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The 37th Nova Scotia general election was held on June 13, 2006 to elect members of the 60th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada.
Premier Rodney MacDonald, who led a Progressive Conservative minority government in the legislature, called for the election on May 13, 2006, hoping for a majority government to better advance his agenda and a clear mandate for himself as he had not yet fought an election as leader.
Ultimately, MacDonald was returned to power leading another, slightly smaller, minority government against a strengthened New Democratic Party sitting as the Official Opposition and a weakened Liberal Party. Liberal leader Francis MacKenzie was defeated in his riding of Bedford.
Timeline
- September 29, 2005 - Premier John Hamm, leader of the Progressive Conservative minority government, announces his intent to resign as soon as the party chooses a new leader.
- February 11, 2006 - Rodney MacDonald is elected to replace Hamm as leader.
- February 24, 2006 - MacDonald becomes Premier and his cabinet is sworn in.
- May 9, 2006 - MacDonald's government introduces an "election-style" budget in the legislature.
- May 13, 2006 - MacDonald asks Lieutenant Governor Myra Freeman to call an election. Upon his advice, Freeman sets the date for June 13, 2006.[1]
- June 13, 2006:
- 20:00 ADT - CBC projects a PC government
- 20:14 ADT - CBC projects a PC minority government
- 20:20 ADT - The riding of Bedford is called for the Tories, defeating Liberal leader Francis MacKenzie.
- 20:35 ADT - In delivering his concession speech, Francis MacKenzie announced that it was "the end of the road," and that he planned to meet with the Liberal President within a week.
- 21:33 ADT - CBC officially declares a PC minority government on their website[2]
Results
The Progressive Conservatives gained several points in the popular vote, but made a net loss of two seats, with losses to the NDP partially countered by the PCs doubling their representation on MacDonald's native Cape Breton Island at the expense of the Liberals. The gap between the Liberals and NDP also significantly increased, in both the popular vote and seat count; while the Liberals and NDP had previously been nearly even, the NDP gained a significant advantage on the Liberals and moved into position as the primary opposition to the governing PCs.
Results by party
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Dissolution | Elected | % Change | # | % | Change | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rodney MacDonald | 52 | 25 | 25 | 23 | -8.0% | 160,119 | 39.57% | +3.33% | |
| New Democratic | Darrell Dexter | 52 | 15 | 15 | 20 | +33.3% | 140,128 | 34.63% | +3.52% | |
| Liberal | Francis MacKenzie | 51 | 12 | 10 | 9 | -10.0% | 94,872 | 23.44% | -7.99% | |
| Green | Nick Wright | 52 | * | - | - | - | 9,411 | 2.33% | * | |
| Independents | 3 | 0 | 1 | - | -100% | 153 | 0.04% | |||
| Vacant | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 210 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 404,683 | |||||
* The Greens did not contest the 2003 election.
Results by region
| Party name | HRM | C.B. | Valley | S. Shore | Fundy | Central | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parties winning seats in the legislature: | |||||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Seats: | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 23 | |
| Popular vote: | 31.22% | 42.62% | 36.14% | 49.08% | 54.06% | 42.90% | 39.59% | ||
| New Democratic Party | Seats: | 13 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | |
| Popular vote: | 46.57% | 25.58% | 23.44% | 32.29% | 26.49% | 34.44% | 34.50% | ||
| Liberal | Seats: | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | 9 | |
| Popular vote: | 19.29% | 29.80% | 38.35% | 16.46% | 16.70% | 21.03% | 23.56% | ||
| Parties not winning seats in the legislature: | |||||||||
| Green | Popular vote: | 2.92% | 1.83% | 2.07% | 2.16% | 2.72% | 1.58% | 2.31% | |
| Independents | Popular vote: | - | 0.17% | - | - | 0.03% | 0.05% | 0.04% | |
| Total seats: | 18 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 52 | ||
Opinion polls
| Polling firm | Dates | Link | Prog. Cons. | New Democratic | Liberal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Research Associates | June 5, 2006 | HTML | 38% | 36% | 20% |
| Corporate Research Associates | May 23, 2006 | HTML | 34% | 27% | 30% |
| Corporate Research Associates | February 2006 | HTML | 36% | 29% | 27% |
| Corporate Research Associates | November 2005 | HTML | 35% | 32% | 28% |
| Corporate Research Associates | August 2005 | HTML | 31% | 32% | 26% |
| Corporate Research Associates | May 2005 | HTML | 36% | 30% | 27% |
| Corporate Research Associates | March 2005 | HTML | 38% | 24% | 30% |
| Corporate Research Associates | December 2004 | HTML | 35% | 28% | 30% |
| Corporate Research Associates | September 2004 | HTML | 29% | 30% | 31% |
| Corporate Research Associates | May 2004 | HTML | 28% | 33% | 30% |
| Corporate Research Associates | February 2004 | HTML | 31% | 30% | 28% |
| Corporate Research Associates | November 2003 | HTML | 28% | 32% | 29% |
| Election 2003 | August 5, 2003 | 36.32% | 31.00% | 31.47% |
Riding results
- bold denotes a cabinet minister or party leader
- † denotes an incumbent not seeking re-election
Valley
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | NDP | Liberal | Green | Other | ||||||||
| Annapolis | Blair Hannam 2041 - (24.57%) |
Calum MacKenzie 1391 - (16.75%) |
Stephen McNeil 4668 - (56.20%) |
Ken McGowan 206 - (2.48%) |
Stephen McNeil | |||||||
| Clare | Arnold LeBlanc 1622 - (28.08%) |
Paul Comeau 1269 - (21.97%) |
Wayne Gaudet 2803 - (48.53%) |
Diane Doucet-Bean 82 - (1.42%) |
Wayne Gaudet | |||||||
| Digby—Annapolis | Jimmy MacAlpine 2178 - (36.42%) |
Andrew Oliver 663 - (11.13%) |
Harold Theriault 3029 - (50.91%) |
Namron Bean 92 - (1.54%) |
Harold Theriault, Jr. | |||||||
| Hants West | Chuck Porter 2974 - (34.60%) |
Sean Bennett 2486 - (28.97%) |
Paula Lunn 2921 - (34.08%) |
Sam Schurman 201 - (2.34%) |
Ron Russell† | |||||||
| Kings North | Mark Parent 4138 - (50.07%) |
Jim Morton 2171 - (26.40%) |
Madonna Spinazola 1758 - (21.18%) |
Christopher Alders 195 - (2.35%) |
Mark Parent | |||||||
| Kings South | David Morse 3832 - (42.37%) |
David Mangle 3130 - (35.01%) |
Ray Savage 1753 - (20.10%) |
Steven McGowan 226 - (2.53%) |
David Morse | |||||||
| Kings West | John Prall 2801 - (33.18%) |
Greg Hubbert 1590 - (18.83%) |
Leo Glavine 3940 - (46.67%) |
Nistal Prem de Boer 112 - (1.33%) |
Leo Glavine | |||||||
South Shore
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | NDP | Liberal | Green | Other | ||||||||
| Argyle | Chris d'Entremont 3158 - (67.65%) |
Charles Muise 531 - (11.38%) |
Christian Surette 913 - (19.56%) |
Patricia Saunders 66 - (1.41%) |
Chris d'Entremont | |||||||
| Chester-St. Margaret's | Judy Streatch 3950 - (42.67%) |
Jane Matheson 2838 - (30.60%) |
Rick Fraughton 2192 - (23.68%) |
Joanne MacKinnon 282 - (3.05%) |
Judy Streatch | |||||||
| Lunenburg | Michael Baker 3969 - (49.40%) |
Chris Heide 2790 - (33.22%) |
Rick Welsford 1200 - (14.94%) |
Stuart Simpson 196 - (2.44%) |
Michael Baker | |||||||
| Lunenburg West | Carolyn Bolivar-Getson 3637 - (43.21%) |
Bill Smith 3299 - (39.19%) |
Martin Bell 1324 - (15.73%) |
Brendan MacNeill 157 - (1.87%) |
Carolyn Bolivar-Getson | |||||||
| Queens | Kerry Morash 2998 - (48.59%) |
Vicki Conrad 3054 - (49.48%) |
Margaret Whitney 119 - (1.93%) |
Kerry Morash | ||||||||
| Shelburne | Eddie Nickerson 2373 - (35.00%) |
Sterling Belliveau 2438 - (36.27%) |
Kirk Cox 1790 - (26.63%) |
Derek Jones 141 - (2.10%) |
Cecil O'Donnell† | |||||||
| Yarmouth | Richard Hurlburt 5170 - (64.30%) |
John Deveau 1667 - (20.73%) |
Dolores Atwood 1051 - (13.07%) |
Matt Granger 152 - (1.89%) |
Richard Hurlburt | |||||||
Fundy
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | NDP | Liberal | Green | Other | ||||||||
| Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley | Brooke Taylor 4790 - (63.85%) |
Gary Burrill 1891 - (25.21%) |
Carolyn Matthews 707 - (8.76%) |
Leona MacLeod 164 - (2.19%) |
Brooke Taylor | |||||||
| Colchester North | Karen Casey 3899 - (50.96%) |
Rob Assels 1511 - (20.21%) |
Bob Taylor 1979 - (26.47%) |
Judy Davis 176 - (2.35%) |
Bill Langille † | |||||||
| Cumberland North | Ernie Fage 4640 - (62.64%) |
Kim Cail 1085 - (14.65%) |
Bruce Alan Fage 1480 - (19.98%) |
Darryl Whetter 202 - (2.73%) |
Ernie Fage | |||||||
| Cumberland South | Murray Scott 5087 - (76.76%) |
Andrew Kernohan 753 - (11.37%) |
Mary Dee MacPherson 691 - (10.29%) |
James Dessart 92 - (1.39%) |
David Raymond Amos 13 - (0.2%) |
Murray Scott | ||||||
| Hants East | Wayne Fiander 2715 - (30.62%) |
John MacDonell 4712 - (53.13%) |
Malcolm A. MacKay 1237 - (13.95%) |
Michael Hartlan 204 - (2.30%) |
John MacDonell | |||||||
| Truro-Bible Hill | Jamie Muir 3711 - (47.27%) |
Jim Harpell 2220 - (28.64%) |
Ron Chisholm 1679 - (21.32%) |
Barton Cutten 217 - (2.76%) |
Jamie Muir | |||||||
Central Halifax
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | NDP | Liberal | Green | Other | ||||||||
| Halifax Chebucto | Sean Phillips 1720 - (22.09%) |
Howard Epstein 4216 - (54.15%) |
Peter Verner 1481 - (19.02%) |
Christopher Harborne 369 - (4.74%) |
Howard Epstein | |||||||
| Halifax Citadel | Bill Black 2721 - (37.49%) |
Leonard Preyra 2932 - (42.03%) |
Devin Maxwell 1182 - (16.25%) |
Nick Wright 307 - (4.23%) |
Vacant | |||||||
| Halifax Clayton Park | Mary Ann McGrath 2450 - (26.86%) |
Linda Power 3060 - (33.33%) |
Diana Whalen 3404 - (37.32%) |
Sheila Richardson 228 - (2.50%) |
Diana Whalen | |||||||
| Halifax Fairview | Bruce MacCharles 1653 - (23.13%) |
Graham Steele 4162 - (58.51%) |
Cecil MacDougall 1029 - (14.80%) |
Kris MacLellan 254 - (3.56%) |
Graham Steele | |||||||
| Halifax Needham | Andrew Black 1287 - (18.17%) |
Maureen MacDonald 4431 - (60.62%) |
Errol Gaum 1233 - (16.66%) |
Amanda Myers 349 - (4.55%) |
Maureen MacDonald | |||||||
Suburban Halifax
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | NDP | Liberal | Green | Other | ||||||||
| Bedford | Len Goucher 4090 - (42.22%) |
John Buckland 2019 - (20.84%) |
Francis MacKenzie 3286 - (33.92%) |
Mary McLaughlan 292 - (3.01%) |
Peter G. Christie † | |||||||
| Halifax Atlantic | Bruce Cooke 2690 - (32.08%) |
Michèle Raymond 4144 - (49.51%) |
Jim Hoskins 1281 - (15.28%) |
Rebecca Mosher 262 - (3.12%) |
Michele Raymond | |||||||
| Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville | Barry Barnet 3704 - (42.02%) |
Mat Whynott 3188 - (36.05%) |
Pam Streeter 1766 - (20.03%) |
Scott Cleghorn 167 - (1.89%) |
Barry Barnet | |||||||
| Sackville-Cobequid | Steve Craig 2499 - (30.42%) |
Dave Wilson 4475 - (54.50%) |
David Major 1055 - (12.80%) |
Elizabeth Nicolson 187 - (2.28%) |
Dave Wilson | |||||||
| Timberlea-Prospect | Jaunita Cirtwell 2034 - (24.16%) |
Bill Estabrooks 5316 - (63.15%) |
Lisa Mullin 851 - (10.11%) |
Thomas Trappenberg 217 - (2.58%) |
Bill Estabrooks | |||||||
| Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank | Gary Hines 3275 - (40.17%) |
Percy Paris 3782 - (46.39%) |
Thomas Deal 909 - (11.15%) |
William Lang 186 - (2.28%) |
Gary Hines | |||||||
Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | NDP | Liberal | Green | Other | ||||||||
| Cole Harbour | Sheila McKeand 1527 - (20.63%) |
Darrell Dexter 5264 - (61.46%) |
Stephen Beehan 1851 - (15.54%) |
Michael McFadden 206 - (2.38%) |
Darrell Dexter | |||||||
| Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage | Don McIver 1194 - (18.93%) |
Kevin Deveaux 4086 - (64.40%) |
Brian Churchill 903 - (14.23%) |
Beverly Woodfield 155 -(2.44%) |
Kevin Deveaux | |||||||
| Dartmouth East | Jim Cormier 2942 - (33.27%) |
Joan Massey 3822 - (43.22%) |
Tracey Devereaux 1842 - (20.83%) |
Elizabeth Perry 238 - (2.69%) |
Joan Massey | |||||||
| Dartmouth North | Troy Myers 1895 - (27.46%) |
Trevor Zinck 3384 - (49.47%) |
Ian Murray 1365 - (19.78%) |
Alex Donaldson 227 - (3.29%) |
Jerry Pye† | |||||||
| Dartmouth South-Portland Valley | Tim Olive 3043 - (32.52%) |
Marilyn More 4493 - (48.05%) |
Brian Hiltz 1509 - (16.14%) |
Daniel Melvin 338 - (3.29%) |
Marilyn More | |||||||
| Eastern Shore | Bill Dooks 3232 - (45.93%) |
Sid Prest 2871 - (40.80%) |
Judith Cabrita 746 - (10.60%) |
Elizabeth van Dreunen 188 - (2.67%) |
Bill Dooks | |||||||
| Preston | Dwayne Provo 1610 - (36.83%) |
Douglas Sparks 843 - (19.17% ) |
Keith Colwell 1853 - (42.13%) |
David Farrell 82 - (1.86%) |
Keith Colwell | |||||||
Central Nova
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | NDP | Liberal | Green | Other | ||||||||
| Antigonish | Angus MacIsaac 4662 - (48.28%) |
Andrew MacDonald 1480 - (19.06%) |
Danny MacIsaac 2987 - (30.80%) |
Judy Dowden 179 - (1.87%) |
Angus MacIsaac | |||||||
| Guysborough-Sheet Harbour | Ron Chisholm 2765 - (40.83%) |
Jim Boudreau 2540 - (37.51%) |
David Horton 1378 - (20.36%) |
Marike Finaly-de Monchy 88 - (1.30%) |
Ron Chisholm | |||||||
| Pictou Centre | Pat Dunn 3901 - (52.54%) |
Danny MacGillivray 2344 - (31.70%) |
Troy MacCulloch 1057 - (14.24%) |
Sir Reginalr Walter the 3rd 93 - (1.25%) |
Dennis Tate 20 - (0.27%) |
John Hamm† | ||||||
| Pictou East | Sue Uhren 2654 - (35.31%) |
Clarrie MacKinnon 2761 - (36.73%) |
Dan Walsh 2000 - (26.61%) |
John A. Clark 102 - (1.36%) |
James DeWolfe† | |||||||
| Pictou West | Ronald Baillie 2584 - (33.99%) |
Charlie Parker 4173 - (54.89%) |
Sandy MacKay 698 - (9.18%) |
Douglas Corbett 147 - (1.93%) |
Charlie Parker | |||||||
Cape Breton
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | NDP | Liberal | Green | Other | ||||||||
| Cape Breton Centre | Darren Bruckschwaiger 2274 - (28.44%) |
Frank Corbett 3482 - (43.65%) |
Laura Lee MacDonald 2154 - (26.92%) |
Frances Oomen 79 - (0.99%) |
Frank Corbett | |||||||
| Cape Breton North | Cecil Clarke 4285 - (50.71%) |
Russell MacDonald 2195 - (25.83%) |
Fred Tilley 1868 - (21.99%) |
Mark Doucet 125 - (1.47%) |
Cecil Clarke | |||||||
| Cape Breton Nova | Todd Marsman 855 - (12.07%) |
Gordie Gosse 4315 - (60.92%) |
Mel Crowe 1794 - (25.33%) |
Chris Milburn 119 - (1.68%) |
Gordie Gosse | |||||||
| Cape Breton South | Scott Boyd 3260 - (32.36%) |
Jamie Crane 2160 - (21.43%) |
Manning MacDonald 4383 - (43.50%) |
Stephen Doucet 273 - (2.71%) |
Manning MacDonald | |||||||
| Cape Breton West | Alfie MacLeod 4738 - (53.76%) |
Terry Crawley 1344 - (15.28%) |
Dave LeBlanc 2479 - (28.28%) |
Michael Milburn 236 - (2.68%) |
Russell MacKinnon† | |||||||
| Glace Bay | Mark Bettens 2074 - (26.85%) |
Myrtle Campbell 2234 - (28.93%) |
David Wilson 3327 - (43.08%) |
Todd Pettigrew 88 - (1.14%) |
David Wilson | |||||||
| Inverness | Rodney MacDonald 7992 - (70.47%) |
Tim Murphy 1438 - (12.77%) |
Mary MacLennan 1748 - (15.49%) |
John Gibson 146 - (1.27%) |
Rodney MacDonald | |||||||
| Richmond | John Greene 2268 - (40.45%) |
Mary Pat Cude 529 - (9.43%) |
Michel Samson 2722 - (48.55%) |
Noreen Hartlen 88 - (1.57%) |
Michel Samson | |||||||
| Victoria-The Lakes | Keith Bain 3001 - (47.48%) |
Joan O'Liari 755 - (11.94%) |
Gerald Sampson 2272 - (35.94%) |
Michelle Smith 173 - (2.74%) |
Stemer MacLeod 120 - (1.90%) |
Gerald Sampson | ||||||
Shifts in control
Progressive Conservative to NDP
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | NDP | |||||
| Pictou East | 2003 | Jim DeWolfe | 2006 | Clarrie MacKinnon | Jim DeWolfe † | |
| Queens | 2003 | Kerry Morash | 2006 | Vicki Conrad | Kerry Morash | |
| Shelburne | 2003 | Cecil O'Donnell | 2006 | Sterling Belliveau | Cecil O'Donnell † | |
| Waverley—Fall River—Beaver Bank | 2003 | Gary Hines | 2006 | Percy Paris | Gary Hines | |
Liberal to NDP
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | NDP | |||||
| Halifax Citadel | 2003 | Danny Graham | 2006 | Leonard Preyra | Vacant | |
Liberal to Progressive Conservative
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | PC | |||||
| Cape Breton West | 2003 | Russell MacKinnon | 2006 | Alfie MacLeod | Russell MacKinnon † | |
| Victoria—The Lakes | 2003 | Gerald Sampson | 2006 | Keith Bain | Gerald Sampson | |
By-elections since the general election
Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage (Resignation of Kevin Deveaux), October 2, 2007:
| By-election: Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| NDP | Becky Kent | 2,459 | 44.39 | -20.08 | |
| PC | Mike Eddy | 1,863 | 33.63 | +14.79 | |
| Liberal | Kelly Rambeau | 958 | 17.30 | +3.05 | |
| Green | Beverley Skaalrud-Woodfield | 259 | 4.68 | +2.24 | |
| Total | 5,539 | 100% | |||
Notes
- ↑ "Nova Scotia vote called for June 13". CBC News. May 13, 2006.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/20060615051248/http://www.cbc.ca:80/ns/story/nsv-elxn-night20060613.html. Archived from the original on June 15, 2006. Missing or empty
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References
- Government of Nova Scotia. "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
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