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1967 Nova Scotia general election

The 1967 Nova Scotia general election was held on 30 May 1967 to elect members of the 49th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative Party.

Results

Results by party

Results by region

Retiring incumbents

Liberal
Progressive Conservative

Nominated candidates

Legend<br> bold denotes party leader<br> † denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest

Valley

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis East || |John I. Marshall<br>2,866<br>56.13% | |Malcolm Balcom<br>2,240<br>43.87% | | | | || |John I. Marshall |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis West | |Kenneth Green<br>1,981<br>45.87% || |Peter M. Nicholson<br>2,338<br>54.13% | | | | || |Peter M. Nicholson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare | |Hector J. Pothier<br>1,841<br>43.57% || |Benoit Comeau<br>2,384<br>56.43% | | | | || |Hector J. Pothier |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby || |Robert Baden Powell<br>2,524<br>51.31% | |Phillip R. Woolaver<br>2,395<br>48.69% | | | | || |Robert Baden Powell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West || |Norman T. Spence<br>3,765<br>51.96% | |Robert D. Lindsay<br>3,481<br>48.04% | | | | || |Norman T. Spence |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North || |Victor Thorpe<br>3,407<br>55.25% | |Victor Cleyle<br>2,759<br>44.75% | | | | || |Gladys Porter†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South || |Edward Haliburton<br>2,515<br>62.89% | |Bruce Trenholm<br>1,484<br>37.11% | | | | || |Edward Haliburton |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West || |Gordon Tidman<br>3,619<br>48.98% | |Frank Bezanson<br>3,522<br>47.67% | |Ralph Loomer<br>247<br>3.34% | | || |Paul Kinsmanâ€Â

South Shore

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg Centre || |George O. Lohnes<br>4,229<br>51.46% | |Walton Cook<br>3,760<br>45.75% | |Earl Croft<br>229<br>2.79% | | || |George O. Lohnes |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg East || |Maurice L. Zinck<br>2,100<br>55.87% | |Fred Porter Jr.<br>1,659<br>44.13% | | | | || |Maurice L. Zinck |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West || |Harley J. Spence<br>2,564<br>50.00% | |Carroll Young<br>2,396<br>46.72% | |Wilson Touchie<br>168<br>3.28% | | || |Harley J. Spence |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens || |W. S. Kennedy Jones<br>3,290<br>57.69% | |G. Cecil Day<br>2,413<br>42.31% | | | | || |W. S. Kennedy Jones |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne || |James McKay Harding<br>3,271<br>46.60% | |Harold Huskilson<br>3,111<br>44.32% | |Aubrey Harding<br>638<br>9.09% | | || |James McKay Harding |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth || |Benoit Robichaud<br>5,003<br>26.56% | |Fraser Mooney<br>4,463<br>23.69% | | | |Willard F. Allen<br>329<br>1.75% || |George A. Burridge†|- || |George A. Snow<br>5,345<br>28.37% | |Earle Maberley<br>3,699<br>19.63% | | | | || |George A. Snow

Fundy-Northeast

|- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester || |Robert Stanfield<br>9,091<br>31.04% | |George Pulsifer<br>5,344<br>18.25% | |Arthur Benedict<br>507<br>1.73% | | || |Robert Stanfield |- || |George Isaac Smith<br>8,485<br>28.97% | |Charles Sutherland<br>5,348<br>18.26% | |Cecil Delaney<br>509<br>1.74% | | || |George Isaac Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland Centre || |Stephen T. Pyke<br>2,437<br>67.34% | |Charles H. Sarson<br>1,022<br>28.24% | |J. Reginald Daborn<br>160<br>4.42% | | || |Stephen T. Pyke |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland East || |James A. Langille<br>4,415<br>55.16% | |Howard R. Furlong<br>3,053<br>38.14% | |John Burbine<br>536<br>6.70% | | || |James A. Langille |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland West || |D. L. George Henley<br>2,506<br>57.81% | |Ruth Fullerton<br>1,698<br>39.17% | |Shirley Spicer<br>131<br>3.02% | | || |D. L. George Henley |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East || |Albert J. Ettinger<br>2,697<br>52.08% | |Norman E. Casey<br>2,482<br>47.92% | | | | || |Albert J. Ettinger

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Atlantic || |John Buchanan<br>4,507<br>53.74% | |Percy Baker<br>3,556<br>42.40% | |Charles Grineault<br>324<br>3.86% | | || |New riding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Chebucto || |James H. Vaughan<br>5,154<br>52.01% | |K. Peter Richard<br>4,253<br>42.92% | |Keith Jobson<br>503<br>5.08% | | || |James H. Vaughan <br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Halifax North</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Citadel || |Donald MacKeen Smith<br>4,771<br>55.41% | |Robert Matheson<br>3,522<br>40.91% | |M. Rae Gillman<br>317<br>3.68% | | || |Donald MacKeen Smith <br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Halifax Centre</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Cobequid || |Gordon H. Fitzgerald<br>5,463<br>51.51% | |John F. Cruickshank<br>5,143<br>48.49% | | | | || |Gordon H. Fitzgerald <br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Halifax Northwest</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Cornwallis || |Richard Donahoe<br>5,458<br>56.39% | |Clarence L. Gosse<br>4,221<br>43.61% | | | | || |Richard Donahoe <br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Halifax South</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Eastern Shore | |Nelson Gaetz<br>3,682<br>43.36% || |Duncan MacMillan<br>4,201<br>49.48% | |James Yetman<br>608<br>7.16% | | || |Nelson Gaetz <br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Halifax East</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Needham | |Cecil Moore<br>3,252<br>46.72% || |Gerald Regan<br>3,354<br>48.18% | |Buddy Daye<br>355<br>5.10% | | || |New riding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax-St. Margaret's || |D. C. McNeil<br>5,030<br>53.48% | |Alex McNeil<br>3,910<br>41.57% | |Peggy Prowse<br>466<br>4.95% | | || |D. C. McNeil <br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Halifax West</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth North | |Charles Clarke<br>4,301<br>43.62% || |Gordon L. S. Hart<br>4,906<br>49.75% | |Perry Ronayne<br>654<br>6.63% | | || |New Riding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth South || |Irvin William Akerley<br>4,552<br>50.37% | |Eileen Stubbs<br>3,694<br>40.88% | |Bruce Wallace<br>791<br>8.75% | | || |Irvin William Akerley <br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Halifax County-Dartmouth</span>

Central Nova

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish || |William F. MacKinnon<br>3,222<br>50.20% | |Bill Gillis<br>3,196<br>49.80% | | | | || |William F. MacKinnon |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough || |Alexander MacIsaac<br>3,154<br>52.75% | |Donald J. Gillis<br>2,825<br>47.25% | | | | || |Alexander MacIsaac |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre || |Donald R. MacLeod<br>5,416<br>53.90% | |John Brother MacDonald<br>3,846<br>38.28% | |John Markie<br>786<br>7.82% | | || |Donald R. MacLeod |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East || |Thomas MacQueen<br>2,876<br>51.14% | |A. Lloyd MacDonald<br>2,748<br>48.86% | | | | || |A. Lloyd MacDonald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West || |Harvey Veniot<br>3,137<br>65.20% | |Edward Snow<br>1,674<br>34.80% | | | | || |Harvey Veniot

Cape Breton

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre || |Mike Laffin<br>3,565<br>55.85% | |William J. Boudreau<br>1,313<br>20.57% | |Tom O'Leary<br>1,505<br>23.58% | | || |Mike Laffin |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East || |Layton Fergusson<br>5,094<br>53.29% | |William O'Leary<br>1,417<br>14.82% | |James H. Aitchison<br>3,048<br>31.89% | | || |Layton Fergusson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North || |Tom MacKeough<br>5,574<br>53.39% | |Alexander O'Handley<br>3,318<br>31.90% | |Gerald Yetman<br>1,510<br>14.52% | | || |Tom MacKeough |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Nova || |Percy Gaum<br>2,873<br>47.13% | |Tom Miller<br>1,829<br>30.00% | |Paul MacEwan<br>1,394<br>22.87% | | || |Percy Gaum |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South || |Donald C. MacNeil<br>4,843<br>47.18% | |Charles O'Connell<br>3,944<br>38.42% | |Charles Palmer<br>1,309<br>12.75% | |Angus Currie<br>169<br>1.65% || |Donald C. MacNeil |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West || |Edward Manson<br>3,862<br>43.95% | |Allan Sullivan<br>3,748<br>42.65% | |Jeremy Akerman<br>1,178<br>13.40% | | || |Edward Manson |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness || |Norman J. MacLean<br>3,994<br>26.27% | |William MacIsaac<br>3,571<br>23.49% | | | | || |Norman J. MacLean |- | |Alfred Davis<br>3,680<br>24.21% || |William N. MacLean<br>3,956<br>26.02% | | | | || |William N. MacLean |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond || |Gerald Doucet<br>3,054<br>59.42% | |Rudolph J. Boudreau<br>2,086<br>40.58% | | | | || |Gerald Doucet |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria || |Fisher Hudson<br>2,033<br>55.01% | |Duncan F. Buchanan<br>1,663<br>44.99% | | | | || |Carleton L. MacMillanâ€Â

References

Election related reports

Further reading