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1984 Nova Scotia general election

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

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

South Shore

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

Fundy-Northeast

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

Central Halifax

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

Suburban Halifax

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

Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

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

Central Nova

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

Cape Breton

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

References

Election related reports