Next_Nova_Scotia_general_election

42nd Nova Scotia general election
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55 seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly; 28 seats needed for a majority
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Next Nova Scotia general election

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The 42nd Nova Scotia general election will be held on or before 15 July 2025 to elect members to the 65th General Assembly of Nova Scotia. During the 2021 election, the Progressive Conservatives included a commitment in their platform to introduce fixed election dates in the province. Under amendments to the provincial Elections Act introduced and passed in October 2021, the first fixed election date following the 2021 Nova Scotia general election is set as 15 July 2025.^[1] All subsequent elections will take place on the third Tuesday in July of the fourth calendar year following the previous election.

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Seat	Before				Change
Seat	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Preston	April 1, 2023^[9]	Angela Simmonds	█ Liberal	Resignation	August 8, 2023	Twila Grosse	█ PC
Halifax Atlantic	February 22, 2024^[10]	Brendan Maguire	█ Liberal	Joined Progressive Conservative caucus			█ PC
Pictou West	April 12, 2024^[11]	Karla MacFarlane	█ PC	Resignation	May 21, 2024

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	PC	Liberal	NDP	Green		United	Incumbent
Annapolis					Anthony Edmonds^[16]			Carman Kerr
Clare								Ronnie LeBlanc
Digby-Annapolis								Jill Balser
Hants West								Melissa Sheehy-Richard
Kings North								John Lohr
Kings South								Keith Irving
Kings West								Chris Palmer

Electoral district	Candidates					Incumbent
Electoral district	PC	Liberal	NDP	Green	United	Incumbent
Argyle							Colton LeBlanc
Chester-St. Margaret's							Danielle Barkhouse
Lunenburg							Susan Corkum-Greek
Lunenburg West							Becky Druhan
Queens							Kim Masland
Shelburne							Nolan Young
Yarmouth							Zach Churchill

Electoral district	Candidates							Incumbent
Electoral district	PC	Liberal	NDP	Green	United	Independent		Incumbent
Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley									Larry Harrison
Colchester North									Tom Taggart
Cumberland North							Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin^[17]		Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin
Cumberland South							Liam MacDonald^[17]		Tory Rushton
Hants East									John A. MacDonald
Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River									Dave Ritcey

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	PC	Liberal	NDP	Green		United	Incumbent
Clayton Park West								Rafah DiCostanzo
Fairview-Clayton Park								Patricia Arab
Halifax Armdale					Jo-Ann Roberts^[16]			Ali Duale
Halifax Chebucto								Gary Burrill
Halifax Citadel-Sable Island								Lisa Lachance
Halifax Needham								Suzy Hansen

Next_Nova_Scotia_general_election

Next Nova Scotia general election

Timeline

Current standings

Incumbents not running for reelection

Candidates by constituency

Annapolis Valley

South Shore

Fundy-Northeast

Central Halifax

Suburban Halifax

Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

Central Nova

Cape Breton

Opinion polls

Voting intentions in Nova Scotia since the 2021 election

References

Opinion poll sources

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Affiliation		House members
Affiliation		2021 election results	Current standings
	Progressive Conservative	31	32
	Liberal	17	15
	New Democratic	6	6
	Independent	1	1
	Vacant	0	1

Polling firm	Dates conducted	Link	PC	Liberal	NDP	Green	Others	Margin of error	Sample size	Polling method	Lead
Polling firm	Dates conducted	Link					Others	Margin of error	Sample size	Polling method	Lead
Narrative Research	6–17 Feb 2024	^{[p 1]}	49	25	20	5	1	±4.9%	400	Telephone	24
Narrative Research	1–21 Nov 2023	^{[p 2]}	52	21	22	3	1	±4.9%	400	Telephone	30
Narrative Research	1–14 Aug 2023	^{[p 3]}	47	23	24	4	2	±4.9%	400	Telephone	23
Narrative Research	3–16 May 2023	^{[p 4]}	39	31	24	5	1	±4.9%	400	Telephone	8
Narrative Research	8–23 Feb 2023	^{[p 5]}	46	25	24	4	2	±4.6%	450	Telephone	21
Narrative Research	2–28 Nov 2022	^{[p 6]}	42	27	25	5	1	±4.0%	605	Telephone	15
Narrative Research	4–23 Aug 2022	^{[p 7]}	43	30	22	4	1	±4.0%	585	Telephone	13
Angus Reid	7–13 Jun 2022	^{[p 8]}	46	21	27	3	2	±5.0%	330	Online	24
Narrative Research	3–22 May 2022	^{[p 9]}	42	27	25	4	1	±5.0%	380	Telephone	15
Abacus Data	14–21 Apr 2022	^{[p 10]}	39	31	23	N/A	7	±4.4%	500	Online	8
Angus Reid	10–15 Mar 2022	^{[p 11]}	47	25	22	2	5	±5.0%	366	Online	22
Narrative Research	8–23 Feb 2022	^{[p 12]}	44	27	20	6	2	±4.9%	396	Telephone	17
Angus Reid	7–12 Jan 2022	^{[p 13]}	38	28	26	1	6	±6.0%	320	Online	10
MQO Research	14–24 Nov 2021	^{[p 14]}	41	23	27	5	3	±4.9%	400	Telephone	14
Narrative Research	4–21 Nov 2021	^{[p 15]}	42	26	24	5	3	±4.2%	557	Telephone	16
Angus Reid	29 Sep – 3 Oct 2021	^{[p 16]}	39	21	32	4	5	N/A	264	Online	7

2021 general election	17 Aug 2021	^{[p 17]}	38.43	36.67	20.94	2.14	1.41	—	422,754	—	1.76
Polling firm	Dates conducted	Link					Others	Margin of error	Sample size	Polling method	Lead
Polling firm	Dates conducted	Link	PC	Liberal	NDP	Green	Others	Margin of error	Sample size	Polling method	Lead