September 19 1978 (NS)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1978-09-19
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction ❌
Provincial Jurisdiction ✅
Province Nova Scotia
By-Election ❌

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Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 2,747
Invalid Votes 2,747
Total Electors 542,547
Turnout Rate 82
Valid Ballots 444,705
Valid Votes 444,705

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
Independent 6 0 0.00% 0.45%
New Democratic Party 52 4 7.69% 14.32%
Nova Scotia Liberal Party 52 17 32.69% 39.47%
Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia 52 31 59.62% 45.76%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
J Fraser Mooney Nova Scotia Liberal Party Yarmouth (NS) 7,568 ✅
Hugh Tinkham Nova Scotia Liberal Party Yarmouth (NS) 7,339 ✅
Vincent MacLean Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton South (NS) 7,041 ✅
John Buchanan Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Atlantic 6,628 ✅
Joel Matheson Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Bedford Basin 6,325 ✅
Bill MacEachern Nova Scotia Liberal Party Inverness (NS) 6,270 ✅
Jack MacIsaac Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou Centre 6,056 ✅
Bruce Cochran Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Lunenburg Centre 5,764 ✅
John Archie MacKenzie Nova Scotia Liberal Party Inverness (NS) 5,632 ✅
Roland J Thornhill Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Dartmouth South-Portland Valley 5,530 ✅
Bernie MacLean Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Inverness (NS) 5,412 ❌
Tom McInnis Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Eastern Shore 5,298 ✅
Jerry Lawrence Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax St. Margarets 5,277 ✅
Malcolm A MacKay Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Sackville 5,247 ✅
Jeremy Akerman New Democratic Party Cape Breton East 5,135 ✅
Richard L Weldon Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Dartmouth East 5,098 ✅
George Moody Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Kings West (NS) 5,011 ✅
Roger S Bacon Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cumberland East 4,955 ✅
Ken Streatch Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Bedford Musquodoboit Valley 4,951 ✅
Ron Russell Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Hants West 4,872 ✅
Ronald C Giffin Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Truto-Bible Hill 4,713 ✅
William Gillis Nova Scotia Liberal Party Antigonish (NS) 4,689 ✅
William MacIsaac Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Inverness (NS) 4,614 ❌
Laird Stirling Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Dartmouth North 4,561 ✅
Terry Donahoe Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Cornwallis 4,446 ✅
Dorothy M Crosby Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Yarmouth (NS) 4,389 ❌
Donald W Cameron Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou East 4,315 ✅
David Nantes Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cole Harbour 4,278 ✅
Harry How Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Kings South 4,214 ✅
Harold H Hanf Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Yarmouth (NS) 4,122 ❌
Wilfred Moore Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Bedford Basin 4,081 ❌
G Patrick Hunt Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Hants East 4,035 ✅
Walter Fitzgerald Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Chebucto 3,998 ✅
Harold Huskilson Nova Scotia Liberal Party Shelburne 3,932 ✅
Paul MacEwan New Democratic Party Cape Breton Nova 3,918 ✅
A G Brown Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Eastern Shore 3,911 ❌
Mel Pickings Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Lunenburg West 3,907 ✅
Len J Arsenault New Democratic Party Cape Breton North 3,878 ✅
Gerry Sheehy Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Annapolis East 3,863 ✅
John Leefe Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Queens (NS) 3,800 ✅
Arthur R Donahoe Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Citadel-Sable Island 3,780 ✅
Edd Twohig Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Kings North 3,744 ✅
Margaret Stanbury Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Chebucto 3,733 ❌
Bill MacNeil Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Antigonish (NS) 3,713 ❌
A Etherene Goreham Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Shelburne 3,682 ❌
David N Muise Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton West 3,664 ✅
James McEachern New Democratic Party Cape Breton Centre 3,594 ✅
Frank Bezanson Nova Scotia Liberal Party Kings West (NS) 3,559 ❌
George Doucet Nova Scotia Liberal Party Sackville 3,554 ❌
Gerald A. Regan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Needham 3,553 ✅
Ronald Wallace Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Citadel-Sable Island 3,525 ❌
Barbara Hart Nova Scotia Liberal Party Dartmouth East 3,488 ❌
Robert Lindsay Nova Scotia Liberal Party Hants West 3,485 ❌
Ossie Fraser Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton The Lakes 3,473 ✅
William L Campbell Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Colchester North 3,447 ✅
Pat Curran Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Needham 3,416 ❌
Ronald T Barkhouse Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Lunenburg East 3,386 ✅
A M Cameron Nova Scotia Liberal Party Guysborough 3,306 ✅
Jack Hawkins Nova Scotia Liberal Party Hants East 3,294 ❌
Jim Johnston Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Guysborough 3,293 ❌
Gaston T LeBlanc Nova Scotia Liberal Party Richmond (NS) 3,287 ✅
Glenn S Ells Nova Scotia Liberal Party Kings North 3,283 ❌
Norman J Mansour Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland East 3,234 ❌
R Collin Stewart Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Colchester South 3,230 ✅
Brian P McKeough Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton North 3,215 ❌
Frank Boone New Democratic Party Cape Breton West 3,211 ❌
Frank Edwards Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton East 3,182 ❌
Peter Wilson Nova Scotia Liberal Party Truto-Bible Hill 3,160 ❌
Jack Pelley Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg Centre 3,156 ❌
Terry Tingley Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax St. Margarets 3,149 ❌
Vince Kachafanas Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton East 3,109 ❌
George Murphy Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Cornwallis 3,104 ❌
Donnie MacLeod Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton West 3,081 ❌
Austin Sutton New Democratic Party Pictou Centre 3,068 ❌
Joseph H Casey Nova Scotia Liberal Party Digby 3,048 ✅
Floyd Tucker Nova Scotia Liberal Party Colchester North 3,023 ❌
Francis MacLean Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton Centre 2,993 ❌
Benoit Comeau Nova Scotia Liberal Party Clare 2,963 ✅
Glen M Bagnell Nova Scotia Liberal Party Dartmouth North 2,927 ❌
Donald P McInnes Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou West 2,888 ✅
Earle O Tubrett Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton Nova 2,867 ❌
Maurice DeLorey Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg West 2,791 ❌
Barry LeBlanc Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton North 2,782 ❌
Peter Sawler Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cole Harbour 2,782 ❌
Donald C MacNeil Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton South (NS) 2,761 ❌
Jim MacLean Nova Scotia Liberal Party Bedford Musquodoboit Valley 2,743 ❌
Dan Reid Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou West 2,735 ❌
Greg Kerr Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Annapolis West 2,690 ✅
Jim MacDonald Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton The Lakes 2,642 ❌
George L Henley Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cumberland West 2,633 ✅
John Comeau Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Digby 2,603 ❌
Duncan Lake Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland West 2,592 ❌
Guy A Brown Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland Centre 2,515 ✅
Carl L Bruce Nova Scotia Liberal Party Annapolis East 2,470 ❌
Eva Landry Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Richmond (NS) 2,446 ❌
Keith Wyer Nova Scotia Liberal Party Queens (NS) 2,440 ❌
Norman Crawford Nova Scotia Liberal Party Dartmouth South-Portland Valley 2,365 ❌
W G Munro Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou East 2,364 ❌
Peter Murray Nicholson Nova Scotia Liberal Party Annapolis West 2,329 ❌
Erskine Cumming Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou Centre 2,313 ❌
Jerry F Blom Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Atlantic 2,303 ❌
Muriel Duckworth New Democratic Party Halifax Cornwallis 2,220 ❌
Peter John Nicholson Nova Scotia Liberal Party Victoria (NS) 2,199 ✅
Ed Lorraine Nova Scotia Liberal Party Colchester South 2,187 ❌
Michael Bradfield New Democratic Party Halifax Citadel-Sable Island 2,015 ❌
Catherine MacNeil Jankowski Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Victoria (NS) 1,992 ❌
Sandy MacNeil New Democratic Party Cape Breton South (NS) 1,965 ❌
Gerald J B Comeau Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Clare 1,896 ❌
Wilbur H Starratt Nova Scotia Liberal Party Kings South 1,526 ❌
Peter MacKinnon Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton Centre 1,510 ❌
Percy Gaum Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton Nova 1,502 ❌
Mike Marshall New Democratic Party Dartmouth South-Portland Valley 1,423 ❌
Wally MacDonald Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg East 1,417 ❌
Irene LeBlanc New Democratic Party Cape Breton The Lakes 1,393 ❌
Russell Fisher Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cumberland Centre 1,354 ❌
Donald F Mielke New Democratic Party Halifax Chebucto 1,298 ❌
Francis Soontiens New Democratic Party Cumberland East 1,280 ❌
Gerry Richard Craig New Democratic Party Halifax St. Margarets 1,278 ❌
Susan Holtz New Democratic Party Halifax Atlantic 1,274 ❌
Hartley Wickens New Democratic Party Yarmouth (NS) 1,268 ❌
Tom Orman New Democratic Party Halifax Bedford Basin 1,229 ❌
James Miller New Democratic Party Halifax Needham 1,222 ❌
Charles Paddock New Democratic Party Yarmouth (NS) 1,190 ❌
Nick Rolls New Democratic Party Dartmouth North 1,135 ❌
Jane A Strange New Democratic Party Shelburne 1,112 ❌
Walton Cook Independent Lunenburg Centre 1,094 ❌
John McDonald New Democratic Party Pictou West 1,047 ❌
Gabriel Des Rochers New Democratic Party Dartmouth East 1,030 ❌
John A Murphy New Democratic Party Antigonish (NS) 1,010 ❌
Donald F Archibald New Democratic Party Kings South 994 ❌
Doug MacDonald New Democratic Party Sackville 990 ❌
A J D'Entremont New Democratic Party Queens (NS) 968 ❌
G M Dean New Democratic Party Lunenburg West 941 ❌
Bruce Wright New Democratic Party Richmond (NS) 922 ❌
William J Dyer New Democratic Party Kings West (NS) 869 ❌
Dennis R Calder New Democratic Party Cumberland Centre 810 ❌
Bill Shiers New Democratic Party Hants West 795 ❌
Daniel LaFitte New Democratic Party Cole Harbour 757 ❌
Donald C Fraser New Democratic Party Kings North 649 ❌
Archie A Chisholm New Democratic Party Inverness (NS) 644 ❌
Bill Mitton New Democratic Party Pictou East 639 ❌
Thomas Barron New Democratic Party Truto-Bible Hill 589 ❌
Joyce Campbell New Democratic Party Inverness (NS) 563 ❌
Daniel Matheson New Democratic Party Halifax Eastern Shore 552 ❌
Evan Morgan Independent Sackville 519 ❌
Peter Robben New Democratic Party Colchester North 512 ❌
Clair White New Democratic Party Hants East 486 ❌
Roger A Boutilier New Democratic Party Annapolis East 458 ❌
Scott D Miller New Democratic Party Lunenburg Centre 425 ❌
Gerald B Hoganson New Democratic Party Bedford Musquodoboit Valley 408 ❌
Sylvio Gagnon New Democratic Party Clare 388 ❌
Steve Lake New Democratic Party Victoria (NS) 363 ❌
Chester Rice New Democratic Party Colchester South 322 ❌
John S Edgecombe New Democratic Party Cumberland West 317 ❌
Kevin P Keeping New Democratic Party Guysborough 307 ❌
Larry M Duchesne New Democratic Party Annapolis West 301 ❌
John Gray New Democratic Party Digby 261 ❌
Robert Whiting New Democratic Party Lunenburg East 256 ❌
Arthur R Canning Independent Halifax Atlantic 131 ❌
Jim Beck Independent Pictou Centre 130 ❌
Bob Kirk Independent Truto-Bible Hill 70 ❌
Lloyd H MacLellan Independent Pictou West 64 ❌

Districts

Annapolis East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 10 elections (1956–1988)

Gerry Sheehy · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,863 votes
Annapolis West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 10 elections (1956–1988)

Greg Kerr · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,690 votes
Antigonish (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 42 elections (1867–2024)

William Gillis · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,689 votes
Bedford Musquodoboit Valley
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 4 elections (1978–1988)

Ken Streatch · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,951 votes
Cape Breton Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 24 elections (1925–2009)

James McEachern · New Democratic Party

3,594 votes
Cape Breton East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 23 elections (1925–2024)

Jeremy Akerman · New Democratic Party

5,135 votes
Cape Breton North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

Len J Arsenault · New Democratic Party

3,878 votes
Cape Breton Nova
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 16 elections (1956–2009)

Paul MacEwan · New Democratic Party

3,918 votes
Cape Breton South (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

Vincent MacLean · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

7,041 votes
Cape Breton The Lakes
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 7 elections (1978–1999)

Ossie Fraser · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,473 votes
Cape Breton West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

David N Muise · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,664 votes
Clare
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1949–2024)

Benoit Comeau · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,963 votes
Colchester North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 14 elections (1978–2024)

William L Campbell · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,447 votes
Colchester South
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 4 elections (1978–1988)

R Collin Stewart · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,230 votes
Cole Harbour
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1978–2024)

David Nantes · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,278 votes
Cumberland Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

Guy A Brown · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,515 votes
Cumberland East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

Roger S Bacon · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,955 votes
Cumberland West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

George L Henley · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,633 votes
Dartmouth East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 14 elections (1978–2024)

Richard L Weldon · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,098 votes
Dartmouth North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 17 elections (1967–2024)

Laird Stirling · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,561 votes
Dartmouth South-Portland Valley
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 13 elections (1967–2009)

Roland J Thornhill · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,530 votes
Digby
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1867–1988)

Joseph H Casey · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,048 votes
Guysborough
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1871–1988)

A M Cameron · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,306 votes
Halifax Atlantic
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 17 elections (1967–2024)

John Buchanan · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

6,628 votes
Halifax Bedford Basin
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 7 elections (1978–1999)

Joel Matheson · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

6,325 votes
Halifax Chebucto
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 17 elections (1967–2024)

Walter Fitzgerald · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,998 votes
Halifax Citadel-Sable Island
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 17 elections (1967–2024)

Arthur R Donahoe · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,780 votes
Halifax Cornwallis
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 7 elections (1967–1988)

Terry Donahoe · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,446 votes
Halifax Eastern Shore
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 7 elections (1967–1988)

Tom McInnis · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,298 votes
Halifax Needham
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 17 elections (1967–2024)

Gerald A. Regan · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,553 votes
Halifax St. Margarets
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 7 elections (1967–1988)

Jerry Lawrence · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,277 votes
Hants East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

G Patrick Hunt · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,035 votes
Hants West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Ron Russell · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,872 votes
Inverness (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2024)

John Archie MacKenzie · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,632 votes
Kings North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2024)

Edd Twohig · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,744 votes
Kings South
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2024)

Harry How · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,214 votes
Kings West (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2024)

George Moody · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,011 votes
Lunenburg Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 10 elections (1956–1988)

Bruce Cochran · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,764 votes
Lunenburg East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 10 elections (1956–1988)

Ronald T Barkhouse · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,386 votes
Lunenburg West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2024)

Mel Pickings · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,907 votes
Pictou Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Jack MacIsaac · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

6,056 votes
Pictou East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Donald W Cameron · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,315 votes
Pictou West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Donald P McInnes · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,888 votes
Queens (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 40 elections (1867–2024)

John Leefe · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,800 votes
Richmond (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2021)

Gaston T LeBlanc · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,287 votes
Sackville
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 4 elections (1978–1988)

Malcolm A MacKay · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,247 votes
Shelburne
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 40 elections (1867–2024)

Harold Huskilson · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,932 votes
Truto-Bible Hill
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 10 elections (1978–2009)

Ronald C Giffin · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,713 votes
Victoria (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2017)

Peter John Nicholson · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,199 votes
Yarmouth (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 42 elections (1867–2024)

Hugh Tinkham · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

7,339 votes

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