The 1988 Nova Scotia general election was held on September 6, 1988, to elect members of the 55th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.
John Dunsworth, who would later gain fame for playing alcoholic trailer park supervisor Jim Lahey on the TV series Trailer Park Boys, stood as the NDP candidate in Halifax Bedford Basin. He finished in third place with a little over 19% of the vote. His underdog campaign was later the subject of a short documentary.
Legend<br> bold denotes party leader<br> â denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis East | |Graham Smith<br/>3,188<br/>44.33% || |Earl Rayfuse<br/>3,519<br/>48.93% | |Margaret Wolfe<br/>485<br/>6.74% | | || |Gerry Sheehyâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis West || |Greg Kerr<br/>3,090<br/>55.78% | |Daurene Lewis<br/>2,068<br/>37.33% | |Nancy Onysko<br/>306<br/>5.52% | |Leo E. MacDonald<br/>76<br/>1.37% || |Greg Kerr |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare || |Guy LeBlanc<br/>3,587<br/>54.02% | |Nadine Boudreau<br/>2,773<br/>41.76% | |Jan Slakov-Crombie<br/>280<br/>4.22% | | || |Guy LeBlanc |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby | |Maxine Connell<br/>2,687<br/>40.43% || |Joseph H. Casey<br/>3,514<br/>52.87% | |Susan Jamieson<br/>445<br/>6.70% | | || |Merryl Lawtonâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West || |Ron Russell<br/>5,091<br/>52.84% | |Donzell A. Ross<br/>2,829<br/>29.36% | |Penny Reid<br/>1,715<br/>17.80% | | || |Ron Russell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North || |George Archibald<br/>3,868<br/>45.42% | |Glenn Ells<br/>3,116<br/>36.59% | |Don Fraser<br/>1,532<br/>17.99% | | || |George Archibald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South || |Derrick Kimball<br/>3,531<br/>42.44% | |Perry Wallace<br/>1,710<br/>20.55% | |Steve Mattson<br/>3,079<br/>37.01% | | || |Bob Levyâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West || |George Moody<br/>5,899<br/>59.61% | |Frank Bezanson<br/>3,114<br/>31.47% | |Ralph Lynch<br/>883<br/>8.92% | | || |George Moody
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Argyle || |Neil LeBlanc<br/>3,798<br/>64.14% | |Rick Murphy<br/>1,862<br/>31.45% | |Raymond Ethier<br/>261<br/>4.41% | | || |Neil LeBlanc |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg Centre || |Al Mosher<br/>5,071<br/>46.52% | |Don Zwicker<br/>4,024<br/>36.92% | |Muriel Maybee<br/>1,805<br/>16.56% | | || |Maxine Cochranâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg East | |Richard P. Eldridge<br/>2,352<br/>38.91% || |Jim Barkhouse<br/>3,024<br/>50.02% | |Wanda Broome<br/>623<br/>10.31% | |Malcolm Callaway<br/>46<br/>0.76% || |Jim Barkhouse |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West || |Marie Dechman<br/>3,511<br/>42.34% | |Jack Logan<br/>3,243<br/>39.11% | |John Scott<br/>1,539<br/>18.56% | | || |Mel Pickingsâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens || |John Leefe<br/>4,099<br/>56.04% | |Dave Randall<br/>2,228<br/>30.46% | |Margo Kleiker<br/>988<br/>13.51% | | || |John Leefe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne | |Tim Van Zoost<br/>4,241<br/>41.85% || |Harold Huskilson<br/>5,224<br/>51.54% | |Ralph Niessen<br/>670<br/>6.61% | | || |Harold Huskilson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth || |Leroy Legere<br/>4,479<br/>44.86% | |Fraser Mooney<br/>4,138<br/>41.44% | |Brian Noble<br/>1,368<br/>13.70% | | || |Alex McIntoshâÂÂ
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester North | |Jack Coupar<br/>4,097<br/>44.85% || |Ed Lorraine<br/>4,260<br/>46.63% | |Penny Marchbank<br/>778<br/>8.52% | | || |Jack Coupar |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester South || |R. Colin Stewart<br/>3,855<br/>56.11% | |Larry Thomas<br/>2,462<br/>35.83% | |Julia A. Skipper<br/>554<br/>8.06% | | || |R. Colin Stewart |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland Centre | |Scott Lockart<br/>1,108<br/>25.26% || |Guy Brown<br/>3,117<br/>71.05% | |Gary Thomas<br/>162<br/>3.69% | | || |Guy Brown |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland East || |Roger Stuart Bacon<br/>4,758<br/>52.31% | |Carolyn Drysdale<br/>3,276<br/>36.02% | |Jim Mitchell<br/>1,062<br/>11.68% | | || |Roger Stuart Bacon |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland West | |Gardner Hurley<br/>2,306<br/>44.31% || |Ross Bragg<br/>2,389<br/>45.91% | |Barbara Jack<br/>509<br/>9.78% | | || |Gardner Hurley |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East | |Cora Etter<br/>3,977<br/>41.60% || |Jack Hawkins<br/>4,502<br/>47.09% | |Richard Preeper<br/>1,082<br/>11.32% | | || |Cora Etter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|TruroâÂÂBible Hill || |Ron Giffin<br/>4,479<br/>50.43% | |Kirby Eileen Grant<br/>3,490<br/>39.30% | |Carol Martin<br/>912<br/>10.27% | | || |Ron Giffin
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Bedford Basin || |Joel Matheson<br/>6,462<br/>45.56% | |Penny LaRocque<br/>4,977<br/>35.09% | |John Dunsworth<br/>2,746<br/>19.36% | | || |Joel Matheson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Chebucto | |J. Clair Callaghan<br/>3,214<br/>35.72% | |Penny Doherty<br/>2,546<br/>28.30% || |Alexa McDonough<br/>3,238<br/>35.99% | | || |Alexa McDonough |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Citadel || |Art Donahoe<br/>3,283<br/>35.11% | |Jay Abbass<br/>2,882<br/>30.82% | |Eileen O'Connell<br/>3,057<br/>32.70% | |Frank J. Fawson<br/>128<br/>1.37% || |Art Donahoe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Cornwallis || |Terry Donahoe<br/>4,195<br/>39.91% | |Liz Crocker<br/>4,013<br/>38.18% | |Allan O'Brien<br/>2,304<br/>21.92% | | || |Terry Donahoe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Needham | |Randy Dewell<br/>2,116<br/>25.56% || |Gerry O'Malley<br/>3,469<br/>41.91% | |Maureen MacDonald<br/>2,693<br/>32.53% | | || |Edmund L. MorrisâÂÂ
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley || |Ken Streatch<br/>5,740<br/>51.49% | |Geoff Regan<br/>3,803<br/>34.12% | |Susan Coldwell<br/>1,604<br/>14.39% | | || |Ken Streatch |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Atlantic || |John Buchanan<br/>6,284<br/>56.33% | |Doug Adams<br/>2,763<br/>24.77% | |Rene Quigley<br/>1,976<br/>17.71% | |Arthur R. Canning<br/>77<br/>0.69%<br/>Emanuel Jannasch<br/>55<br/>0.49% || |John Buchanan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax-St. Margaret's || |Jerry Lawrence<br/>4,574<br/>37.31% | |Kevin Burke<br/>4,061<br/>33.13% | |Bill Estabrooks<br/>3,623<br/>29.56% | | || |Jerry Lawrence |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville | |Dave Grace<br/>4,774<br/>31.78% | |Bruce Stephen<br/>4,816<br/>32.06% || |John Holm<br/>5,430<br/>36.15% | | || |John Holm |-
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cole Harbour || |David Nantes<br/>6,280<br/>47.58% | |Alan Mitchell<br/>4,892<br/>37.06% | |Flora Christie<br/>2,027<br/>15.36% | | || |David Nantes |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth East | |Jack Greenough<br/>4,940<br/>40.88% || |Jim Smith<br/>5,193<br/>42.98% | |Maureen Vine<br/>1,950<br/>16.14% | | || |Jim Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth North | |Laird Stirling<br/>3,389<br/>41.64% || |Sandy Jolly<br/>3,510<br/>43.13% | |Brenda Thompson<br/>1,239<br/>15.22% | | || |Laird Stirling |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth South || |Roland J. Thornhill<br/>4,449<br/>47.33% | |Allan Peters<br/>2,987<br/>31.78% | |Joanne Lamey<br/>1,963<br/>20.89% | | || |Roland J. Thornhill |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Eastern Shore || |Tom McInnis<br/>5,762<br/>54.01% | |Eric Hill<br/>3,810<br/>35.71% | |David Noseworthy<br/>1,097<br/>10.28% | | || |Tom McInnis |-
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish | |Bill Garvie<br/>4,463<br/>39.57% || |Bill Gillis<br/>6,004<br/>53.24% | |Bill Woodfine<br/>811<br/>7.19% | | || |Bill Gillis |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough || |Chuck MacNeil<br/>4,508<br/>58.23% | |Joe Sullivan<br/>3,454<br/>44.93% | |Sarah Wilson<br/>503<br/>6.54% | | || |Chuck MacNeil |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre || |Jack MacIsaac<br/>6,566<br/>57.80% | |Bob Leahy<br/>3,116<br/>27.43% | |Gerard Currie<br/>1,677<br/>14.76% | | || |Jack MacIsaac |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East || |Donald Cameron<br/>3,996<br/>49.84% | |Wayne Fraser<br/>3,243<br/>40.45% | |Cecil MacNeil<br/>778<br/>9.70% | | || |Donald Cameron |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West || |Donald P. McInnes<br/>3,824<br/>54.74% | |John J. Henderson<br/>2,278<br/>32.61% | |Geoff Moore<br/>884<br/>12.65% | | || |Donald P. McInnes
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre | |Harold MacDonald<br/>2,210<br/>27.50% || |Wayne Connors<br/>3,681<br/>45.80% | |John Wilson<br/>2,146<br/>26.70% | | || |Mike Laffinâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East | |Bruce Clark<br/>4,014<br/>35.39% || |John MacEachern<br/>5,739<br/>50.60% | |Terry McVarish<br/>1,590<br/>14.02% | | || |Donnie MacLeodâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North || |Brian Young<br/>6,018<br/>60.68% | |Robert E. McGrath<br/>2,042<br/>20.59% | |Gerald Yetman<br/>1,858<br/>18.73% | | || |Brian Young |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Nova | |Joe Burke<br/>1,060<br/>14.05% | |Dan MacRury<br/>2,603<br/>34.51% | |Terry Crawley<br/>686<br/>9.09% || |Paul MacEwan<br/>3,194<br/>42.34% || |Paul MacEwan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South | |Murdock Smith<br/>3,461<br/>27.78% || |Vince MacLean<br/>7,820<br/>62.76% | |Ed MacLeod<br/>1,179<br/>9.46% | | || |Vince MacLean |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape BretonâÂÂThe Lakes | |John Newell<br/>3,282<br/>35.52% || |Bernie Boudreau<br/>4,192<br/>45.37% | |Helen MacDonald<br/>1,766<br/>19.11% | | || |John Newell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West | |"Big" Donnie MacLeod<br/>4,050<br/>35.87% || |Russell MacKinnon<br/>6,133<br/>54.31% | |Con Mills<br/>1,109<br/>9.82% | | || |"Big" Donnie MacLeod |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness North | |Norman J. MacLean<br/>2,865<br/>36.16% || |Charles MacArthur<br/>3,666<br/>46.27% | |Ben Boucher<br/>1,392<br/>17.57% | | || |Norman J. MacLean |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness South | |Archie MacLachlan<br/>866<br/>15.87% || |Danny Graham<br/>2,185<br/>40.03% | |Martin Beaton<br/>345<br/>6.32% | |Billy Joe MacLean<br/>2,062<br/>37.78% || |Billy Joe MacLean |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond | |Robert F. Martel<br/>3,135<br/>41.70% || |Richie Mann<br/>3,528<br/>46.93% | |Clair Rankin<br/>855<br/>11.37% | | || |Vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria | |Fisher Hudson<br/>2,076<br/>39.40% || |Kennie MacAskill<br/>2,719<br/>51.60% | |Fraser Patterson<br/>474<br/>9.00% | | || |Fisher Hudson