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.

General results
Results by party
PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1998DissolutionElected% Change#%ChangeProgressive ConservativeJohn Hamm52141330+130.8%169,38339.20%+9.43%New DemocraticRobert Chisholm52191911−42.11%129,47429.97%−4.67%LiberalRussell MacLellan52191911−47.37%128,79529.81%−5.50%Jack Friis17* 0 0 0%3,1530.73%*Independents501—−100%1,2780.29%−0.00%Total178525252  404,683100%  

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

Results by region
Party nameHRMC.B.ValleyS. ShoreFundyCentralTotalParties winning seats in the legislature:Progressive Conservative Seats:71665530 Popular vote: 36.64%17.26%48.06%46.24%55.96%46.00%39.20%New Democratic Party Seats:91——1—11 Popular vote: 37.24%33.77%21.47%23.49%24.14%25.57%29.97%Liberal Seats:1711——10 Popular vote: 24.68%47.53%29.64%29.45%19.03%28.16%29.81%Parties not winning seats in the legislature: Popular vote: 1.35%—0.83%0.82%0.21%0.27%0.73%Independents Popular vote: 0.09%1.44% — —0.66%—0.29%Total seats: 179776551

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

Nominated candidates

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.

References



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