This page lists the results of leadership elections held by the

Nova Scotia New Democratic Party The Nova Scotia New Democratic Party is a social-democratic, progressive provincial party in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the provincial entity of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP). It was founded as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C ...

. Though the party came into existence in 1961 with the merger of the

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF; french: Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif, FCC); from 1955 the Social Democratic Party of Canada (''french: Parti social démocratique du Canada''), was a federal democratic socialism, democra ...

and the

Canadian Labour Congress The Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC (french: Congrès du travail du Canada, link=no or ) is a national trade union centre, the central labour body in Canada to which most Canadian labour unions are affiliated. History Formation The CLC was ...

, the position of party leader was not officially created until the 1966 convention. Outgoing CCF leader

Michael James MacDonald Michael James MacDonald (August 8, 1909''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1956'', PG Normandin – July 3, 1997) was a union leader, coal miner, volunteer firefighter and politician in Nova Scotia. Born and raised in Cape Breton Regional Munici ...

led the party in the legislature until 1963. The party was led into the 1963 provincial election by party president 1963 until 1966

James H. Aitchison James Hermiston Aitchison (1908 – July 12, 1994) was a Canadian academic and politician and leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. Born in Innerleithen, Scotland, he was the son of James Charles Aitchison and Elizabeth Fleming. H ...

who served as de facto leader until 1966 when he was officially elected to the position of leader.

1963 leadership convention

(Held in November 1963) *

presumably acclaimed

1968 leadership convention

(Held on November 9, 1968) *

Jeremy Akerman Jeremy Bernard Akerman (born May 28, 1942) is a former Canadian politician, writer and actor and a former leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. __TOC__ Early life Akerman was born in Alvechurch, Worcesteshire, United Kingdom. He was ...

80 * Keith Jobson 76

1980 leadership convention

(Held on November 16, 1980) * Alexa McDonough 237 *

Len J. Arsenault Linus Joseph "Len" Arsenault (March 24, 1934 – February 21, 1999) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1981. He was a member of the Nova Scotia ...

42 *

Buddy MacEachern James "Buddy" MacEachern (June 29, 1940 – June 15, 2018) was a Canadian politician from Nova Scotia. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton Centre in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1974 to 1981. He was a member of the Nov ...

1996 leadership convention

(Held on March 30, 1996) * Robert Chisholm 201 * Yvonne Atwell 39

2000 leadership convention

(Held on July 15, 2000) First Ballot: * Helen MacDonald 193 *

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 ...

172 *

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 ...

154 *

Dave Peters David Peters is an American musician. He was the original guitarist for the band Eighteen Visions, guitarist for the band Throwdown, and, as of 2002, the vocalist for Throwdown. He did guest vocals for the song " Unleash" by groove metal band ...

47 *

Hinrich Bitter-Suermann Hinrich Bitter-Suermann (born March 10, 1940) is a German-Canadian pathologist and professor of surgery specialized in organ transplantation. Education Bitter-Suermann studied 1959-1965 medicine and sciences at Würzburg University, Götting ...

31 Second Ballot (Bitter-Suermann eliminated. Peters withdrew): *

211 * Helen MacDonald 207 *

177 Third Ballot (Maureen MacDonald eliminated): * Helen MacDonald 322 *

262 MacDonald was unable to gain election to the

House of Assembly House of Assembly is a name given to the legislature or lower house of a bicameral parliament. In some countries this may be at a subnational level. Historically, in British Crown colonies as the colony gained more internal responsible governme ...

and resigned on April 30, 2001.

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 ...

was chosen interim leader.

2002 leadership convention

(Held on June 2, 2002) *

2,006 * John MacDonell 1,181

2016 leadership convention

Was held on February 27, 2016 following the resignation of

on November 16, 2013. Candidates: First ballot: * Gary Burrill: 921 - 40.59% * Lenore Zann: 705 - 31.07% * Dave Wilson: 645 - 28.34% Second ballot: * Gary Burrill: 1343 - 59.19% * Lenore Zann: 926 - 40.81%

2022 leadership convention

(To be held June 25, 2022) The election will be conducted on a One Member One Vote basis.

References

*Beck, J. Murray, ''Politics of Nova Scotia'', vol.2. Four East Publications, 1988. *Carty, Kenneth R et al., ''Leaders and Parties in Canadian Politics: Experiences of the Provinces''. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Canada, 1992. *Stewart,Ian and Stewart, David K. "Conventional choices : Maritime leadership politics" University of British Columbia Press, 2007. {{NDP

New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party (NDP; french: Nouveau Parti démocratique, NPD) is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,The party is widely described as social democratic: * * * * * * * * * * * * t ...

New Democratic Party provincial leadership elections