# 1984 Nova Scotia general election

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 :
| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | 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 | Independent | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 630 | 0.15% | -1.03% |
| | 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 | 413,436 | 99.58% | +0.15% |
| 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 | 1,724 | 0.42% | +0.15% |
| Total | Total | Total | 174 | 52 | 52 | 52 | – | 415,160 | 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 | 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

* Joseph H. Casey, Digby
* Hugh Tinkham, Argyle

### Progressive Conservative

* Ron Barkhouse, Lunenburg East
* D. L. George Henley, Cumberland West
* Edward Twohig, 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 | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Cape Breton Labour | Cape Breton Labour | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| 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 | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Cape Breton Labour | Cape Breton Labour | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| 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 | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Cape Breton Labour | Cape Breton Labour | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| 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 | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Cape Breton Labour | Cape Breton Labour | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| 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 | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Cape Breton Labour | Cape Breton Labour | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| 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 | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Cape Breton Labour | Cape Breton Labour | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| 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 | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Cape Breton Labour | Cape Breton Labour | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| 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 | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Cape Breton Labour | Cape Breton Labour | Independent | Independent | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| 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 |