1984 Nova Scotia general election
The 1984 Nova Scotia general election was held on November 6, 1984 to elect members of the 54th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.
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52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 27 seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
Results by party
Party | Leader | 1981 | Seats won | % change | Popular vote | (%) | |
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Progressive Conservative | John Buchanan | 37 | 42 | +14% | 209,298 | 50.6% | |
Liberal | A.M. "Sandy" Cameron | 13 | 6 | -54% | 129,310 | 31.3% | |
New Democratic | Alexa McDonough | 1 | 3 | +300% | 65,876 | 15.9% | |
Cape Breton Labour | Paul MacEwan | 1 | 1 | 0% | 8,322 | 2.0% | |
Other | 0 | 0 | 630 | 0.2% | |||
Total Seats | 52 | 52 | 413,436 | 100% |
Popular vote | ||||
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PC | 50.62% | |||
Liberal | 31.28% | |||
New Democratic | 15.93% | |||
Cape Breton Labour | 2.01% | |||
Others | 0.16% | |||
Seats summary | ||||
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PC | 80.77% | |||
Liberal | 11.54% | |||
New Democratic | 5.77% | |||
Cape Breton Labour | 1.92% | |||
References
- Government of Nova Scotia. "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
- Government of Nova Scotia. "Election Returns 1984" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2013-10-02.