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

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. The government was defeated on a

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on May 4, and the

Nova Scotia House of Assembly The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (french: Assemblée législative de la Nouvelle-Écosse; gd, Taigh Seanaidh Alba Nuadh), or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia of the province of Nova Scotia ...

was dissolved by

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Mayann Francis Mayann Elizabeth Francis, (born February 18, 1946) was the 31st Lieutenant Governor of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Early life and education Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia and raised in Whitney Pier, she is the daughter of Archpriest ...

on May 5. thereby triggering an election. The NDP won a majority government, forming government the first time in the province's history, and for the first time in an Atlantic Canadian province. The governing Progressive Conservatives were reduced to third place.

Campaign

The election campaign began on May 5, 2009, after the New Democrats and Liberals voted against the Offshore Offset Revenues Expenditure Act, legislation that would have permitted the government to divert its revenues from oil and gas development in the

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from debt payment, as required under current provincial law, to fund extra spending in the 2009 budget. As the Progressive Conservatives won only a

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in the 2006 election, at least one of the two opposition parties would have been required to vote in favour of (or abstain from voting on) the legislation for it to pass.

Timeline

*June 13, 2006 -

Rodney MacDonald Rodney Joseph MacDonald (born January 2, 1972) is a Canadian politician, educator and musician who served as the 26th premier of Nova Scotia from 2006 to 2009 and as MLA for the riding of Inverness in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 ...

's Progressive Conservatives are elected to a minority government. *June 20, 2006 - Liberal leader

Francis MacKenzie Francis MacKenzie (born May 7, 1960) is a former leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. He won the leadership for the party on October 23, 2004. Early life Following graduation from St. Francis Xavier University in 1982, MacKenzie worked in On ...

resigns. *February 20, 2007 -

Cumberland North Cumberland North is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Prior to 1993, it was part of Cumberland East. The communities of Amherst and Pugwash are within its bounda ...

MLA

Ernie Fage Ernest Fage (born August 15, 1953) is a Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Cumberland North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1997 to 2009. First elected as a Progressive Conservative in a 1997 by-election, F ...

is suspended from the Progressive Conservative caucus after Halifax Police charge him with failing to remain at the scene of an accident, following an incident in November 2006. *March 1, 2007 - NDP MLA

Kevin Deveaux Kevin Eugene Deveaux (born September 24, 1966) is a Canadian lawyer and an international expert on parliaments and political parties who worked for the United Nations as the senior global adviser on parliaments and their development from 2008-2 ...

resigns his seat of

Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage Cole Harbour—Eastern Passage was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The district was created in 1992 from Cole Harbour. In 2003, the district lost an area so ...

. *April 28, 2007 - Stephen McNeil is elected leader of the

Nova Scotia Liberal Party The Nova Scotia Liberal Party is a centrist provincial political party in Nova Scotia, Canada and the provincial section of the Liberal Party of Canada. The party currently forms the Official Opposition in Nova Scotia, under the leadership of Z ...

. *October 2, 2007 -

Becky Kent Rebecca J. Kent is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2007 to 2013. She was a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. Kent, an early c ...

of the NDP is elected in the Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage byelection. *December 18, 2007 - Fage is convicted of leaving the scene of an accident, and is expelled from the Progressive Conservative caucus. *March 2, 2009 - Lunenburg MLA and Finance Minister Michael Baker dies. *May 4, 2009 - Government is defeated on a budget bill (Bill 240 - ''Offshore Offset Revenues Expenditure Act'' (amendments to ''Provincial finance Act'')). *May 5, 2009 - Legislature is officially dissolved and election is called for June 9, 2009.

Results by party

Candidates lined up.
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Results by region

Retiring incumbents

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Brooke Taylor Brooke Taylor (born June 21, 1950) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 2009. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of ...

Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The district was created in 1978 from Colchester, and was called Colchester South until 1993 ...

Jamie Muir Jamie Muir (born 1943 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish painter and former musician, best known for his work as the percussionist in King Crimson from 1972–1973. Biography Muir attended the Edinburgh College of Art during the 1960s, and began playi ...

Truro-Bible Hill Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River is a provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The electoral district was created in 1978 and was named ...

Nominated candidates

Legend
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† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest

Annapolis Valley

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, , Kent Robinson
971
11.10% , , Henry Spurr
1,131
12.93% , , , Stephen McNeil
6,446
73.70% , , Jamie Spinney
198
2.26% , , , , , Stephen McNeil , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Clare , , Jimmy Doucet
459
8.75% , , Paul Comeau
1,326
25.29% , , ,

Wayne Gaudet Wayne Jean Gaudet (born August 12, 1955) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Clare in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 2013. He is a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. Early life Born in Con ...

3,392
64.68% , , Diane Doucet-Bean
67
1.28% , , , , ,

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Digby-Annapolis Digby—Annapolis is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1993 and 2013 and since 2021. It elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The electoral district includes the Municipality of th ...

, , Cindy Nesbitt
852
15.39% , , Sherri Oliver
1,092
19.73% , , ,

Harold Theriault Harold Elwood 'Junior' Theriault (born January 1953) is a former Canadian politician and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, who represented the riding of Digby-Annapolis for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party from 2003 to 2013. Early life ...

3,514
63.48% , , Namron Bean
78
1.41% , , , , ,

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Hants West Hants West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The district has existed since 1949. Prior to that it, along with Hants East, were a part of the district of Hants ...

, , , Chuck Porter
3,364
37.24% , , Barbara Gallagher
2,401
26.58% , , Paula Lunn
3,065
33.93% , , Sheila Richardson
204
2.26% , , , , , Chuck Porter , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Kings North Kings North is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The electoral district was formed through redistribution in 1956. It was previously part of the district of Ki ...

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Mark Parent Mark Parent (born August 25, 1954) is a Canadians, Canadian clergyman, author, academic, and former politician in Nova Scotia. Parent is the son of Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches, Baptist Missionary, missionaries Hazen Coles Parent ...

3,079
36.08% , , , Jim Morton
3,535
41.43% , , Shirley Fisher
1,541
18.06% , , Anna-Maria Galante-Ward
378
4.43% , , , , ,

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Kings South Kings South is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It includes the town of Wolfville, the village of New Minas, the community of Coldbrook, and Glooscap First Nati ...

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2,759
28.14% , , , Ramona Jennex
4,038
41.18% , , Paula Howatt
2,639
26.91% , , Brendan MacNeill
369
3.76% , , , , ,

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Kings West Kings West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It includes the towns of Berwick and Kingston, and the village of Greenwood. Geography The electoral district ...

, , Chris Palmer
1,667
20.20% , , Carol Tobin
1,422
17.23% , , ,

Leo Glavine Leo A. Glavine (born 1948) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Kings West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003 until his retirement from politics in 2021. He is a member of the Liberals. Early life Gl ...

5,015
60.77% , , Nistal Prem de Boer
149
1.81% , , , , ,

South Shore

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Argyle , , , Chris d'Entremont
3,158
67.65% , , Melvin Huskins
66
1.41% , , Lionel LeBlanc
913
19.56% , , Barbara Lake
531
11.38% , , , , , Chris d'Entremont , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Chester-St. Margaret's Chester—St. Margaret's is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It is located on the South Shore. The constituency was created in 1956 as a division of Lunenbur ...

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Judy Streatch Judy Streatch (born October 6, 1966) is a Canadian politician, who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Chester-St. Margaret's in Nova Scotia from 2005 to 2009. A schoolteacher by career, Streatch was educated at Saint Mary's U ...

2,762
27.47% , , ,

Denise Peterson-Rafuse Denise J. Peterson-Rafuse is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Chester-St. Margaret's in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2009 to 2017 as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. Early life and ...

4,835
48.09% , , Jo-Ann Grant
2,122
21.11% , , Ryan Cameron
335
3.33% , , , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Lunenburg , , Peter Zwicker
2,399
28.30% , , ,

Pam Birdsall Pam Birdsall is a Canadians, Canadian politician. Birdsall was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2009 Nova Scotia general election, 2009 provincial election. She represented the electoral district of Lunenburg (provincial elect ...

4,069
48.01% , , Rick Welsford
1,374
16.21% , , Jason A. Remai
145
1.71% , , Milton Countway
489
5.77% , , Vacant , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Lunenburg West Lunenburg West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1956 from the riding of Lunenburg County. The riding includes the town of Bridgewater, La ...

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Carolyn Bolivar-Getson Carolyn Bolivar-Getson (born February 10, 1964) is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Lunenburg West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003 to 2009 as a member of the Progressive Conservatives. Born in 19 ...

3,045
33.50% , , , Gary Ramey
3,600
39.60% , ,

Mark Furey Mark Ignatius Furey is a Canadian politician and retired police officer, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. A member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, he represented the electoral district of L ...

2,297
25.27% , , Emily Richardson
148
1.63% , , , , ,

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Queens Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...

, , Kerry Morash
1,936
28.87% , , , Vicki Conrad
4,012
59.82% , , Wayne Henley
674
10.05% , , Stuart Simpson
85
1.27% , , , , , Vicki Conrad , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Shelburne , , Eddie Nickerson
1,637
23.59% , , , Sterling Belliveau
3,844
55.41% , , Darian Huskilson
1,356
19.54% , , Robin Smith
101
1.46% , , , , , Sterling Belliveau , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Yarmouth , , ,

Richard Hurlburt Richard Melbourne Hurlburt (born April 25, 1950) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2010. Biography In June 1999, he barely escaped with his life when ...

4,537
61.34% , , David Olie
1,696
22.93% , , David Mooney
1,041
14.07% , , Ronald Mills
123
1.66% , , , , ,

Fundy-Northeast

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, , Steve Streatch
2,265
29.07% , , ,

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3,697
47.45% , , Willie Versteeg
1,649
21.16% , , Margaret Whitney
181
2.32% , , , , ,

† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Colchester North , , ,

Karen Casey Karen Lynn Casey (born April 24, 1947) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Colchester North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, first as a Progressive Conservative (2006 to 2011), and then as member of the Lib ...

3,811
50.25% , , Arthur Hartlen
2,362
31.14% , , Lorenda Ebbett
1,250
16.48% , , Judy Davis
161
2.12% , , , , ,

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, , Keith Hunter
1,359
17.23% , , ,

Brian Skabar Brian Skabar (born February 25, 1952) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2009 provincial election. Skabar won the riding of Cumberland North for the New Democratic Party. He obtained 40 per cen ...

3,170
40.19% , , Brent Noiles
1,073
13.60% , , Aviva Silburt
127
1.61% , , Ernest Fage
2,159
27.37% , , , Ernest Fage , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Cumberland South Cumberland South is a provincial electoral district in Cumberland Country, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding was created before the 1993 election from most of Cumberland West and Cumber ...

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Murray Scott Murray K. Scott (born January 18, 1953) is a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented the electoral district of Cumberland South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 2010. He served as a member of the Progressive Conserva ...

4,334
67.66% , , Don Tabor
1,659
25.90% , , Joseph Archibald
325
5.07% , , Danny Melvin
88
1.37% , , , , ,

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Hants East Hants East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2013 has been Margaret Miller of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. Th ...

, , Todd Williams
1,567
16.82% , , , John MacDonell
6,052
64.96% , , Maurice Rees
1,467
15.75% , , Emerich Winkler
231
2.48% , , , , , John MacDonell , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

, , Hughie MacIsaac
2,544
30.23% , , ,

Lenore Zann Lenore Zann (born November 22, 1959) is a Canadian actress and former politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Cumberland—Colchester in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Liberal Party. Before ...

4,070
48.37% , , Bob Hagell
1,643
19.52% , , Kaleigh Brinkhurst
158
1.88% , , , , ,

†

Central Halifax

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Halifax Chebucto Halifax Chebucto is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It is one of several ridings within the Halifax Regional Municipality. It encompasses the neighbourhood kn ...

, , David Atchison
544
6.91% , , , Howard Epstein
4,446
56.47% , , Jane Spurr
2,535
32.20% , , Chris Hanlon
348
4.42% , , , , , Howard Epstein , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Halifax Citadel Citadel Hill is a hill that is a National Historic Site in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Four fortifications have been constructed on Citadel Hill since the city was founded by the English in 1749, and were referred to as Fort George—but only ...

, , Ted Larsen
1,000
12.99% , , ,

Leonard Preyra Leonard Preyra (born February 10, 1955) is a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Halifax Citadel-Sable Island in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2006 to 2013. He was a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. Career ...

3,785
49.17% , , Gerry Walsh
2,584
33.57% , , Ryan Watson
329
4.27% , , , , ,

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Halifax Clayton Park Clayton Park West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding was created in 1978 as Halifax Bedford Basin from a portion of Halifax Cobequid. In 2003, the ...

, , Debbie Hum
1,084
10.56% , , Linda Power
3,924
38.24% , , ,

Diana Whalen Diana Caroline Whalen (born November 20, 1956) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Halifax Clayton Park in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003-2013, and Clayton Park West from 2013-2017, as a member of the ...

5,030
49.02% , , Amanda Hester
172
1.68% , , Jonathan Dean
51
0.50% , , ,

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Halifax Fairview Halifax Armdale is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. This Halifax district covers the growing population of the Fairmount, Armdale and Cowie Hill areas. The north ...

, , Paul Henderson
893
12.16% , , ,

Graham Steele Graham J. Steele (July 8, 1964, Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian lawyer, author, and former politician, having represented the constituency of Halifax Fairview in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2001-2013 for the Nova Scotia New Democrat ...

4,680
63.71% , , Brad Armitage
1,544
21.02% , , Jane Hester
229
3.12% , , , , ,

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Halifax Needham Halifax Needham is a provincial electoral district in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It has existed since 1967, though its boundaries have changed periodically. Halifax Needham encomp ...

, , Jason Cameron
536
6.76% , , ,

Maureen MacDonald Maureen MacDonald (born 1954) is a Canadian academic and politician. She represented the riding of Halifax Needham in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 2016. She served as the interim leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party fr ...

5,336
67.30% , , Graham Estabrooks
1,690
21.31% , , Kris MacLellan
367
4.63% , , , , ,

Suburban Halifax

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Bedford-Birch Cove Bedford was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Kelly Regan. The electoral district was created in 1978 as Bedfo ...

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Len Goucher Leonard Goucher (born September 19, 1947) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Bedford in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2006 to 2009. He is a member of the Progressive Conservatives. A town councilor in ...

2,268
20.75% , , Brian Mosher
3,552
32.50% , , ,

Kelly Regan Kelly Maureen Regan (née Smith) MLA (born 4 February 1961) is a Canadian politician who has served in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly since 2009, most recently as the MLA for Bedford Basin. She was first elected as the Member for Bedford-Bi ...

4,861
44.48% , , Neil Green
248
2.27% , , , , ,

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Halifax Atlantic Halifax Atlantic is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2013 has been Brendan Maguire of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. ...

, , Brian Phillips
965
11.22% , , ,

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5,253
61.09% , , Jim Hoskins
2,003
23.29% , , Anthony Rosborough
378
4.40% , , , , ,

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Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville Hammonds Plains—Upper Sackville is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed from 2003 to 2013. It elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the electoral district i ...

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Barry Barnet Barry Barnet (born June 13, 1961) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Sackville-Beaver Bank and Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2009. He was a member of the Progr ...

2,218
23.05% , , ,

Mat Whynott Mathew Whynott is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2009 provincial election. From 2009 to 2013, he represented the electoral district of Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville as a member of the New ...

4,815
50.03% , , Patrick Doyle
2,381
24.74% , , Shawn Redmond
210
2.18% , , , , ,

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Sackville-Cobequid Sackville—Cobequid is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding was created in 1978 when the former district of Halifax Cobequid was redistributed. In 1993 ...

, , Jessica Alexander
976
12.46% , , , Dave Wilson
5,120
65.34% , , Scott Hemming
1,548
19.75% , , Ian Charles
192
2.45% , , , , , Dave Wilson , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Timberlea-Prospect Timberlea—Prospect is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since 2013 has been Iain Rankin of the Nova Scotia Liberal ...

, , Gina Byrne
795
9.10% , , ,

Bill Estabrooks William Irvine Estabrooks (born July 26, 1947) is a Canadian retired educator and politician from Nova Scotia. A native of Sackville, New Brunswick, Estabrooks attended Mount Allison University from which he graduated in 1969. Estabrooks found ...

6,174
70.70% , , Lisa Mullin
1,535
17.58% , , Thomas Trappenberg
229
2.62% , , , , ,

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Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 2003 from Bedford-Fall River and Sackville-Beaver Bank. In 2013, it los ...

, , Gary Hines
1,696
18.45% , , ,

Percy Paris Percy Alonzo Paris is a Canadians, Canadian former politician from Nova Scotia. He represented the constituency of Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party between 2006-2013. ...

5,007
54.47% , ,

Bill Horne William H. Horne (born March 28, 1948) is a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. A member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, he represented the electoral district of Waverley- ...

2,290
24.91% , , Damon Loomer
199
2.16% , , , , ,

Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cole Harbour , , Mike Josey
939
11.05% , , ,

Darrell Dexter Darrell Elvin Dexter (born 1957) is a Canadian lawyer, journalist and former naval officer who served as the 27th premier of Nova Scotia from 2009 to 2013. A member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party, he served as party leader from 2001 t ...

5,849
68.82% , ,

Tony Ince Tony Ince (born 1958) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election, representing the electoral district of Cole Harbour for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party where he defeated the i ...

1,509
17.76% , , Donna Toews
202
2.38% , , , , ,

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, , Lloyd Jackson
1,074
15.90% , , ,

4,402
65.17% , , Orest Ulan
1,054
15.60% , , Denise Ménard
225
3.33% , , , , ,

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Dartmouth East Dartmouth East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding is located in the community of Dartmouth, in the urban area of Halifax. In 1978, the district was ...

, , Bert Thompson
873
9.60% , ,

Joan Massey Joan Massey (born 1958 or 1959) is a Canadian politician, who was a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly representing the riding of Dartmouth East for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party from 2003 to 2009. Born in Dartmouth, Nova Scot ...

3,908
42.95% , , ,

Andrew Younger Andrew Younger is a Canadian politician and journalist, first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2009. He represented the district of Dartmouth East first as a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party and subsequently as an Inde ...

4,133
45.43% , , Anna Mukpo
184
2.02% , , , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Dartmouth North , , David Losey
568
7.95% , , , Trevor Zinck
4,053
56.75% , , Jim Smith
2,316
32.43% , , Alex Donaldson
205
2.87% , , , , , Trevor Zinck , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Dartmouth South-Portland Valley Dartmouth South is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding is currently represented by Claudia Chender of the NDP. The district was created in 1966, under the ...

, , George Jordan
1,389
13.58% , , ,

Marilyn More Marilyn More is a Canadian retired educator and politician from Nova Scotia. A resident of Dartmouth, More worked as a teacher. Political career More was first elected to political office in 1978, when she became the first woman to be elected ...

5,583
54.59% , , Colin Hebb
2,946
28.80% , , David Croft
310
3.03% , , , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Eastern Shore , , Bill Dooks
2,557
34.69% , , , Sid Prest
3,628
49.22% , , Loretta Day Halleran
992
13.46% , , Michael Marshall
194
2.63% , , , , , Bill Dooks , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Preston , ,

Dwayne Provo Dwayne Provo (born October 7, 1970) is a Canadian athlete, school administrator, and politician. Early life Provo was born in North Preston, Nova Scotia (one of Canada's largest Black communities) and attended university at Saint Mary's Univers ...

1,076
24.83% , , Janet Sutcliffe
1,314
30.33% , , ,

Keith Colwell Keith Wayne Colwell (born October 3, 1947) is a Canadian politician, who served as a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, representing the riding of Preston-Dartmouth for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, from 1993 to 1999 and from 2003 ...

1,888
43.57% , , Sarah Densmore
55
1.27% , , , , ,

Central Nova

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Angus MacIsaac Angus "Tando" MacIsaac (born June 4, 1943) is a politician, educator and businessman in Nova Scotia, Canada. Political career Angus MacIsaac's father, Alexander MacIsaac, was MLA of Guysborough prior to October 1968. Upon Alexander MacIsaac's ...

3,613
38.08% , , Maurice Smith
3,338
35.18% , , Miles Tompkins
2,378
25.06% , , Rebecca Mosher
160
1.69% , , , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Guysborough-Sheet Harbour Guysborough-Tracadie is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1867 as Guysborough. It included all of Guysborough County and elected two members t ...

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Ron Chisholm Ron Chisholm (born September 30, 1948) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury and Guysborough-Sheet Harbour in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2009 as a member of the Prog ...

1,750
24.96% , , ,

Jim Boudreau Jim Boudreau is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2009 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Guysborough-Sheet Harbour as a member of the New Democratic Party. In June 20 ...

3,621
51.64% , ,

Lloyd Hines Lloyd P. Hines is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. A member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, he represented the electoral district of Guysborough–Eastern Shore– ...

1,558
22.22% , , Amy Florian
83
1.18% , , , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Pictou Centre Pictou Centre is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Members of the Legislative Assembly This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly: ...

, , Pat Dunn
3,519
44.64% , , ,

Ross Landry Peter Ross Landry is a Canadian retired police officer and politician. A native of Trenton, Nova Scotia, Landry is a retired police officer, having served in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Political career In December 2008, Landry success ...

3,650
46.30% , , Neil MacIsaac
567
7.19% , , Jim Lindsey
147
1.86% , , , , , Pat Dunn , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Pictou East Pictou East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since the 2013 election is Tim Houston of the Progressive Conservativ ...

, , J. Ed MacDonald
1,984
25.94% , , ,

Clarrie MacKinnon Clarence "Clarrie" MacKinnon is a former Canadian politician, who represented the constituency of Pictou East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2006 to 2013. He was a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. MacKinnon has a Bach ...

4,893
63.98% , , Francois Rochon
642
8.39% , , Robbie Loftus White
129
1.69% , , , , ,

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Pictou West Pictou West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since 2013 has been Karla MacFarlane of the Progressive Conservative A ...

, , Leonard Fraser
1,466
19.99% , , ,

Charlie Parker Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form ...

4,226
57.63% , , Paul Landry
1,471
20.06% , , Chelsea Richardson
170
2.32% , , , , ,

Cape Breton

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton Centre , , Chris Ryan
479
7.53% , , ,

Frank Corbett Francis "Frank" Corbett (born 1954) is a former Deputy Premier of Nova Scotia. He represented the riding of Cape Breton Centre in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 2015. He was a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. E ...

5,096
80.14% , , Joe MacPherson
685
10.77% , , Chris Alders
99
1.56% , , , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton North , , ,

Cecil Clarke Cecil Phillip Clarke (born April 12, 1968) is a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He was the mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality from 2012 to 2020, and represented the riding of Cape Breton North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, ...

3,477
44.47% , , Russell MacDonald
3,312
42.36% , , Ken Jardine
921
11.78% , , Chris Milburn
108
1.38% , , , , ,

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Cape Breton Nova Cape Breton Nova is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1956 and 2013. It elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the district included the northern part ...

, , Cory Hann
276
4.14% , , ,

Gordie Gosse Gordon Leonard Gosse Jr. (August 22, 1955 – November 14, 2019) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Cape Breton Nova and Sydney-Whitney Pier in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003 to 2015. He was a memb ...

4,735
71.07% , , Donnie Morrison
1,549
23.25% , , Michael P. Milburn
102
1.53% , , , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton South , , Steve Tobin
1,387
15.12% , , Wayne McKay
3,332
36.33% , , ,

Manning MacDonald Manning MacDonald CD, ECNS (born September 18, 1942) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from May 25, 1993 to May 29, 2013. He is a member of the Liberals ...

4,278
46.65% , , Cathy Theriault
174
1.90% , , , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton West , , ,

Alfie MacLeod Alfred Wallace MacLeod (born March 10, 1956) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He is a member of the Progressive Conservatives. Before politics ...

3,962
43.47% , , Delton MacDonald
2,797
30.69% , , Josephine Kennedy
2,212
24.27% , , Michael Parsons
143
1.57% , , , , ,

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Glace Bay Glace Bay (Scottish Gaelic: ''Glasbaidh'') is a community in the eastern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It forms part of the general area referred to as Industrial Cape Breton. Formerly an incorporated t ...

, , Tom MacPherson
810
11.41% , , Myrtle Campbell
2,829
39.84% , , , Dave Wilson
3,380
47.60% , , Todd Pettigrew
82
1.15% , , , , , Dave Wilson , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Inverness Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histori ...

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8,714
98.54% , , Michael MacIsaac
1,971
20.49% , , Shaun Bennett
1,905
19.81% , , Nathalie Arsenault
339
3.53% , , , , ,

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Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ...

, , John Greene
1,045
17.92% , , Clair Rankin
1,477
25.33% , , ,

Michel Samson Michel P. Samson (born 1972) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Cape Breton-Richmond, formerly Richmond in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 2017. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. ...

3,228
55.36% , , John Percy
81
1.39% , , , , ,

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Victoria-The Lakes Victoria—The Lakes is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since the 2017 election has been Keith Bain of the Progress ...

, , ,

Keith Bain Keith Leslie Bain (born October 24, 1952) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Victoria-The Lakes in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2006 to 2013 as a member of the Progressive Conservatives. Bain first ran ...

2,417
38.68% , , Fraser Patterson
1,680
26.88% , ,

Gerald Sampson Gerald E. Sampson is a Canadian businessman and politician. He represented the electoral district of Victoria-The Lakes in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003 to 2006. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. Life and career A ...

1,912
30.60% , , James V. O'Brien
143
2.29% , , Stemer MacLeod
97
1.55% , , ,

Opinion polls

References

2009 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election - Official Results

Bibliography

External links

Elections Nova ScotiaCBC: Nova Scotia Votes 2009
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Campaign

Timeline

Results by party

Results by region

Retiring incumbents

Nominated candidates

Annapolis Valley

South Shore

Fundy-Northeast

Central Halifax

Suburban Halifax

Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

Central Nova

Cape Breton

Opinion polls

References

Bibliography

Further reading

External links