September 06 1988 (NS)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1988-09-06
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Federal Jurisdiction ❌
Provincial Jurisdiction ✅
Province Nova Scotia
By-Election ❌

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Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 2,604
Invalid Votes 2,604
Total Electors 623,586
Turnout Rate 75
Valid Ballots 469,824
Valid Votes 469,824

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
Independent 7 1 1.92% 1.20%
New Democratic Party 52 2 3.85% 15.76%
Nova Scotia Liberal Party 52 22 42.31% 39.59%
Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia 52 27 51.92% 43.45%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Vincent MacLean Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton South (NS) 7,820 ✅
Jack MacIsaac Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou Centre 6,566 ✅
Joel Matheson Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Bedford Basin 6,462 ✅
John Buchanan Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Atlantic 6,284 ✅
David Nantes Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cole Harbour 6,280 ❌
Russell MacKinnon Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton West 6,133 ✅
Brian Young Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton North 6,018 ✅
William Gillis Nova Scotia Liberal Party Antigonish (NS) 6,004 ✅
George Moody Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Kings West (NS) 5,899 ✅
Tom McInnis Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Eastern Shore 5,762 ✅
Ken Streatch Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Bedford Musquodoboit Valley 5,740 ✅
John MacEachern Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton East 5,739 ✅
John Holm New Democratic Party Sackville 5,430 ✅
Harold Huskilson Nova Scotia Liberal Party Shelburne 5,224 ✅
Jim Smith Nova Scotia Liberal Party Dartmouth East 5,193 ✅
Ron Russell Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Hants West 5,091 ✅
Al Mosher Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Lunenburg Centre 5,071 ✅
Penny LaRocque Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Bedford Basin 4,977 ❌
Jack Greenough Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Dartmouth East 4,940 ❌
Alan Mitchell Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cole Harbour 4,892 ✅
Bruce Stephen Nova Scotia Liberal Party Sackville 4,816 ❌
Dave Grace Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Sackville 4,774 ❌
Roger S Bacon Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cumberland East 4,758 ✅
Jerry Lawrence Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax St. Margarets 4,574 ✅
Jack Hawkins Nova Scotia Liberal Party Hants East 4,502 ✅
Ronald C Giffin Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Truto-Bible Hill 4,479 ✅
Leroy Legere Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Yarmouth (NS) 4,479 ✅
Bill Garvie Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Antigonish (NS) 4,463 ❌
Roland J Thornhill Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Dartmouth South-Portland Valley 4,449 ✅
Ed Lorraine Nova Scotia Liberal Party Colchester North 4,260 ✅
Tim Van Zoost Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Shelburne 4,241 ❌
Terry Donahoe Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Cornwallis 4,195 ✅
Bernie Boudreau Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton The Lakes 4,192 ✅
J Fraser Mooney Nova Scotia Liberal Party Yarmouth (NS) 4,138 ❌
John Leefe Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Queens (NS) 4,099 ✅
Jack Coupar Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Colchester North 4,097 ❌
Kevin Burke Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax St. Margarets 4,061 ❌
Donnie MacLeod Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton West 4,050 ❌
Don Zwicker Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg Centre 4,024 ❌
Bruce Clark Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton East 4,014 ❌
Liz Crocker Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Cornwallis 4,013 ❌
Donald W Cameron Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou East 3,996 ✅
Cora H Etter Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Hants East 3,977 ❌
George Archibald Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Kings North 3,868 ✅
R Collin Stewart Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Colchester South 3,855 ✅
Donald P McInnes Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou West 3,824 ✅
Eric Hill Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Eastern Shore 3,810 ❌
Geoff Regan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Bedford Musquodoboit Valley 3,803 ❌
Neil LeBlanc Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Argyle 3,798 ✅
Chuck MacNeil Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Guysborough 3,730 ✅
Wayne Connors Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton Centre 3,681 ✅
Charles MacArthur Nova Scotia Liberal Party Inverness North 3,666 ✅
Bill Estrabrooks New Democratic Party Halifax St. Margarets 3,623 ❌
Guy LeBlanc Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Clare 3,587 ✅
Derrick Kimball Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Kings South 3,531 ✅
Richard Mann Nova Scotia Liberal Party Richmond (NS) 3,528 ✅
Earle Rayfuse Nova Scotia Liberal Party Annapolis East 3,519 ✅
Joseph H Casey Nova Scotia Liberal Party Digby 3,514 ✅
Marie P Dechman Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Lunenburg West 3,511 ✅
Sandy Jolly Nova Scotia Liberal Party Dartmouth North 3,510 ✅
Kirby Grant Nova Scotia Liberal Party Truto-Bible Hill 3,490 ❌
Gerry O'Malley Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Needham 3,469 ✅
Murdock Smith Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton South (NS) 3,461 ❌
Joe Sullivan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Guysborough 3,454 ❌
Laird Stirling Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Dartmouth North 3,389 ❌
Arthur R Donahoe Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Citadel-Sable Island 3,283 ✅
John A Newell Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton The Lakes 3,282 ❌
Carolyn Drysdale Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland East 3,276 ❌
Jack Logan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg West 3,243 ❌
Wayne Fraser Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou East 3,243 ❌
Alexa A. McDonough New Democratic Party Halifax Chebucto 3,238 ✅
J Clair Callaghan Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Chebucto 3,214 ❌
Paul MacEwan Independent Cape Breton Nova 3,194 ✅
Graham Smith Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Annapolis East 3,188 ❌
Robert F Martel Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Richmond (NS) 3,135 ❌
Guy A Brown Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland Centre 3,117 ✅
Glenn S Ells Nova Scotia Liberal Party Kings North 3,116 ❌
Bob Leahy Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou Centre 3,116 ❌
Frank Bezanson Nova Scotia Liberal Party Kings West (NS) 3,114 ❌
Greg Kerr Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Annapolis West 3,090 ✅
Steve Mattson New Democratic Party Kings South 3,079 ❌
Eileen O'Connell New Democratic Party Halifax Citadel-Sable Island 3,057 ❌
Ronald T Barkhouse Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg East 3,024 ✅
Allan Peters Nova Scotia Liberal Party Dartmouth South-Portland Valley 2,987 ❌
Jay Abbass Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Citadel-Sable Island 2,882 ❌
Jim MacLean Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Inverness North 2,856 ❌
Donzell A Ross Nova Scotia Liberal Party Hants West 2,829 ❌
Nadine Boudreau Nova Scotia Liberal Party Clare 2,773 ❌
Doug Adams Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Atlantic 2,763 ❌
John Dunsworth New Democratic Party Halifax Bedford Basin 2,746 ❌
Kennie MacAskill Nova Scotia Liberal Party Victoria (NS) 2,719 ✅
Maureen MacDonald New Democratic Party Halifax Needham 2,693 ❌
Maxine Connell Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Digby 2,687 ❌
Dan MacRury Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton Nova 2,603 ❌
Penny Doherty Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Chebucto 2,546 ❌
Larry Thomas Nova Scotia Liberal Party Colchester South 2,462 ❌
Ross Bragg Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland West 2,389 ✅
Richard P Eldridge Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Lunenburg East 2,352 ❌
Gardner Hurley Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cumberland West 2,306 ❌
Allan O'Brien New Democratic Party Halifax Cornwallis 2,304 ❌
John J Henderson Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou West 2,278 ❌
Dave Randall Nova Scotia Liberal Party Queens (NS) 2,228 ❌
Harold MacDonald Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton Centre 2,210 ❌
Danny Graham Nova Scotia Liberal Party Inverness South 2,185 ✅
John Wilson New Democratic Party Cape Breton Centre 2,146 ❌
Randy Dewell Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Needham 2,116 ❌
Fisher Hudson Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Victoria (NS) 2,076 ❌
Daurene Lewis Nova Scotia Liberal Party Annapolis West 2,068 ❌
Billy Joe MacLean Independent Inverness South 2,062 ❌
Robert E McGrath Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton North 2,042 ❌
Flora Christie New Democratic Party Cole Harbour 2,027 ❌
Rene Quigley New Democratic Party Halifax Atlantic 1,976 ❌
Joanne Lamey New Democratic Party Dartmouth South-Portland Valley 1,963 ❌
Maureen Vine New Democratic Party Dartmouth East 1,950 ❌
Rick Murphy Nova Scotia Liberal Party Argyle 1,862 ❌
Gerald A. Yetman New Democratic Party Cape Breton North 1,858 ❌
Muriel Maybee New Democratic Party Lunenburg Centre 1,805 ❌
Helen MacDonald (NS) New Democratic Party Cape Breton The Lakes 1,766 ❌
Penny Reid New Democratic Party Hants West 1,715 ❌
Perry Wallace Nova Scotia Liberal Party Kings South 1,710 ❌
Gerald Currie New Democratic Party Pictou Centre 1,677 ❌
Susan Caldwell New Democratic Party Bedford Musquodoboit Valley 1,604 ❌
Terry McVarish New Democratic Party Cape Breton East 1,590 ❌
John Scott New Democratic Party Lunenburg West 1,539 ❌
Donald C Fraser New Democratic Party Kings North 1,532 ❌
Ben Bouchard New Democratic Party Inverness North 1,392 ❌
Brian D Noble New Democratic Party Yarmouth (NS) 1,368 ❌
Brenda Thompson New Democratic Party Dartmouth North 1,239 ❌
Ed MacLeod New Democratic Party Cape Breton South (NS) 1,179 ❌
Con Mills New Democratic Party Cape Breton West 1,109 ❌
Scott Lockart Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cumberland Centre 1,108 ❌
David Noseworthy New Democratic Party Halifax Eastern Shore 1,097 ❌
Richard Preeper New Democratic Party Hants East 1,082 ❌
Jim Mitchell New Democratic Party Cumberland East 1,062 ❌
Joe Burke Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton Nova 1,060 ❌
Margo Kleiker New Democratic Party Queens (NS) 988 ❌
Carol Martin New Democratic Party Truto-Bible Hill 912 ❌
Geoff Moore New Democratic Party Pictou West 884 ❌
Ralph Lynch New Democratic Party Kings West (NS) 883 ❌
Archie MacLachlan Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Inverness South 866 ❌
Clair Rankin New Democratic Party Richmond (NS) 855 ❌
William J Woodfine New Democratic Party Antigonish (NS) 811 ❌
Penny Marchbank New Democratic Party Colchester North 778 ❌
Cecil MacNeil New Democratic Party Pictou East 778 ❌
Terry Crawley New Democratic Party Cape Breton Nova 686 ❌
Ralph Niessen New Democratic Party Shelburne 670 ❌
Wanda Broome New Democratic Party Lunenburg East 623 ❌
Julia A Skipper New Democratic Party Colchester South 554 ❌
Barbara Jack New Democratic Party Cumberland West 509 ❌
Sarah Wilson New Democratic Party Guysborough 503 ❌
Margaret Wolfe New Democratic Party Annapolis East 485 ❌
Fraser Patterson New Democratic Party Victoria (NS) 474 ❌
Susan Jamieson New Democratic Party Digby 445 ❌
Martin Beaton New Democratic Party Inverness South 345 ❌
Nancy Onysko New Democratic Party Annapolis West 306 ❌
Jan Slakov-Crombie New Democratic Party Clare 280 ❌
Raymond Ethier New Democratic Party Argyle 261 ❌
Gary Thomas New Democratic Party Cumberland Centre 162 ❌
Frank J Fawson Independent Halifax Citadel-Sable Island 128 ❌
Arthur R Canning Independent Halifax Atlantic 77 ❌
Leo E MacDonald Independent Annapolis West 76 ❌
Emanuel Jannasch Independent Halifax Atlantic 55 ❌
Malcolm Callaway Independent Lunenburg East 46 ❌

Districts

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

Earle Rayfuse · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,519 votes
Annapolis West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 10 elections (1956–1988)

Greg Kerr · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,090 votes
Antigonish (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 42 elections (1867–2024)

William Gillis · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

6,004 votes
Argyle
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 11 elections (1981–2024)

Neil LeBlanc · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,798 votes
Bedford Musquodoboit Valley
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 4 elections (1978–1988)

Ken Streatch · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,740 votes
Cape Breton Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 24 elections (1925–2009)

Wayne Connors · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,681 votes
Cape Breton East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 23 elections (1925–2024)

John MacEachern · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,739 votes
Cape Breton North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

Brian Young · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

6,018 votes
Cape Breton Nova
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 16 elections (1956–2009)

Paul MacEwan · Independent

3,194 votes
Cape Breton South (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

Vincent MacLean · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

7,820 votes
Cape Breton The Lakes
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 7 elections (1978–1999)

Bernie Boudreau · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,192 votes
Cape Breton West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

Russell MacKinnon · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

6,133 votes
Clare
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1949–2024)

Guy LeBlanc · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,587 votes
Colchester North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 14 elections (1978–2024)

Ed Lorraine · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,260 votes
Colchester South
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 4 elections (1978–1988)

R Collin Stewart · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,855 votes
Cole Harbour
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1978–2024)

Alan Mitchell · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,892 votes
Cumberland Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

Guy A Brown · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,117 votes
Cumberland East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

Roger S Bacon · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,758 votes
Cumberland West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

Ross Bragg · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,389 votes
Dartmouth East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 14 elections (1978–2024)

Jim Smith · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,193 votes
Dartmouth North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 17 elections (1967–2024)

Sandy Jolly · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,510 votes
Dartmouth South-Portland Valley
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 13 elections (1967–2009)

Roland J Thornhill · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,449 votes
Digby
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1867–1988)

Joseph H Casey · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,514 votes
Guysborough
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1871–1988)

Chuck MacNeil · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,730 votes
Halifax Atlantic
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 17 elections (1967–2024)

John Buchanan · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

6,284 votes
Halifax Bedford Basin
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 7 elections (1978–1999)

Joel Matheson · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

6,462 votes
Halifax Chebucto
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 17 elections (1967–2024)

Alexa A. McDonough · New Democratic Party

3,238 votes
Halifax Citadel-Sable Island
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 17 elections (1967–2024)

Arthur R Donahoe · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,283 votes
Halifax Cornwallis
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 7 elections (1967–1988)

Terry Donahoe · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,195 votes
Halifax Eastern Shore
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 7 elections (1967–1988)

Tom McInnis · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,762 votes
Halifax Needham
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 17 elections (1967–2024)

Gerry O'Malley · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,469 votes
Halifax St. Margarets
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 7 elections (1967–1988)

Jerry Lawrence · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,574 votes
Hants East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Jack Hawkins · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,502 votes
Hants West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Ron Russell · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,091 votes
Inverness North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 3 elections (1981–1988)

Charles MacArthur · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,666 votes
Inverness South
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 3 elections (1981–1988)

Danny Graham · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,185 votes
Kings North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2024)

George Archibald · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,868 votes
Kings South
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2024)

Derrick Kimball · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,531 votes
Kings West (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2024)

George Moody · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,899 votes
Lunenburg Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 10 elections (1956–1988)

Al Mosher · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,071 votes
Lunenburg East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 10 elections (1956–1988)

Ronald T Barkhouse · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,024 votes
Lunenburg West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2024)

Marie P Dechman · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,511 votes
Pictou Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Jack MacIsaac · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

6,566 votes
Pictou East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Donald W Cameron · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,996 votes
Pictou West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Donald P McInnes · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,824 votes
Queens (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 40 elections (1867–2024)

John Leefe · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,099 votes
Richmond (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2021)

Richard Mann · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,528 votes
Sackville
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 4 elections (1978–1988)

John Holm · New Democratic Party

5,430 votes
Shelburne
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 40 elections (1867–2024)

Harold Huskilson · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,224 votes
Truto-Bible Hill
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 10 elections (1978–2009)

Ronald C Giffin · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,479 votes
Victoria (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2017)

Kennie MacAskill · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,719 votes
Yarmouth (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 42 elections (1867–2024)

Leroy Legere · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,479 votes

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