1988 Nova Scotia general election

1988 Nova Scotia general election
← 54th General Assembly of Nova Scotia members →
52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly; 27 seats needed for a majority
Premier before election; John Buchanan; Progressive Conservative	Premier after election ; John Buchanan; Progressive Conservative

The 1988 Nova Scotia general election was held on September 6, 1988 to elect members of the 55th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

John Dunsworth, who would later gain fame for playing alcoholic trailer park supervisor Jim Lahey on the TV series Trailer Park Boys, stood as the NDP candidate in Halifax Bedford Basin. He finished in third place with a little over 19% of the vote. His underdog campaign was later the subject of a short documentary.^[1]

Results

Results by party

	Party	Leader	1984	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	42	28	-33.3%	204,150	43.4%
	Liberal	Vince MacLean	6	21	+250%	186,007	39.6%
	New Democratic	Alexa McDonough	3	2	-33.3%	74,038	15.8%
	Other		1	1		5,638	1.2%
Total Seats			52	52		469,833	100%

* Vote share included in "other"

Popular vote

PC			43.45%
Liberal			39.59%
New Democratic			15.76%
Others			1.20%

Seats summary

PC			53.85%
Liberal			40.38%
New Democratic			3.85%
Others			1.92%

References

↑ "John Dunsworth: The Candidate, A Neal Livingston Film". Archived from the original on 2019-11-03. Retrieved 2020-01-09.

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 2013-08-31.
Government of Nova Scotia. "Election Returns 1988" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2013-08-31.

[1] "John Dunsworth: The Candidate, A Neal Livingston Film". Archived from the original on 2019-11-03. Retrieved 2020-01-09.

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