1978_Nova_Scotia_general_election

1978 Nova Scotia general election
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52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly; 27 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	78.23% 0.34pp
Premier before election; Gerald Regan; Liberal	Premier after election ; John Buchanan; Progressive Conservative

1978 Nova Scotia general election

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The 1978 Nova Scotia general election was held on September 19, 1978, to elect members of the 52nd House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

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Progressive Conservative	Liberal	New Democratic

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1974	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	52	12	12	31	+19	203,500	45.48%	+7.17%
	Liberal	Gerald Regan	52	31	30	17	-14	175,218	39.16%	-8.41%
	New Democratic	Jeremy Akerman	52	3	3	4	+1	63,979	14.30%	+1.43%
	Independent		6	0	0	0	0	2,008	0.45%	-0.06%
	Vacant				1
Total valid votes								444,705	99.39%	+0.13%

Blank and invalid ballots								2,739	0.61%	-0.13%
Total			162	46	46	52	+6	447,444	100.00%	–
Registered voters / turnout								542,547	78.23%^[3]	+0.34%

Party name			HRM	Cape Breton	Annapolis Valley	South Shore	Fundy-Northeast	Central Nova	Total
Parties winning seats in the legislature
	Progressive Conservative	Seats:	12	0	6	4	6	3	31
	Progressive Conservative	Popular vote:	52.01%	31.95%	51.35%	44.73%	50.28%	48.32%	45.48%
	Liberal	Seats:	2	7	2	3	1	2	17
	Liberal	Popular vote:	34.50%	42.78%	40.27%	44.10%	40.66%	36.74%	39.16%
	New Democratic Party	Seats:	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
	New Democratic Party	Popular vote:	12.99%	25.27%	8.38%	9.48%	8.91%	14.48%	14.30%
Parties not winning seats in the legislature
	Independent	Popular vote:	0.49%	–	–	1.68%	0.14%	0.46%	0.45%
Total seats:			14	11	8	7	7	5	52

1978 Nova Scotia general election

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		PC		NDP		Independent		Incumbent
Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley		Jim MacLean 2,743 32.65%		Ken Streatch 4,951 58.93%		Gerald B. Hoganson 708 8.43%				New riding
Halifax Atlantic		Jerry F. Blom 2,303 22.28%		John Buchanan 6,628 64.13%		Susan Holtz 1,274 12.33%		Art Canning 131 1.27%		John Buchanan
Halifax-St. Margaret's		Terry Tingley 3,149 32.45%		Jerry Lawrence 5,277 54.38%		Garry Richard Craig 1,278 13.17%				Leonard L. Pace†
Sackville		George Doucet 3,554 34.47%		Malcolm A. MacKay 5,247 50.89%		Doug MacDonald 990 9.60%		Evan Morgan 519 5.03%		George Doucet Halifax Cobequid