Nova Scotia general election, 1999 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 35th Nova Scotia general election was held on July 27, 1999, to elect members of the 58th House of Assembly

58th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

The 58th General Assembly of Nova Scotia represented Nova Scotia from 1999 to 2003, its membership being set in the 1999 Nova Scotia election. The Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, under John Hamm, held the most seats and thus formed the government.-Division of seats:-List of...

of the Province of Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party, led by Dr. John Hamm

John Hamm

John Frederick Hamm, is a Canadian physician and politician and was the 25th Premier of Nova Scotia, Canada.Hamm, a graduate of the University of King's College and Dalhousie University, was a family doctor in his hometown of Stellarton, Nova Scotia, and the president of the Nova Scotia Medical...

Results by party

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1998 Nova Scotia general election, 1998 The 34th Nova Scotia general election was held on March 24, 1998 to elect members of the 57th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Liberal party and the New Democratic Party tied in the seat count, with 19 each, while the Progressive Conservatives won 14 seats...	font style="font-size: 75%;">Dissolution Dissolution of parliament In parliamentary systems, a dissolution of parliament is the dispersal of a legislature at the call of an election.Usually there is a maximum length of a legislature, and a dissolution must happen before the maximum time...	Elected	% Change	#	%	Change	Progressive Conservative	John Hamm John Hamm John Frederick Hamm, is a Canadian physician and politician and was the 25th Premier of Nova Scotia, Canada.Hamm, a graduate of the University of King's College and Dalhousie University, was a family doctor in his hometown of Stellarton, Nova Scotia, and the president of the Nova Scotia Medical...	52	14	13	30	+130.8%	169,383	39.20%	+9.43%	New Democratic	Robert Chisholm	52	19	19	11	-42.11%	129,474	29.97%	-4.67%	Liberal Liberal Party of Nova Scotia The Liberal Party of Nova Scotia is a political party in Nova Scotia, Canada.-Origins:The party is descended from the pre-Confederation Reformers in Nova Scotia who coalesced around Joseph Howe demanding the institution of responsible government...	Russell MacLellan Russell MacLellan Russell Gregoire MacLellan is a Canadian politician who served as the 24th Premier of Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999.MacLellan was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia...	52	19	19	10	-47.37%	128,795	29.81%	-5.50%	Nova Scotia Party Nova Scotia Party The Nova Scotia Party was a populist provincial political party in Nova Scotia, Canada, led by Jack Fris of Lawrencetown Beach, Brian Hurlburt of Yarmouth County, and finally Gerry Rodgers of Halifax....	Jack Friis	17	*	-	-	-	3,153	0.73%	*	Independents		5	0	1	-	-100%	1,278	0.29%	-0.00%
Total			178	52	52	51*		404,683	100%

The Nova Scotia Party did not contest the 1998 election.

Results by region

Party name	HRM Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia Halifax Regional Municipality is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Regional Municipality had a 2006 census population of 372,679, while the metropolitan area had a 2010 estimated population of 403,188, and the urban area of Halifax had a population of 282,924...	C.B. Cape Breton Island Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the word Breton, the French demonym for Brittany....	Valley Annapolis Valley The Annapolis Valley is a valley and region in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located in the western part of the Nova Scotia peninsula, formed by a trough between two parallel mountain ranges along the shore of the Bay of Fundy.-Geography:...	S. Shore South Shore (Nova Scotia) The South Shore is a region of Nova Scotia, Canada. Although it has no formal identity and is variously defined by geographic, county and other political boundaries, it is generally understood as the Atlantic coast running southwest from Halifax Harbour to the end of Shelburne County...	Fundy Bay of Fundy The Bay of Fundy is a bay on the Atlantic coast of North America, on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine...	Central	Total
Parties winning seats in the legislature:								Progressive Conservative	Seats:	7	1	6	6	5	6	30	Popular vote:	36.64%	17.26%	48.06%	46.24%	55.96%	46.00%	39.20%	New Democratic Party	Seats:	9	1	-	-	1	-	11	Popular vote:	37.24%	33.77%	21.47%	23.49%	24.14%	25.57%	29.97%	Liberal Liberal Party of Nova Scotia The Liberal Party of Nova Scotia is a political party in Nova Scotia, Canada.-Origins:The party is descended from the pre-Confederation Reformers in Nova Scotia who coalesced around Joseph Howe demanding the institution of responsible government...	Seats:	1	7	1	1	-	-	10	Popular vote:	24.68%	47.53%	29.64%	29.45%	19.03%	28.16%	29.81%
Parties not winning seats in the legislature:								Progressive Conservative	Nova Scotia Party Nova Scotia Party The Nova Scotia Party was a populist provincial political party in Nova Scotia, Canada, led by Jack Fris of Lawrencetown Beach, Brian Hurlburt of Yarmouth County, and finally Gerry Rodgers of Halifax....	Popular vote:	1.35%	-	0.83%	0.82%	0.21%	0.27%	0.73%	Independents	Popular vote:	0.09%	1.44%	-	-	0.66%	New Democratic Party	-	0.29%
Total seats:	17	9	7	7	6	5	51

Riding results

bold denotes a cabinet minister or party leader
† denotes an incumbent not seeking re-election

Valley

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis

Annapolis (provincial electoral district)

Annapolis is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.The district was created in 1867, and was re-distributed in 1953 into Annapolis East and Annapolis West...

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|Frank Chipman

Frank Chipman

Frank Chipman was a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 1999 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Annapolis as a member of the Progressive Conservatives.-References:...

4,026
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|Tom Clahane
1,708
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|Stephen McNeil

Stephen McNeil

Stephen McNeil is a Nova Scotian politician representing the riding of Annapolis in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and is the leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party....

3,265
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|Paul Mann (NSP)
271
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|Laurie Montgomery

Laurie Montgomery

Laurence Edward Montgomery is a Canadian politician, who served as a Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 1999, representing the electoral district of Annapolis....

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare

Clare (electoral district)

Clare is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.The Member of the Legislative Assembly since 1993 has been Wayne Gaudet of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party....

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|Paul Comeau
2,355
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|Don Melanson
1,078
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|Wayne Gaudet

Wayne Gaudet

Wayne Gaudet is a Canadian politician. He currently represents the electoral district of Clare in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He is a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party....

2,705
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|Anne Marie Boyer (NSP)
43
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|Wayne Gaudet
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby—Annapolis

Digby-Annapolis

Digby—Annapolis is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.The Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2003 has been Harold "Junior" Theriault of the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia....

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|Gordon Balser

Gordon Balser

Gordon Balser is a former educator and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Digby-Annapolis in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 2003 as a Progressive Conservative member....

3,780
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|Steve Downes
1,105
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|Vivian O'Neil
1,550
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|Gordon Balser
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West

Hants West

Hants West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since June 2006 has been Chuck Porter of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.The district has existed since 1949...

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|Ron Russell

Ron Russell

Ronald S. Russell is a former politician and pilot living in Nova Scotia, Canada.Russell was a pilot for the Royal New Zealand Air Force during the Second World War, and later joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. Russell was educated at the Ryerson Institute of Technology and Queen's University...

5,276
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|Dick Terfry
1,764
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|Joe Robertson
2,015
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|Ron Russell
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North

Kings North

Kings North is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.The electoral district was formed through redistribution in 1956...

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|Mark Parent

Mark Parent

Mark Parent is an author and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, Canada for the constituency of Kings North...

4,321
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|Neil H. McNeil
2,513
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|Peter Hill
1,975
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|George Archibald

George Archibald (politician)

----George Archibald is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, Canada for the constituency of Kings North. He sat as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia from 1984 to 1999....

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South

Kings South

King South is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.-Members of the Legislative Assembly:This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:...

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|David Morse

David Morse (politician)

David Morse is a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented the electoral district of Kings South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2009 as a member of the Progressive Conservatives....

3,890
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|Mary DeWolfe
2,567
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|Robbie Harrison

Robbie Harrison

Robert "Robbie" Harrison is an educator and former politician from Nova Scotia. He represented Kings South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1999 as a Liberal member.-Background/Affiliations:...

3,213
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|Robbie Harrison
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West

Kings West

Kings West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.Its Member of the Legislative Assembly is Leo Glavine of the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia....

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|Jon Carey
4,033
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|Jacquie DeMestral
1,629
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|Don Clarke
2,346
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|Frances Adams (NSP)
166
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|Jon Carey
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South Shore

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Argyle

Argyle (electoral district)

Argyle is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.Its current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Chris d'Entremont of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia....

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|Neil LeBlanc

Neil LeBlanc

Neil J. LeBlanc, is a former politician in Nova Scotia, Canada.-Biography:He was born to Alfred LeBlanc and Gladys Bourque.LeBlanc, a graduate of St...

4,060
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|Belinda Tucker
343
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|Karen Kravfe
820
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|Oscar Harris (NSP)
49
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|Neil LeBlanc
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Chester—St. Margaret's

Chester-St. Margaret's

Chester—St. Margaret's is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It is located on the South Shore....

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|John Chataway
4,193
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|Hinrich Bitter-Suermann

Hinrich Bitter-Suermann

Hinrich Bitter-Suermann is a German-Canadian pathologist and Professor of Surgery specialized in organ transplantation.-Education:...

3,098
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|Karen Willis Duerden
1,971
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|Hinrich Bitter-Suermann
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg

Lunenburg (provincial electoral district)

The Lunenburg electoral district is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly...

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|Michael Baker

Michael Baker (politician)

Michael Baker ONS, QC, was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Lunenburg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly between 1998 and 2009. He was a Progressive Conservative....

4,590
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|Marilyn Crook
1,982
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|Lila O'Connor
2,344
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|Michael Baker
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West

Lunenburg West

Lunenburg West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.The riding includes the town of Bridgewater, LaHave, and Hebbville.-Members of the Legislative Assembly:...

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|Jerry Swain
3,251
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|Eric Hustvedt
1,846
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|Don Downe

Don Downe

Donald Richard Downe is a farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 2003 as a Liberal member....

4,248
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|Don Downe
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens

Queens (Nova Scotia provincial electoral district)

Queens is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.It is located in the South Shore region, bordered by the ridings of Lunenburg West, Shelburne, and Digby Annapolis...

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|Kerry Morash

Kerry Morash

Kerry Morash is a former safety co-ordinator and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Queens in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2006 as a Progressive Conservative member....

3,447
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|John Wiles
1,498
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|Eddie Whitty
1,296
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|John Leefe

John Leefe

John Gordon Leefe is an author, former teacher and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Queens in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1999 as a Progressive Conservative member....

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne

Shelburne (provincial electoral district)

Shelburne is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since the 2006 election has been Sterling Belliveau of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party . Belliveau defeated PC L. Eddie...

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|Cecil O'Donnell

Cecil O'Donnell

Cecil O'Donnell is a Canadian politician in Shelburne, Nova Scotia.O'Donnell is currently the Councillor for District 4 in the Municipality of Barrington. He was the Member of the Legislature for Shelburne from 1999 to 2006.-References:...

3,206~
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|Dianne Nickerson
1,306
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|Clifford Huskilson
3,206~
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|Clifford Huskilson
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth

Yarmouth (provincial electoral district)

Yarmouth is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It consists of the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth and the town of Yarmouth. Fishing and fish processing continue to drive the economy here, although tourism...

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|Richard Hurlburt

Richard Hurlburt

Richard M. Hurlburt is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from August 16, 1999 to February 9, 2010....

3,141
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|John Deveau
3,079
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|Phil DeMille
2,605
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|Brian W. Hurlburt (NSP)
409
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|John Deveau
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Fundy

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley

Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley

Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.The riding was created in 1993 from Colchester South and Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley...

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|Brooke Taylor

Brooke Taylor

Brooke Taylor is a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He was the Progressive Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly for Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley from 1993 to 2009. Prior to June 2009 he was Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal in the Executive Council of Nova...

5,465
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|Jim Harpell
1,591
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|Leo Stacey
1,052
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|Brooke Taylor
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester North

Colchester North

Colchester North is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.The Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2006 has been Karen Casey of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.The riding includes the northern half...

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|Bill Langille
3,728
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|Ralph Martin
2,411
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|John Davidson
2,274
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|Ed Lorraine †
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland North

Cumberland North

Cumberland North is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Prior to 1993, it was part of Cumberland East.The communities of Amherst and Pugwash are within its boundaries....

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|Ernest Fage
5,936
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|Doug Wilson
856
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|Kathy Langille
1,595
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|Jason Blanch (Ind.)
337
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|Ernest Fage
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland South

Cumberland South

Cumberland South is a provincial electoral district in Cumberland Country, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.The communities of Oxford, Parrsboro and Springhill are within its boundaries....

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|Murray Scott

Murray Scott

Murray K. Scott is a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented the electoral district of Cumberland South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 2010...

5,527
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|Scott McKee
941
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|John Harrison
1,000
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|Murray Scott
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East

Hants East

Hants East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 1998 has been John MacDonell of the New Democratic Party of Nova Scotia....

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|Reese Morash
3,079
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|John MacDonell
3,985
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|Sara Stewart
2,150
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|Ken Smith (NSP)
106
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|John MacDonell
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Truro—Bible Hill

Truro-Bible Hill

Truro—Bible Hill is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.-Members of the Legislative Assembly:This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:...

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|Jamie Muir

Jamie Muir (politician)

Jamie Muir is an educator and politician. He was the MLA for Truro-Bible Hill in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 2009, and served as Minister of Finance and Minister of Aboriginal Affairs in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia.-Background:Muir is a graduate of Dalhousie University,...

4,747
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|Ibel Scammell
2,499
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|Matthew Graham
1,613
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|Jamie Muir
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Central Halifax

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Bedford Basin

Halifax Bedford Basin

Halifax Bedford Basin was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1978 to 2003....

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|Mary Ann McGrath
4,489
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|Errol Gaum
2,946
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|Jack Hardiman
2,935
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|Janice Lively (NSP)
209
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|Gerry Fogarty

Gerry Fogarty

Gerry Fogarty is a former sportscaster and politician. He was the last Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia to be appointed by the Premier rather than elected by his peers....

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Chebucto

Halifax Chebucto

Halifax Chebucto is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.It is one of several ridings within the Halifax Regional Municipality. It encompasses the neighbourhood known informally as West End, Halifax...

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|Sean Phillips
2,811
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|Howard Epstein

Howard Epstein

Howard Epstein is a Canadian politician, lawyer and part-time law professor.Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he is an environmentalist, serving as the director of the Ecology Action Centre in Halifax from 1991-1994....

3,159
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|Royden Trainer
2,286
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|Hilda M. Stevens (NSP)
126
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|Howard Epstein
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Citadel
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|Jane Purves

Jane Purves

Jane Purves was a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 1999 provincial election. She represented the electoral district of Halifax Citadel as a member of the Progressive Conservatives....

3,392
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|Peter Delefes

Peter Delefes

Peter Delefes is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 1998 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Halifax Citadel as a member of the NDP. In October 2009, Delefes was elected President of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia....

2,958
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|Ed Kinley

Ed Kinley

Ed Kinley was a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a by-election on November 4, 1997. He represented the electoral district of Halifax Citadel as a member of the Liberals....

2,752
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|Art Canning (Ind.)
57
Grace Patterson (NSP)
52
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|Peter Delefes
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Fairview

Halifax Fairview

Halifax Fairview is a provincial electoral district in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.It was created in the re-distribution of 1993...

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|Narayana Swamy
2,117
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|Eileen O'Connell

Eileen O'Connell (politician)

Eileen O'Connell was a Canadian politician who served as the Member of the Nova Scotia Legislature for Halifax Fairview from 1996 until her death in 2000 from breast cancer. She belonged to the New Democratic Party.A graduate of St...

3,615
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|Greta Murtagh
1,888
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|Maria Alexandridis (NSP)
199
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|Eileen O'Connell
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Needham

Halifax Needham

Halifax Needham is a provincial electoral district in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It has existed since 1967, though its boundaries have changed periodically....

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|Linda Carvery
2,185
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|Maureen MacDonald

Maureen MacDonald

Maureen MacDonald is a Canadian politician and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, representing the riding of Halifax Needham for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. She was first elected in the 1998 election, and was re-elected in 1999, 2003, 2006 and 2009...

3,525
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|Mike Rogers
1,970
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|Scott Higgins (NSP)
162
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|Maureen MacDonald
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Suburban Halifax

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bedford—Fall River

Bedford (electoral district)

Bedford-Birch Cove is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.It includes the community of Bedford.Its current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Kelly Regan....

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|Peter Christie

Peter G. Christie

Peter G. Christie is a former accountant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Bedford-Fall River and then Bedford in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2006 as a Progressive Conservative member....

6,566
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|Jane Earle
2,700
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|Gerry St. Armand
2,197
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|Francene Cosman

Francene Cosman

Francene Jen Cosman is a former nurse, businessperson and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. She represented Bedford-Fall River in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1999 as a Liberal member....

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Atlantic

Halifax Atlantic

Halifax Atlantic is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.The Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2003 has been Michèle Raymond of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party....

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|Bruce Cooke
2,794
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|Robert Chisholm
4,266
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|David Melnick
1,458
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|Gerald Rodgers (NSP)
234
Golda M. Redden (Ind.)
68
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|Robert Chisholm
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville—Beaver Bank

Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville

Hammonds Plains—Upper Sackville is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....

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|Barry Barnet

Barry Barnet

Barry Barnet is a Canadian politician, who was a Progressive Conservative MLA in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2009...

3,573
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|Rosemary Godin
2,951
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|Bill MacDonald
2,276
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|Rosemary Godin
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville—Cobequid

Sackville-Cobequid

Sackville—Cobequid is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2003 has been Dave Wilson of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party .-Members of the Legislative Assembly:*Dave...

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|Wade Marshall
2,440
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|John Holm

John Holm

John Holm is a Canadian politician from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia in the Halifax Regional Municipality.Holm served as the New Democratic Party, Member of the Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Sackville from 1984 until it was redistributed in 1993, then continued to serve the...

4,787
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|Kevin Perkins
1,235
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|John Holm
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Timberlea—Prospect

Timberlea-Prospect

Timberlea—Prospect is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 1998 has been Bill Estabrooks of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party .-Members of the Legislative Assembly:This...

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|Ken Fralick
2,600
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|Bill Estabrooks

Bill Estabrooks

Bill Estabrooks is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia and currently Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. He represents the riding of Timberlea-Prospect for the NDP....

4,356
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|Vicki Brown
2,171
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|Ken Bumstead (NSP)
174
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|Bill Estabrooks
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Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cole Harbour—Eastern Passage

Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage

Cole Harbour—Eastern Passage is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.Its current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Becky Kent of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party....

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|Nadune Cooper Mont
3,539
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|Kevin Deveaux

Kevin Deveaux

Kevin Deveaux is a Canadian lawyer and an international expert on parliament who currently works for the United Nations as the senior global adviser on parliaments and their development. He served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the constituency of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage in the...

3,721
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|Colin MacEachern
2,216
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|Kevin Deveaux
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth—Cole Harbour

Cole Harbour (electoral district)

Cole Harbour is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.The Member of the Legislative Assembly since 1998 is Premier Darrell Dexter of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party....

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|Greg Frampton
2,750
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|Darrell Dexter

Darrell Dexter

Darrell Dexter is a Canadian lawyer, journalist and former naval officer who is serving as the 27th and current Premier of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. A member of the New Democratic Party, he has led the Nova Scotia NDP since 2001. He was elected Premier in 2009 after defeating...

3,164
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|Peter Foy
2,150
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|Rufus Peacock (NSP)
274
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|Darrell Dexter
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth East

Dartmouth East

Dartmouth East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding is located in the Dartmouth region of the Halifax RM.-Members of the Legislative Assembly:...

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|Terry Degen
2,710
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|Heather Henderson
2,272
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|Jim Smith
2,975
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|
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|Jim Smith
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth North

Dartmouth North

Dartmouth North is a provincial electoral district in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....

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|Jane MacKay
2,060
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|Jerry Pye

Jerry Pye

Jerry Pye is a Canadian politician and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, representing the riding of Dartmouth North for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. He was first elected in the 1998 election, and was re-elected in 1999 and 2003....

3,105
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|Frank Cameron
1,756
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|Susan Livingstone (NSP)
145
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|Jerry Pye
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth South

Dartmouth South-Portland Valley

Dartmouth South—Portland Valley is a provincial electoral district in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....

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|Tim Olive
3,656
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|Don Chard
3,011
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|Audrey Goodyer
2,322
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|
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|Don Chard
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Eastern Shore

Eastern Shore (electoral district)

Eastern Shore is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.- Members of the Legislative Assembly :* Keith Colwell, Liberal...

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|Bill Dooks

Bill Dooks

Bill Dooks is a Canadian politician, who served as the Progressive Conservative member for Eastern Shore in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2009. He served as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Heritage in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia.Dooks worked in banking before entering...

3,637
|
|Mary-Alice Tzagarakis
1,970
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|Keith Colwell

Keith Colwell

Keith Colwell is a Canadian politician and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, representing the riding of Preston for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. He was first elected in the 1993 election for the riding of Eastern Shore and re-elected in the 1998 election...

2,695
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|Jack Friis (NSP)
388
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|Keith Colwell
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Preston

Preston (electoral district)

Preston is a provincial electoral district in Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.The riding was created in 1993 to provide representation to the area's rural black community...

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|David Hensbee
1,800
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|Yvonne Atwell

Yvonne Atwell

Yvonne Atwell is a Canadian provincial politician.She spent 20 years as an administrator at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, and returned to Nova Scotia in 1984....

1,496
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|Wendell Thomas
509
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|
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|Yvonne Atwell
|}

Central Nova

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish

Antigonish (provincial electoral district)

Antigonish is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It has existed since 1867 and is one of only four Nova Scotian districts that has existed continuously since Canadian Confederation.The district includes the community...

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|Angus MacIsaac

Angus MacIsaac

Angus “Tando” MacIsaac, is a politician, educator and businessman in Nova Scotia, Canada.-Political career:...

4,070
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|Charlene Long
2,229
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|Hyland Fraser
4,058
|
|
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|Hyland Fraser
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough—Port Hawkesbury

Guysborough-Sheet Harbour

Guysborough—Sheet Harbour is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.-Members of the Legislative Assembly:*Chuck MacNeil, Progressive Conservative...

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|Ronnie Chisholm
3,285
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|Wendy Panagopoulos
1,267
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|Ray White
3,151
|
|
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|Ray White
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre

Pictou Centre

Pictou Centre is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.-Members of the Legislative Assembly:This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:...

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|John Hamm

John Hamm

5,479
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|Jeff Callaghan
1,850
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|Marie Maxwell
1,171
|
|
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|John Hamm
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East

Pictou East

Pictou East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since the 2006 election is Clarrie MacKinnon of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party who replaced the retiring Jim DeWolfe of...

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|Jim DeWolfe
3,295
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|Andy Thompson
2,388
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|Lynn MacDonald
1,285
|
|
||
|Jim DeWolfe
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West

Pictou West

Pictou West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2003 has been Charlie Parker of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party ....

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|Muriel Ballie
3,102
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|Charlie Parker
2,955
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|Paul Landry
2,109
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|D. Ed Berringer (NSP)
114
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|Charlie Parker
|}

Cape Breton

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre

Cape Breton Centre

Cape Breton Centre is a provincial electoral district in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....

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|John Morrissey
446
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|Frank Corbett

Frank Corbett

Frank Corbett is a Canadian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia. He represents the riding of Cape Breton Centre for the NDP. He is from New Waterford, Nova Scotia...

4,042
|
|Susan Deruelle Marsh
2,985
|
|
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|Frank Corbett
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East

Glace Bay (electoral district)

Glace Bay is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....

David Wilson (Canadian politician)

Harold David "Dave" Wilson is a former Canadian politician and radio personality. He represented the electoral district of Glace Bay in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2010. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia...

3,699*
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|Gerard Burke (Ind.)
787
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|Reeves Matheson †
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North

Cape Breton North

Cape Breton North is a provincial electoral district in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....

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|Murray Johnston
1,863
|
|Archie MacKinnon
2,587
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|Russell MacLellan

Russell MacLellan

Russell Gregoire MacLellan is a Canadian politician who served as the 24th Premier of Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999.MacLellan was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia...

4,222
|
|
||
|Russell MacLellan
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Nova

Cape Breton Nova

Cape Breton Nova is a provincial electoral district in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2003 has been Gordie Gosse of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party...

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|Harold Dorrington
235
|
|Gordie Gosse

Gordie Gosse

Gordie Gosse is a Canadian politician and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, representing the electoral district of Cape Breton Nova for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party....

3,253
||
|Paul MacEwan

Paul MacEwan

Paul MacEwan is a former politician in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, and long-time member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.-Biography:...

4,004
|
|
||
|Paul MacEwan
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South

Cape Breton South (provincial electoral district)

Cape Breton South is a provincial electoral district in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 1993 has been Manning MacDonald of the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia...

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|Leland Lewis
708
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|Elizabeth Cusack
2,451
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|Manning MacDonald

Manning MacDonald

Manning MacDonald CD, ECNS is a Canadian politician. He represents the electoral district of Cape Breton South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly...

5,356
|
|
||
|Manning MacDonald
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton—The Lakes

Victoria-The Lakes

Victoria—The Lakes is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since the 2006 election has been Keith Bain of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, who defeated Gerald...

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|Ken Langley
1,173
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|Helen MacDonald

Helen MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician)

Helen MacDonald is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Cape Breton-The Lakes in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999...

3,614
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|Brian Boudreau
3,715
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|
||
|Helen MacDonald
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West

Cape Breton West

Cape Breton West is a provincial electoral district in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....

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|Joe Boudreau
1,375
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|Brian Slaney
3,359
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|Russell MacKinnon

Russell MacKinnon

Russell Vincent MacKinnon is a land surveyor and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cape Breton West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1988 to 1995 and then from 1998 to 2006 as a Liberal and then Independent member....

5,094
|
|
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|Russell MacKinnon
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness

Inverness (provincial electoral district)

Inverness is a provincial electoral district on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....

||
|Rodney MacDonald

Rodney MacDonald

Rodney Joseph MacDonald is a Canadian politician, educator and musician who served as the 26th Premier of Nova Scotia from 2006 to 2009 and as MLA for the riding of Inverness in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2009....

3,876
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|Roy Yipp
1,612
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|Charlie MacDonald
3,549
|
|
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|Charlie MacDonald
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond

Richmond (Nova Scotia provincial electoral district)

Richmond is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 1998 has been Michel Samson of the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia....

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|Joseph MacPhee
1,905
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|Wilma Conrod
1,595
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|Michel Samson

Michel Samson

Michel P. Samson is the Liberal MLA for Richmond.He went to high school at Isle Madame District High, where he graduated with distinction. He started his post-secondary education at Dalhousie University, obtaining his B.A. in History. Samson then attended Dalhousie Law School and in May 1997,...

3,105
|
|
||
|Michel Samson
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria

Victoria (Nova Scotia electoral district)

Victoria was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the County of Victoria...

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|Anna Curtis-Steele
1,174
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|Nancy MacKeigan
772
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|Kenny MacAskill

Kenny MacAskill

Kenneth "Kenny" Wright MacAskill is the Scottish Government's Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Eastern, formerly Edinburgh East and Musselburgh since 2007...

2,263
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|Osborne Burke (Ind.)
229
Stemer MacLeod (Ind.)
137
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|Kenny MacAskill
|}

Bold text indicates a cabinet minister or party leader.
~In the riding of Shelburne
Shelburne (provincial electoral district)
Shelburne is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since the 2006 election has been Sterling Belliveau of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party . Belliveau defeated PC L. Eddie...

, the Returning Officer had to cast the tie-breaking vote.
*In the riding of Cape Breton East
Glace Bay (electoral district)
Glace Bay is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....

, New Democrat Cecil Saccary's 5-vote lead, after a judicial recount, became a 5-vote lead for the Liberal's Dave Wilson. A judge then decided to throw out the results of the general election; a by-election was held several months later to fill the seat.

By-elections since the general election

Cape Breton East

Glace Bay (electoral district)

Glace Bay is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....

(General election results voided), April 4, 2000:

|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Nova Scotia

The Liberal Party of Nova Scotia is a political party in Nova Scotia, Canada.-Origins:The party is descended from the pre-Confederation Reformers in Nova Scotia who coalesced around Joseph Howe demanding the institution of responsible government...

|Dave Wilson

David Wilson (Canadian politician)

|align="right"|4,017
|align="right"|43.33
|align="right"|
|-

| style="width: 130px" |NDP
|Cecil Saccary
|align="right"|3,609
|align="right"|38.93
|align="right"|
|-

|PC

Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

The Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia, registered under the Nova Scotia Elections Act as the "Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia", is a moderate right-of-centre political party in Nova Scotia, Canada....

|Brad Kerr
|align="right"|1,644
|align="right"|17.74
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|9,270
!align="right"|100%
!align="right"|
|}

Cape Breton North

Cape Breton North

Cape Breton North is a provincial electoral district in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....

(Resignation of Russell MacLellan

Russell MacLellan

Russell Gregoire MacLellan is a Canadian politician who served as the 24th Premier of Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999.MacLellan was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia...

), March 6, 2001:

|-

|PC

Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

|Cecil Clarke

Cecil Clarke

Cecil Phillip Clarke is a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented the riding of Cape Breton North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, from 2001 to 2011...

|align="right"|3,026
|align="right"|38.19
|align="right"|+16.71
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Nova Scotia

|Wes Stubbert
|align="right"|2,573
|align="right"|32.48
|align="right"|-16.21
|-

| style="width: 130px" |NDP
|Helen MacDonald

Helen MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician)

Helen MacDonald is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Cape Breton-The Lakes in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999...

|align="right"|2,324
|align="right"|29.33
|align="right"|-0.50
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,923
!align="right"|100%
!align="right"|
|}

Halifax Fairview

Halifax Fairview

Halifax Fairview is a provincial electoral district in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.It was created in the re-distribution of 1993...

(Death of Eileen O'Connell

Eileen O'Connell (politician)

), March 6, 2001:

|-

| style="width: 130px" |NDP
|Graham Steele

Graham Steele

Graham Steele is Nova Scotia's Minister of Finance and Minister of Acadian Affairs in Darrell Dexter's Cabinet. As a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, he represents the constituency of Halifax Fairview...

|align="right"|2,164
|align="right"|58.14
|align="right"|+11.91
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Nova Scotia

|Jeremy Akerman

Jeremy Akerman

Jeremy Bernard Akerman is a former Canadian politician, writer and actor and a former leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.-Biography:...

|align="right"|1,021
|align="right"|27.43
|align="right"|+3.29
|-

|PC

Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

|Narayana Swamy
|align="right"|466
|align="right"|12.52
|align="right"|-14.56
|-

|Marijuana
|Melanie Patriquen
|align="right"|38
|align="right"|1.02
|align="right"|*
|-

|NSP

Nova Scotia Party

The Nova Scotia Party was a populist provincial political party in Nova Scotia, Canada, led by Jack Fris of Lawrencetown Beach, Brian Hurlburt of Yarmouth County, and finally Gerry Rodgers of Halifax....

|Heather Drope
|align="right"|33
|align="right"|0.89
|align="right"|-1.66
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,923
!align="right"|100%
!align="right"|
|}

External links

Halifax Herald 1999 election website via Internet Archive.

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Results by party

Results by region

Riding results

Valley

South Shore

Fundy

Central Halifax

Suburban Halifax

Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

Central Nova

Cape Breton

By-elections since the general election

See also

External links