1984 Nova Scotia general election

1984 Nova Scotia general election

November 6, 1984
52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   PC Lib Leader John Buchanan A.M. "Sandy" Cameron Party Progressive Conservative Liberal Leader since March 6, 1971 June 8, 1980 Leader's seat Halifax Atlantic Guysborough (lost re-election) Last election 37 13 Seats won 42 6 Seat change 5 7 Percentage 50.6% 31.3% Swing 4.8% 1.9%   Third party Fourth party   CBL Leader Alexa McDonough Paul MacEwan Party New Democratic Cape Breton Labour Leader since November 16, 1980 1982 Leader's seat Halifax Chebucto Cape Breton Nova Last election 1 N/A Seats won 3 1 Seat change 2 1 Percentage 15.9% 2.0% Swing 2.2% 2.0%
Premier before election John Buchanan Progressive Conservative Premier after election John Buchanan Progressive Conservative

The 1984 Nova Scotia general election was held on November 6, 1984 to elect members of the 54th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

Results

Results by party

	Party	Leader	1981	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	37	42	+14%	209,298	50.6%
	Liberal	A.M. "Sandy" Cameron	13	6	-54%	129,310	31.3%
	New Democratic	Alexa McDonough	1	3	+300%	65,876	15.9%	Cape Breton Labour	Paul MacEwan	1	1	0%	8,322	2.0%	Other		0	0		630	0.2%
Total Seats			52	52		413,436	100%

Popular vote PC   50.62% Liberal   31.28% New Democratic   15.93% Cape Breton Labour   2.01% Others   0.16%

Seats summary PC   80.77% Liberal   11.54% New Democratic   5.77% Cape Breton Labour   1.92%

References

• Government of Nova Scotia. "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
• Government of Nova Scotia. "Election Returns 1984" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2013-10-02.