Nova Scotia general election, 2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election

June 9, 2009

52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 27 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Darrell Dexter	Stephen McNeil	Rodney MacDonald
Party	New Democratic	Liberal	Progressive Conservative
Leader since	2001	2007	2006
Leader's seat	Cole Harbour	Annapolis	Inverness
Last election	20 seats, 34.63%	9 seats, 23.44%	23 seats, 39.57%
Seats won	31	11	10
Seat change	11	2	13
Popular vote	186,556	112,160	101,203
Percentage	45.24%	27.20%	24.54%
Swing	10.61%	3.76%	15.03%

Premier before election

Rodney MacDonald
Progressive Conservative

Premier-designate

Darrell Dexter
New Democratic

The 38th Nova Scotia general election was held on June 9, 2009 to elect members of the 61st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The government was defeated on a money bill on May 4, and the Nova Scotia House of Assembly was dissolved by Lieutenant Governor Mayann Francis on May 5.^[1] 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 Atlantic Ocean from debt payment, as required under current provincial law, to fund extra spending in the 2009 budget.^[2] As the Progressive Conservatives won only a minority government 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's Progressive Conservatives are elected to a minority government.^[3]
June 20, 2006 - Liberal leader Francis MacKenzie resigns.^[4]
February 20, 2007 - Cumberland North MLA Ernie Fage 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.^[5]
March 1, 2007 - NDP MLA Kevin Deveaux resigns his seat of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage.^[6]
April 28, 2007 - Stephen McNeil is elected leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.^[7]
October 2, 2007 - Becky Kent of the NDP is elected in the Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage byelection.^[8]
December 18, 2007 - Fage is convicted of leaving the scene of an accident, and is expelled from the Progressive Conservative caucus.^[9]^[10]
March 2, 2009 - Lunenburg MLA and Finance Minister Michael Baker dies.^[11]
May 4, 2009 - Government is defeated on a budget bill (Bill 240 - Offshore Offset Revenues Expenditure Act (amendments to Provincial finance Act)).^[2]
May 5, 2009 - Legislature is officially dissolved and writ of election dropped.^[1]
May 19, 2009 - First official leaders' debate.
June 2, 2009 - Second official leaders' debate.
June 9, 2009 - Election Day – polls close at 7:00 PM ADT; CBC projects an NDP government at 7:30 PM ADT.^[12]^[13]

Results by party

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	2006	Dissolution	Elected	% Change	#	%	Change
	New Democratic	Darrell Dexter	52	20	20	31	+55.0%	186,556	45.24%	+10.61%
	Liberal	Stephen McNeil	52	9	9	11	+22.2%	112,160	27.20%	+3.76%
	Progressive Conservative	Rodney MacDonald	52	23	21	10	−56.5%	101,203	24.54%	−15.03%
	Green	Ryan Watson	52	0	0	0	0.0%	9,636	2.34%	+0.01%
	Independents		4	0	1	0	0.0%	2,796	0.68%	+0.64%
	Vacant				1
Total			212	52	52	52	0.0%	411,310	100.00%	0.00%

Candidates lined up.^[14]

Results by region

Party name			HRM	C.B.	Valley	S. Shore	Fundy	Central	Total
Parties winning seats in the legislature
	New Democratic Party	Seats:	14	2	2	5	4	4	31
	New Democratic Party	Popular vote:	54.07%	40.16%	27.05%	43.03%	41.76%	50.10%	45.26%
	Liberal	Seats:	4	3	4	-	-	-	11
	Liberal	Popular vote:	28.65%	29.57%	46.46%	18.11%	14.60%	16.84%	27.22%
	Progressive Conservative	Seats:	-	4	1	2	2	1	10
	Progressive Conservative	Popular vote:	14.36%	28.34%	23.89%	36.08%	37.44%	31.32%	24.52%
Parties not winning seats in the legislature
	Green	Popular vote:	2.88%	1.78%	2.60%	1.90%	1.89%	1.74%	2.33%
	Independents	Popular vote:	0.03%	0.14%	N/A	0.88%	4.32%	N/A	0.67%
Total seats:			18	9	7	7	6	5	52

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Dates	Link	Prog. Cons.	New Democratic	Liberal	Green
2009 Election Results	June 9, 2009	PDF	24.54%	45.24%	27.20%	2.34%
Angus Reid Strategies	June 4, 2009	PDF	23%	47%	26%	3%
Corporate Research Associates	June 1, 2009	HTML	26%	44%	28%	2%
Corporate Research Associates	May 7–16, 2009	HTML	28%	37%	31%	3%
Corporate Research Associates	February 2009	HTML	30%	36%	31%	3%
Corporate Research Associates	November 2008	HTML	33%	37%	27%	3%
Corporate Research Associates	August 2008	HTML	33%	36%	28%	3%
Corporate Research Associates	May 2008	HTML	27%	38%	30%	4%
Corporate Research Associates	February 2008	HTML	32%	37%	28%	3%
Corporate Research Associates	November 2007	HTML	32%	39%	25%	3%
Corporate Research Associates	August 2007	HTML	32%	35%	28%	5%
Corporate Research Associates	May 2007	HTML	29%	37%	26%	7%
Corporate Research Associates	February 2007	HTML	35%	36%	25%	3%
Corporate Research Associates	November 2006	HTML	32%	37%	26%	4%
Corporate Research Associates	August 2006	HTML	33%	35%	24%	-
2006 Election Results	June 2006		40%	35%	24%	2%

Riding results

Winners are indicated by the party-coloured bar next to the winner's name.
bold denotes a cabinet minister or party leader
† denotes an incumbent not seeking re-election

Annapolis Valley

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	PC	NDP	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Annapolis	Kent Robinson 971 - (11.10%)	Henry Spurr 1,131 - (12.93%)	Stephen McNeil 6,446 - (73.70%)	Jamie Spinney 198 - (2.26%)		Stephen McNeil
Clare	Jimmy Doucet 459 - (8.75%)	Paul Comeau 1,326 - (25.29%)	Wayne Gaudet 3,392 - (64.68%)	Diane Bean 67 - (1.28%)		Wayne Gaudet
Digby-Annapolis	Cindy Nesbitt 852 - (15.39%)	Sherri Oliver 1,092 - (19.73%)	Harold Theriault 3,514 - (63.48%)	Namron Bean 78 - (1.41%)		Harold Theriault
Hants West	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
Kings North	Mark Parent 3,079 - (36.08%)	Jim Morton 3,535 - (41.43%)	Shirley Fisher 1,541 - (18.06%)	Anna-Maria Galante-Ward 378 - (4.43%)		Mark Parent
Kings South	David Morse 2,759 - (28.14%)	Ramona Jennex 4,038 - (41.18%)	Paula Howatt 2,639 - (26.91%)	Brendan MacNeill 369 - (3.76%)		David Morse
Kings West	Chris Palmer 1,667 - (20.20%)	Carol Tobin 1,422 - (17.23%)	Leo Glavine 5,015 - (60.77%)	Nistal Prem de Boer 149 - (1.81%)		Leo Glavine

South Shore

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	PC	NDP	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Argyle	Chris d'Entremont 2,818 - (64%)	Melvin Huskins 759 - (17.24%)	Lionel LeBlanc 752 - (17.08%)	Barbara Lake 74 - (1.68%)		Chris d'Entremont
Chester-St. Margaret's	Judy Streatch 2,762 - (27.47%)	Denise Peterson-Rafuse 4,835 - (48.09%)	Jo-Ann Grant 2,122 - (21.11%)	Ryan Cameron 335 - (3.33%)		Judy Streatch
Lunenburg	Peter Zwicker 2,399 - (28.30%)	Pam Birdsall 4,069 - (48.01%)	Rick Welsford 1,374 - (16.21%)	Jason Remai 145 - (1.71%)	Milton Countway 489 - (5.77%)	(vacant)^a
Lunenburg West	Carolyn Bolivar-Getson 3,045 - (33.50%)	Gary Ramey 3,600 - (39.60%)	Mark Furey 2,297 - (25.27%)	Emily Richardson 148 - (1.63%)		Carolyn Bolivar-Getson
Queens	Kerry Morash 1,936 - (28.87%)	Vicki Conrad 4,012 - (59.82%)	Wayne Henley 674 - (10.05%)	Stuart Simpson 85 - (1.27%)		Vicki Conrad
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
Yarmouth	Richard Hurlburt 4,537 - (61.34%)	David Olie 1,696 - (22.93%)	David Mooney 1,041 - (14.07%)	Ronald Mills 123 - (1.66%)		Richard Hurlburt

^a - Previously held by Progressive Conservative Michael Baker, who died in office on March 2, 2009.

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	PC	NDP	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley	Steve Streatch 2,265 - (29.07%)	Gary Burrill 3,697 - (48.09%)	Willie Versteeg 1,649 - (21.16%)	Margaret Whitney 181 - (2.32%)		Brooke Taylor†
Colchester North	Karen Casey 3,811 - (50.25%)	Arthur Hartlen 2,362 - (31.14%)	Lorenda Ebbett 1,250 - (16.48%)	Judy Davis 161 - (2.12%)		Karen Casey
Cumberland North	Keith Hunter 1,359 - (17.23%)	Brian Skabar 3,170 - (40.19%)	Brent Noiles 1,073 - (13.60%)	Aviva Silburt 127 - (1.61%)	Ernest Fage 2,159 - (27.37%)	Ernest Fage
Cumberland South	Murray Scott 4,334 - (67.66%)	Don Tabor 1,659 - (25.90%)	Joseph Archibald 325 - (5.07%)	Danny Melvin 88 - (1.37%)		Murray Scott
Hants East	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
Truro-Bible Hill	Hughie MacIsaac 2,544 - (30.23%)	Lenore Zann 4,070 - (48.37%)	Bob Hagell 1,643 - (19.52%)	Kaleigh Brinkhurst 158 - (1.88%)		Jamie Muir†

Central Halifax

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	PC	NDP	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Halifax Chebucto	David Atchison 544 - (6.91%)	Howard Epstein 4,446 - (56.47%)	Jane Spurr 2,535 - (32.20%)	Chris Hanlon 348 - (4.42%)		Howard Epstein
Halifax Citadel	Ted Larsen 1,000 - (12.99%)	Leonard Preyra 3,785 - (49.17%)	Gerry Walsh 2,584 - (33.57%)	Ryan Watson 329 - (4.27%)		Leonard Preyra
Halifax Clayton Park	Debbie Hum 1,084 - (10.56%)	Linda Power 3,924 - (38.24%)	Diana Whalen 5,030 - (49.02%)	Amanda Hester 172 - (1.68%)	Jonathan Dean 51 - (0.50%)	Diana Whalen
Halifax Fairview	Paul Henderson 893 - (12.16%)	Graham Steele 4,680 - (63.71%)	Brad Armitage 1,544 - (21.02%)	Jane Hester 229 - (3.12%)		Graham Steele
Halifax Needham	Jason Cameron 536 - (6.76%)	Maureen MacDonald 5,336 - (67.30%)	Graham Estabrooks 1,690 - (21.31%)	Kris MacLellan 367 - (4.63%)		Maureen MacDonald

Suburban Halifax

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	PC	NDP	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Bedford-Birch Cove	Len Goucher 2,268 - (20.75%)	Brian Mosher 3,552 - (32.50%)	Kelly Regan 4,861 - (44.48%)	Neil Green 248 - (2.27%)		Len Goucher
Halifax Atlantic	Brian Phillips 965 - (11.22%)	Michèle Raymond 5,243 - (61.09%)	Jim Hoskins 2,003 - (23.29%)	Anthony Rosborough 378 - (4.40%)		Michele Raymond
Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville	Barry Barnet 2,218 - (23.05%)	Mat Whynott 4,815 - (50.03%)	Patrick Doyle 2,381 - (24.74%)	Shawn Redmond 210 - (2.18%)		Barry Barnet
Sackville-Cobequid	Jessica Alexander 976 - (12.46%)	Dave Wilson 5,120 - (65.34%)	Scott Hemming 1,548 - (19.75%)	Ian Charles 192 - (2.45%)		Dave Wilson
Timberlea-Prospect	Gina Byrne 795 - (9.10%)	Bill Estabrooks 6,174 - (70.70%)	Lisa Mullin 1,535 - (17.58%)	Tom Trappenberg 229 - (2.62%)		Bill Estabrooks
Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank	Gary Hines 1,696 - (18.45%)	Percy Paris 5,007 - (54.47%)	Bill Horne 2,290 - (24.91%)	Damon Loomer 199 - (2.16%)		Percy Paris

Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	PC	NDP	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Cole Harbour	Mike Josey 939 - (11.05%)	Darrell Dexter 5,849 - (68.82%)	Tony Ince 1,509 - (17.76%)	Donna Toews 202 - (2.38%)		Darrell Dexter
Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage	Lloyd Jackson 1,074 - (15.90%)	Becky Kent 4,402 - (65.17%)	Orest Ulan 1,054 - (15.60%)	Denise Menard 225 - (3.33%)		Becky Kent
Dartmouth East	Bert Thompson 873 - (9.66%)	Joan Massey 3,908 - (42.95%)	Andrew Younger 4,133 - (45.43%)	Anna Mukpo 184 - (2.02%)		Joan Massey
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
Dartmouth South-Portland Valley	George Jordan 1,389 - (13.58%)	Marilyn More 5,583 - (54.59%)	Colin Hebb 2,946 - (28.8%)	David Croft 310 - (3.03%)		Marilyn More
Eastern Shore	Bill Dooks 2,557 - (34.69%)	Sid Prest 3,628 - (49.22%)	Loretta Halleran 992 - (13.46%)	Michael Marshall 194 - (2.63%)		Bill Dooks
Preston	Dwayne Provo 1,076 - (24.83%)	Janet Sutcliffe 1,314 - (30.33%)	Keith Colwell 1,888 - (43.57%)	Sarah Densmore 55 - (1.27%)		Keith Colwell

Central Nova

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	PC	NDP	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Antigonish	Angus MacIsaac 3,613 - (38.08%)	Maurice Smith 3,338 - (35.18%)	Miles Tompkins 2,378 - (25.06%)	Rebecca Mosher 160 - (1.69%)		Angus MacIsaac
Guysborough-Sheet Harbour	Ron Chisholm 1,750 - (24.96%)	Jim Boudreau 3,621 - (51.64%)	Lloyd Hines 1,558 - (22.22%)	Amy Florian 83 - (1.18%)		Ron Chisholm
Pictou Centre	Pat Dunn 3,519 - (44.64%)	Ross Landry 3,650 - (46.3%)	Neil MacIsaac 567 - (7.19%)	Jim Lindsey 147 - (1.86%)		Pat Dunn
Pictou East	J. Ed. MacDonald 1,984 - (25.94%)	Clarrie MacKinnon 4,893 - (63.98%)	Francois Rochon 642 - (8.39%)	Robbie White 129 - (1.69%)		Clarrie MacKinnon
Pictou West	Leonard Fraser 1,466 - (19.99%)	Charlie Parker 4,226 - (57.63%)	Paul Landry 1,471 - (20.06%)	Chelsea Richardson 170 - (2.32%)		Charlie Parker

Cape Breton

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	PC	NDP	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Cape Breton Centre	Chris Ryan 479 - (7.53%)	Frank Corbett 5,096 - (80.14%)	Joe MacPherson 685 - (10.77%)	Chris Alders 99 - (1.56%)		Frank Corbett
Cape Breton North	Cecil Clarke 3,477 - (44.47%)	Russell MacDonald 3,312 - (42.36%)	Ken Jardine 921 - (11.78%)	Chris Milburn 108 - (1.38%)		Cecil Clarke
Cape Breton Nova	Cory Hann 276 - (4.14%)	Gordie Gosse 4,735 - (71.07%)	Donnie Morrison 1,549 - (23.25%)	Michael Milburn 102 - (1.53%)		Gordie Gosse
Cape Breton South	Steve Tobin 1,387 - (15.12%)	Wayne McKay 3,332 - (36.33%)	Manning MacDonald 4,278 - (46.65%)	Cathy Theriault 174 - (1.9%)		Manning MacDonald
Cape Breton West	Alfie MacLeod 3,962 - (43.47%)	Delton MacDonald 2,797 - (30.69%)	Josephine Kennedy 2,212 - (24.27%)	Michael Parsons 174 - (1.9%)		Alfie MacLeod
Glace Bay	Tom MacPherson 810 - (11.41%)	Myrtle Campbell 2,829 - (39.84%)	David Wilson 3,380 - (47.6%)	Todd Pettigrew 82 - (1.15%)		David Wilson
Inverness	Rodney MacDonald 5,402 - (56.17%)	Michael MacIsaac 1,971 - (20.49%)	Shaun Bennett 1,905 - (19.81%)	Nathalie Arsenault 339 - (3.53%)		Rodney MacDonald
Richmond	John Greene 1,045 - (17.92%)	Clair Rankin 1,477 - (25.33%)	Michel Samson 3,228 - (55.36%)	John Percy 81 - (1.39%)		Michel Samson
Victoria-The Lakes	Keith Bain 2,417 - (38.68%)	Fraser Patterson 1,680 - (26.88%)	Gerald Sampson 1,912 - (30.6%)	James V. O'Brien 143 - (2.29%)	Stemer MacLeod 97 - (1.55%)	Keith Bain

Shifts in control

Progressive Conservative to NDP

Electoral District	Candidates				Incumbent
Electoral District		PC		NDP	Incumbent
Kings North	2006	Mark Parent	2009	Jim Morton	Mark Parent
Kings South	2006	David Morse	2009	Ramona Jennex	David Morse
Chester-St. Margaret's	2006	Judy Streatch	2009	Denise Peterson-Rafuse	Judy Streatch
Lunenburg	2006	Peter Zwicker	2009	Pam Birdsall	(vacant)
Lunenburg West	2006	Carolyn Bolivar-Getson	2009	Gary Ramey	Carolyn Bolivar-Getson
Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley	2006	Steve Streatch	2009	Gary Burrill	Brooke Taylor
Truro-Bible Hill	2006	Hughie MacIsaac	2009	Lenore Zann	Jamie Muir
Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville	2006	Barry Barnet	2009	Mat Whynott	Barry Barnet
Eastern Shore	2006	Bill Dooks	2009	Sid Prest	Bill Dooks
Guysborough-Sheet Harbour	2006	Ron Chisholm	2009	Jim Boudreau	Ron Chisholm
Pictou Centre	2006	Pat Dunn	2009	Ross Landry	Pat Dunn

Independent to NDP

Electoral District	Candidates					Incumbent
Electoral District		Independents		NDP		Incumbent
Cumberland North	2007	Ernest Fage	2009	Brian Skabar		Ernest Fage

Progressive Conservative to Liberal

Electoral District	Candidates					Incumbent
Electoral District		PC		Liberal		Incumbent
Bedford-Birch Cove	2006	Len Goucher	2009	Kelly Regan		Len Goucher

NDP to Liberal

Electoral District	Candidates					Incumbent
Electoral District		NDP		Liberal		Incumbent
Dartmouth East	2006	Joan Massey	2009	Andrew Younger		Joan Massey

References

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2009 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election - Official Results

Bibliography

Government of Nova Scotia. "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2013-09-30.

External links

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