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 by party

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|align="center"|1981||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|align="center"|% change||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Progressive Conservative|John Buchanan|align=right|37|align=right|**42**|align=right|+14%|align=right|209,298|align=right|50.6%|Liberal|A.M. "Sandy" Cameron|align=right|13|align=right|**6**|align=right|-54%|align=right|129,310|align=right|31.3%|New Democratic|Alexa McDonough|align=right|1|align=right|**3**|align=right|+300%|align=right|65,876|align=right|15.9%|colspan=1|Cape Breton Labour|Paul MacEwan|align=right|1|align=right|**1**|align=right|0%|align=right|8,322|align=right|2.0%|colspan=2|Other|align=right|0|align=right|**0**|align=right||align=right|630|align=right|0.2%|
|colspan="3"|**Total Seats**|align=right|52|align=right|**52**|align=right||align=right|413,436|align=right|100%||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 1984 Nova Scotia general election
- **country**: Nova Scotia
- **type**: parliamentary
- **party colour**: no
- **party name**: no
- **previous election**: 1981 Nova Scotia general election
- **previous year**: 1981
- **previous mps**: 53rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
- **election date**: November 6, 1984
- **elected mps**: 54th General Assembly of Nova Scotia, members
- **next election**: 1988 Nova Scotia general election
- **next year**: 1988
- **seats for election**: 52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
 27 seats were needed for a majority
- **image1**: <div style="width:115px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:; font-size:38px;"> **PC**</span></div>
- **leader1**: John Buchanan
- **leader since1**: Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia leadership elections#1971 leadership convention, March 6, 1971
- **leaders seat1**: Halifax Atlantic
- **last election1**: 37
- **seats1**: 42
- **seat change1**: 5
- **percentage1**: 50.6%
- **swing1**: 4.8%
- **image2**: <div style="width:115px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:; font-size:38px;"> **Lib**</span></div>
- **leader2**: Sandy Cameron, A.M. "Sandy" Cameron
- **leader since2**: Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership elections#1980 leadership convention, June 8, 1980
- **leaders seat2**: Guysborough (provincial electoral district), Guysborough <div>_(lost re-election)_</div>
- **last election2**: 13
- **seats2**: 6
- **seat change2**: 7
- **percentage2**: 31.3%
- **swing2**: 1.9%
- **image4**:
- **leader4**: Alexa McDonough
- **leader since4**: Nova Scotia New Democratic Party leadership elections#1980 leadership convention, November 16, 1980
- **leaders seat4**: Halifax Chebucto
- **last election4**: 1
- **seats4**: 3
- **seat change4**: 2
- **percentage4**: 15.9%
- **swing4**: 2.2%
- **image5**: <div style="width:115px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:; font-size:38px;"> **CBL**</span></div>
- **leader5**: Paul MacEwan
- **leader since5**: 1982
- **leaders seat5**: Cape Breton Nova
- **last election5**: N/A
- **seats5**: 1
- **seat change5**: 1
- **percentage5**: 2.0%
- **swing5**: 2.0%
- **title**: Premier
- **posttitle**: Premier after election
- **before election**: John Buchanan
- **after election**: John Buchanan