2,565	2,494	894	–	–	–	5,953
Halifax Armdale	Central Halifax		Lib		Lib	2,962	44.58%	864	13.00%		NDP	53.48%	2,962	1,253	2,098	246	85	–	6,644
Halifax Atlantic	Suburban Halifax		Lib		Lib	4,219	55.48%	2,491	32.76%		NDP	50.03%	4,219	1,300	1,728	357	–	–	7,604
Halifax Chebucto	Central Halifax		Lib		NDP	4,197	46.15%	624	6.86%		Lib	51.88%	3,573	963	4,197	361	–	–	9,094
Halifax Citadel-Sable Island	Central Halifax		Lib		Lib	2,419	41.28%	801	13.67%		NDP	39.34%	2,419	1,480	1,618	343	–	–	5,860
Halifax Needham	Central Halifax		NDP		NDP	3,880	51.36%	1,805	23.89%		Lib	45.89%	2,075	1,135	3,880	465	–	–	7,555
Hammonds Plains-Lucasville	Suburban Halifax		Lib		Lib	3,432	46.69%	1,011	13.76%		PC	57.08%	3,432	2,421	1,157	340	–	–	7,350
Hants East	Fundy-Northeast		Lib		Lib	3,923	43.67%	819	9.12%		PC	48.06%	3,923	3,104	1,508	449	–	–	8,984
Hants West	Annapolis Valley		PC		Lib	4,589	54.87%	2,173	25.98%		PC	53.94%	4,589	2,416	1,042	243	73	–	8,363
Inverness	Cape Breton		PC		PC	4,687	61.90%	2,340	30.90%		Lib	66.22%	2,347	4,687	538	–	–	–	7,572
Kings North	Annapolis Valley		PC		PC	3,823	45.94%	1,039	12.49%		Lib	52.19%	2,784	3,823	1,347	295	72	–	8,321
Kings South	Annapolis Valley		Lib		Lib	4,269	46.71%	1,773	19.40%		PC	52.26%	4,269	2,496	1,921	337	116	–	9,139
Kings West	Annapolis Valley		Lib		Lib	4,190	52.45%	1,175	14.71%		PC	52.29%	4,190	3,015	536	247	–	–	7,988
Lunenburg	South Shore		Lib		Lib	3,110	39.45%	673	8.54%		PC	55.47%	3,110	2,437	2,336	–	–	–	7,883
Lunenburg West	South Shore		Lib		Lib	3,839	47.10%	1,578	19.36%		PC	50.51%	3,839	2,261	1,690	361	–	–	8,151
Northside-Westmount	Cape Breton		PC		PC	5,941	63.46%	3,956	42.26%		Lib	56.62%	1,985	5,941	1,436	–	–	–	9,362
Pictou Centre	Central Nova		PC		PC	3,773	52.36%	1,746	24.23%		Lib	55.79%	2,027	3,773	1,406	–	–	–	7,206
Pictou East	Central Nova		PC		PC	5,275	73.88%	3,974	55.66%		Lib	59.90%	1,301	5,275	564	–	–	–	7,140
Pictou West	Central Nova		PC		PC	4,333	62.44%	3,031	43.68%		NDP	62.08%	1,143	4,333	1,302	161	–	–	6,939
Preston-Dartmouth	Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore		Lib		Lib	2,572	51.33%	1,459	29.12%		NDP	44.28%	2,572	1,105	1,113	221	–	–	5,011
Queens-Shelburne	South Shore		NDP		PC	3,244	43.82%	941	12.71%		Lib	52.70%	2,303	3,244	1,581	275	–	–	7,403
Sackville-Beaver Bank	Suburban Halifax		Lib		PC	2,923	43.58%	768	11.45%		Lib	48.47%	2,155	2,923	1,332	231	66	–	6,707
Sackville-Cobequid	Suburban Halifax		NDP		NDP	3,465	44.17%	1,427	18.19%		Lib	50.95%	2,038	1,991	3,465	262	88	–	7,844
Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg	Cape Breton		PC		PC	6,370	67.73%	4,149	44.11%		Lib	60.76%	2,221	6,370	814	–	–	–	9,405
Sydney-Whitney Pier	Cape Breton		NDP		Lib	3,656	38.72%	160	1.69%		NDP	52.62%	3,656	2,290	3,496	–	–	–	9,442
Timberlea-Prospect	Suburban Halifax		Lib		Lib	4,272	49.90%	2,242	26.19%		PC	53.58%	4,272	2,030	1,804	337	118	–	8,561
Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River	Fundy-Northeast		NDP		NDP	3,455	43.95%	943	12.00%		PC	48.43%	1,894	2,512	3,455	–	–	–	7,861
Victoria-The Lakes	Cape Breton		Lib		PC	4,373	59.55%	2,404	32.74%		Lib	58.52%	1,969	4,373	544	265	–	192	7,343
Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank	Suburban Halifax		Lib		Lib	3,160	37.94%	65	0.78%		PC	55.47%	3,160	3,095	1,567	506	–	–	8,328
Yarmouth	South Shore		Lib		Lib	5,364	68.16%	3,357	42.66%		PC	57.12%	5,364	2,007	243	256	–	–	7,870

1. including spoilt ballots
2. Larry Duchesne was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island and leader of the Prince Edward Island New Democratic Party.

  = Open seat

  = Turnout is above provincial average

  = Winning candidate was in previous Legislature

  = Incumbent had switched allegiance

  = Previously incumbent in another riding

  = Not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature

  = Incumbency arose from byelection gain

  = Other incumbents renominated

  = Previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada

  = Multiple candidates

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

• Diana Whalen, Clayton Park West ^{[14] [15]}

New Democratic

• Sterling Belliveau, Queens-Shelburne ^[16]
• Marian Mancini, Dartmouth South ^[17]

Independent

• Andrew Younger, Dartmouth East ^[18]

Nominated candidates

Annapolis Valley

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Green		Atlantica
Annapolis		Stephen McNeil 6,410 64.73%		Ginny Hurlock [19] 1,480 14.94%		Colin Sproul [20] 1,517 15.32%		Zac Crockatt 366 3.70%		Kent Robinson 130 1.31%		Stephen McNeil
Clare-Digby		Gordon Wilson 4,044 50.49%		Normand Cormier 2,283 28.51%		Harold Neil [21] 1,682 21.00%						Gordon Wilson
Hants West		Chuck Porter 4,589 54.87%		Janice Munroe Dodge [22] 2,416 28.89%		Lalia Kerr 1,042 12.46%		Torin Buzek [23] 243 2.91%		Edward Boucher 73 0.87%		Chuck Porter
Kings North		Geof Turner [24] 2,784 33.46%		John Lohr 3,823 45.94%		Ted Champion 1,347 16.19%		Mary Lou Harley 295 3.55%		Bryden Deadder 72 0.87%		John Lohr
Kings South		Keith Irving 4,269 46.71%		Peter Harrison 2,496 27.31%		Stephen Schneider 1,921 21.02%		Sheila Richardson [23] 337 3.69%		Joel Hirtle 116 1.27%		Keith Irving
Kings West		Leo Glavine 4,190 52.45%		Chris Palmer [25] 3,015 37.74%		Cheryl Burbidge 536 6.71%		Madeline Taylor 247 3.09%				Leo Glavine

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Green
Argyle-Barrington		Louis d'Entremont [26] 1,841 29.72%		Chris d'Entremont 4,031 65.07%		Greg Foster [21] 323 5.21%				Chris d'Entremont
Chester-St. Margaret's		Hugh MacKay [27] 3,112 35.46%		Julie Chaisson 2,230 25.41%		Denise Peterson-Rafuse 3,021 34.42%		Harry Ward [23] 413 4.71%		Denise Peterson-Rafuse
Lunenburg		Suzanne Lohnes-Croft 3,110 39.45%		Brian Pickings [28] 2,437 30.91%		Marc Breaugh [29] 2,336 29.63%				Suzanne Lohnes-Croft
Lunenburg West		Mark Furey 3,839 47.10%		Carole Hipwell 2,261 27.74%		Lisa Norman 1,690 20.73%		Michael Sheppard 361 4.43%		Mark Furey
Queens-Shelburne		Vernon Oickle [30] 2,303 31.11%		Kim Masland [31] 3,244 43.82%		John Davis 1,581 21.36%		Kathaleen Milan [23] 275 3.71%		Sterling Belliveau†
Yarmouth		Zach Churchill 5,364 68.16%		Mitch Bonnar [32] 2,007 25.50%		David Olie [21] 243 3.09%		Jim Laverie 256 3.25%		Zach Churchill

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Green		Atlantica		Independent
Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley		Matthew Rushton 1,947 26.94%		Larry Harrison 3,655 50.57%		Janet Moulton 1,625 22.49%								Larry Harrison
Colchester North		Karen Casey 3,654 46.49%		Rebecca Taylor 3,225 41.04%		James Finnie [33] 980 12.47%								Karen Casey
Cumberland North		Terry Farrell 2,713 38.59%		Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin [34] 3,632 51.66%		Earl Dow 496 7.05%				Bill Archer 84 1.19%		Richard Plett 106 1.51%		Terry Farrell
Cumberland South		Kenny John Jackson [35] 2,779 40.47%		Jamie Baillie 3,536 51.49%		Larry Duchesne [36] 398 5.80%				Thor Lengies 154 2.24%				Jamie Baillie
Hants East		Margaret Miller 3,923 43.67%		John A. MacDonald 3,104 34.55%		Liam Crouse 1,508 16.79%		Jenn Kang 449 5.00%						Margaret Miller
Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River		Craig Johnson [37] 1,894 24.09%		Keltie Jones [38] 2,512 31.96%		Lenore Zann 3,455 43.95%								Lenore Zann

Central Halifax

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Green		Atlantica
Clayton Park West		Rafah DiCostanzo 4,035 46.05%		Paul Kimball [39] 2,304 26.29%		Rana Zaman 1,764 20.13%		Thomas Trappenberg [23] 506 5.77%		Jonathan Dean 154 1.76%		Diana Whalen†
Fairview-Clayton Park		Patricia Arab 2,925 39.90%		Paul Beasant [40] 1,839 25.09%		Joanne Hussey 2,190 29.88%		Charlene Boyce [23] 376 5.13%				Patricia Arab
Halifax Armdale		Lena Diab 2,962 44.58%		Sylvia Gillard 1,253 18.86%		David Wheeler [41] 2,098 31.58%		Marc-André Tremblay 246 3.70%		Michael McLeod 85 1.28%		Lena Diab
Halifax Chebucto		Joachim Stroink 3,573 39.29%		John Wesley Chisholm [42] 963 10.59%		Gary Burrill 4,197 46.15%		Casey Meijer [23] 361 3.97%				Joachim Stroink
Halifax Citadel-Sable Island		Labi Kousoulis 2,419 41.28%		Rob Batherson 1,480 25.26%		Glenn Walton 1,618 27.61%		Martin Willison [23] 343 5.85%				Labi Kousoulis
Halifax Needham		Melinda Daye [43] 2,075 27.47%		Matthew Donahoe 1,135 15.02%		Lisa Roberts 3,880 51.36%		Andrew Jamieson 465 6.15%				Lisa Roberts

Suburban Halifax

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Green		Atlantica
Bedford		Kelly Regan 5,831 52.69%		Valerie White [44] 3,388 30.62%		Blake Wright 1,362 12.31%		Michealle Hanshaw 485 4.38%				Kelly Regan
Halifax Atlantic		Brendan Maguire 4,219 55.48%		Bruce Holland [45] [46] 1,300 17.10%		Trish Keeping 1,728 22.72%		Chelsey Carter [23] 357 4.69%				Brendan Maguire
Hammonds Plains-Lucasville		Ben Jessome 3,432 46.69%		Matt Whitman [47] 2,421 32.94%		Paul McGuinness 1,157 15.74%		Jessica Alexander [23] 340 4.63%				Ben Jessome
Sackville-Beaver Bank		Stephen Gough 2,155 32.13%		Brad Johns [48] 2,923 43.58%		Dennis Kutchera 1,332 19.86%		Michael Montgomery [23] 231 3.44%		Rita Billington 66 0.98%		Stephen Gough
Sackville-Cobequid		Michel Hindlet [27] 2,038 25.98%		John Giannakos [49] 1,991 25.38%		Dave Wilson 3,465 44.17%		Tanner Montgomery 262 3.34%		Cathy Morgan 88 1.12%		Dave Wilson
Timberlea-Prospect		Iain Rankin 4,272 49.90%		Tim Kohoot 2,030 23.71%		Linda Moxsom Skinner 1,804 21.07%		Kai Trappenberg [23] 337 3.94%		Matt Mansfield 118 1.38%		Iain Rankin
Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank		Bill Horne 3,160 37.94%		Dan McNaughton [50] 3,095 37.16%		Trevor Sanipass 1,567 18.82%		Anthony Edmonds [23] 506 6.08%				Bill Horne

Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Green		Atlantica		Independent
Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage		Joyce Treen 2,585 35.08%		Barbara Adams [51] 2,682 36.40%		Nancy Jakeman 1,759 23.87%		Rebecca Mosher 343 4.65%						Joyce Treen
Cole Harbour-Portland Valley		Tony Ince 3,583 36.85%		Chris Mont 3,203 32.94%		Andre Cain 2,552 26.25%		Melanie Mulrooney 385 3.96%						Tony Ince
Dartmouth East		Edgar Burns 3,118 38.78%		Tim Halman 3,309 41.15%		Bill McEwen 964 11.99%		Matthew Richey 650 8.08%						Andrew Younger†
Dartmouth North		Joanne Bernard 2,442 34.68%		Melanie Russell [52] 1,384 19.66%		Susan Leblanc 2,771 39.36%		Tyler Colbourne [23] 318 4.52%		David Boyd 126 1.79%				Joanne Bernard
Dartmouth South		Vishal Bhardwaj [53] 3,348 37.45%		Jad Crnogorac [54] 1,418 15.86%		Claudia Chender [55] 3,545 39.65%		June Trenholm 506 5.66%		Jim Murray [56] 123 1.38%				Vacant†
Eastern Shore		Kevin Murphy 2,527 37.71%		Patricia Auchnie 2,024 30.20%		Devin Ashley 1,780 26.56%		Andy Berry 221 3.30%				Randy Carter 149 2.22%		Kevin Murphy
Preston-Dartmouth		Keith Colwell 2,572 51.33%		Irvine Carvery 1,105 22.05%		Shelley Fashan 1,113 22.21%		Aaron Alexander 221 4.41%						Keith Colwell

Central Nova

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Green		Atlantica
Antigonish		Randy Delorey 3,877 43.38%		Ray Mattie [57] 3,139 35.12%		Moraig MacGillivray [58] 1,815 20.31%				Ryan Smyth [59] 106 1.19%		Randy Delorey
Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie		Lloyd Hines 2,565 43.09%		Rob Wolf [60] 2,494 41.89%		Marney Simmons 894 15.02%						Lloyd Hines
Pictou Centre		Jeff Davis [61] 2,027 28.13%		Pat Dunn 3,773 52.36%		Henderson Paris [62] 1,406 19.51%						Pat Dunn
Pictou East		John Fraser 1,30118.22%		Tim Houston 5,275 73.88%		Deborah Stiles 564 7.90%						Tim Houston
Pictou West		Ben MacLean 1,143 16.47%		Karla MacFarlane 4,333 62.44%		Shawn McNamara [63] 1,302 18.76%		Cecile Vigneault 161 2.32%				Karla MacFarlane

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	Liberal		PC		NDP		Green		Atlantica		Independent
Cape Breton Centre		David Wilton 2,623 33.58%		Louie Piovesan 1,770 22.66%		Tammy Martin [64] 3,419 43.77%								David Wilton
Cape Breton-Richmond		Michel Samson 3,316 43.30%		Alana Paon [65] 3,337 43.57%		Larry Keating [66] 1,006 13.13%								Michel Samson
Glace Bay		Geoff MacLellan 3,317 46.65%		John White [67] 2,938 41.32%		Lois MacDougall 718 10.10%				Steven MacNeil 137 1.93%				Geoff MacLellan
Inverness		Bobby Morris [68] 2,347 31.00%		Allan MacMaster 4,687 61.90%		Michelle Smith 538 7.11%								Allan MacMaster
Northside-Westmount		John Higgins [27] 1,985 21.20%		Eddie Orrell 5,941 63.46%		Ronald Crowther [69] 1,436 15.34%								Eddie Orrell
Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg		Katherine MacDonald [70] 2,221 23.62%		Alfie MacLeod 6,370 67.73%		Bill Matheson 814 8.65%								Alfie MacLeod
Sydney-Whitney Pier		Derek Mombourquette 3,656 38.72%		Laurie MacIntosh 2,290 24.25%		Madonna Doucette [69] 3,496 37.03%								Derek Mombourquette
Victoria-The Lakes		Pam Eyking 1,969 26.81%		Keith Bain [71] 4,373 59.55%		Lisa Bond 544 7.41%		Adrianna MacKinnon [23] [72] 265 3.61%				Stemer MacLeod 192 2.61%		Pam Eyking

Opinion polls

Polling Firm	Last Day of Polling	Link	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green
Forum Research	May 29, 2017		38	35	23	4
Mainstreet Research	May 28, 2017		41	33	22	4
Corporate Research Associates	May 25, 2017		41	31	24	4
Corporate Research Associates	May 24, 2017	[ permanent dead link ]	40	32	25	3
Mainstreet Research	May 23, 2017		37	34	25	4
Corporate Research Associates	May 23, 2017		40	32	23	4
Corporate Research Associates	May 22, 2017	[ permanent dead link ]	40	32	25	3
Corporate Research Associates	May 21, 2017		40	31	25	3
Corporate Research Associates	May 20, 2017		40	32	25	3
Corporate Research Associates	May 19, 2017	[ permanent dead link ]	42	31	24	3
Corporate Research Associates	May 18, 2017		39	31	28	3
Corporate Research Associates	May 17, 2017	[ permanent dead link ]	39	31	27	3
Forum Research	May 16, 2017		37	35	25	4
Corporate Research Associates	May 16, 2017		42	29	27	3
Corporate Research Associates	May 15, 2017		43	28	26	3
Corporate Research Associates	May 14, 2017	[ permanent dead link ]	42	29	25	3
Corporate Research Associates	May 13, 2017		42	30	25	3
Corporate Research Associates	May 12, 2017		42	30	25	2
Mainstreet Research	May 11, 2017		40	30	24	5
Corporate Research Associates	May 11, 2017	[ permanent dead link ]	41	29	27	2
Corporate Research Associates	May 10, 2017		38	31	28	2
Corporate Research Associates	May 9, 2017		37	32	27	3
Corporate Research Associates	May 8, 2017		40	32	25	2
Corporate Research Associates	May 7, 2017		46	29	24	2
Corporate Research Associates	May 6, 2017		45	30	23	1
Corporate Research Associates	May 4, 2017		45	31	24	1
Forum Research	May 3, 2017		41	32	25
Mainstreet Research	May 2, 2017		42	29	25	4
MQO Research	April 10, 2017		43	27	24	3
Corporate Research Associates	March 1, 2017	Archived 2017-03-14 at the Wayback Machine	44	28	23	5
MQO Research	January 15, 2017		58	21	18	3
Corporate Research Associates	November 29, 2016	Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine	56	20	19	4
MQO Research	October 15, 2016		53	25	16	5
Corporate Research Associates	August 31, 2016	Archived 2016-09-19 at the Wayback Machine	56	22	19	2
MQO Research	July 19, 2016		63	17	16	3
Corporate Research Associates	May 31, 2016	Archived 2016-06-24 at the Wayback Machine	59	21	18	2
MQO Research	April 9, 2016		59	17	20	3
Corporate Research Associates	March 1, 2016	Archived 2016-03-14 at the Wayback Machine	56	23	16	5
Corporate Research Associates	December 1, 2015	Archived 2016-04-07 at the Wayback Machine	64	17	17	2
Corporate Research Associates	September 2, 2015	Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine	50	20	28	2
Corporate Research Associates	June 1, 2015	Archived 2015-06-18 at the Wayback Machine	50	19	27	3
Corporate Research Associates	February 28, 2015	Archived 2015-04-21 at the Wayback Machine	58	20	18	3
Corporate Research Associates	November 26, 2014	Archived 2015-04-21 at the Wayback Machine	64	18	15	3
Corporate Research Associates	September 1, 2014	Archived 2015-04-21 at the Wayback Machine	62	20	14	3
Corporate Research Associates	May 27, 2014	Archived 2015-04-24 at the Wayback Machine	57	21	19	3
Corporate Research Associates	February 28, 2014	Archived 2015-04-21 at the Wayback Machine	60	20	18	2
Corporate Research Associates	November 28, 2013	Archived 2015-04-21 at the Wayback Machine	58	19	19	3
Election 2013	October 8, 2013	HTML	45.71	26.31	26.84	0.85

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