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1984 Nova Scotia general election
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52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
27 seats were needed for a majority |
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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
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Party |
Leader |
1981 |
Seats won |
% change |
Popular vote |
(%) |
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Progressive Conservative |
John Buchanan |
37 |
42 |
+14% |
209,298 |
50.6% |
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Liberal |
A.M. "Sandy" Cameron |
13 |
6 |
-54% |
129,310 |
31.3% |
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New Democratic |
Alexa McDonough |
1 |
3 |
+300% |
65,876 |
15.9% |
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Cape Breton Labour |
Paul MacEwan |
1 |
1 |
0% |
8,322 |
2.0% |
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Other |
0 |
0 |
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630 |
0.2% |
Total Seats |
52 |
52 |
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413,436 |
100% |
Popular vote |
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PC |
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50.62% |
Liberal |
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31.28% |
New Democratic |
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15.93% |
Cape Breton Labour |
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2.01% |
Others |
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0.16% |
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Seats summary |
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PC |
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80.77% |
Liberal |
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11.54% |
New Democratic |
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5.77% |
Cape Breton Labour |
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1.92% |
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