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2021 Nova Scotia general election

The 2021 Nova Scotia general election was held on August 17, 2021, to elect members to the 64th General Assembly of Nova Scotia.

In a major upset, Tim Houston led the Progressive Conservatives to power for the first time since 2006, and with a majority government for the first time since 1999. With a popular vote share of 38.44%, the PCs won the smallest winning vote share of any majority government in Nova Scotian electoral history, and won nearly twice the number of seats as the Liberals, despite their overall vote share differing by less than 2%.

Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin’s victory in Cumberland North marked the first occasion since 1988 that an independent candidate won election to the House of Assembly. A record number of four Black Nova Scotians were elected MLAs; prior to this election, only five Black MLAs had ever been elected in Nova Scotia.

Redistribution of ridings

In April 2019, the Electoral Boundaries Commission released its report which recommended changing the number of electoral districts from 51 to 55, including reinstating the four former districts of Argyle, Clare, Preston and Richmond. In October 2019, the Nova Scotia Legislature passed implementing legislation, providing for the following changes to take effect at the forthcoming election.

Timeline

Leaders' debates

Results

Results by party

Synopsis of results

= Newly created districts
= 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

Comparative results (2021 vs 2017 transposed results)

Summary analysis

Incumbents not running for reelection

The following MLAs announced that they would not run in the 2021 general election:

Independent

Liberal Party

New Democratic Party

Candidates by constituency

Legend<br />

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

Annapolis Valley

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis || |Carman Kerr<br />4,231<br />49.62% | |Jennifer Ehrenfeld-Poole<br />2,753<br />32.29% | |Cheryl Burbidge<br />1,127<br />13.22% | |Krista Grear<br />306<br />3.59% | |Mark Robertson<br />109<br />1.28% || |Vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare || |Ronnie LeBlanc<br />2,322<br />49.89% | |Carl Deveau<br />2,021<br />43.43% | |Cameron Pye<br />153<br />3.29% | |Claire McDonald<br />158<br />3.39% | | || |Gordon Wilson† <br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Clare-Digby</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby-Annapolis | |Jimmy MacAlpine<br />1,865<br />35.06% || |Jill Balser<br />2,636<br />49.55% | |Michael Carty<br />626<br />11.77% | |Jessica Walker<br />113<br />2.12% | |Tyler Ducharme<br />80<br />1.50% | |New riding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West | |Brian Casey<br />3,827<br />41.58% || |Melissa Sheehy-Richard<br />3,968<br />43.11% | |Caet Moir<br />1,015<br />11.03% | |Jenn Kang<br />273<br />2.97% | |Gordon J. Berry<br />121<br />1.31% || |Chuck Porter†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North | |Geof Turner<br />2,602<br />29.29% || |John Lohr<br />3,971<br />44.70% | |Erin Patterson<br />1,876<br />21.12% | |Doug Hickman<br />391<br />4.40% | |Paul Dunn<br />43<br />0.48% || |John Lohr |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South || |Keith Irving<br />4,049<br />44.11% | |Derrick Kimball<br />3,046<br />33.18% | |Mercedes Brian<br />1,808<br />19.70% | |Barry Leslie<br />276<br />3.01% | | || |Keith Irving |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West | |Emily Lutz<br />3,856<br />41.52% || |Chris Palmer<br />4,592<br />49.45% | |Jason Langille<br />549<br />5.91% | |Sue Earle<br />216<br />2.33% | |Rick Mehta<br />74<br />0.80% || |Leo Glavineâ€Â

South Shore

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Argyle | |Nick d'Entremont<br />635<br />14.33% || |Colton LeBlanc<br />3,649<br />82.35% | |Robin Smith<br />63<br />1.42% | |Corey Clamp<br />84<br />1.90% | | || |Colton LeBlanc<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Argyle-Barrington</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Chester-St. Margaret's | |Jacob Killawee<br />3,556<br />37.61% || |Danielle Barkhouse<br />3,788<br />40.06% | |Amy Stewart Reitsma<br />1,626<br />17.20% | |Jessica Alexander<br />417<br />4.41% | |Steven Foster<br />68<br />0.72% || |Hugh MacKay†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg | |Suzanne Lohnes-Croft<br />2,915<br />34.55% || |Susan Corkum-Greek<br />3,544<br />42.01% | |Alison Smith<br />1,750<br />20.74% | |Thomas Trappenberg<br />171<br />2.03% | |John Giannakos<br />57<br />0.68% || |Suzanne Lohnes-Croft |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West | |Jennifer Naugler<br />3,197<br />34.94% || |Becky Druhan<br />4,065<br />44.42% | |Merydie Ross<br />1,709<br />18.68% | |Eric Wade<br />180<br />1.97% | | || |Mark Furey†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens | |Susan MacLeod<br />1,051<br />20.39% || |Kim Masland<br />3,627<br />70.37% | |Mary Dahr<br />323<br />6.27% | |Brian Muldoon<br />153<br />2.97% | | || |Kim Masland<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Queens-Shelburne</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne | |Penny Smith<br />1,483<br />23.76% || |Nolan Young<br />3,905<br />62.56% | |Darren Stoddard<br />753<br />12.06% | |Steve Hirchak<br />101<br />1.62% | | | ||New riding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth || |Zach Churchill<br />4,344<br />56.32% | |Candice Clairmont<br />2,856<br />37.03% | |SJ Rogers<br />322<br />4.17% | |Adam Randall<br />191<br />2.48% | | || |Zach Churchill

Fundy-Northeast

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley | |Rhonda MacLellan<br />1,913<br />25.62% || |Larry Harrison<br />4,117<br />55.13% | |Janet Moulton<br />1,438<br />19.26% | | | | | | || |Larry Harrison |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester North | |Merlyn Smith<br />2,681<br />31.84% || |Tom Taggart<br />4,477<br />53.18% | |Sean Foley<br />955<br />11.34% | |Ivan Drouin<br />252<br />2.99% | |Stephan Sante<br />54<br />0.64% | | || |Karen Casey†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland North | |Bill Casey<br />2,488<br />31.65% | |David Wightman<br />569<br />7.24% | |Lauren Skabar<br />569<br />7.24% | | | | || |Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin<br />4,235<br />53.87% || |Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland South | |Rollie Lawless<br />1,092<br />19.17% || |Tory Rushton<br />3,900<br />68.47% | |Larry Duchesne<br />524<br />9.20% | |Nicholas Hendren<br />180<br />3.16% | | | | || |Tory Rushton |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East | |Michael Blois<br />3,239<br />36.36% || |John A. MacDonald<br />3,328<br />37.36% | |Abby Cameron<br />2,142<br />24.05% | |Simon Greenough<br />199<br />2.23% | | | | || |Vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River | |Tamara Tynes Powell<br />2,541<br />30.21% || |Dave Ritcey<br />4,025<br />47.85% | |Darlene DeAdder<br />1,398<br />16.62% | |Shaun Trainor<br />448<br />5.33% | | | | || |Dave Ritcey

Central Halifax

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clayton Park West || |Rafah DiCostanzo<br />3,603<br />47.60% | |Nargis DeMolitor<br />1,875<br />24.77% | |Reena Davis<br />1,836<br />24.25% | |Richard Zurawski<br />210<br />2.77% | |Helen Lau<br />46<br />0.61% | | || |Rafah DiCostanzo |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fairview-Clayton Park || |Patricia Arab<br />2,892<br />38.51% | |Nicole Mosher<br />1,678<br />22.34% | |Joanne Hussey<br />2,787<br />37.11% | |Sheila Richardson<br />153<br />2.04% | | | | || |Patricia Arab |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Armdale || |Ali Duale<br />3,070<br />40.35% | |Richard MacLean<br />1,681<br />22.09% | |Julie Melanson<br />2,593<br />34.08% | |Jo-Ann Roberts<br />202<br />2.65% | | | |Stephen Chafe<br />63<br />0.83% || |Lena Diab†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Chebucto | |Jackie Kinley<br />2,478<br />32.14% | |John Wesley Chisholm<br />911<br />11.81% || |Gary Burrill<br />4,009<br />51.99% | |Lily Barraclough<br />313<br />4.06% | | | | || |Gary Burrill |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Citadel-Sable Island | |Labi Kousoulis<br />2,956<br />36.82% | |Sheri Morgan<br />1,425<br />17.75% || |Lisa Lachance<br />3,397<br />42.31% | |Noah Hollis<br />250<br />3.11% | | | | || |Labi Kousoulis |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Needham | |Colin Coady<br />2,617<br />29.07% | |Scott Ellis<br />904<br />10.04% || |Suzy Hansen<br />5,308<br />58.96% | |Kai Trappenberg<br />173<br />1.92% | | | | || |Lisa Robertsâ€Â

Suburban Halifax

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bedford Basin || |Kelly Regan<br />3,700<br />50.87% | |Nick Driscoll<br />1,874<br />25.76% | |Jacob Wilson<br />1,554<br />21.36% | |Madeline Taylor<br />146<br />2.01% | | | | || |Kelly Regan <br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Bedford</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bedford South || |Braedon Clark<br />3,568<br />45.37% | |Sura Hadad<br />2,338<br />29.73% | |David Paterson<br />1,763<br />22.42% | |Ron G. Parker<br />140<br />1.78% | |Alan Nightingale<br />55<br />0.70% | | | |New riding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Atlantic || |Brendan Maguire<br />4,213<br />55.22% | |Tim Cranston<br />1,493<br />19.57% | |Shauna Hatt<br />1,740<br />22.81% | |Sarah Weston<br />183<br />2.40% | | | | || |Brendan Maguire |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hammonds Plains-Lucasville || |Ben Jessome<br />3,697<br />46.06% | |Julie Chaisson<br />2,865<br />35.70% | |Angela Downey<br />1,333<br />16.61% | |Mark Embrett<br />131<br />1.63% | | | | || |Ben Jessome |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville-Cobequid | |Mary LeRoy<br />1,701<br />21.51% || |Steve Craig<br />3,426<br />43.33% | |Lara Fawthrop<br />2,577<br />32.59% | |Ian Dawson<br />203<br />2.57% | | | | || |Steve Craig |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville-Uniacke | |Donalda MacIsaac<br />2,323<br />32.80% || |Brad Johns<br />3,104<br />43.82% | |Thomas Hill<br />1,535<br />21.67% | |Carson LeQuesne<br />121<br />1.71% | | | | || |Brad Johns <br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Sackville-Beaver Bank</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Timberlea-Prospect || |Iain Rankin<br />5,181<br />54.38% | |Bill Healy<br />2,320<br />24.35% | |Raymond Theriault<br />1,647<br />17.29% | |Harry Ward<br />250<br />2.62% | |Dessire G. Miari<br />40<br />0.42% | |Dawn Edith Penney<br />90<br />0.94% || |Iain Rankin |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank | |Marni Tuttle<br />3,546<br />36.36% || |Brian Wong<br />3,938<br />40.38% | |Christina McCarron<br />1,581<br />16.21% | |Anthony Edmonds<br />617<br />6.33% | |Shawn Whitford<br />71<br />0.73% | | || |Bill Horneâ€Â

Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cole Harbour || |Tony Ince<br />2,118<br />39.75% | |Darryl Johnson<br />1,704<br />31.98% | |Jerome Lagmay<br />1,431<br />26.86% | | | |Chris Kinnie<br />75<br />1.41% || |Tony Ince <br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Cole Harbour-Portland Valley</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cole Harbour-Dartmouth || |Lorelei Nicoll<br />5,144<br />52.24% | |Karina Sanford<br />2,929<br />29.75% | |Melody Pentland<br />1,558<br />15.82% | |Rana Zaman<br />215<br />2.18% | | | |New riding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth East | |D'Arcy Poultney<br />2,900<br />34.68% || |Tim Halman<br />3,260<br />38.99% | |Tyler J. Colbourne<br />1,974<br />23.61% | |Sara Adams<br />187<br />2.24% | |Chris Bowie<br />41<br />0.49% || |Tim Halman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke| Dartmouth North | |Pam Cooley<br />2,361<br />31.48% | |Lisa Coates<br />1,278<br />17.04% || |Susan Leblanc<br />3,731<br />49.75% | |Carolyn Marshall<br />129<br />1.72% | | || |Susan Leblanc |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth South | |Lesley MacKay<br />1,603<br />22.14% | |Chris Curtis<br />1,262<br />17.43% || |Claudia Chender<br />4,209<br />58.13% | |Skylar Martini<br />167<br />2.31% | | || |Claudia Chender |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Eastern Passage | |Joyce Treen<br />1,444<br />26.21% || |Barbara Adams<br />2,469<br />44.82% | |Tammy Jakeman<br />1,222<br />22.18% | |Corey Myers<br />374<br />6.79% | | || |Barbara Adams <br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Eastern Shore | |Kevin Murphy<br />3,169<br />34.06% || |Kent Smith<br />4,264<br />45.82% | |Deirdre Dwyer<br />1,618<br />17.39% | |Cheryl Atkinson<br />254<br />2.73% | | || |Kevin Murphy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Preston || |Angela Simmonds<br />2,226<br />43.38% | |Archy Beals<br />1,472<br />28.69% | |Colter C.C. Simmonds<br />1,433<br />27.93% | | | | || |Keith Colwell† <br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Preston-Dartmouth</span>

Central Nova

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish | |Randy Delorey<br />2,997<br />31.82% || |Michelle Thompson<br />4,707<br />49.98% | |Moraig MacGillivray<br />1,552<br />16.48% | |Will Fraser<br />128<br />1.36% | |Ryan Smyth<br />34<br />0.36% | | || |Randy Delorey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough-Tracadie | |Lloyd Hines<br />1,571<br />30.35% || |Greg Morrow<br />3,281<br />63.39% | |Matt Stickland<br />247<br />4.77%<br /> | |Gabe Bruce<br />77<br />1.49% | | | | || |Lloyd Hines<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre | |Jim McKenna<br />2,269<br />30.93% || |Pat Dunn<br />4,092<br />55.77% | |Vernon Theriault<br />862<br />11.75% | |Laura Moore<br />114<br />1.55% | | | | || |Pat Dunn |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East | |Joe MacDonald<br />1,585<br />22.46% || |Tim Houston<br />4,918<br />69.68% | |Joy Polley<br />500<br />7.08% | | | |Jonathan Geoffrey Dean<br />55<br />0.78% | | || |Tim Houston |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West | |Mary Wooldridge-Elliott<br />1,510<br />21.41% || |Karla MacFarlane<br />4,487<br />63.62% | |Rick Parker<br />872<br />12.36% | |Clare Brett<br />124<br />1.76% | | | |John A. Clark<br />60<br />0.85% || |Karla MacFarlane

Cape Breton

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier | |Michelle Wilson<br />3,188<br />40.61% | |Bryden Mombourquette<br />1,281<br />16.32% || |Kendra Coombes<br />3,309<br />42.15% | |Robert Hussey<br />72<br />0.92% | | || |Kendra Coombes<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Cape Breton Centre</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East | |Heather Peters<br />3,094<br />36.73% || |Brian Comer<br />3,897<br />46.27% | |Barbara Beaton<br />1,432<br />17.00% | | | | || |Brian Comer<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Glace Bay-Dominion | |John John McCarthy<br />2,479<br />31.15% || |John White<br />2,754<br />34.61% | |John Morgan<br />2,725<br />34.24% | | | | || |Geoff MacLellan† <br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Glace Bay</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness | |Damian MacInnis<br />3,112<br />35.96% || |Allan MacMaster<br />4,833<br />55.85% | |Joanna Clark<br />708<br />8.18% | | | | || |Allan MacMaster |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Northside-Westmount || |Fred Tilley<br />4,030<br />46.86% | |Murray Ryan<br />3,140<br />36.51% | |Jennifer Morrison<br />1,430<br />16.63% | | | | || |Murray Ryan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond | |Matt Haley<br />2,009<br />36.85% || |Trevor Boudreau<br />2,773<br />50.86% | |Bryson Syliboy<br />274<br />5.03% | | | |Alana Paon<br />396<br />7.26% || |Alana Paon<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Cape Breton-Richmond</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sydney-Membertou || |Derek Mombourquette<br />4,561<br />54.27% | |Pauline Singer<br />1,467<br />17.45% | |Madonna Doucette<br />2,377<br />28.28% | | | | || |Derek Mombourquette<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">Sydney-Whitney Pier</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria-The Lakes | |Nadine Bernard<br />2,224<br />34.20% || |Keith Bain<br />3,536<br />54.37% | |Adrianna MacKinnon<br />627<br />9.64% | | | |Stemer MacLeod<br />116<br />1.78% || |Keith Bain

Opinion polls

Voting intentions in Nova Scotia since the 2017 election

References

Election related reports