2009 Nova Scotia general election

The **2009 Nova Scotia general election** was held on June 9, 2009 to elect members of the 61st 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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|New Democratic|Darrell Dexter|align="right"|52|align="right"|20|align="right"|20|align="right"|**31**|align="right"|+55.0%|align="right"|186,556|align="right"|45.24%|align="right"|+10.61%|Liberal|Stephen McNeil|align="right"|52|align="right"|9|align="right"|9|align="right"|**11**|align="right"|+22.2%|align="right"|112,160|align="right"|27.20%|align="right"|+3.76%|Progressive Conservative|Rodney MacDonald|align="right"|52|align="right"|23|align="right"|21|align="right"|**10**|align="right"|−56.5%|align="right"|101,203|align="right"|24.54%|align="right"|−15.03%|Ryan Watson|align="right"|52|align="right"|0|align="right"|0|align="right"|**0**|align="right"|0.0%|align="right"|9,636|align="right"|2.34%|align="right"|+0.01%|colspan=2|Independents|align="right"|4|align="right"|0|align="right"|1|align="right"|**0**|align="right"|0.0%|align="right"|2,796|align="right"|0.68%|align="right"|+0.64%|
||colspan=4|Vacant|align="right"|1|colspan=5||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Candidates lined up.

## Results by region

|colspan="3"|Party name|width="45"|HRM|width="45"|C.B.|width="45"|Valley|width="48"|S. Shore|width="45"|Fundy|width="45"|Central|width="45"|Total|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|rowspan="2"|New Democratic Party|Seats:|align="right"|14|align="right"|2|align="right"|2|align="right"|5|align="right"|4|align="right"|4|align="right"|**31**|Popular vote:|align="right"|54.07%|align="right"|40.16%|align="right"|27.05%|align="right"|43.03%|align="right"|41.76%|align="right"|50.10%|align="right"|45.26%|rowspan="2"|Liberal|Seats:|align="right"|4|align="right"|3|align="right"|4|align="right"|-|align="right"|-|align="right"|-|align="right"|**11**|Popular vote:|align="right"|28.65%|align="right"|29.57%|align="right"|46.46%|align="right"|18.11%|align="right"|14.60%|align="right"|16.84%|align="right"|27.22%|rowspan="2"|Progressive Conservative|Seats:|align="right"|-|align="right"|4|align="right"|1|align="right"|2|align="right"|2|align="right"|1|align="right"|**10**|Popular vote:|align="right"|14.36%|align="right"|28.34%|align="right"|23.89%|align="right"|36.08%|align="right"|37.44%|align="right"|31.32%|align="right"|24.52%|
|Popular vote:|align="right"|2.88%|align="right"|1.78%|align="right"|2.60%|align="right"|1.90%|align="right"|1.89%|align="right"|1.74%|align="right"|2.33%|Independents|Popular vote:|align="right"|0.03%|align="right"|0.14%|align="right"|N/A|align="right"|0.88%|align="right"|4.32%|align="right"|N/A|align="right"|0.67%||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

## Retiring incumbents

- Progressive Conservative
- Brooke Taylor, Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley
- Jamie Muir, Truro-Bible Hill

### Annapolis Valley

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis
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|Kent Robinson
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|Henry Spurr
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|**Stephen McNeil**
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|Jamie Spinney
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|Stephen McNeil
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare
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|Jimmy Doucet
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|Paul Comeau
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|Wayne Gaudet
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|Diane Bean
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|Wayne Gaudet
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby-Annapolis
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|Cindy Nesbitt
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|Sherri Oliver
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|Harold Theriault
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|Namron Bean
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|Harold Theriault
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West
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|Chuck Porter
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|Barbara Gallagher
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|Paula Lunn
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|Sheila Richardson
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|Chuck Porter
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North
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|Mark Parent
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|Jim Morton
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|Shirley Fisher
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|Anna-Maria Galante-Ward
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|Mark Parent
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South
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|David Morse
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|Ramona Jennex
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|Paula Howatt
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|Brendan MacNeill
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|David Morse
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West
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|Chris Palmer
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|Carol Tobin
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|Leo Glavine
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|Nistal Prem de Boer
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|Leo Glavine
|}

### South Shore

|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Argyle
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|Chris d'Entremont
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|Melvin Huskins
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|Lionel LeBlanc
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|Barbara Lake
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|Chris d'Entremont
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Chester-St. Margaret's
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|Judy Streatch
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|Denise Peterson-Rafuse
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|Jo-Ann Grant
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|Ryan Cameron
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|Judy Streatch
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg
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|Peter Zwicker
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|Pam Birdsall
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|Rick Welsford
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|Jason Remai
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|Milton Countway
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|Vacant
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West
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|Carolyn Bolivar-Getson
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|Gary Ramey
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|Mark Furey
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|Emily Richardson
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|Carolyn Bolivar-Getson
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens
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|Kerry Morash
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|Vicki Conrad
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|Wayne Henley
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|Stuart Simpson
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|Vicki Conrad
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne
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|Eddie Nickerson
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|Sterling Belliveau
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|Darian Huskilson
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|Robin Smith
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|Sterling Belliveau
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth
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|Richard Hurlburt
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|David Olie
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|David Mooney
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|Ronald Mills
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|Richard Hurlburt
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### Fundy-Northeast

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley
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|Steve Streatch
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|Gary Burrill
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|Willie Versteeg
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|Margaret Whitney
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|Brooke Taylor†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester North
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|Karen Casey
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|Arthur Hartlen
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|Lorenda Ebbett
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|Judy Davis
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|Karen Casey
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland North
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|Keith Hunter
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|Brian Skabar
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|Brent Noiles
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|Aviva Silburt
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|Ernest Fage
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|Ernest Fage
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland South
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|Murray Scott
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|Don Tabor
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|Joseph Archibald
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|Danny Melvin
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|Murray Scott
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East
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|Todd Williams
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|John MacDonell
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|Maurice Rees
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|Emerich Winkler
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|John MacDonell
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Truro-Bible Hill
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|Hughie MacIsaac
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|Lenore Zann
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|Bob Hagell
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|Kaleigh Brinkhurst
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|Jamie Muir†
|}

### Central Halifax

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Chebucto
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|David Atchison
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|Howard Epstein
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|Jane Spurr
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|Chris Hanlon
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|Howard Epstein
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Citadel
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|Ted Larsen
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|Leonard Preyra
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|Gerry Walsh
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|**Ryan Watson**
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|Leonard Preyra
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Clayton Park
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|Debbie Hum
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|Linda Power
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|Diana Whalen
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|Amanda Hester
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|Jonathan Dean
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|Diana Whalen
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Fairview
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|Paul Henderson
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|Graham Steele
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|Brad Armitage
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|Jane Hester
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|Graham Steele
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Needham
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|Jason Cameron
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|Maureen MacDonald
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|Graham Estabrooks
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|Kris MacLellan
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|Maureen MacDonald
|}

### Suburban Halifax

|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bedford-Birch Cove
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|Len Goucher
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|Brian Mosher
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|Kelly Regan
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|Neil Green
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|Len Goucher
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Atlantic
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|Brian Phillips
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|Michèle Raymond
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|Jim Hoskins
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|Anthony Rosborough
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|Michele Raymond
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville
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|Barry Barnet
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|Mat Whynott
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|Patrick Doyle
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|Shawn Redmond
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|Barry Barnet
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville-Cobequid
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|Jessica Alexander
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|Dave Wilson
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|Scott Hemming
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|Ian Charles
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|Dave Wilson
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Timberlea-Prospect
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|Gina Byrne
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|Bill Estabrooks
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|Lisa Mullin
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|Thomas Trappenberg
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|Bill Estabrooks
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank
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|Gary Hines
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|Percy Paris
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|Bill Horne
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|Damon Loomer
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|Percy Paris
|}

### Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cole Harbour
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|Mike Josey
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|**Darrell Dexter**
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|Tony Ince
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|Donna Toews
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|Darrell Dexter
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
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|Lloyd Jackson
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|Becky Kent
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|Orest Ulan
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|Denise Menard
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|Becky Kent
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth East
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|Bert Thompson
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|Joan Massey
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|Andrew Younger
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|Anna Mukpo
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|Joan Massey
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth North
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|David Losey
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|Trevor Zinck
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|Jim Smith
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|Alex Donaldson
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|Trevor Zinck
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth South-Portland Valley
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|George Jordan
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|Marilyn More
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|Colin Hebb
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|David Croft
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|Marilyn More
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Eastern Shore
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|Bill Dooks
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|Sid Prest
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|Loretta Halleran
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|Michael Marshall
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|Bill Dooks
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Preston
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|Dwayne Provo
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|Janet Sutcliffe
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|Keith Colwell
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|Sarah Densmore
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|Keith Colwell
|}

### Central Nova

|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish
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|Angus MacIsaac
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|Maurice Smith
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|Miles Tompkins
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|Rebecca Mosher
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|Angus MacIsaac
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough-Sheet Harbour
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|Ron Chisholm
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|Jim Boudreau
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|Lloyd Hines
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|Amy Florian
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|Ron Chisholm
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre
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|Pat Dunn
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|Ross Landry
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|Neil MacIsaac
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|Jim Lindsey
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|Pat Dunn
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East
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|J. Ed. MacDonald
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|Clarrie MacKinnon
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|Francois Rochon
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|Robbie White
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|Clarrie MacKinnon
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West
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|Leonard Fraser
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|Charlie Parker
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|Paul Landry
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|Chelsea Richardson
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|Charlie Parker
|}

### Cape Breton

|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre
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|Chris Ryan
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|Frank Corbett
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|Joe MacPherson
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|Chris Alders
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|Frank Corbett
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North
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|Cecil Clarke
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|Russell MacDonald
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|Ken Jardine
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|Chris Milburn
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|Cecil Clarke
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Nova
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|Cory Hann
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|Gordie Gosse
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|Donnie Morrison
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|Michael Milburn
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|Gordie Gosse
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South
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|Steve Tobin
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|Wayne McKay
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|Manning MacDonald
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|Cathy Theriault
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|Manning MacDonald
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West
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|Alfie MacLeod
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|Delton MacDonald
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|Josephine Kennedy
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|Michael Parsons
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|Alfie MacLeod
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Glace Bay
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|Tom MacPherson
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|Myrtle Campbell
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|David Wilson
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|Todd Pettigrew
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|David Wilson
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness
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|**Rodney MacDonald**
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|Michael MacIsaac
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|Shaun Bennett
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|Nathalie Arsenault
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|Rodney MacDonald
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond
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|John Greene
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|Clair Rankin
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|Michel Samson
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|John Percy
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|Michel Samson
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria-The Lakes
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|Keith Bain
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|Fraser Patterson
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|Gerald Sampson
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|James V. O'Brien
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|Stemer MacLeod
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|Keith Bain
|}

## Opinion polls

|style="width:100px;" rowspan="2"|Date|style="width:200px;" rowspan="2"|Source|style="width:70px;"|PC|style="width:70px;"|NDP|style="width:70px;"|Liberal|style="width:70px;"|Green|
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|4 Jun 2009|Angus Reid Strategies|23||**47**|26|3||||||
|1 Jun 2009|Corporate Research Associates|26||**44**|28|2||||||
|7–16 May 2009|Corporate Research Associates|28||**37**|31|3||||||
|Feb 2009|Corporate Research Associates|30||**36**|31|3||||||
|Nov 2008|Corporate Research Associates|33||**37**|27|3||||||
|Aug 2008|Corporate Research Associates|33||**36**|28|3||||||
|May 2008|Corporate Research Associates|27||**38**|30|4||||||
|Feb 2008|Corporate Research Associates|32||**37**|28|3||||||
|Nov 2007|Corporate Research Associates|32||**39**|25|3||||||
|Aug 2007|Corporate Research Associates|32||**35**|28|5||||||
|May 2007|Corporate Research Associates|29||**37**|26|7||||||
|Feb 2007|Corporate Research Associates|35||**36**|25|3||||||
|Nov 2006|Corporate Research Associates|32||**37**|26|4||||||
|Aug 2006|Corporate Research Associates|33||**35**|24|8||||||
|13 Jun 2006|Election||**39.6**|34.6|23.4|2.3||||||

## References

- 2009 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election - Official Results

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2009 Nova Scotia general election
- **country**: Nova Scotia
- **type**: parliamentary
- **party colour**: no
- **party name**: no
- **previous election**: 2006 Nova Scotia general election
- **previous year**: 2006
- **previous mps**: 60th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
- **election date**: June 9, 2009
- **elected mps**: 61st General Assembly of Nova Scotia, members
- **next election**: 2013 Nova Scotia general election
- **next year**: 2013
- **seats for election**: 52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
 27 seats were needed for a majority
- **image1**:
- **leader1**: Darrell Dexter
- **leader since1**: Nova Scotia New Democratic Party leadership elections#2002 leadership convention, June 2, 2002
- **leaders seat1**: Cole Harbour (electoral district), Cole Harbour
- **last election1**: 20 seats, 34.63%
- **seats1**: 31
- **seat change1**: 11
- **popular vote1**: 186,556
- **percentage1**: 45.24%
- **swing1**: 10.61%
- **image2**:
- **leader2**: Stephen McNeil
- **leader since2**: 2007 Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership election, April 28, 2007
- **leaders seat2**: Annapolis (provincial electoral district), Annapolis
- **last election2**: 9 seats, 23.44%
- **seats2**: 11
- **seat change2**: 2
- **popular vote2**: 112,160
- **percentage2**: 27.20%
- **swing2**: 3.76%
- **image3**:
- **leader3**: Rodney MacDonald
- **leader since3**: 2006 Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia leadership election, February 11, 2006
- **leaders seat3**: Inverness (provincial electoral district), Inverness
- **last election3**: 23 seats, 39.57%
- **seats3**: 10
- **seat change3**: 13
- **popular vote3**: 101,203
- **percentage3**: 24.54%
- **swing3**: 15.03%
- **map image**: Nova_Scotia_Election_2009_-_Results_by_Riding.svg
- **map size**: 400px
- **map caption**: Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding.
- **title**: Premier
- **before election**: Rodney MacDonald
- **after election**: Darrell Dexter
- **posttitle**: Premier after election