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41st Nova Scotia general election
The 41st Nova Scotia general election will be held when the provincial government passes "an Order in Council calling an election"[1] to elect members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly . Although the Nova Scotia Elections Act does not provide for fixed election dates , it is probable in 2021.
No Assembly may continue for longer than five years and forty days after the issuing of writs for the previous election on April 30, 2017[2] or for longer than five years from the date fixed for the return of the writs for the previous election (normally 10 days following the election, which was on May 30, 2017).[3] Upon the expiration of the Assembly on June 9, 2022, the Lieutenant Governor is not required to immediately call an election, but Section 8 of the House of Assembly Act requires the House to sit at least once between January 1 and June 30 and at least once between September 1 and December 31,[4] unless there has been an election in the preceding six months.[5] The election must be held on a Tuesday at least 30 days and not more than 46 days after the date the writ of election is issued.[6]
Current standings
Incumbents not running for reelection
The following MLAs have announced that they will not be running in the next provincial election:
Liberal Party
Timeline
Changes in seats held (2017–Present)
Seat
Before
Change
Date
Member
Party
Reason
Date
Member
Party
Cumberland South
January 24, 2018[8]
Jamie Baillie
█ PC
Resignation[a 1]
June 19, 2018[9]
Tory Rushton
█ PC
Sackville-Cobequid
November 16, 2018[10]
Dave Wilson
█ New Democratic
Resignation
June 18, 2019[11]
Steve Craig
█ PC
Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River
June 9, 2019[12]
Lenore Zann
█ New Democratic
Resigned from caucus[a 2]
█ Independent
Cape Breton-Richmond
June 24, 2019[13]
Alana Paon
█ PC
Removed from caucus[a 3]
█ Independent
Argyle-Barrington
July 31, 2019[14]
Chris d'Entremont
█ PC
Resignation[a 4]
September 3, 2019[15]
Colton LeBlanc
█ PC
Northside-Westmount
July 31, 2019[14]
Eddie Orrell
█ PC
Resignation[a 5]
September 3, 2019[15]
Murray Ryan
█ PC
Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg
July 31, 2019[14]
Alfie MacLeod
█ PC
Resignation[a 6]
September 3, 2019[15]
Brian Comer
█ PC
Opinion polls
Polling Firm
Poll Published
Link
Liberal
PC
NDP
Green
Narrative Research
December 10, 2019
HTML
42
26
21
9
MQO Research
August 31, 2019
PDF
35
35
20
8
Narrative Research
July 31–August 22, 2019
PDF
39
28
16
15
Narrative Research
June 13, 2019
HTML
31
33
21
13
MQO Research
May 13, 2019
PDF
30
38
18
12
Corporate Research Associates
March 6, 2019
PDF
37
34
24
5
MQO Research
February 13, 2019
PDF
41
33
19
7
Mainstreet Research
January 30, 2019
HTML
32.1
31
25.2
8.1
Corporate Research Associates
December 12, 2018
PDF
38
31
24
6
Mainstreet Research
November 16, 2018
HTML
32.7
33.2
20.7
8.9
MQO Research
November 8, 2018
PDF
42
36
15
6
Tim Houston is elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party (October 27, 2018)
Corporate Research Associates
September 6, 2018
PDF
43
32
21
4
MQO Research
August 9, 2018
PDF
45
31
20
4
Mainstreet Research
July 17, 2018
HTML
36.7
33.8
22.9
5
Corporate Research Associates
June 6, 2018
PDF
45
29
23
3
MQO Research
May 11, 2018
PDF
40
31
23
4
Mainstreet Research
April 18, 2018
HTML
40.2
34.7
17.3
5.6
Corporate Research Associates
March 8, 2018
PDF
37
34
25
4
Mainstreet Research
January 25, 2018
HTML
40.6
38.5
15.7
5.2
MQO Research
January 24, 2018
PDF
47
30
17
5
Corporate Research Associates
December 6, 2017
PDF
38
29
27
5
MQO Research
October 24, 2017
PDF
44
32
19
4
Corporate Research Associates
September 13, 2017
PDF
45
29
22
4
MQO Research
July 27, 2017
PDF
46
30
21
3
Corporate Research Associates
June 7, 2017
PDF
40
29
28
2
Election 2017
May 30, 2017
HTML
39.5
35.7
21.5
2.8
References
^ "Sample Election Calendar" . Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved June 4, 2017 .
^ House of Assembly Act , Section 8(1).
^ Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, section 4 (1)
^ House of Assembly Act , Section 8(2).
^ House of Assembly Act , Section 8(4).
^ Elections Act , Section 29(b).
^ Gorman, Michael (November 29, 2018). "Environment Minister Margaret Miller won't reoffer in next election" . CBC Nova Scotia . Retrieved November 29, 2018 .
^ "Nova Scotia PC Leader Jamie Baillie forced out over allegations of 'inappropriate behaviour' " . CBC Nova Scotia . January 24, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2018 .
^ Prentiss, Mairin (June 19, 2018). "Tories win in Jamie Baillie's former Cumberland South riding" . CBC Nova Scotia . Retrieved November 29, 2018 .
^ Laroche, Jean (November 16, 2018). "Dave Wilson steps down as MLA for Sackville-Cobequid" . CBC News . Retrieved November 29, 2018 .
^ Laroche, Jean (June 19, 2019). "Tories take Sackville-Cobequid byelection in political landscape shakeup" . CBC Nova Scotia . Retrieved June 25, 2019 .
^ "Longtime NDP MLA Lenore Zann to run for federal Liberal nomination" . CTV News. June 9, 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-09 .
^ Laroche, Jean; Gorman, Michael (June 24, 2019). "Parking lot fight 'final straw' as MLA Alana Paon kicked out of PC caucus" . CBC Nova Scotia . Retrieved June 25, 2019 .
^ a b c Laroche, Jean (July 19, 2019). "3 PC MLAs jumping to federal politics co-ordinate resignations" . CBC Nova Scotia . Retrieved August 2, 2019 .
^ a b c Michael, Gorman (September 3, 2019). "Progressive Conservatives make it 3-for-3 in byelections" . CBC Nova Scotia . Retrieved September 4, 2019 .
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