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1993 Nova Scotia general election

The 1993 Nova Scotia general election was held on May 25, 1993, to elect members of the 56th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Liberals under John Savage won a landslide victory over the unpopular Progressive Conservatives under Premier Donald Cameron, while Alexa McDonough's NDP remained a distant third, winning three seats.

Campaign

The Progressive Conservatives, led by Donald Cameron, campaigned on his record of making 152 reforms since assuming office in 1991. Cameron slashed government spending, cutting out free coffee and rented plants in government offices. John Buchanan (served 1978 to 1990) suffered allegations of patronage which Cameron could not overcome during the election campaign. Cameron vowed to end patronage and balance the budget within three years or he would resign. However, Cameron made a controversial move by appointing two unelected women to his cabinet immediately prior to the election campaign.

Liberal leader John Savage promised to end pork-barrel politics and introduce a new style of governing focusing on job creation.

Opinion polls

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 | |Greg Kerr<br/>3,388<br/>30.34% || |Earl Rayfuse<br/>7,022<br/>62.89% | |Margaret Wolfe<br/>756<br/>6.77% | | | | || |New riding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare | |Guy LeBlanc<br/>2,854<br/>42.87% || |Wayne Gaudet<br/>3,461<br/>51.99% | |Christian Collin<br/>342<br/>5.14% | | | | || |Guy LeBlanc |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby—Annapolis | |Walter MacAlpine<br/>1,521<br/>18.72% || |Joseph H. Casey<br/>5,805<br/>71.46% | |Susan Jamieson<br/>797<br/>9.81% | | | | || |Joseph H. Casey<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Digby</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West || |Ron Russell<br/>4,152<br/>40.41% | |Mike Doyle<br/>4,106<br/>39.96% | |Dana Harvey<br/>1,881<br/>18.31% | | | |Donald L. McKay<br/>136<br/>1.32% || |Ron Russell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North || |George Archibald<br/>4,137<br/>42.62% | |Jennifer Foster<br/>3,980<br/>41.01% | |Cameron Jess<br/>1,505<br/>15.51% | |Anne Dow<br/>84<br/>0.87% | | || |George Archibald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South | |Harry How<br/>2,941<br/>28.24% || |Robbie Harrison<br/>3,069<br/>29.46% | |Steve Mattson<br/>2,064<br/>19.82% | |Peter Cameron<br/>102<br/>0.98% | |Derrick Kimball<br/>2,240<br/>21.51% || |Derrick Kimball |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West || |George Moody<br/>4,895<br/>53.08% | |Baden Thurber<br/>3,178<br/>34.46% | |Jacquie DeMestral<br/>1,055<br/>11.44% | |Christopher MacLean<br/>94<br/>1.02% | | || |George Moody

South Shore

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Argyle | |Neil LeBlanc<br/>2,633<br/>44.28% || |Allister Surette<br/>3,091<br/>51.98% | |Dee Dee Daigle<br/>222<br/>3.73% | | | | || |Neil LeBlanc |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Chester—St. Margaret's | |Aileen Heisler<br/>2,867<br/>29.49% || |Jim Barkhouse<br/>5,025<br/>51.69% | |Jack Ross<br/>1,644<br/>16.91% | | | |Malcolm Callaway<br/>185<br/>1.90% || |Jim Barkhouse<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Lunenburg East</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg | |Al Mosher<br/>3,709<br/>38.26% || |Lila O'Connor<br/>3,982<br/>41.07% | |Wade Vernon Garrison<br/>1,487<br/>15.34% | |Walton Cook<br/>517<br/>5.33% | | || |Al Mosher<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Lunenburg Centre</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West | |Marie Dechman<br/>2,910<br/>28.09% || |Don Downe<br/>6,276<br/>60.59% | |Karen Reinhardt<br/>1,172<br/>11.31% | | | | || |Marie Dechman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens || |John Leefe<br/>3,529<br/>47.11% | |Marilyn Large<br/>3,266<br/>43.60% | |Anne Corbin<br/>696<br/>9.29% | | | | || |John Leefe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne | |Mary E. Rose<br/>2,002<br/>22.71% || |Clifford Huskilson<br/>5,438<br/>61.70% | |Kathleen K. Tudor<br/>692<br/>7.85% | | | |Kent A. Blades<br/>507<br/>5.75%<br/>James M. Harding<br/>175<br/>1.99% || |Harold Huskilson †|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth | |Leroy Legere<br/>3,138<br/>32.08% || |Richie Hubbard<br/>5,197<br/>53.13% | |Ian MacPherson<br/>1,447<br/>14.79% | | | | || |Leroy Legere

Fundy-Northeast

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley || |Ken Streatch<br/>4,221<br/>45.74% | |John David Tilley<br/>3,463<br/>37.52% | |Roger J. Hunka<br/>1,545<br/>16.74% | | | | || |R. Colin Stewart† <br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Colchester South</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester North | |Tom Taggart<br/>3,306<br/>35.02% || |Ed Lorraine<br/>5,123<br/>54.27% | |Patsy Forrest<br/>1,010<br/>10.70% | | | | || |Ed Lorraine |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland North | |Ernie Fage<br/>4,354<br/>40.63% || |Ross Bragg<br/>5,605<br/>52.31% | |Curtis Leland Bird<br/>756<br/>7.06% | | | | || |Ross Bragg<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Cumberland West</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland South | |Mac Bennett<br/>1,570<br/>17.69% || |Guy Brown<br/>6,713<br/>75.63% | |Douglas Meekins<br/>431<br/>4.86% | | | |Philip T. Donkin<br/>162<br/>1.83% || |Guy Brown<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Cumberland Centre</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East | |Stephen MacKeil<br/>3,657<br/>37.43% || |Bob Carruthers<br/>4,295<br/>43.97% | |Terry MacLean<br/>1,817<br/>18.60% | | | | || |Jack Hawkins †|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Truro—Bible Hill | |Jack Coupar<br/>4,134<br/>38.36% || |Eleanor Norrie<br/>4,321<br/>40.10% | |Rick Bowden<br/>2,321<br/>21.54% | | | | || |Ron Giffin â€Â

Central Halifax

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Bedford Basin | |Joel Matheson<br/>4,270<br/>37.63% || |Gerry Fogarty<br/>4,676<br/>41.21% | |Clarrie MacKinnon<br/>2,323<br/>20.47% | |Pulkesh Lakhanpal<br/>77<br/>0.68% | | || |Joel Matheson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Chebucto | |J. Clair Callaghan<br/>2,903<br/>27.07% || |Jay Abbass<br/>3,906<br/>36.42% | |Eileen O'Connell<br/>3,800<br/>35.43% | |Christopher Collrin<br/>116<br/>1.08% | | || |Alexa McDonough |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Citadel || |Terry Donahoe<br/>4,584<br/>39.23% | |Liz Crocker<br/>4,505<br/>38.55% | |Mary Sparling<br/>2,433<br/>20.82% | |Gilles Bigras<br/>78<br/>0.67% | |Jan Morrison<br/>85<br/>0.73% || |Art Donahoe †|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Fairview | |Rosanna Liberatore<br/>2,078<br/>19.75% | |Art Flynn<br/>3,558<br/>33.82% || |Alexa McDonough<br/>4,789<br/>45.52% | |Mark Hawkins<br/>96<br/>0.91% | | || |New riding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Needham | |Ron Walter Milsom<br/>1,852<br/>18.48% || |Gerry O'Malley<br/>4,527<br/>45.18% | |Innis MacDonald<br/>3,555<br/>35.48% | |Ian Temple<br/>85<br/>0.85% | | || |Gerry O'Malley

Suburban Halifax

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bedford—Fall River | |Peter J. Kelly<br/>4,401<br/>40.57% || |Francene Cosman<br/>4,794<br/>44.19% | |Ryan Kidney<br/>1,653<br/>15.24% | | | | || |Ken Streatch<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Atlantic | |Kevin Umlah<br/>2,731<br/>25.16% | |Randy Ball<br/>4,053<br/>37.34% || |Robert Chisholm<br/>4,071<br/>37.50% | | | | || |Robert Chisholm |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville—Beaver Bank | |Stephen Taylor<br/>2,353<br/>26.93% || |Bill MacDonald<br/>3,620<br/>41.43% | |Frank Sutherland<br/>2,764<br/>31.64% | | | | || |New riding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville—Cobequid | |George Mansfield<br/>2,313<br/>22.00% | |Don Boutilier<br/>3,159<br/>30.04% || |John Holm<br/>5,044<br/>47.97% | | | | || |John Holm<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Sackville</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Timberlea—Prospect | |Debi Forsyth-Smith<br/>2,744<br/>30.54% || |Bruce Holland<br/>3,470<br/>38.62% | |Bill Estabrooks<br/>2,772<br/>30.85% | | | | || |Jerry Lawrence † <br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Halifax-St. Margaret's</span> |-

Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cole Harbour—Eastern Passage | |John Gold<br/>3,409<br/>34.89% || |Dennis Richards<br/>4,702<br/>48.13% | |Ash Shaikh<br/>1,501<br/>15.36% | |Helen Creighton<br/>158<br/>1.62% | | || |New riding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth—Cole Harbour | |Michael L. MacDonald<br/>2,905<br/>31.31% || |Alan Mitchell<br/>4,079<br/>43.97% | |Gail Cann<br/>2,293<br/>24.72% | | | | || |David Nantes † <br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Cole Harbour</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth East | |Gwen Haliburton<br/>2,429<br/>27.46% || |Jim Smith<br/>4,912<br/>55.53% | |Owen Hertzman<br/>1,504<br/>17.00% | | | | || |Jim Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth North | |Mike Brownlow<br/>2,327<br/>27.11% || |Sandy Jolly<br/>3,301<br/>38.46% | |Jerry Pye<br/>2,878<br/>33.53% | |Monique Poudrette<br/>77<br/>0.90% | | || |Sandy Jolly |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth South | |Colin May<br/>3,091<br/>31.47% || |John Savage<br/>4,346<br/>44.25% | |Don Chard<br/>2,221<br/>22.61% | |Alexander J. Gillis<br/>163<br/>1.66% | | || |Roland J. Thornhill †|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Eastern Shore | |Tom McInnis<br/>3,523<br/>40.72% || |Keith Colwell<br/>3,760<br/>43.46% | |Gary Moore<br/>1,369<br/>15.82% | | | | || |Tom McInnis<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Halifax Eastern Shore</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Preston | |Darryl Gray<br/>1,016<br/>20.94% || |Wayne Adams<br/>1,872<br/>38.57% | |Yvonne Atwell<br/>584<br/>12.03% | | | |David Hendsbee<br/>1,381<br/>28.46% || |New riding

Central Nova

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish | |Liz Chisholm<br/>3,196<br/>28.26% || |Bill Gillis<br/>7,292<br/>64.48% | |Marion MacDonald<br/>821<br/>7.26% | | | | || |Bill Gillis |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough—Port Hawkesbury | |Chuck MacNeil<br/>4,242<br/>43.20% || |Ray White<br/>5,487<br/>56.55% | |Frank X. Fraser<br/>982<br/>10.12% | | | | || |Chuck MacNeil<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Guysborough</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre || |John Hamm<br/>4,840<br/>47.40% | |Mary Daley<br/>4,364<br/>42.73% | |Cecil MacNeil<br/>1,008<br/>9.87% | | | | || |Jack MacIsaac †|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East || |Donald Cameron<br/>4,446<br/>47.05% | |Wayne Fraser<br/>3,729<br/>39.46% | |Dave Peters<br/>1,275<br/>13.49% | | | | || |Donald Cameron |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West || |Donald P. McInnes<br/>4,032<br/>45.72% | |Rob McDowell<br/>3,347<br/>37.95% | |Sonny Campbell<br/>1,097<br/>12.44% | | | |Edward MacMaster<br/>343<br/>3.89% || |Donald P. McInnes

Cape Breton

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre | |Julien Frison<br/>1,012<br/>10.99% || |Russell MacNeil<br/>5,644<br/>61.28% | |Victor Tomiczek<br/>2,554<br/>27.73% | | | | || |Russell MacNeil |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East | |Greg Hicks<br/>1,069<br/>10.38% || |John MacEachern<br/>7,566<br/>73.50% | |Terry McVarish<br/>1,659<br/>16.12% | | | | || |John MacEachern |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North | |Brian Young<br/>3,911<br/>36.43% || |Ron Stewart<br/>5,459<br/>50.85% | |Archie MacKinnon<br/>1,289<br/>12.01% | | | |Ron Laffin<br/>76<br/>0.71% || |Brian Young |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Nova | |Joe Currie<br/>443<br/>5.34% || |Paul MacEwan<br/>6,816<br/>82.22% | |Blair Riley<br/>1,031<br/>12.44% | | | | || |Paul MacEwan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South | |Norm Ferguson<br/>2,015<br/>20.59% || |Manning MacDonald<br/>5,629<br/>57.52% | |Peter Mancini<br/>2,143<br/>21.90% | | | | || |Vince MacLean †|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton—The Lakes | |Lauchie G. Leslie<br/>1,264<br/>13.79% || |Bernie Boudreau<br/>6,591<br/>71.90% | |Helen MacDonald<br/>1,312<br/>14.31% | | | | || |Bernie Boudreau |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West | |Victor Hanham<br/>2,055<br/>19.56% || |Russell MacKinnon<br/>7,355<br/>70.01% | |Daniel O'Connor<br/>777<br/>7.40% | | | |Wendy MacKenzie<br/>318<br/>3.03% || |Russell MacKinnon |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness | |Frank Crowdis<br/>2,944<br/>30.51% || |Charles MacArthur<br/>5,804<br/>60.15% | |Mary T. Goodwin<br/>902<br/>9.35% | | | | || |Charles MacArthur<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Inverness North</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond | |Chuck Boudreau<br/>1,587<br/>21.70% || |Richie Mann<br/>5,440<br/>74.40% | |Wilf Cude<br/>285<br/>3.90% | | | | || |Richie Mann |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria | |Walter S. Brett<br/>1,488<br/>28.78% || |Kennie MacAskill<br/>3,119<br/>60.32% | |Gerald Yetman<br/>414<br/>8.01% | | | |Stemer MacLeod<br/>150<br/>2.90% || |Kennie MacAskill

References

Election related reports