1999 Nova Scotia general election
The 1999 Nova Scotia general election was held on July 27, 1999, to elect members of the 58th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The government was defeated on a money bill on June 18, and the Nova Scotia House of Assembly was dissolved by Lieutenant Governor James Kinley. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party, led by Dr. John Hamm. They received a majority of 30 seats compared to 11 seats by the NDP and 11 by the Liberals.
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52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 27 seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Riding map of Nova Scotia showing winning parties | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Campaign
The Halifax Daily News ran an article which asked each party leader personal questions, including one about whether the candidate had ever been convicted of a criminal offence. NDP Leader Robert Chisholm said no in response, however, several days later it was revealed that Chisholm had a past criminal record for driving under the influence of alcohol when he was 19 years old. Chisholm claimed that he lied because he did not want his daughter to find out about his past.[1][2]
General results
Results by party
Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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1998 | Dissolution | Elected | % Change | # | % | Change | ||||
Progressive Conservative | John Hamm | 52 | 14 | 13 | 30 | +130.8% | 169,383 | 39.20% | +9.43% | |
New Democratic | Robert Chisholm | 52 | 19 | 19 | 11 | −42.11% | 129,474 | 29.97% | −4.67% | |
Liberal | Russell MacLellan | 52 | 19 | 19 | 11 | −47.37% | 128,795 | 29.81% | −5.50% | |
Nova Scotia Party | Jack Friis | 17 | * | 0 | 0 | 0% | 3,153 | 0.73% | * | |
Independents | 5 | 0 | 1 | — | −100% | 1,278 | 0.29% | −0.00% | ||
Total | 178 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 404,683 | 100% |
- The Nova Scotia Party did not contest the 1998 general election.
Results by region
Party name | HRM | C.B. | Valley | S. Shore | Fundy | Central | Total | ||
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Parties winning seats in the legislature: | |||||||||
Progressive Conservative | Seats: | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 30 | |
Popular vote: | 36.64% | 17.26% | 48.06% | 46.24% | 55.96% | 46.00% | 39.20% | ||
New Democratic Party | Seats: | 9 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 11 | |
Popular vote: | 37.24% | 33.77% | 21.47% | 23.49% | 24.14% | 25.57% | 29.97% | ||
Liberal | Seats: | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 10 | |
Popular vote: | 24.68% | 47.53% | 29.64% | 29.45% | 19.03% | 28.16% | 29.81% | ||
Parties not winning seats in the legislature: | |||||||||
Nova Scotia Party | Popular vote: | 1.35% | — | 0.83% | 0.82% | 0.21% | 0.27% | 0.73% | |
Independents | Popular vote: | 0.09% | 1.44% | — | — | 0.66% | — | 0.29% | |
Total seats: | 17 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 51 |
Retiring incumbents
- Liberal
- Laurie Montgomery, Annapolis
- Ed Lorraine, Colchester North
- Gerry Fogarty, Halifax Bedford Basin
- Francene Cosman, Bedford-Fall River
- Progressive Conservative
- Independent
Nominated candidates
Valley
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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PC | NDP | Liberal | Nova Scotia | Independent | ||||||||
Annapolis | Frank Chipman | Tom Clahane | Stephen McNeil | Paul Mann | Laurie Montgomery † | |||||||
Clare | Paul Comeau | Don Melanson | Wayne Gaudet | Anne Marie Boyer | Wayne Gaudet | |||||||
Digby—Annapolis | Gordon Balser | Steve Downes | Vivian O'Neil | Gordon Balser | ||||||||
Hants West | Ron Russell | Dick Terfry | Joe Robertson | Ron Russell | ||||||||
Kings North | Mark Parent | Neil H. McNeil | Peter Hill | George Archibald † | ||||||||
Kings South | David Morse | Mary DeWolfe | Robbie Harrison | Robbie Harrison | ||||||||
Kings West | Jon Carey | Jacquie DeMestral | Don Clarke | Frances Adams | George Moody † |
South Shore
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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PC | NDP | Liberal | Nova Scotia | Independent | ||||||||
Argyle | Neil LeBlanc | Belinda Tucker | Karen Kravfe | Oscar Harris | Neil LeBlanc | |||||||
Chester—St. Margaret's | John Chataway | Hinrich Bitter-Suermann | Karen Willis Duerden | Hinrich Bitter-Suermann | ||||||||
Lunenburg | Michael Baker | Marilyn Crook | Lila O'Connor | Michael Baker | ||||||||
Lunenburg West | Jerry Swain | Eric Hustvedt | Don Downe | Don Downe | ||||||||
Queens | Kerry Morash | John Wiles | Eddie Whitty | John Leefe † | ||||||||
Shelburne | Cecil O'Donnell | Dianne Nickerson | Clifford Huskilson | Clifford Huskilson | ||||||||
Yarmouth | Richard Hurlburt | John Deveau | Phil DeMille | Brian W. Hurlburt | John Deveau |
Fundy
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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PC | NDP | Liberal | Nova Scotia | Independent | ||||||||
Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley | Brooke Taylor | Jim Harpell | Leo Stacey | Brooke Taylor | ||||||||
Colchester North | Bill Langille | Ralph Martin | John Davidson | Ed Lorraine † | ||||||||
Cumberland North | Ernest Fage | Doug Wilson | Kathy Langille | Jason Blanch | Ernest Fage | |||||||
Cumberland South | Murray Scott | Scott McKee | John Harrison | Murray Scott | ||||||||
Hants East | Reese Morash | John MacDonell | Sara Stewart | Ken Smith | John MacDonell | |||||||
Truro—Bible Hill | Jamie Muir | Ibel Scammell | Matthew Graham | Jamie Muir |
Central Halifax
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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PC | NDP | Liberal | Nova Scotia | Independent | ||||||||
Halifax Bedford Basin | Mary Ann McGrath | Errol Gaum | Jack Hardiman | Janice Lively | Gerry Fogarty † | |||||||
Halifax Chebucto | Sean Phillips | Howard Epstein | Royden Trainer | Hilda M. Stevens | Howard Epstein | |||||||
Halifax Citadel | Jane Purves | Peter Delefes | Ed Kinley | Grace Patterson | Art Canning | Peter Delefes | ||||||
Halifax Fairview | Narayana Swamy | Eileen O'Connell | Greta Murtagh | Maria Alexandridis | Eileen O'Connell | |||||||
Halifax Needham | Linda Carvery | Maureen MacDonald | Mike Rogers | Scott Higgins | Maureen MacDonald |
Suburban Halifax
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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PC | NDP | Liberal | Nova Scotia | Independent | ||||||||
Bedford—Fall River | Peter Christie | Jane Earle | Gerry St. Armand | Francene Cosman † | ||||||||
Halifax Atlantic | Bruce Cooke | Robert Chisholm | David Melnick | Gerald Rodgers | Golda M. Redden | Robert Chisholm | ||||||
Sackville—Beaver Bank | Barry Barnet | Rosemary Godin | Bill MacDonald | Rosemary Godin | ||||||||
Sackville—Cobequid | Wade Marshall | John Holm | Kevin Perkins | John Holm | ||||||||
Timberlea—Prospect | Ken Fralick | Bill Estabrooks | Vicki Brown | Ken Bumstead | Bill Estabrooks |
Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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PC | NDP | Liberal | Nova Scotia | Independent | ||||||||
Cole Harbour—Eastern Passage | Nadune Cooper Mont | Kevin Deveaux | Colin MacEachern | Kevin Deveaux | ||||||||
Dartmouth—Cole Harbour | Greg Frampton | Darrell Dexter | Peter Foy | Rufus Peacock | Darrell Dexter | |||||||
Dartmouth East | Terry Degen | Heather Henderson | Jim Smith | Jim Smith | ||||||||
Dartmouth North | Jane MacKay | Jerry Pye | Frank Cameron | Susan Livingstone | Jerry Pye | |||||||
Dartmouth South | Tim Olive | Don Chard | Audrey Goodyer | Don Chard | ||||||||
Eastern Shore | Bill Dooks | Mary-Alice Tzagarakis | Keith Colwell | Jack Friis | Keith Colwell | |||||||
Preston | David Hendsbee | Yvonne Atwell | Wendell Thomas | Yvonne Atwell |
Central Nova
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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PC | NDP | Liberal | Nova Scotia | Independent | ||||||||
Antigonish | Angus MacIsaac | Charlene Long | Hyland Fraser | Hyland Fraser | ||||||||
Guysborough—Port Hawkesbury | Ron Chisholm | Wendy Panagopoulos | Ray White | Ray White | ||||||||
Pictou Centre | John Hamm | Jeff Callaghan | Marie Maxwell | John Hamm | ||||||||
Pictou East | Jim DeWolfe | Andy Thompson | Lynn MacDonald | Jim DeWolfe | ||||||||
Pictou West | Muriel Baillie | Charlie Parker | Paul Landry | D. Ed Berringer | Charlie Parker |
Cape Breton
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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PC | NDP | Liberal | Nova Scotia | Independent | ||||||||
Cape Breton Centre | John Morrissey | Frank Corbett | Susan Deruelle Marsh | Frank Corbett | ||||||||
Cape Breton East | Brad Kerr | Cecil Saccary | David Wilson | Gerard Burke | Reeves Matheson † | |||||||
Cape Breton North | Murray Johnston | Archie MacKinnon | Russell MacLellan | Russell MacLellan | ||||||||
Cape Breton Nova | Harold Dorrington | Gordie Gosse | Paul MacEwan | Paul MacEwan | ||||||||
Cape Breton South | Leland Lewis | Elizabeth Cusack | Manning MacDonald | Manning MacDonald | ||||||||
Cape Breton—The Lakes | Ken Langley | Helen MacDonald | Brian Boudreau | Helen MacDonald | ||||||||
Cape Breton West | Joe Boudreau | Brian Slaney | Russell MacKinnon | Russell MacKinnon | ||||||||
Inverness | Rodney MacDonald | Roy Yipp | Charlie MacDonald | Charlie MacDonald | ||||||||
Richmond | Joseph MacPhee | Wilma Conrod | Michel Samson | Michel Samson | ||||||||
Victoria | Anna Curtis-Steele | Nancy MacKeigan | Kennie MacAskill | Osborne Burke
Stemer MacLeod |
Kennie MacAskill |
- In the riding of Shelburne, the Returning Officer had to cast the tie-breaking vote.
- In the riding of Cape Breton East, New Democrat Cecil Saccary's 5-vote lead, after a judicial recount, became a 5-vote lead for the Liberal's Dave Wilson. A judge then decided to throw out the results of the general election; a by-election was held several months later to fill the seat.
See also
- List of Nova Scotia general elections
- List of Nova Scotia political parties
References
- Nova Scotia election campaign moves along right on script Archived 2016-08-17 at the Wayback Machine Straight Goods
- Chisholm admits to drunk driving conviction CBC News
- Government of Nova Scotia. "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
External links
- Elections Nova Scotia
- Halifax Herald 1999 election website via Internet Archive.