The 1974 Nova Scotia general election was held on 2 April 1974 to elect members of the 51st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal Party.
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46 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 24 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 77.89%  0.57pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
Results by party
| 31 | 12 | 3 |
| Liberal | Progressive Conservative | New Democratic |
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||||
| Liberal | Gerald Regan | 46 | 23 | 24 | 31 | +8 | 206,648 | 47.57% | +1.94% | |
| Progressive Conservative | John Buchanan | 46 | 21 | 19 | 12 | -9 | 166,388 | 38.31% | -8.12% | |
| New Democratic | Jeremy Akerman | 46 | 2 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 55,902 | 12.87% | +6.28% | |
| Independent | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2,220 | 0.51% | +0.13% | ||
| Vacant | 0 | |||||||||
| Total valid votes | 431,158 | 99.26% | +0.23% | |||||||
| Blank and invalid ballots | 3,205 | 0.74% | -0.23% | |||||||
| Total | 144 | 46 | 46 | 46 | – | 434,363 | 100.00% | – | ||
| Registered voters / turnout | 507,190 | 77.89%[3] | +0.57% | |||||||
Results by region
| Party name | HRM | Cape Breton | Annapolis Valley | South Shore | Fundy-Northeast | Central Nova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parties winning seats in the legislature | |||||||||
| Liberal | Seats: | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 31 | |
| Popular vote: | 48.73% | 42.68% | 51.25% | 51.37% | 48.19% | 48.05% | 47.57% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Seats: | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| Popular vote: | 38.34% | 32.67% | 42.11% | 39.63% | 42.33% | 41.57% | 38.31% | ||
| New Democratic Party | Seats: | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Popular vote: | 12.93% | 24.21% | 6.64% | 6.48% | 9.06% | 10.37% | 12.87% | ||
| Parties not winning seats in the legislature | |||||||||
| Independent | Popular vote: | – | 0.45% | – | 2.52% | 0.42% | – | 0.51% | |
| Total seats: | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 46 | ||
Retiring incumbents
- Liberal
- James L. Connolly, Halifax Chebucto
- Ralph F. Fiske, Pictou Centre
- A. Lloyd MacDonald, Pictou East
- George Riley, Halifax Cobequid
- Progressive Conservative
Nominated candidates
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | PC | NDP | Independent | |||||||
| Annapolis East | Hank De Boer 2,583 43.48% | Gerry Sheehy 3,134 52.76% | Murray A. Bent 223 3.75% | Gerry Sheehy | ||||||
| Annapolis West | Peter M. Nicholson 2,636 53.00% | J.R. Kerr 2,150 43.22% | David N. Lowe 188 3.78% | Peter M. Nicholson | ||||||
| Clare | Benoit Comeau 2,959 61.07% | Vincent L. Doucet 1,218 25.14% | Jean L. Belliveau 668 13.79% | Benoit Comeau | ||||||
| Digby | Joseph H. Casey 3,525 65.90% | John R. Nichols 1,590 29.73% | C.B. Haight 234 4.37% | Joseph H. Casey | ||||||
| Hants West | Robert D. Lindsay 4,148 48.07% | Ron Russell 3,707 42.96% | Gary E. Tonks 774 8.97% | Robert D. Lindsay | ||||||
| Kings North | Glenn Ells 3,536 49.39% | David J. Waterbury 3,124 43.63% | George W. Graves 500 6.98% | Victor Thorpe† | ||||||
| Kings South | Edgar K. Aston 1,999 33.11% | Harry How 3,576 59.22% | John P. O'Meara 463 7.67% | Harry How | ||||||
| Kings West | Frank Bezanson 5,031 58.34% | Kathleen E. Howlett 3,206 37.23% | Donald Wolsey 374 4.34% | Frank Bezanson | ||||||
South Shore
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | PC | NDP | Independent | |||||||
| Lunenburg Centre | James Kinley 3,878 39.08% | Bruce Cochran 4,086 41.18% | Ralph E. Deamond 421 4.24% | Walton Cook 1,538 15.50% | Walton Cook | |||||
| Lunenburg East | Joseph Saunders 1,963 41.06% | Ron Barkhouse 2,536 53.04% | Anthony W.E. Zinck 282 5.90% | Maurice L. Zinck† | ||||||
| Lunenburg West | Maurice DeLory 3,635 54.92% | Ella Spence 2,643 39.93% | William R. Griswold 341 5.15% | Maurice DeLory | ||||||
| Queens | R. Keith Wyer 2,649 40.58% | John Wickwire 2,905 44.50% | A.J. d'Entremont 974 14.92% | Floyd MacDonald† | ||||||
| Shelburne | Harold Huskilson 4,119 47.58% | Ron Hatfield 3,732 43.11% | Dewey Waybret 806 9.31% | Harold Huskilson | ||||||
| Yarmouth | Fraser Mooney 8,098 32.87% | Martin Cottreau 4,029 16.35% | Lawrence Dukeshire 637 2.59% | Fraser Mooney | ||||||
| Hugh Tinkham 7,068 28.69% | George A. Snow 4,300 17.45% | Leslie Babin 504 2.05% | George A. Snow | |||||||
Fundy-Northeast
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | PC | NDP | Independent | |||||||
| Colchester | Melinda MacLean 9,514 25.87% | Gerald Ritcey 7,182 19.53% | Eda Forsythe 1,515 4.12% | Bob Kirk 159 0.43% | Gerald Ritcey | |||||
| Floyd Tucker 8,662 23.55% | Ron Giffin 7,974 21.68% | Allan Marchbank 1,771 4.82% | George Isaac Smith† | |||||||
| Cumberland Centre | Guy Brown 2,283 52.16% | Raymond M. Smith 1,601 36.58% | Elory Tabor 493 11.26% | Raymond M. Smith | ||||||
| Cumberland East | Ronald S. MacNeil 3,490 40.82% | Roger Stuart Bacon 4,125 48.25% | David W. D'Aubin 934 10.93% | Roger Stuart Bacon | ||||||
| Cumberland West | W.J. Brown 2,205 45.86% | D. L. George Henley 2,323 48.32% | A. Bradley Colpitts 280 5.82% | D. L. George Henley | ||||||
| Hants East | Jack Hawkins 3,322 49.88% | Avard Ettinger 2,690 40.39% | Clair White 549 8.24% | John G. Stanhope Sr. 99 1.49% | Jack Hawkins | |||||
Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | PC | NDP | Independent | |||||||
| Halifax Atlantic | Darrell E. Wentzell 4,380 35.90% | John Buchanan 6,229 51.06% | Colin Campbell 1,591 13.04% | John Buchanan | ||||||
| Halifax Chebucto | Walter Fitzgerald 5,608 53.47% | Dennis Ashworth 3,233 30.82% | Burris Devanney 1,648 15.71% | James L. Connolly† | ||||||
| Halifax Citadel | Ronald Wallace 4,299 48.73% | Richard MacLean 3,071 34.81% | Michael Bradfield 1,452 16.46% | Ronald Wallace | ||||||
| Halifax Cobequid | George Doucet 8,691 49.57% | Silvia Hudson 6,878 39.23% | George C. Cann 1,964 11.20% | George Riley† | ||||||
| Halifax Cornwallis | George M. Mitchell 5,391 47.52% | George T.H. Cooper 3,833 33.79% | Muriel Duckworth 2,121 18.70% | George M. Mitchell | ||||||
| Halifax Eastern Shore | Alexander Garnet Brown 6,437 52.90% | Hanson D. Josey 4,205 34.56% | John T. Kennedy 1,527 12.55% | Alexander Garnet Brown | ||||||
| Halifax Needham | Gerald Regan 4,364 61.49% | James H. Vaughan 1,854 26.12% | Martin Dolin 879 12.39% | Gerald Regan | ||||||
| Halifax-St. Margaret's | Leonard L. Pace 7,238 47.87% | George C. Piercey 6,084 40.24% | Richard Rogers 1,798 11.89% | Leonard L. Pace | ||||||
| Dartmouth North | Glen M. Bagnell 7,091 51.41% | Richard L. Weldon 4,839 35.08% | Joseph Bouchard 1,863 13.51% | Glen M. Bagnell | ||||||
| Dartmouth South | D. Scott MacNutt 5,871 44.24% | Roland J. Thornhill 6,491 48.91% | Norman H. Dares 908 6.84% | D. Scott MacNutt | ||||||
Central Nova
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | PC | NDP | Independent | |||||||
| Antigonish | Bill Gillis 5,141 56.88% | Ronald A. MacDonald 3,172 35.09% | Patrick D. Gough 726 8.03% | Bill Gillis | ||||||
| Guysborough | A.M. "Sandy" Cameron 3,688 55.66% | Fenwick MacIntosh 2,652 40.02% | William Sugg 286 4.32% | A.M. "Sandy" Cameron | ||||||
| Pictou Centre | Lawrence MacKinnon 4,954 42.54% | Fraser MacLean 5,100 43.80% | Dave MacKenzie 1,591 13.66% | Ralph F. Fiske† | ||||||
| Pictou East | J. Lester MacLellan 2,945 42.09% | Donald Cameron 3,217 45.98% | Joanne E. Kohout 835 11.93% | A. Lloyd MacDonald† | ||||||
| Pictou West | Dan Reid 2,624 43.99% | Harvey Veniot 2,602 43.62% | Charles Parker 739 12.39% | Harvey Veniot | ||||||
Cape Breton
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | PC | NDP | Independent | |||||||
| Cape Breton Centre | Albert J. Boudreau 1,703 21.76% | Mike Laffin 2,743 35.05% | Buddy MacEachern 3,380 43.19% | Mike Laffin | ||||||
| Cape Breton East | Vincent Kachafanas 3,443 30.83% | Frederick Adshade 1,611 14.43% | Jeremy Akerman 5,929 53.10% | Archie MacDonald 183 1.64% | Jeremy Akerman | |||||
| Cape Breton North | Barry LeBlanc 4,155 33.57% | Tom MacKeough 4,889 39.50% | Len J. Arsenault 3,333 26.93% | Tom MacKeough | ||||||
| Cape Breton Nova | Ronald DiPenta 1,275 17.19% | Percy Gaum 2,334 31.46% | Paul MacEwan 3,809 51.35% | Paul MacEwan | ||||||
| Cape Breton South | Vince MacLean 6,487 50.87% | John Francis Burke 3,721 29.18% | Earl Johnston 2,441 19.14% | Angus Currie 102 0.80% | John Francis Burke | |||||
| Cape Breton West | Allan Sullivan 6,281 53.46% | Kenneth Andrews 3,199 27.23% | Frank Boone 2,269 19.31% | Allan Sullivan | ||||||
| Inverness | William MacEachern 5,606 26.50% | Norman J. MacLean 4,832 22.84% | Donald MacKay 621>br>2.94% | Catherine M. Haig 139 0.66% | Norman J. MacLean | |||||
| John Archie MacKenzie 5,403 25.54% | Joseph Shannon 4,088 19.32% | Winston Bennett 466 2.20% | John Archie MacKenzie | |||||||
| Richmond | Gaston LeBlanc 3,697 57.62% | Joseph Stewart 2,138 33.32% | Stanley Pashkoski 581 9.06% | Gerald Doucet† | ||||||
| Victoria | Maynard MacAskill 2,573 59.44% | Fisher Hudson 1,542 35.62% | Colin A. Gillis 214 4.94% | Fisher Hudson | ||||||
References
Further reading
- Saywell, John, ed. (1976). Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1974. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802021960.
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