1999 Nova Scotia general election

The **1999 Nova Scotia general election** was held on July 27, 1999, to elect members of the 58th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada.

### Results by party

|rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party|rowspan="2"|Party leader|rowspan="2"|# of candidates|colspan="4"|Seats|colspan="3"|Popular vote|||||||||||||
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|align="center"|1998|align="center"|<span style="font-size: 75%;">Dissolution</span>|align="center"|**Elected**|align="center"|% Change|align="center"|#|align="center"|%|align="center"|Change|Progressive Conservative|John Hamm|align="right"|52|align="right"|14|align="right"|13|
|align="right"|+130.8%|align="right"|169,383|align="right"|39.20%|align="right"|+9.43%|New Democratic|Robert Chisholm|align="right"|52|align="right"|19|align="right"|19|||||||
|align="right"|−42.11%|align="right"|129,474|align="right"|29.97%|align="right"|−4.67%|Liberal|Russell MacLellan|align="right"|52|align="right"|19|align="right"|19|||||||
|align="right"|−47.37%|align="right"|128,795|align="right"|29.81%|align="right"|−5.50%|Jack Friis|align="right"|17|align="right"|*|align="right"|0||||||||
|align="right"|0%|align="right"|3,153|align="right"|0.73%|align="right"|*|colspan=2|Independents|align="right"|5|align="right"|0|align="right"|1|||||||
|align="right"|−100%|align="right"|1,278|align="right"|0.29%|align="right"|−0.00%|||||||||||||||

- The Nova Scotia Party did not contest the 1998 general election.

### Results by region

|align="center" colspan="3"|Party name|align="center" width="45"|HRM|align="center" width="45"|C.B.|align="center" width="45"|Valley|align="center" width="48"|S. Shore|align="center" width="45"|Fundy|align="center" width="45"|Central|align="center" width="45"|Total|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|colspan=10|**Parties winning seats in the legislature:**|rowspan="2"|Progressive Conservative|Seats:|align="right"|7|align="right"|1|align="right"|6|align="right"|6|align="right"|5|align="right"|5|align="right"|**30**|Popular vote:|align="right"|36.64%|align="right"|17.26%|align="right"|48.06%|align="right"|46.24%|align="right"|55.96%|align="right"|46.00%|align="right"|39.20%|rowspan="2"|New Democratic Party|Seats:|align="right"|9|align="right"|1|align="right"|—|align="right"|—|align="right"|1|align="right"|—|align="right"|**11**|Popular vote:|align="right"|37.24%|align="right"|33.77%|align="right"|21.47%|align="right"|23.49%|align="right"|24.14%|align="right"|25.57%|align="right"|29.97%|rowspan="2"|Liberal|Seats:|align="right"|1|align="right"|7|align="right"|1|align="right"|1|align="right"|—|align="right"|—|align="right"|**10**|Popular vote:|align="right"|24.68%|align="right"|47.53%|align="right"|29.64%|align="right"|29.45%|align="right"|19.03%|align="right"|28.16%|align="right"|29.81%|
|colspan=10|**Parties not winning seats in the legislature:**|Popular vote:|align="right"|1.35%|align="right"|—|align="right"|0.83%|align="right"|0.82%|align="right"|0.21%|align="right"|0.27%|align="right"|0.73%|Independents|Popular vote:|align="right"|0.09%|align="right"|1.44%|align="right"|—|align="right"|—|align="right"|0.66%|align="right"|—|align="right"|0.29%||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

## Retiring incumbents

- Liberal
- Laurie Montgomery, Annapolis
- Ed Lorraine, Colchester North
- Gerry Fogarty, Halifax Bedford Basin
- Francene Cosman, Bedford-Fall River

- Progressive Conservative
- George Archibald, Kings North
- George Moody, Kings West
- John Leefe, Queens

- Independent
- Reeves Matheson, Cape Breton East

### Valley

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis
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|Frank Chipman
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|Tom Clahane
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|Stephen McNeil
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|Paul Mann
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|Laurie Montgomery †
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare
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|Paul Comeau
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|Don Melanson
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|Wayne Gaudet
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|Anne Marie Boyer
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|Wayne Gaudet
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby—Annapolis
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|Gordon Balser
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|Steve Downes
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|Vivian O'Neil
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|Gordon Balser
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West
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|Ron Russell
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|Dick Terfry
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|Joe Robertson
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|Ron Russell
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North
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|Mark Parent
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|Neil H. McNeil
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|Peter Hill
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|George Archibald †
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South
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|David Morse
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|Mary DeWolfe
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|Robbie Harrison
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|Robbie Harrison
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West
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|Jon Carey
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|Jacquie DeMestral
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|Don Clarke
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|Frances Adams
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|George Moody †
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### South Shore

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Argyle
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|Neil LeBlanc
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|Belinda Tucker
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|Karen Kravfe
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|Oscar Harris
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|Neil LeBlanc
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Chester—St. Margaret's
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|John Chataway
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|Hinrich Bitter-Suermann
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|Karen Willis Duerden
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|Hinrich Bitter-Suermann
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg
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|Michael Baker
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|Marilyn Crook
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|Lila O'Connor
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|Michael Baker
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West
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|Jerry Swain
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|Eric Hustvedt
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|Don Downe
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|Don Downe
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens
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|Kerry Morash
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|John Wiles
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|Eddie Whitty
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|John Leefe †
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne
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|Cecil O'Donnell
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|Dianne Nickerson
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|Clifford Huskilson
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|Clifford Huskilson
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth
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|Richard Hurlburt
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|John Deveau
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|Phil DeMille
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|Brian W. Hurlburt
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|John Deveau
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### Fundy

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley
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|Brooke Taylor
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|Jim Harpell
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|Leo Stacey
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|Brooke Taylor
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester North
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|Bill Langille
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|Ralph Martin
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|John Davidson
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|Ed Lorraine †
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland North
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|Ernest Fage
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|Doug Wilson
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|Kathy Langille
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|Jason Blanch
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|Ernest Fage
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland South
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|Murray Scott
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|Scott McKee
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|John Harrison
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|Murray Scott
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East
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|Reese Morash
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|John MacDonell
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|Sara Stewart
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|Ken Smith
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|John MacDonell
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Truro—Bible Hill
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|Jamie Muir
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|Ibel Scammell
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|Matthew Graham
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|Jamie Muir
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### Central Halifax

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Bedford Basin
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|Mary Ann McGrath
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|Errol Gaum
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|Jack Hardiman
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|Janice Lively
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|Gerry Fogarty †
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Chebucto
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|Sean Phillips
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|Howard Epstein
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|Royden Trainer
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|Hilda M. Stevens
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|Howard Epstein
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Citadel
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|Jane Purves
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|Peter Delefes
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|Ed Kinley
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|Grace Patterson
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|Art Canning
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|Peter Delefes
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Fairview
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|Narayana Swamy
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|Eileen O'Connell
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|Greta Murtagh
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|Maria Alexandridis
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|Eileen O'Connell
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Needham
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|Linda Carvery
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|Maureen MacDonald
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|Mike Rogers
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|Scott Higgins
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|Maureen MacDonald
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### Suburban Halifax

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bedford—Fall River
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|Peter Christie
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|Jane Earle
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|Gerry St. Armand
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|Francene Cosman †
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Atlantic
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|Bruce Cooke
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|**Robert Chisholm**
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|David Melnick
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|Gerald Rodgers
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|Golda M. Redden
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|Robert Chisholm
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville—Beaver Bank
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|Barry Barnet
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|Rosemary Godin
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|Bill MacDonald
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|Rosemary Godin
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville—Cobequid
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|Wade Marshall
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|John Holm
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|Kevin Perkins
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|John Holm
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Timberlea—Prospect
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|Ken Fralick
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|Bill Estabrooks
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|Vicki Brown
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|Ken Bumstead
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|Bill Estabrooks
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### Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cole Harbour—Eastern Passage
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|Nadune Cooper Mont
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|Kevin Deveaux
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|Colin MacEachern
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|Kevin Deveaux
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
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|Greg Frampton
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|Darrell Dexter
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|Peter Foy
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|Rufus Peacock
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|Darrell Dexter
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth East
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|Terry Degen
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|Heather Henderson
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|Jim Smith
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|Jim Smith
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth North
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|Jane MacKay
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|Jerry Pye
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|Frank Cameron
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|Susan Livingstone
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|Jerry Pye
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth South
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|Tim Olive
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|Don Chard
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|Audrey Goodyer
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|Don Chard
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Eastern Shore
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|Bill Dooks
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|Mary-Alice Tzagarakis
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|Keith Colwell
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|**Jack Friis**
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|Keith Colwell
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Preston
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|David Hendsbee
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|Yvonne Atwell
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|Wendell Thomas
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|Yvonne Atwell
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### Central Nova

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish
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|Angus MacIsaac
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|Charlene Long
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|Hyland Fraser
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|Hyland Fraser
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough—Port Hawkesbury
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|Ron Chisholm
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|Wendy Panagopoulos
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|Ray White
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|Ray White
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre
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|**John Hamm**
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|Jeff Callaghan
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|Marie Maxwell
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|John Hamm
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East
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|Jim DeWolfe
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|Andy Thompson
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|Lynn MacDonald
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|Jim DeWolfe
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West
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|Muriel Baillie
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|Charlie Parker
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|Paul Landry
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|D. Ed Berringer
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|Charlie Parker
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### Cape Breton

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre
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|John Morrissey
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|Frank Corbett
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|Susan Deruelle Marsh
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|Frank Corbett
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East
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|Brad Kerr
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|Cecil Saccary
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|David Wilson
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|Gerard Burke
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|Reeves Matheson †
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North
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|Murray Johnston
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|Archie MacKinnon
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|**Russell MacLellan**
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|Russell MacLellan
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Nova
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|Harold Dorrington
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|Gordie Gosse
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|Paul MacEwan
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|Paul MacEwan
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South
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|Leland Lewis
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|Elizabeth Cusack
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|Manning MacDonald
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|Manning MacDonald
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton—The Lakes
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|Ken Langley
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|Helen MacDonald
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|Brian Boudreau
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|Helen MacDonald
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West
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|Joe Boudreau
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|Brian Slaney
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|Russell MacKinnon
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|Russell MacKinnon
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness
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|Rodney MacDonald
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|Roy Yipp
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|Charlie MacDonald
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|Charlie MacDonald
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond
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|Joseph MacPhee
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|Wilma Conrod
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|Michel Samson
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|Michel Samson
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria
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|Anna Curtis-Steele
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|Nancy MacKeigan
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|Kennie MacAskill
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|Osborne Burke
Stemer MacLeod
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|Kennie MacAskill
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- In the riding of Shelburne, the Returning Officer had to cast the tie-breaking vote.
- In the riding of Cape Breton East, New Democrat Cecil Saccary's 5-vote lead, after a judicial recount, became a 5-vote lead for the Liberal's Dave Wilson.  A judge then decided to throw out the results of the general election; a by-election was held several months later to fill the seat.

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 1999 Nova Scotia general election
- **country**: Nova Scotia
- **type**: parliamentary
- **party colour**: no
- **party name**: no
- **previous election**: 1998 Nova Scotia general election
- **previous year**: 1998
- **previous mps**: 57th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
- **elected mps**: 58th General Assembly of Nova Scotia, members
- **next election**: 2003 Nova Scotia general election
- **next year**: 2003
- **seats for election**: 52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
 27 seats were needed for a majority
- **election date**: July 27, 1999
- **leader1**: John Hamm
- **leader since1**: Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia leadership elections#1995 leadership convention, October 28, 1995
- **leaders seat1**: Pictou Centre
- **last election1**: 14
- **seats1**: 30
- **seat change1**: 16
- **popular vote1**: 169,383
- **percentage1**: 39.20%
- **swing1**: 9.43%
- **image2**:
- **leader2**: Robert Chisholm (Canadian politician), Robert Chisholm
- **leader since2**: Nova Scotia New Democratic Party leadership elections#1996 leadership convention, March 30, 1996
- **leaders seat2**: Halifax Atlantic
- **last election2**: 19
- **seats2**: 11
- **seat change2**: 8
- **popular vote2**: 129,474
- **percentage2**: 29.97%
- **swing2**: 4.67%
- **image3**:
- **leader3**: Russell MacLellan
- **leader since3**: Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership elections#1997 leadership convention, July 12, 1997
- **leaders seat3**: Cape Breton North
- **last election3**: 19
- **seats3**: 11
- **seat change3**: 8
- **popular vote3**: 128,795
- **percentage3**: 29.81%
- **swing3**: 5.50%
- **map image**: NsElectoralMap1999.png
- **map size**: 300px
- **map caption**: Riding map of Nova Scotia showing winning parties
- **title**: Premier
- **before election**: Russell MacLellan
- **after election**: John Hamm
- **posttitle**: Premier after election