1993_Nova_Scotia_general_election

1993 Nova Scotia general election
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52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly; 27 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	75.39% 0.37 pp
	Riding map of Nova Scotia showing winning parties
Premier before election; Donald W. Cameron; Progressive Conservative	Premier after election ; John Savage; Liberal

1993 Nova Scotia general election

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The 1993 Nova Scotia general election was held on May 25, 1993 to elect members of the 56th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Liberals under John Savage won a landslide victory over the unpopular Progressive Conservatives under Premier Donald Cameron, while Alexa McDonough's NDP remained a distant third, winning three seats.

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Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source	LANS	PCNS	NSNDP	Other	ME	Sample
Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source					ME	Sample
Election 1993	May 25, 1993		48.96	31.09	17.72	1.53
Omnifacts	January 1992	^[3]	54	28	16	2	3.9	645
Omnifacts	December 1992	^[4]	50	27	23	—	—	550^[5]
Corporate Research Associates	December 1992	^[5]	42	31	23	—	—	—
Omnifacts	January 1992	^[6]	32	33	35	—	4.0	550
Election 1988	September 6, 1988		39.37	43.21	15.67	1.19

40	9	3
Liberal	Progressive Conservative	New Democratic

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1988	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Liberal	John Savage	52	21	21	40	+19	237,493	48.96%	+9.59%
	Progressive Conservative	Donald Cameron	52	28	24	9	−19	150,862	31.09%	-12.12%
	New Democratic	Alexa McDonough	52	2	3	3	+1	85,946	17.72%	+2.05%
	Natural Law		12	0	0	0	0	1,647	0.34%	–
	Independent		12	1	2	0	-1	5,758	1.19%	0.00%
	Vacant				2
Total valid votes								481,706	99.30%	-0.15%

Blank and invalid ballots								3,410	0.70%	+0.15%
Total			180	52	52	52	–	485,116	100.00%	–
Registered voters / turnout								654,280	75.39%	-0.37%

Party name			HRM	C.B.	Valley	S. Shore	Fundy	Central	Total
Parties winning seats in the legislature:
	Liberal	Seats:	13	10	4	6	5	2	40
	Liberal	Popular vote:	40.99%	65.94%	46.70%	52.22%	50.20%	48.93%	49.67%
	Progressive Conservative	Seats:	1	-	3	1	1	3	9
	Progressive Conservative	Popular vote:	29.83%	19.74%	36.43%	29.00%	37.21%	39.90%	31.11%
	New Democratic Party	Seats:	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
	New Democratic Party	Popular vote:	27.77%	13.72%	12.81%	11.91%	13.40%	10.47%	17.55%
Parties not winning seats in the legislature:
	Natural Law	Popular vote:	0.52%	N/A	0.43%	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.34%
	Independents	Popular vote:	0.89%	0.60%	3.62%	2.24%	0.27%	0.69%	1.18%
Total seats:			17	10	7	7	6	5	52

1993 Nova Scotia general election

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
Electoral district	PC		Liberal		NDP		Natural Law		Independent		Incumbent
Argyle		Neil LeBlanc 2,633 44.28%		Allister Surette 3,091 51.98%		Dee Dee Daigle 222 3.73%						Neil LeBlanc
Chester—St. Margaret's		Aileen Heisler 2,867 29.49%		Jim Barkhouse 5,025 51.69%		Jack Ross 1,644 16.91%				Malcolm Callaway 185 1.90%		Jim Barkhouse Lunenburg East
Lunenburg		Al Mosher 3,709 38.26%		Lila O'Connor 3,982 41.07%		Wade Vernon Garrison 1,487 15.34%		Walton Cook 517 5.33%				Al Mosher Lunenburg Centre
Lunenburg West		Marie Dechman 2,910 28.09%		Don Downe 6,276 60.59%		Karen Reinhardt 1,172 11.31%						Marie Dechman
Queens		John Leefe 3,529 47.11%		Marilyn Large 3,266 43.60%		Anne Corbin 696 9.29%						John Leefe
Shelburne		Mary E. Rose 2,002 22.71%		Clifford Huskilson 5,438 61.70%		Kathleen K. Tudor 692 7.85%				Kent A. Blades 507 5.75% James M. Harding 175 1.99%		Harold Huskilson †
Yarmouth		Leroy Legere 3,138 32.08%		Richie Hubbard 5,197 53.13%		Ian MacPherson 1,447 14.79%						Leroy Legere

Electoral district	Candidates									Incumbent
Electoral district	PC		Liberal		NDP		Natural Law	Independent		Incumbent
Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley		Ken Streatch 4,221 45.74%		John David Tilley 3,463 37.52%		Roger J. Hunka 1,545 16.74%					R. Colin Stewart† Colchester South
Colchester North		Tom Taggart 3,306 35.02%		Ed Lorraine 5,123 54.27%		Patsy Forrest 1,010 10.70%					Ed Lorraine
Cumberland North		Ernie Fage 4,354 40.63%		Ross Bragg 5,605 52.31%		Curtis Leland Bird 756 7.06%					Ross Bragg Cumberland West
Cumberland South		Mac Bennett 1,570 17.69%		Guy Brown 6,713 75.63%		Douglas Meekins 431 4.86%			Philip T. Donkin 162 1.83%		Guy Brown Cumberland Centre
Hants East		Stephen MacKeil 3,657 37.43%		Bob Carruthers 4,295 43.97%		Terry MacLean 1,817 18.60%					Jack Hawkins †
Truro—Bible Hill		Jack Coupar 4,134 38.36%		Eleanor Norrie 4,321 40.10%		Rick Bowden 2,321 21.54%					Ron Giffin †

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	PC		Liberal		NDP		Natural Law	Independent	Incumbent
Bedford—Fall River		Peter J. Kelly 4,401 40.57%		Francene Cosman 4,794 44.19%		Ryan Kidney 1,653 15.24%				Ken Streatch Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley
Halifax Atlantic		Kevin Umlah 2,731 25.16%		Randy Ball 4,053 37.34%		Robert Chisholm 4,071 37.50%				Robert Chisholm
Sackville—Beaver Bank		Stephen Taylor 2,353 26.93%		Bill MacDonald 3,620 41.43%		Frank Sutherland 2,764 31.64%				New riding
Sackville—Cobequid		George Mansfield 2,313 22.00%		Don Boutilier 3,159 30.04%		John Holm 5,044 47.97%				John Holm Sackville
Timberlea—Prospect		Debi Forsyth-Smith 2,744 30.54%		Bruce Holland 3,470 38.62%		Bill Estabrooks 2,772 30.85%				Jerry Lawrence † Halifax-St. Margaret's