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2017 Nova Scotia general election

The 2017 Nova Scotia general election was held on May 30, 2017, to elect members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

The Liberals under Premier Stephen McNeil won re-election with a reduced majority, falling from 34 seats at dissolution to 27 seats.

Timeline

Party standings

Results by party

Synopsis of results

= Open seat
= Turnout is above provincial average
= Winning candidate was in previous Legislature
= Incumbent had switched allegiance
= Previously incumbent in another riding
= Not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
= Incumbency arose from byelection gain
= Other incumbents renominated
= Previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
= Multiple candidates

Retiring incumbents

Liberal
New Democratic
Independent

Nominated candidates

Annapolis Valley

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis || |Stephen McNeil<br />6,410<br />64.73% | |Ginny Hurlock<br />1,480<br />14.94% | |Colin Sproul<br />1,517<br />15.32%

| |Zac Crockatt<br />366<br />3.70% | |Kent Robinson<br />130<br />1.31% || |Stephen McNeil |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare-Digby || |Gordon Wilson<br />4,044<br />50.49% | |Normand Cormier<br />2,283<br />28.51% | | Harold Neil<br />1,682<br />21.00% | | | | || |Gordon Wilson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West || |Chuck Porter<br />4,589<br />54.87% | |Janice Munroe Dodge<br />2,416<br />28.89% | |Lalia Kerr<br />1,042<br />12.46% | |Torin Buzek<br />243<br />2.91% | |Edward Boucher<br />73<br />0.87% || |Chuck Porter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North | |Geof Turner<br />2,784<br />33.46% || |John Lohr<br />3,823<br />45.94% | |Ted Champion<br />1,347<br />16.19% | |Mary Lou Harley<br />295<br />3.55% | |Bryden Deadder<br />72<br />0.87% || |John Lohr |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South || |Keith Irving<br />4,269<br />46.71% | |Peter Harrison<br />2,496<br />27.31% | |Stephen Schneider<br />1,921<br />21.02% | |Sheila Richardson<br />337<br />3.69% | |Joel Hirtle<br />116<br />1.27% || |Keith Irving |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West || |Leo Glavine<br />4,190<br />52.45% | |Chris Palmer<br />3,015<br />37.74% | |Cheryl Burbidge<br />536<br />6.71% | |Madeline Taylor<br />247<br />3.09% | | || |Leo Glavine

South Shore

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Argyle-Barrington | |Louis d'Entremont<br />1,841<br />29.72% || |Chris d'Entremont<br />4,031<br />65.07% | |Greg Foster<br />323<br />5.21% | | || |Chris d'Entremont |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Chester-St. Margaret's || |Hugh MacKay<br />3,112<br />35.46% | |Julie Chaisson<br />2,230<br />25.41% | |Denise Peterson-Rafuse<br />3,021<br />34.42% | |Harry Ward<br />413<br />4.71% || |Denise Peterson-Rafuse |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg || |Suzanne Lohnes-Croft<br />3,110<br />39.45% | |Brian Pickings <br />2,437<br />30.91% | |Marc Breaugh<br />2,336<br />29.63% | | || |Suzanne Lohnes-Croft |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West || |Mark Furey<br />3,839<br />47.10% | |Carole Hipwell<br />2,261<br />27.74% | |Lisa Norman<br />1,690<br />20.73% | |Michael Sheppard<br />361<br />4.43% || |Mark Furey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens-Shelburne | |Vernon Oickle<br />2,303<br />31.11% || |Kim Masland<br />3,244<br />43.82% | |John Davis<br />1,581<br />21.36% | |Kathaleen Milan<br />275<br />3.71% || |Sterling Belliveau†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth || |Zach Churchill<br />5,364<br />68.16% | |Mitch Bonnar<br />2,007<br />25.50% | |David Olie<br />243<br />3.09% | |Jim Laverie<br />256<br />3.25% || |Zach Churchill

Fundy-Northeast

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley | |Matthew Rushton<br />1,947<br />26.94% || |Larry Harrison<br />3,655<br />50.57% | |Janet Moulton<br />1,625<br />22.49% | | | | | | || |Larry Harrison |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester North || |Karen Casey<br />3,654<br />46.49% | |Rebecca Taylor<br />3,225<br />41.04% | |James Finnie<br />980<br />12.47% | | | | | | || |Karen Casey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland North | |Terry Farrell<br />2,713<br />38.59% || |Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin<br />3,632<br />51.66% | |Earl Dow<br />496<br />7.05% | | | |Bill Archer<br />84<br />1.19% | |Richard Plett <br />106<br />1.51% || |Terry Farrell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland South | |Kenny John Jackson<br />2,779<br />40.47% || |Jamie Baillie <br />3,536<br />51.49% | |Larry Duchesne<br />398<br />5.80% | | | |Thor Lengies <br />154<br />2.24% | | || |Jamie Baillie |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East || |Margaret Miller<br />3,923<br />43.67% | |John A. MacDonald<br />3,104<br />34.55% | |Liam Crouse<br />1,508<br />16.79% | |Jenn Kang<br />449<br />5.00% | | | | || |Margaret Miller |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River | |Craig Johnson<br />1,894<br />24.09% | |Keltie Jones<br />2,512<br />31.96% || |Lenore Zann<br />3,455<br />43.95% | | | | | | || |Lenore Zann

Central Halifax

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clayton Park West || |Rafah DiCostanzo<br />4,035<br />46.05% | |Paul Kimball<br />2,304<br />26.29% | |Rana Zaman<br />1,764<br />20.13% | |Thomas Trappenberg<br />506<br />5.77% | |Jonathan Dean<br />154<br />1.76% || |Diana Whalen†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fairview-Clayton Park || |Patricia Arab<br />2,925<br />39.90% | |Paul Beasant<br />1,839<br />25.09% | |Joanne Hussey<br />2,190<br />29.88% | |Charlene Boyce<br />376<br />5.13% | | || |Patricia Arab |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Armdale || |Lena Diab<br />2,962<br />44.58% | |Sylvia Gillard<br />1,253<br />18.86% | |David Wheeler<br />2,098<br />31.58% | |Marc-André Tremblay<br />246<br />3.70% | |Michael McLeod<br />85<br />1.28% || |Lena Diab |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Chebucto | |Joachim Stroink<br />3,573<br />39.29% | |John Wesley Chisholm<br />963<br />10.59% || |Gary Burrill<br />4,197<br />46.15% | |Casey Meijer<br />361<br />3.97% | | || |Joachim Stroink |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Citadel-Sable Island || |Labi Kousoulis<br />2,419<br />41.28% | |Rob Batherson<br />1,480<br />25.26% | |Glenn Walton <br />1,618<br />27.61% | |Martin Willison<br />343<br />5.85% | | || |Labi Kousoulis |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Needham | |Melinda Daye<br />2,075<br />27.47% | |Matthew Donahoe<br />1,135<br />15.02% || |Lisa Roberts<br />3,880<br />51.36% | |Andrew Jamieson<br />465<br />6.15% | | || |Lisa Roberts

Suburban Halifax

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bedford || |Kelly Regan<br />5,831<br />52.69% | |Valerie White<br />3,388<br />30.62% | |Blake Wright<br />1,362<br />12.31% | |Michealle Hanshaw<br />485<br />4.38% | | || |Kelly Regan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Atlantic || |Brendan Maguire<br />4,219<br />55.48% | |Bruce Holland<br />1,300<br />17.10% | |Trish Keeping<br />1,728<br />22.72% | |Chelsey Carter<br />357<br />4.69% | | || |Brendan Maguire |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hammonds Plains-Lucasville || |Ben Jessome<br />3,432<br />46.69% | |Matt Whitman<br />2,421<br />32.94% | |Paul McGuinness<br />1,157<br />15.74% | |Jessica Alexander<br />340<br />4.63% | | || |Ben Jessome |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville-Beaver Bank | |Stephen Gough<br />2,155<br />32.13% || |Brad Johns<br />2,923<br />43.58% | |Dennis Kutchera<br />1,332<br />19.86% | |Michael Montgomery<br />231<br />3.44% | |Rita Billington<br />66<br />0.98% || |Stephen Gough |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville-Cobequid | |Michel Hindlet<br />2,038<br />25.98% | |John Giannakos<br />1,991<br />25.38% || |Dave Wilson<br />3,465<br />44.17% | |Tanner Montgomery<br />262<br />3.34% | |Cathy Morgan<br />88<br />1.12% || |Dave Wilson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Timberlea-Prospect || |Iain Rankin<br />4,272<br />49.90% | |Tim Kohoot<br />2,030<br />23.71% | |Linda Moxsom Skinner<br />1,804<br />21.07% | |Kai Trappenberg<br />337<br />3.94% | |Matt Mansfield<br />118<br />1.38% || |Iain Rankin |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank || |Bill Horne<br />3,160<br />37.94% | |Dan McNaughton<br />3,095<br />37.16% | |Trevor Sanipass<br />1,567<br />18.82% | |Anthony Edmonds<br />506<br />6.08% | | || |Bill Horne

Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage | |Joyce Treen<br />2,585<br />35.08% || |Barbara Adams<br />2,682<br />36.40% | |Nancy Jakeman<br />1,759<br />23.87% | |Rebecca Mosher<br />343<br />4.65% | | | | || |Joyce Treen |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cole Harbour-Portland Valley || |Tony Ince<br />3,583<br />36.85% | |Chris Mont<br />3,203<br />32.94% | |Andre Cain<br />2,552<br />26.25% | |Melanie Mulrooney<br />385<br />3.96% | | | | || |Tony Ince |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth East | |Edgar Burns<br />3,118<br />38.78% || |Tim Halman<br />3,309<br />41.15% | |Bill McEwen<br />964<br />11.99% | |Matthew Richey<br />650<br />8.08% | | | | || |Andrew Younger†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke| Dartmouth North | |Joanne Bernard<br />2,442<br />34.68% | |Melanie Russell<br />1,384<br />19.66% || |Susan Leblanc<br />2,771<br />39.36% | |Tyler Colbourne<br />318<br />4.52% | |David Boyd<br />126<br />1.79% | | || |Joanne Bernard |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth South | |Vishal Bhardwaj<br />3,348<br />37.45% | |Jad Crnogorac<br />1,418<br />15.86% || |Claudia Chender<br />3,545<br />39.65% | |June Trenholm<br />506<br />5.66% | |Jim Murray <br />123<br />1.38% | | | |Vacant†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Eastern Shore || |Kevin Murphy<br />2,527<br />37.71% | |Patricia Auchnie<br />2,024<br />30.20% | |Devin Ashley<br />1,780<br />26.56% | |Andy Berry<br />221<br />3.30% | | | |Randy Carter<br />149<br />2.22% || |Kevin Murphy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Preston-Dartmouth || |Keith Colwell<br />2,572<br />51.33% | |Irvine Carvery<br />1,105<br />22.05% | |Shelley Fashan<br />1,113<br />22.21% | |Aaron Alexander<br />221<br />4.41% | | | | || |Keith Colwell

Central Nova

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish || |Randy Delorey<br />3,877<br />43.38% | |Ray Mattie<br />3,139<br />35.12% | |Moraig MacGillivray<br />1,815<br />20.31% | | | |Ryan Smyth <br />106<br />1.19% || |Randy Delorey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie || |Lloyd Hines<br />2,565<br />43.09% | |Rob Wolf<br />2,494<br />41.89% | |Marney Simmons<br />894<br />15.02% | | | | || |Lloyd Hines |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre | |Jeff Davis<br />2,027<br />28.13% || |Pat Dunn<br />3,773<br />52.36% | |Henderson Paris<br />1,406<br />19.51% | | | | || |Pat Dunn |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East | |John Fraser<br />1,30118.22% || |Tim Houston<br />5,275<br />73.88% | |Deborah Stiles<br />564<br />7.90% | | | | || |Tim Houston |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West | |Ben MacLean<br />1,143<br />16.47% || |Karla MacFarlane<br />4,333<br />62.44% | |Shawn McNamara<br />1,302<br />18.76% | |Cecile Vigneault<br />161<br />2.32% | | || |Karla MacFarlane

Cape Breton

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre | |David Wilton<br />2,623<br />33.58% | |Louie Piovesan<br />1,770<br />22.66% || |Tammy Martin<br />3,419<br />43.77% | | | | | | || |David Wilton |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton-Richmond | |Michel Samson<br />3,316<br />43.30% || |Alana Paon<br />3,337<br />43.57% | |Larry Keating<br />1,006<br />13.13% | | | | | | || |Michel Samson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Glace Bay || |Geoff MacLellan<br />3,317<br />46.65% | |John White<br />2,938<br />41.32% | |Lois MacDougall<br />718<br />10.10% | | | |Steven MacNeil<br />137<br />1.93% | | || |Geoff MacLellan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness | |Bobby Morris<br />2,347<br />31.00% || |Allan MacMaster<br />4,687<br />61.90% | |Michelle Smith <br />538<br />7.11% | | | | | | || |Allan MacMaster |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Northside-Westmount | |John Higgins<br />1,985<br />21.20% || |Eddie Orrell<br />5,941<br />63.46% | |Ronald Crowther<br />1,436<br />15.34% | | | | | | || |Eddie Orrell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg | |Katherine MacDonald<br />2,221<br />23.62% || |Alfie MacLeod<br />6,370<br />67.73% | |Bill Matheson<br />814<br />8.65% | | | | | | || |Alfie MacLeod |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sydney-Whitney Pier || |Derek Mombourquette<br />3,656<br />38.72% | |Laurie MacIntosh<br />2,290<br />24.25% | |Madonna Doucette<br />3,496<br />37.03% | | | | | | || |Derek Mombourquette |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria-The Lakes | |Pam Eyking<br />1,969<br />26.81% || |Keith Bain<br />4,373<br />59.55% | |Lisa Bond<br />544<br />7.41% | |Adrianna MacKinnon<br />265<br />3.61% | | | |Stemer MacLeod<br />192<br />2.61% || |Pam Eyking

Opinion polls

References

Election related reports