Marco MacLeod

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2024 Nova Scotia general election: Pictou West
Marco MacLeod
MLA
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
for Pictou West
Assumed office
May 21, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Marco MacLeod 4,32574.1%+1.60
Liberal Mary Wooldridge-Elliott77813.3%+3.75
New Democratic Carol Ferguson62010.6%-5.94
Green Clare Brett1152.0%+0.57
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout5,838
Eligible voters
Progressive Conservative hold Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [7]
Nova Scotia provincial by-election, May 21, 2024
Resignation of Karla MacFarlane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Marco MacLeod 4,15972.48+8.86
New Democratic Melinda MacKenzie94916.54+4.18
Liberal Mary Wooldridge-Elliott5489.55-11.86
Green Clare Brett821.43-0.33
Total valid votes/Expense limit5,73899.29
Total rejected ballots410.71+0.34
Turnout5,77948.09-13.36
Eligible voters12,018
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +2.34
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [8]

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