1974 Nova Scotia general election

The 1974 Nova Scotia general election was held on 2 April 1974 to elect members of the 51st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal Party.

Most of its MLAs were elected in single-member district using first past the post voting but some, such as in Colchester and Yarmouth, were elected in two-seat districts using plurality block voting.

Results Results by party + ↓ 31 12 3 Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic

+Official results PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1970DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp)LiberalGerald Regan46232431+8206,64847.57%+1.94%Progressive ConservativeJohn Buchanan46211912-9166,38838.31%-8.12%New DemocraticJeremy Akerman46223+155,90212.87%+6.28%Independent601002,2200.51%+0.13% Vacant0 Total valid votes431,15899.26%+0.23%Blank and invalid ballots3,2050.74%-0.23%Total144464646–434,363100.00%–Registered voters / turnout507,19077.89%While 434,363 votes were cast, only 395,028 electors voted as Colchester, Inverness and Yarmouth electors voted for two candidates.+0.57%

Results by region Party nameHRMCape BretonAnnapolis ValleySouth ShoreFundy-NortheastCentral NovaTotalParties winning seats in the legislatureLiberal Seats:86644331 Popular vote:48.73%42.68%51.25%51.37%48.19%48.05%47.57%Progressive Conservative Seats:21232212 Popular vote:38.34%32.67%42.11%39.63%42.33%41.57%38.31%New Democratic Party Seats:0300003 Popular vote:12.93%24.21%6.64%6.48%9.06%10.37%12.87%Parties not winning seats in the legislature Popular vote:–0.45%–2.52%0.42%–0.51%Total seats:1010876546

Retiring incumbents Liberal James L. Connolly, Halifax Chebucto Ralph F. Fiske, Pictou Centre A. Lloyd MacDonald, Pictou East George Riley, Halifax Cobequid

Progressive Conservative Gerald Doucet, Richmond Floyd MacDonald, Queens George Isaac Smith, Colchester Victor Thorpe, Kings North Maurice L. Zinck, Lunenburg East

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

Valley

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis East | |Hank De Boer2,58343.48% || |Gerry Sheehy3,13452.76% | |Murray A. Bent2233.75%

|Gerry Sheehy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis West || |Peter M. Nicholson2,63653.00% | |J.R. Kerr2,15043.22% | |David N. Lowe1883.78%

|Peter M. Nicholson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare || |Benoit Comeau2,95961.07% | |Vincent L. Doucet1,21825.14% | |Jean L. Belliveau66813.79%

|Benoit Comeau |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby || |Joseph H. Casey3,52565.90% | |John R. Nichols1,59029.73% | |C.B. Haight2344.37%

|Joseph H. Casey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West || |Robert D. Lindsay4,14848.07% | |Ron Russell3,70742.96% | |Gary E. Tonks7748.97%

|Robert D. Lindsay |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North || |Glenn Ells3,53649.39% | |David J. Waterbury3,12443.63% | |George W. Graves5006.98%

|Victor Thorpe† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South | |Edgar K. Aston1,99933.11% || |Harry How3,57659.22% | |John P. O'Meara4637.67%

|Harry How |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West || |Frank Bezanson5,03158.34% | |Kathleen E. Howlett3,20637.23% | |Donald Wolsey3744.34%

|Frank Bezanson

South Shore

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg Centre | |James Kinley3,87839.08% || |Bruce Cochran4,08641.18% | |Ralph E. Deamond4214.24% | |Walton Cook1,53815.50% || |Walton Cook |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg East | |Joseph Saunders1,96341.06% || |Ron Barkhouse2,53653.04% | |Anthony W.E. Zinck2825.90%

|Maurice L. Zinck† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West || |Maurice DeLory3,63554.92% | |Ella Spence2,64339.93% | |William R. Griswold3415.15%

|Maurice DeLory |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens | |R. Keith Wyer2,64940.58% || |John Wickwire2,90544.50% | |A.J. d'Entremont97414.92%

|Floyd MacDonald† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne || |Harold Huskilson4,11947.58% | |Ron Hatfield3,73243.11% | |Dewey Waybret8069.31%

|Harold Huskilson |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth || |Fraser Mooney8,09832.87% | |Martin Cottreau4,02916.35% | |Lawrence Dukeshire6372.59%

|Fraser Mooney

|Hugh Tinkham7,06828.69% | |George A. Snow4,30017.45% | |Leslie Babin5042.05%

|George A. Snow

Fundy-Northeast

|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester || |Melinda MacLean9,51425.87% | |Gerald Ritcey7,18219.53% | |Eda Forsythe1,5154.12% | |Bob Kirk1590.43% || |Gerald Ritcey

|Floyd Tucker8,66223.55% | |Ron Giffin7,97421.68% | |Allan Marchbank1,7714.82%

|George Isaac Smith† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland Centre || |Guy Brown2,28352.16% | |Raymond M. Smith1,60136.58% | |Elory Tabor49311.26%

|Raymond M. Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland East | |Ronald S. MacNeil3,49040.82% || |Roger Stuart Bacon4,12548.25% | |David W. D'Aubin93410.93%

|Roger Stuart Bacon |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland West | |W.J. Brown2,20545.86% || |D. L. George Henley2,32348.32% | |A. Bradley Colpitts2805.82%

|D. L. George Henley |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East || |Jack Hawkins3,32249.88% | |Avard Ettinger2,69040.39% | |Clair White5498.24% | |John G. Stanhope Sr.991.49% || |Jack Hawkins

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Atlantic | |Darrell E. Wentzell4,38035.90% || |John Buchanan6,22951.06% | |Colin Campbell1,59113.04%

|John Buchanan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Chebucto || |Walter Fitzgerald5,60853.47% | |Dennis Ashworth3,23330.82% | |Burris Devanney1,64815.71%

|James L. Connolly† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Citadel || |Ronald Wallace4,29948.73% | |Richard MacLean3,07134.81% | |Michael Bradfield1,45216.46%

|Ronald Wallace |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Cobequid || |George Doucet8,69149.57% | |Silvia Hudson6,87839.23% | |George C. Cann1,96411.20%

|George Riley† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Cornwallis || |George M. Mitchell5,39147.52% | |George T.H. Cooper3,83333.79% | |Muriel Duckworth2,12118.70%

|George M. Mitchell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Eastern Shore || |Alexander Garnet Brown6,43752.90% | |Hanson D. Josey4,20534.56% | |John T. Kennedy1,52712.55%

|Alexander Garnet Brown |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Needham || |Gerald Regan4,36461.49% | |James H. Vaughan1,85426.12% | |Martin Dolin87912.39%

|Gerald Regan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax-St. Margaret's || |Leonard L. Pace7,23847.87% | |George C. Piercey6,08440.24% | |Richard Rogers1,79811.89%

|Leonard L. Pace |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth North || |Glen M. Bagnell7,09151.41% | |Richard L. Weldon4,83935.08% | |Joseph Bouchard1,86313.51%

|Glen M. Bagnell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth South | |D. Scott MacNutt5,87144.24% || |Roland J. Thornhill6,49148.91% | |Norman H. Dares9086.84%

|D. Scott MacNutt

Central Nova

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish || |Bill Gillis5,14156.88% | |Ronald A. MacDonald3,17235.09% | |Patrick D. Gough7268.03%

|Bill Gillis |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough || |A.M. "Sandy" Cameron3,68855.66% | |Fenwick MacIntosh2,65240.02% | |William Sugg2864.32%

|A.M. "Sandy" Cameron |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre | |Lawrence MacKinnon4,95442.54% || |Fraser MacLean5,10043.80% | |Dave MacKenzie1,59113.66%

|Ralph F. Fiske† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East | |J. Lester MacLellan2,94542.09% || |Donald Cameron3,21745.98% | |Joanne E. Kohout83511.93%

|A. Lloyd MacDonald† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West || |Dan Reid2,62443.99% | |Harvey Veniot2,60243.62% | |Charles Parker73912.39%

|Harvey Veniot

Cape Breton

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre | |Albert J. Boudreau1,70321.76% | |Mike Laffin2,74335.05% || |Buddy MacEachern3,38043.19%

|Mike Laffin |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East | |Vincent Kachafanas3,44330.83% | |Frederick Adshade1,61114.43% || |Jeremy Akerman5,92953.10% | |Archie MacDonald1831.64% || |Jeremy Akerman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North | |Barry LeBlanc4,15533.57% || |Tom MacKeough4,88939.50% | |Len J. Arsenault3,33326.93%

|Tom MacKeough |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Nova | |Ronald DiPenta1,27517.19% | |Percy Gaum2,33431.46% || |Paul MacEwan3,80951.35%

|Paul MacEwan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South || |Vince MacLean6,48750.87% | |John Francis Burke3,72129.18% | |Earl Johnston2,44119.14% | |Angus Currie1020.80% || |John Francis Burke |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West || |Allan Sullivan6,28153.46% | |Kenneth Andrews3,19927.23% | |Frank Boone2,26919.31%

|Allan Sullivan |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness || |William MacEachern5,60626.50% | |Norman J. MacLean4,83222.84% | |Donald MacKay6212.94% | |Catherine M. Haig1390.66% || |Norman J. MacLean

|John Archie MacKenzie5,40325.54% | |Joseph Shannon4,08819.32% | |Winston Bennett4662.20%

|John Archie MacKenzie |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond || |Gaston LeBlanc3,69757.62% | |Joseph Stewart2,13833.32% | |Stanley Pashkoski5819.06%

|Gerald Doucet† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria || |Maynard MacAskill2,57359.44% | |Fisher Hudson1,54235.62% | |Colin A. Gillis2144.94%

|Fisher Hudson

References

Election related reports

Further reading