1984 Nova Scotia general election
← 1981 November 6, 1984 1988 →
52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
27 seats needed for a majority
Turnout67.52% Decrease6.65pp
  First party Second party
 
PC
Lib
Leader John Buchanan A.M. "Sandy" Cameron
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal
Leader since March 6, 1971 June 8, 1980
Leader's seat Halifax Atlantic Guysborough
(lost re-election)
Last election 37 13
Seats won 42 6
Seat change Increase5 Decrease7
Popular vote 209,298 129,310
Percentage 50.41% 31.15%
Swing Increase3.13pp Decrease1.81pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
CBL
Leader Alexa McDonough Paul MacEwan
Party New Democratic Cape Breton Labour
Leader since November 16, 1980 1982
Leader's seat Halifax Chebucto Cape Breton Nova
Last election 1 New Party
Seats won 3 1
Seat change Increase2 Increase1
Popular vote 65,876 8,322
Percentage 15.87% 2.00%
Swing Decrease2.14pp Increase2.00pp
Premier before election

John Buchanan
Progressive Conservative

Premier after election

John Buchanan
Progressive Conservative

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.

Results

Results by party

↓
42 6 3 1
Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic Labour
Official results [1][2]
Party Party leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular vote
1981 Dissolution Elected Change # % Change (pp)
  Progressive Conservative John Buchanan 52 37 38 42 +5 209,298 50.41% +3.13%
  Liberal A.M. "Sandy" Cameron 52 13 12 6 -7 129,310 31.15% -1.81%
  New Democratic Alexa McDonough 52 1 1 3 +2 65,876 15.87% -2.14%
  Cape Breton Labour Paul MacEwan 14 0 1 1 +1 8,322 2.00% –
  Independent 4 1 0 0 -1 630 0.15% -1.03%
  Vacant 0  
Total valid votes 413,436 99.58% +0.15%
Blank and invalid ballots 1,724 0.42% +0.15%
Total 174 52 52 52 – 415,160 100.00% –
Registered voters / turnout 614,899 67.52% -6.65%
Popular vote
PC
 
 50.41%
Liberal
 
 31.15%
New Democratic
 
 15.87%
Cape Breton Labour
 
 2.00%
Independent
 
 0.15%
Seats summary
PC
 
 80.77%
Liberal
 
 11.54%
New Democratic
 
 5.77%
Cape Breton Labour
 
 1.92%

Retiring incumbents

Liberal
Progressive Conservative

Nominated candidates

Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest

Valley

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP Cape Breton Labour Independent
Annapolis East Gerry Sheehy
3,736
56.02% 		Nita M. Irvine
2,011
30.15% 		Joan M. Boutilier
922
13.83% 		Gerry Sheehy
Annapolis West Greg Kerr
2,809
53.68% 		Herb Anderson
2,019
38.58% 		Howard Langille
405
7.74% 		Greg Kerr
Clare Guy LeBlanc
3,094
50.33% 		Chester Melanson
2,784
45.29% 		Alain Chabot
269
4.38% 		Chester Melanson
Digby Merryl Lawton
3,451
60.66% 		Paul Scovil
1,657
29.13% 		Susan Jamieson
581
10.21% 		Joseph H. Casey†
Hants West Ron Russell
4,634
55.65% 		Robert D. Lindsay
2,535
30.44% 		Alan St. C. Squires
1,158
13.91% 		Ron Russell
Kings North George Archibald
3,655
49.57% 		Bob Wilson
1,858
25.20% 		Don Fraser
1,860
25.23% 		Edward Twohig†
Kings South Paul Kinsman
3,673
45.31% 		Alan Sponagle
625
7.71% 		Bob Levy
3,694
45.57% 		Doug Milligan
114
1.41% 		Paul Kinsman
Kings West George Moody
5,273
60.45% 		Doug McKeil
2,546
29.19% 		Ted Davis
904
10.36% 		George Moody

South Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP Cape Breton Labour Independent
Argyle Neil LeBlanc
2,894
52.51% 		J. Donald Doucette
2,422
43.95% 		Lawrence Meuse
195
3.54% 		Hugh Tinkham†
Lunenburg Centre Maxine Cochran
5,239
56.60% 		Linton M. Wentzell
2,669
28.83% 		Angus J. Fields
1,349
14.57% 		Maxine Cochran
Lunenburg East David Hatt
1,764
32.10% 		Jim Barkhouse
2,696
49.06% 		Janet Mooney
1,035
18.84% 		Ron Barkhouse†
Lunenburg West Mel Pickings
3,435
51.25% 		Caroll W. Young
2,162
32.25% 		Martha Laurence
1,106
16.50% 		Mel Pickings
Queens John Leefe
3,661
59.92% 		Hugh Mosher
1,532
25.07% 		Bill Zimmerman
917
15.01% 		John Leefe
Shelburne Ron Leary
3,659
43.88% 		Harold Huskilson
3,843
46.09% 		Laurie Hitchens
601
7.21% 		Etheren Goreham
235
2.82% 		Harold Huskilson
Yarmouth Alex McIntosh
4,400
49.16% 		Fraser Mooney
3,755
41.96% 		Brian Doucette
795
8.88% 		Fraser Mooney

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP Cape Breton Labour Independent
Colchester North Jack Coupar
3,796
46.65% 		Ed Lorraine
3,636
44.68% 		Alan M. Marchbank
706
8.68% 		Ed Lorraine
Colchester South R. Colin Stewart
3,572
63.85% 		Fred A. Kennedy
1,530
27.35% 		Bernard A. Gay
492
8.80% 		R. Colin Stewart
Cumberland Centre Douglas Marshall
1,804
41.03% 		Guy Brown
2,436
55.40% 		Stanley H. McCormick
157
3.57% 		Guy Brown
Cumberland East Roger Stuart Bacon
4,837
61.35% 		Ira Drysdale
2,349
29.79% 		Barbara Anne Marsden
698
8.85% 		Roger Stuart Bacon
Cumberland West Gardner Hurley
2,503
51.77% 		Gary Gordon
1,845
38.16% 		Sandy Graham
487
10.07% 		D. L. George Henley†
Hants East Cora Etter
3,730
48.57% 		Jack Hawkins
3,192
41.57% 		Herbert H. Radley
757
9.86% 		Jack Hawkins
Truro—Bible Hill Ron Giffin
5,008
61.03% 		Kirby Eileen Grant
2,253
27.46% 		Andy Belliveau
945
11.52% 		Ron Giffin

Central Halifax

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP Cape Breton Labour Independent
Halifax Bedford Basin Joel Matheson
5,613
47.32% 		Alan Weeks
2,224
18.75% 		Paul Fiander
4,024
33.93% 		Joel Matheson
Halifax Chebucto Helen Gillis
2,630
29.85% 		Dan Clarke
1,806
20.50% 		Alexa McDonough
4,374
49.65% 		Alexa McDonough
Halifax Citadel Art Donahoe
3,652
40.40% 		John Godfrey
2,524
27.92% 		Eileen O'Connell
2,864
31.68% 		Art Donahoe
Halifax Cornwallis Terry Donahoe
5,273
47.80% 		Dale Godsoe
2,753
24.96% 		Tim Hill
3,005
27.24% 		Terry Donahoe
Halifax Needham Edmund L. Morris
3,173
39.97% 		Walter Fitzgerald
2,208
27.81% 		Maureen MacDonald
2,514
31.67% 		Beatrice Kaizer
44
0.55% 		Edmund L. Morris

Suburban Halifax

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP Cape Breton Labour Independent
Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley Ken Streatch
4,953
59.98% 		John M. Dillon
1,755
21.25% 		Susan Coldwell
1,468
17.78% 		Alfred Nieforth
82
0.99% 		Ken Streatch
Halifax Atlantic John Buchanan
5,528
58.37% 		David C. Melnick
1,888
19.93% 		Rene Quigley
1,942
20.50% 		Arthur R. Canning
113
1.19% 		John Buchanan
Halifax-St. Margaret's Jerry Lawrence
5,141
57.39% 		Michael N. Kelly
1,559
17.40% 		Lillian Viau
2,258
25.21% 		Jerry Lawrence
Sackville Malcolm A. MacKay
2,997
26.49% 		Bill MacDonald
3,763
33.26% 		John Holm
4,555
40.26% 		Malcolm A. MacKay

Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP Cape Breton Labour Independent
Cole Harbour David Nantes
5,283
61.49% 		Dennis F. Cuvelier
1,614
18.78% 		Les MacDougall
1,695
19.73% 		David Nantes
Dartmouth East Richard L. Weldon
3,101
33.84% 		Jim Smith
4,004
43.70% 		Gerry Legere
2,058
22.46% 		Richard L. Weldon
Dartmouth North Laird Stirling
3,200
43.45% 		Pat Connolly
2,150
29.20% 		Chester Sanford
1,938
26.32% 		Ron Bugbee
76
1.03% 		Laird Stirling
Dartmouth South Roland J. Thornhill
4,534
58.20% 		Don Walker
1,666
21.39% 		Fred Lutley
1,590
20.41% 		Roland J. Thornhill
Halifax Eastern Shore Tom McInnis
5,395
62.74% 		Paul MacKenzie
2,151
25.01% 		Kevin Wilson
1,053
12.25% 		Tom McInnis

Central Nova

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP Cape Breton Labour Independent
Antigonish Liz Chisholm
4,854
44.89% 		Bill Gillis
5,167
47.78% 		Bill Woodfine
793
7.33% 		Bill Gillis
Guysborough Chuck MacNeil
3,859
50.70% 		A.M. "Sandy" Cameron
3,469
45.57% 		Elsie Richard
284
3.73% 		A.M. "Sandy" Cameron
Pictou Centre Jack MacIsaac
6,596
67.11% 		Bob Leahy
2,103
21.40% 		Kim Murray
1,130
11.50% 		Jack MacIsaac
Pictou East Donald Cameron
4,367
63.75% 		Scott Johnston
1,754
25.61% 		Larry Duchesne
729
10.64% 		Donald Cameron
Pictou West Donald P. McInnes
3,844
59.78% 		Bob Naylor
1,932
30.05% 		Lynn Curwin-Porteous
486
7.56% 		Franklin R. Fiske
168
2.61% 		Donald P. McInnes

Cape Breton

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal NDP Cape Breton Labour Independent
Cape Breton Centre Mike Laffin
4,586
58.83% 		A. Beaver Parsons
1,264
16.22% 		Angus Grant
743
9.53% 		Dan MacKinnon
1,202
15.42% 		Mike Laffin
Cape Breton East Donnie MacLeod
9,822
96.33% 		Cha Keliher
3,579
33.62% 		Jim Jobe
555
5.21% 		Blair Matheson
1,724
16.20% 		Donnie MacLeod
Cape Breton North Brian Young
6,431
70.01% 		Hank Lamond
1,637
17.82% 		Tom Rose
709
7.72% 		M.J. Julian
409
4.45% 		Brian Young
Cape Breton Nova Jim Neville
1,747
23.87% 		John Ryan
1,066
14.56% 		Alex MacIsaac
674
9.21% 		Paul MacEwan
3,832
52.36% 		Paul MacEwan
Cape Breton South Murdock Smith
5,049
42.04% 		Vince MacLean
5,961
49.63% 		John Chisholm
633
5.27% 		Kim MacEwan
367
3.06% 		Vince MacLean
Cape Breton—The Lakes John Newell
4,535
51.29% 		John Coady
3,338
37.75% 		Richard Fogarty
813
9.19% 		Mary Strickland
156
1.76% 		John Newell
Cape Breton West "Big" Donnie MacLeod
9,822
96.33% 		Russell MacKinnon
3,925
40.04% 		Terry Crawley
582
5.94% 		Linda Martin
261
2.66% 		"Big" Donnie MacLeod
Inverness North Norman J. MacLean
3,475
45.57% 		John Archie MacKenzie
3,209
42.08% 		Ben Boucher
913
11.97% 		Nancy Thomas
29
0.38% 		John Archie MacKenzie
Inverness South Billy Joe MacLean
3,349
63.44% 		Danny Graham
1,736
32.83% 		Al MacKinnon
246
4.65% 		Laddie Golemiec
33
0.62% 		Billy Joe MacLean
Richmond Greg MacIsaac
3,262
47.20% 		Richie Mann
2,790
40.37% 		Shirley McNamara
828
11.98% 		Ken Covey
31
0.45% 		Greg MacIsaac
Victoria Fisher Hudson
2,498
50.76% 		Elmourne K. MacKinnon
1,960
39.83% 		Fraser Patterson
387
7.86% 		Bernice MacLean
76
1.54% 		Fisher Hudson

References

  1. ^ "Election Returns 1984" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  2. ^ "Election Returns 1984 Recapitulation" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
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