# 1967 Nova Scotia general election

The 1967 Nova Scotia general election was held on 30 May 1967 to elect members of the 49th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative Party.

## Results
### Results by party

| 40 | 6 |
| Progressive Conservative | Liberal |
Official results :
| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | 1963 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) |
| | Progressive Conservative | Robert Stanfield | 46 | 39 | 39 | 40 | +1 | 180,498 | 52.39% | -3.48% |
| | Liberal | Gerald Regan | 46 | 4 | 4 | 6 | +2 | 142,945 | 41.49% | +2.06% |
| | New Democratic | James H. Aitchison | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17,873 | 5.19% | +1.08% |
| | Independent | Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 498 | 0.14% | +0.14% |
| | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | 0 | | | | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 341,814 | 99.22% | -0.20% |
| Blank and invalid ballots | Blank and invalid ballots | Blank and invalid ballots | Blank and invalid ballots | Blank and invalid ballots | Blank and invalid ballots | Blank and invalid ballots | Blank and invalid ballots | 2,703 | 0.78% | +0.20% |
| Total | Total | Total | 118 | 43 | 43 | 46 | +3 | 344,517 | 100.00% | – |
| Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout | 405,714 | 77.00% | -0.87% |
Popular vote
PC
52.39%
Liberal
41.49%
New Democratic
5.19%
Independent
0.14% :
Seats summary
PC
86.96%
Liberal
13.04% :

### Results by region

| Party name | Party name | Party name | HRM | Cape Breton | Annapolis Valley | South Shore | Fundy-Northeast | Central Nova | Total |
| Parties winning seats in the legislature ||||||||||
| | Progressive Conservative | Seats: | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 40 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Popular vote: | 50.77% | 51.07% | 51.92% | 53.02% | 58.77% | 54.15% | 52.39% |
| | Liberal | Seats: | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| | Liberal | Popular vote: | 44.82% | 35.54% | 47.51% | 44.18% | 37.58% | 43.46% | 41.49% |
| Parties not winning seats in the legislature ||||||||||
| | New Democratic | Popular vote: | 4.42% | 13.17% | 0.57% | 2.13% | 3.66% | 2.39% | 5.19% |
| | Independent | Popular vote: | – | 0.22% | – | 0.68% | – | – | 0.14% |
| Total seats: | Total seats: | Total seats: | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 46 |

## Retiring incumbents
### Liberal

* Carleton L. MacMillan, Victoria

### Progressive Conservative

* George A. Burridge, Yarmouth
* Paul Kinsman, Kings West
* Gladys Porter, Kings North

## 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 | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Annapolis East | | John I. Marshall 2,866 56.13% | | Malcolm Balcom 2,240 43.87% | | | | | John I. Marshall |
| Annapolis West | | Kenneth Green 1,981 45.87% | | Peter M. Nicholson 2,338 54.13% | | | | | Peter M. Nicholson |
| Clare | | Hector J. Pothier 1,841 43.57% | | Benoit Comeau 2,384 56.43% | | | | | Hector J. Pothier |
| Digby | | Robert Baden Powell 2,524 51.31% | | Phillip R. Woolaver 2,395 48.69% | | | | | Robert Baden Powell |
| Hants West | | Norman T. Spence 3,765 51.96% | | Robert D. Lindsay 3,481 48.04% | | | | | Norman T. Spence |
| Kings North | | Victor Thorpe 3,407 55.25% | | Victor Cleyle 2,759 44.75% | | | | | Gladys Porter† |
| Kings South | | Edward Haliburton 2,515 62.89% | | Bruce Trenholm 1,484 37.11% | | | | | Edward Haliburton |
| Kings West | | Gordon Tidman 3,619 48.98% | | Frank Bezanson 3,522 47.67% | | Ralph Loomer 247 3.34% | | | Paul Kinsman† |

### South Shore

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Lunenburg Centre | | George O. Lohnes 4,229 51.46% | | Walton Cook 3,760 45.75% | | Earl Croft 229 2.79% | | | George O. Lohnes |
| Lunenburg East | | Maurice L. Zinck 2,100 55.87% | | Fred Porter Jr. 1,659 44.13% | | | | | Maurice L. Zinck |
| Lunenburg West | | Harley J. Spence 2,564 50.00% | | Carroll Young 2,396 46.72% | | Wilson Touchie 168 3.28% | | | Harley J. Spence |
| Queens | | W. S. Kennedy Jones 3,290 57.69% | | G. Cecil Day 2,413 42.31% | | | | | W. S. Kennedy Jones |
| Shelburne | | James McKay Harding 3,271 46.60% | | Harold Huskilson 3,111 44.32% | | Aubrey Harding 638 9.09% | | | James McKay Harding |
| Yarmouth | | Benoit Robichaud 5,003 26.56% | | Fraser Mooney 4,463 23.69% | | | | Willard F. Allen 329 1.75% | George A. Burridge† |
| Yarmouth | | George A. Snow 5,345 28.37% | | Earle Maberley 3,699 19.63% | | | | | George A. Snow |

### Fundy-Northeast

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Colchester | | Robert Stanfield 9,091 31.04% | | George Pulsifer 5,344 18.25% | | Arthur Benedict 507 1.73% | | | Robert Stanfield |
| Colchester | | George Isaac Smith 8,485 28.97% | | Charles Sutherland 5,348 18.26% | | Cecil Delaney 509 1.74% | | | George Isaac Smith |
| Cumberland Centre | | Stephen T. Pyke 2,437 67.34% | | Charles H. Sarson 1,022 28.24% | | J. Reginald Daborn 160 4.42% | | | Stephen T. Pyke |
| Cumberland East | | James A. Langille 4,415 55.16% | | Howard R. Furlong 3,053 38.14% | | John Burbine 536 6.70% | | | James A. Langille |
| Cumberland West | | D. L. George Henley 2,506 57.81% | | Ruth Fullerton 1,698 39.17% | | Shirley Spicer 131 3.02% | | | D. L. George Henley |
| Hants East | | Albert J. Ettinger 2,697 52.08% | | Norman E. Casey 2,482 47.92% | | | | | Albert J. Ettinger |

### Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Halifax Atlantic | | John Buchanan 4,507 53.74% | | Percy Baker 3,556 42.40% | | Charles Grineault 324 3.86% | | | New riding |
| Halifax Chebucto | | James H. Vaughan 5,154 52.01% | | K. Peter Richard 4,253 42.92% | | Keith Jobson 503 5.08% | | | James H. Vaughan Halifax North |
| Halifax Citadel | | Donald MacKeen Smith 4,771 55.41% | | Robert Matheson 3,522 40.91% | | M. Rae Gillman 317 3.68% | | | Donald MacKeen Smith Halifax Centre |
| Halifax Cobequid | | Gordon H. Fitzgerald 5,463 51.51% | | John F. Cruickshank 5,143 48.49% | | | | | Gordon H. Fitzgerald Halifax Northwest |
| Halifax Cornwallis | | Richard Donahoe 5,458 56.39% | | Clarence L. Gosse 4,221 43.61% | | | | | Richard Donahoe Halifax South |
| Halifax Eastern Shore | | Nelson Gaetz 3,682 43.36% | | Duncan MacMillan 4,201 49.48% | | James Yetman 608 7.16% | | | Nelson Gaetz Halifax East |
| Halifax Needham | | Cecil Moore 3,252 46.72% | | Gerald Regan 3,354 48.18% | | Buddy Daye 355 5.10% | | | New riding |
| Halifax-St. Margaret's | | D. C. McNeil 5,030 53.48% | | Alex McNeil 3,910 41.57% | | Peggy Prowse 466 4.95% | | | D. C. McNeil Halifax West |
| Dartmouth North | | Charles Clarke 4,301 43.62% | | Gordon L. S. Hart 4,906 49.75% | | Perry Ronayne 654 6.63% | | | New Riding |
| Dartmouth South | | Irvin William Akerley 4,552 50.37% | | Eileen Stubbs 3,694 40.88% | | Bruce Wallace 791 8.75% | | | Irvin William Akerley Halifax County-Dartmouth |

### Central Nova

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Antigonish | | William F. MacKinnon 3,222 50.20% | | Bill Gillis 3,196 49.80% | | | | | William F. MacKinnon |
| Guysborough | | Alexander MacIsaac 3,154 52.75% | | Donald J. Gillis 2,825 47.25% | | | | | Alexander MacIsaac |
| Pictou Centre | | Donald R. MacLeod 5,416 53.90% | | John Brother MacDonald 3,846 38.28% | | John Markie 786 7.82% | | | Donald R. MacLeod |
| Pictou East | | Thomas MacQueen 2,876 51.14% | | A. Lloyd MacDonald 2,748 48.86% | | | | | A. Lloyd MacDonald |
| Pictou West | | Harvey Veniot 3,137 65.20% | | Edward Snow 1,674 34.80% | | | | | Harvey Veniot |

### Cape Breton

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Cape Breton Centre | | Mike Laffin 3,565 55.85% | | William J. Boudreau 1,313 20.57% | | Tom O'Leary 1,505 23.58% | | | Mike Laffin |
| Cape Breton East | | Layton Fergusson 5,094 53.29% | | William O'Leary 1,417 14.82% | | James H. Aitchison 3,048 31.89% | | | Layton Fergusson |
| Cape Breton North | | Tom MacKeough 5,574 53.39% | | Alexander O'Handley 3,318 31.90% | | Gerald Yetman 1,510 14.52% | | | Tom MacKeough |
| Cape Breton Nova | | Percy Gaum 2,873 47.13% | | Tom Miller 1,829 30.00% | | Paul MacEwan 1,394 22.87% | | | Percy Gaum |
| Cape Breton South | | Donald C. MacNeil 4,843 47.18% | | Charles O'Connell 3,944 38.42% | | Charles Palmer 1,309 12.75% | | Angus Currie 169 1.65% | Donald C. MacNeil |
| Cape Breton West | | Edward Manson 3,862 43.95% | | Allan Sullivan 3,748 42.65% | | Jeremy Akerman 1,178 13.40% | | | Edward Manson |
| Inverness | | Norman J. MacLean 3,994 26.27% | | William MacIsaac 3,571 23.49% | | | | | Norman J. MacLean |
| Inverness | | Alfred Davis 3,680 24.21% | | William N. MacLean 3,956 26.02% | | | | | William N. MacLean |
| Richmond | | Gerald Doucet 3,054 59.42% | | Rudolph J. Boudreau 2,086 40.58% | | | | | Gerald Doucet |
| Victoria | | Fisher Hudson 2,033 55.01% | | Duncan F. Buchanan 1,663 44.99% | | | | | Carleton L. MacMillan† |