October 13 1970 (NS)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1970-10-13
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction ❌
Provincial Jurisdiction ✅
Province Nova Scotia
By-Election ❌

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Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 3,747
Invalid Votes 3,747
Total Electors 453,727
Turnout Rate 84
Valid Ballots 379,608
Valid Votes 379,608

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
Independent 2 0 0.00% 0.39%
New Democratic Party 23 2 4.35% 6.65%
Nova Scotia Liberal Party 46 23 50.00% 46.07%
Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia 46 21 45.65% 46.89%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
G I Smith Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Colchester 9,398 ✅
Gerald Ritcey Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Colchester 8,012 ✅
George Norrie Nova Scotia Liberal Party Colchester 7,901 ❌
Ross Hill Nova Scotia Liberal Party Colchester 7,313 ❌
Glen M Bagnell Nova Scotia Liberal Party Dartmouth North 6,614 ✅
George Riley Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Cobequid 6,453 ✅
Leonard L Pace Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax St. Margarets 6,152 ✅
Tom McKeough Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton North 5,755 ✅
A G Brown Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Eastern Shore 5,585 ✅
G H Fitzgerald Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Cobequid 5,427 ❌
Ralph F Fiske Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou Centre 5,356 ✅
Jeremy Ackerman New Democratic Party Cape Breton East 5,334 ✅
George M Mitchell Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Cornwallis 5,323 ✅
D Scott MacNutt Nova Scotia Liberal Party Dartmouth South-Portland Valley 5,304 ✅
John Buchanan Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Atlantic 5,284 ✅
James L Connolly Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Chebucto 5,276 ✅
John F Burke Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton South (NS) 5,234 ✅
I W Ackerley Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Dartmouth South-Portland Valley 5,213 ❌
J Fraser Mooney Nova Scotia Liberal Party Yarmouth (NS) 5,039 ✅
Vincent MacLean Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton South (NS) 5,034 ❌
Allan E Sullivan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton West 5,024 ✅
George A Snow Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Yarmouth (NS) 4,929 ✅
Donald R MacLeod Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou Centre 4,922 ❌
Beniot Robichaud Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Yarmouth (NS) 4,896 ❌
Walton Cook Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg Centre 4,852 ✅
Kenneth Andrews Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton West 4,843 ❌
Gerald G Wambolt Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Dartmouth North 4,826 ❌
Dugger McNeil Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax St. Margarets 4,729 ❌
N James MacLean Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Inverness (NS) 4,607 ✅
Jack Rogers Nova Scotia Liberal Party Yarmouth (NS) 4,592 ❌
Ronald Wallace Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Citadel-Sable Island 4,527 ✅
Gerald A. Regan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Needham 4,514 ✅
Roger S Bacon Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cumberland East 4,355 ✅
John Archie MacKenzie Nova Scotia Liberal Party Inverness (NS) 4,124 ✅
George O Lohnes Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Lunenburg Centre 4,040 ❌
Murray Ritcey Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Eastern Shore 4,029 ❌
James H Vaughan Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Chebucto 4,015 ❌
William Gillis Nova Scotia Liberal Party Antigonish (NS) 4,002 ✅
Robert Lindsay Nova Scotia Liberal Party Hants West 3,974 ✅
William N MacLean Nova Scotia Liberal Party Inverness (NS) 3,939 ❌
Richard A Donahoe Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Cornwallis 3,891 ❌
Donald M Smith Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Citadel-Sable Island 3,833 ❌
Neil L Ferguson Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton East 3,807 ❌
Robert Hayes Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Atlantic 3,786 ❌
Gordon A Tidman Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Kings West (NS) 3,736 ✅
Frank Bezanson Nova Scotia Liberal Party Kings West (NS) 3,735 ❌
Joseph Shannon Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Inverness (NS) 3,728 ❌
Harold Huskilson Nova Scotia Liberal Party Shelburne 3,725 ✅
Norman T Spence Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Hants West 3,708 ❌
Michael Laffin Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton Centre 3,680 ✅
William Shaw Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Antigonish (NS) 3,594 ❌
Gerald J Doucet Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Richmond (NS) 3,439 ✅
William J Cox Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Shelburne 3,321 ❌
Victor Thorpe Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Kings North 3,234 ✅
Leonard J Dolan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland East 3,142 ❌
Jack Hawkins Nova Scotia Liberal Party Hants East 3,115 ✅
Maurice DeLorey Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg West 3,086 ✅
Glenn S Ells Nova Scotia Liberal Party Kings North 3,077 ❌
Ken Jones Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Queens (NS) 3,068 ✅
Angus MacIsaac Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Guysborough 3,035 ✅
Lloyd MacDonald Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou East 3,000 ✅
Thomas MacQueen Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou East 2,981 ❌
Paul MacEwan New Democratic Party Cape Breton Nova 2,927 ✅
Joseph H Casey Nova Scotia Liberal Party Digby 2,903 ✅
David MacKeen Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Needham 2,887 ❌
Sydney Oram Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton North 2,885 ❌
Percy Gaum Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton Nova 2,866 ❌
Len J Arsenault New Democratic Party Cape Breton North 2,860 ❌
Gerry Sheehy Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Annapolis East 2,836 ✅
Harley Umphrey Nova Scotia Liberal Party Queens (NS) 2,833 ❌
J Albert Ettinger Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Hants East 2,793 ❌
Russell Pellerin Nova Scotia Liberal Party Guysborough 2,770 ❌
Harvey Alfred Veniot Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou West 2,729 ✅
Harry How Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Kings South 2,722 ✅
Robert Levy Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Lunenburg West 2,717 ❌
Benoit Comeau Nova Scotia Liberal Party Clare 2,712 ✅
George L Henley Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cumberland West 2,458 ✅
Melvin J Burt Nova Scotia Liberal Party Richmond (NS) 2,411 ❌
Peter Murray Nicholson Nova Scotia Liberal Party Annapolis West 2,401 ✅
Lloyd K Hill Nova Scotia Liberal Party Annapolis East 2,381 ❌
Raymond M Smith Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cumberland Centre 2,220 ✅
Gifford W Lewis Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Digby 2,142 ❌
Maurice L Zinck Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Lunenburg East 2,092 ✅
Fisher Hudson Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Victoria (NS) 2,075 ✅
H Robert Sanford Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Annapolis West 2,048 ❌
Robert MacKay Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton East 2,037 ❌
E K Aston Nova Scotia Liberal Party Kings South 2,008 ❌
D. Laurence Mawhinney Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou West 2,008 ❌
Eric Hagen Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg East 1,985 ❌
Stewart Marsh Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton Centre 1,902 ❌
Paul J Comeau Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Clare 1,833 ❌
Thomas H Tonner Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland West 1,828 ❌
Alex McDonald New Democratic Party Cape Breton Centre 1,700 ❌
W H F Langley Nova Scotia Liberal Party Victoria (NS) 1,700 ❌
William H Mont Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland Centre 1,611 ❌
Donald MacPherson New Democratic Party Cape Breton South (NS) 1,531 ❌
Alfred J Davis Independent Inverness (NS) 1,304 ❌
Burris Devanney New Democratic Party Halifax Chebucto 1,180 ❌
Keith Jobson New Democratic Party Halifax St. Margarets 1,020 ❌
Derrick P Kearley New Democratic Party Pictou Centre 972 ❌
Ronald F Di Penta Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton Nova 959 ❌
James M MacSwan New Democratic Party Cumberland East 895 ❌
B Dombrowski New Democratic Party Halifax Cobequid 833 ❌
Percy W Dares New Democratic Party Dartmouth North 750 ❌
Barrett D Halderman New Democratic Party Halifax Cornwallis 694 ❌
Robert Cormier New Democratic Party Pictou West 614 ❌
Charles Grineault New Democratic Party Halifax Atlantic 597 ❌
Gerald A. Yetman New Democratic Party Inverness (NS) 556 ❌
Aubrey Harding New Democratic Party Shelburne 547 ❌
Allison Newell New Democratic Party Guysborough 537 ❌
Alasdair M. Sinclair New Democratic Party Halifax Needham 392 ❌
Charles E Arbuckle New Democratic Party Pictou East 338 ❌
Charles J Gallant New Democratic Party Richmond (NS) 327 ❌
Alex MacPherson New Democratic Party Antigonish (NS) 265 ❌
John Burbine New Democratic Party Cumberland Centre 215 ❌
Jessie Stone New Democratic Party Victoria (NS) 175 ❌
F Keith Boates Independent Kings West (NS) 160 ❌

Districts

Annapolis East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 10 elections (1956–1988)

Gerry Sheehy · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,836 votes
Annapolis West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 10 elections (1956–1988)

Peter Murray Nicholson · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,401 votes
Antigonish (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 42 elections (1867–2024)

William Gillis · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,002 votes
Cape Breton Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 24 elections (1925–2009)

Michael Laffin · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,680 votes
Cape Breton East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 23 elections (1925–2024)

Jeremy Ackerman · New Democratic Party

5,334 votes
Cape Breton North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

Tom McKeough · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,755 votes
Cape Breton Nova
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 16 elections (1956–2009)

Paul MacEwan · New Democratic Party

2,927 votes
Cape Breton South (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

John F Burke · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,234 votes
Cape Breton West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

Allan E Sullivan · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,024 votes
Clare
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1949–2024)

Benoit Comeau · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,712 votes
Colchester
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 28 elections (1867–1974)

G I Smith · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

9,398 votes
Cumberland Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

Raymond M Smith · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,220 votes
Cumberland East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

Roger S Bacon · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,355 votes
Cumberland West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

George L Henley · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,458 votes
Dartmouth North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 17 elections (1967–2024)

Glen M Bagnell · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

6,614 votes
Dartmouth South-Portland Valley
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 13 elections (1967–2009)

D Scott MacNutt · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,304 votes
Digby
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1867–1988)

Joseph H Casey · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,903 votes
Guysborough
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1871–1988)

Angus MacIsaac · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,035 votes
Halifax Atlantic
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 17 elections (1967–2024)

John Buchanan · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,284 votes
Halifax Chebucto
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 17 elections (1967–2024)

James L Connolly · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,276 votes
Halifax Citadel-Sable Island
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 17 elections (1967–2024)

Ronald Wallace · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,527 votes
Halifax Cobequid
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 3 elections (1967–1974)

George Riley · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

6,453 votes
Halifax Cornwallis
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 7 elections (1967–1988)

George M Mitchell · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,323 votes
Halifax Eastern Shore
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 7 elections (1967–1988)

A G Brown · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,585 votes
Halifax Needham
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 17 elections (1967–2024)

Gerald A. Regan · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,514 votes
Halifax St. Margarets
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 7 elections (1967–1988)

Leonard L Pace · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

6,152 votes
Hants East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Jack Hawkins · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,115 votes
Hants West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Robert Lindsay · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,974 votes
Inverness (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2024)

N James MacLean · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,607 votes
Kings North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2024)

Victor Thorpe · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,234 votes
Kings South
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2024)

Harry How · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,722 votes
Kings West (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2024)

Gordon A Tidman · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,736 votes
Lunenburg Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 10 elections (1956–1988)

Walton Cook · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,852 votes
Lunenburg East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 10 elections (1956–1988)

Maurice L Zinck · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,092 votes
Lunenburg West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2024)

Maurice DeLorey · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,086 votes
Pictou Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Ralph F Fiske · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,356 votes
Pictou East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Lloyd MacDonald · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,000 votes
Pictou West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Harvey Alfred Veniot · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,729 votes
Queens (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 40 elections (1867–2024)

Ken Jones · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,068 votes
Richmond (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2021)

Gerald J Doucet · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,439 votes
Shelburne
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 40 elections (1867–2024)

Harold Huskilson · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,725 votes
Victoria (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2017)

Fisher Hudson · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,075 votes
Yarmouth (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 42 elections (1867–2024)

George A Snow · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,929 votes

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