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The 36th Nova Scotia general election was held on August 5, 2003 to elect members of the 59th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The ruling Progressive Conservative Party, led by Premier John Hamm, was reduced to a minority government.
Election
The election was called by Conservatives, who decided to hold a rare summer election in the hope of strengthening their hold on the legislature. Running against them were the New Democratic Party (NDP), led by Darrell Dexter, and the Liberal Party, led by Danny Graham.
Hamm's party ran on a policy of fiscal management, tax cuts, and on their record of fulfilling most of their promises. While the NDP agreed in principle to tax cuts, their main cause was the creation of a public auto insurance company. The Liberals were the only party to criticize the tax cuts.
For the most part, the campaign was quiet and uneventful. Hamm received criticism for a great number of spending programs, including a $150 tax rebate cheque sent to Nova Scotians right before the election. The party was also criticized for holding an election in the summer when most people have other concerns. Darrell Dexter's friendly, non-confrontational style, was popular with many voters, and was a marked change from his party's usually strident socialism. Danny Graham, a young leader, was popular, but failed to make much of a mark.
The election was considered a mild failure for the Liberals and Conservatives, and something of a success for the NDP.
This election is also notable for being one of the last Canadian provincial elections in which British subjects could vote (a tiny number can still vote provincially in Saskatchewan if they were qualified in 1971).
General results
Results by party
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Dissolution | Elected | % Change | # | % | Change | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Hamm | 52 | 30 | 31 | 25 | -16.7% | 148,182 | 36.32% | -2.88% | |
| New Democratic | Darrell Dexter | 52 | 11 | 11 | 15 | +36.4% | 126,479 | 31.00% | +1.03% | |
| Liberal | Danny Graham | 52 | 11 | 7 | 12 | +9.1% | 128,417 | 31.47% | +1.66% | |
| Independents | 6 | 0 | 1 | - | -100% | 1,694 | 0.42% | +0.13% | ||
| Nova Scotia Party | Gerry Rodgers | 16 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1,637 | 0.40% | -0.33% | |
| Marijuana | Michael Patriquen | 11 | * | 0 | - | * | 1,608 | 0.39% | * | |
| Vacant | 2 | |||||||||
| Total | 189 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 408,017 | 100% | ||||
- The Marijuana Party did not contest the 1999 general election.
Results by region
| Party name | HRM | C.B. | Valley | S. Shore | Fundy | Central | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parties winning seats in the legislature: | |||||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Seats: | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | |
| Popular vote: | 30.97% | 26.68% | 38.41% | 45.57% | 50.67% | 42.94% | 36.32% | ||
| New Democratic Party | Seats: | 11 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
| Popular vote: | 40.67% | 26.21% | 23.15% | 25.10% | 27.51% | 25.59% | 31.00% | ||
| Liberal | Seats: | 3 | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | 12 | |
| Popular vote: | 27.14% | 45.71% | 37.13% | 29.06% | 20.85% | 29.21% | 31.47% | ||
| Parties not winning seats in the legislature: | |||||||||
| Independents | Popular vote: | 0.13% | 1.40% | - | - | 0.74% | 0.41% | 0.42% | |
| Nova Scotia Party | Popular vote: | 0.70% | - | 0.75% | 0.27% | 0.23% | - | 0.40% | |
| Marijuana | Popular vote: | 0.40% | - | 0.56% | - | - | 1.85% | 0.39% | |
| Total seats: | 18 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 52 | ||
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 | Other | |||||||
| Annapolis | Frank Chipman 2795 - (31.42%) |
Adrian Nette 1395 - (15.68%) |
Stephen McNeil 4522 - (50.83%) |
Harry Wilson (NSP) 185 - (2.08%) |
Frank Chipman | |||||
| Clare | Marc Boudreau 1456 - (25.26%) |
Don Melanson 760 - (13.19%) |
Wayne Gaudet 3547 - (61.55%) |
Wayne Gaudet | ||||||
| Digby-Annapolis | Gordon Balser 2339 - (40.00%) |
Deborah Trask 755 - (13.20%) |
Harold Theriault 2666 - (45.26%) |
Gordon Reid (NSP) 92 - (1.54%) |
Gordon Balser | |||||
| Hants West | Ron Russell 3871 - (46.15%) |
Sean Bennett 2200 - (26.23%) |
Randy Matheson 2118 - (25.25%) |
Chummy Anthony (Mar.) 148 - (1.76%) Connie Brauer (NSP) 51 - (0.61%) |
Ron Russell | |||||
| Kings North | Mark Parent 4063 - (50.20%) |
Jim Morton 2340 - (28.91%) |
Michael Landry 1533 - (18.94%) |
Ben Friesen (Mar.) 157 - (1.94%) |
Mark Parent | |||||
| Kings South | David Morse 3347 - (37.65%) |
David Mangle 2794 - (31.43%) |
Maura Ryan 2682 - (30.17%) |
Victor Harris (NSP) 67 - (0.75%) |
David Morse | |||||
| Kings West | Jon Carey 2929 - (35.58%) |
Greg Hubbert 2275 - (27.51%) |
Leo Glavine 3045 - (36.91%) |
Jon Carey | ||||||
South Shore
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | NDP | Liberal | Other | |||||||
| Argyle | Chris d'Entremont 2345 - (47.95%) |
Charles Muise 595 - (12.17%) |
Aldric d'Entremont 1946 - (39.89%) |
Neil LeBlanc † | ||||||
| Chester-St. Margaret's | John Chataway 3451 - (37.33%) |
Hinrich Bitter-Suermann 3412 - (36.90%) |
Mitt Larsen 2249 - (24.25%) |
Sue Gault (NSP) 141 - (1.52%) |
John Chataway | |||||
| Lunenburg | Michael Baker 3734 - (46.36%) |
Chris Heide 2625 - (32.59%) |
Jim Davis 1695 - (21.05%) |
Michael Baker | ||||||
| Lunenburg West | Carolyn Bolivar-Getson 3111 - (39.65%) |
David Ferguson 2180 - (27.80%) |
John MacDonald 2550 - (32.55%) |
Don Downe † | ||||||
| Queens | Kerry Morash 2721 - (44.19%) |
Vicki Conrad 2300 - (37.35%) |
Win Seaton 1137 - (18.46%) |
Kerry Morash | ||||||
| Shelburne | Cecil O'Donnell 3702 - (48.62%) |
Kendall Stoddard 810 - (10.62%) |
Clifford Huskilson 3107 - (40.75%) |
Cecil O'Donnell | ||||||
| Yarmouth | Richard Hurlburt 4656 - (56.48%) |
Gillian Rowley 1142 - (13.85%) |
Phil DeMille 2446 - (29.67%) |
Richard Hurlburt | ||||||
Fundy
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | NDP | Liberal | Other | |||||||
| Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley | Brooke Taylor 4695 - (64.34%) |
Kathryn Belzer 1694 - (23.22%) |
Joan Barnhill 908 - (12.44%) |
Brooke Taylor | ||||||
| Colchester North | Bill Langille 3324 - (45.22%) |
Garfield Forrest 1860 - (25.07%) |
John Davidson 2183 - (29.70%) |
Bill Langille | ||||||
| Cumberland North | Ernie Fage 4609 - (61.95%) |
Kim Cail 1105 - (14.85%) |
Marsh Fox 1389 - (18.67%) |
Jason Blanch (Ind.) 337 - (4.53%) |
Ernie Fage | |||||
| Cumberland South | Murray Scott 4898 - (71.70%) |
Scott McKee 745 - (10.90%) |
Harriet McCready 1189 - (17.40%) |
Murray Scott | ||||||
| Hants East | Mary Lou LeRoy 1640 - (19.54%) |
John MacDonnell 4783 - (56.98%) |
Larry Matthews 1866 - (22.22%) |
Ken Smith (NSP) 106 - (1.26%) |
John MacDonnell | |||||
| Truro-Bible Hill | Jamie Muir 3862 - (47.11%) |
Jim Harpell 2314 - (28.23%) |
Jeff Yuill 2021 - (24.66%) |
Jamie Muir | ||||||
Central Halifax
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | NDP | Liberal | Other | |||||||
| Halifax Chebucto | Sandy Phillips 1983 - (23.72%) |
Howard Epstein 3682 - (44.04%) |
Kenzie MacKinnon 2592 - (31.00%) |
Scott Higgins 103 - (1.23%) |
Howard Epstein | |||||
| Halifax Citadel | Jane Purves 2466 - (30.28%) |
Peter Delefes 2542 - (31.17%) |
Danny Graham 3042 - (37.36%) |
Michael Patriquen (Mari.) 59-(0.71%) James Marchoine (NSP) 38 - (0.48%) |
Jane Purves | |||||
| Halifax Clayton Park | Mary Ann McGrath 3034 - (34.37%) |
Roberta Morrison 2312 - (26.19%) |
Diana Whalen 3329 - (37.71%) |
Greg Lavern 152 - (1.72%) |
Mary Ann McGrath | |||||
| Halifax Fairview | Bruce MacCharles 1684 - (22.45%) |
Graham Steele 3439 - (45.85%) |
Susan Hayes 2284 - (30.45%) |
David Boyd (NSP) 94 - (1.25%) |
Graham Steele | |||||
| Halifax Needham | Linda Carvery 1377 - (18.66%) |
Maureen MacDonald 3709 - (50.26%) |
Mike Rogers 2178 - (29.51%) |
Blair Baxter (NSP) 116 - (1.57%) |
Maureen MacDonald | |||||
Suburban Halifax
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | NDP | Liberal | Other | |||||||
| Bedford | Peter Christie 4114 - (43.87%) |
Bob Watson 2055 - (21.92%) |
Richard Zurawski 3208 - (34.21%) |
Peter Christie | ||||||
| Halifax Atlantic | Linda Mosher 2996 - (33.68%) |
Michele Raymond 3327 - (37.40%) |
Ian MacKinnon 2382 - (26.78%) |
Gerald Rodgers (NSP) 191 - (2.15%) |
Robert Chisholm † | |||||
| Hammonds Plains Upper Sackville | Barry Barnet 3322 - (40.99%) |
Brenda Haley 2229 - (27.82%) |
Pam Streeter 2419 - (29.89%) |
Melanie Patriquen (Mar.) 105 - (1.30%) |
Barry Barnet | |||||
| Sackville-Cobequid | John Giannakos 2426 - (28.43%) |
Dave Wilson 3881 - (45.22%) |
Bob Harvey 2147 - (25.23%) |
Michael D. Patriquen (Mar.) 97 - (1.12%) |
John Holm † | |||||
| Timberlea-Prospect | Barry Fraser 1535 - (18.2%) |
Bill Estabrooks 5049 - (60.06%) |
Bruce Holland 1829 - (21.74%) |
Bill Estabrooks | ||||||
| Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank | Gary Hines 3141 -(37.91%) |
Percy Paris 2778 - (33.53%) |
David Merrigan 2240 - (26.43%) |
Alex Neron (Mari.) 92 - (1.1%) Heather Sawers (NSP) 86 - (1.04%) |
Gary Hines | |||||
Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | NDP | Liberal | Other | |||||||
| Cole Harbour | Brian Thomas 2387 - (26.39%) |
Darrell Dexter 4977 - (55.50%) |
Peter Foy 1523 - (16.98%) |
Jessica Gould (NSP) 102 - (1.14%) |
Darrell Dexter | |||||
| Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage | Henry McInroy 1641 - (23.99%) |
Kevin Deveaux 3997 - (58.44%) |
Brian Churchill 1121 - (16.39%) |
Kallee McPherson (NSP) 80 - (1.17%) |
Kevin Deveaux | |||||
| Dartmouth East | Terry Degen 3107 - (34.62%) |
Joan Massey 3272 - (36.61%) |
Debra Barlow 2321 - (26.05%) |
Hugo St-Onge (Mar.) 112 - (1.26%) Scott Anderson (NSP) 98 - (1.10%) Sebastien Theriault 28 - (0.36%) |
Jim Smith † | |||||
| Dartmouth North | Jane MacKay 1900 - (26.46%) |
Jerry Pye 3799 - (53.05%) |
Rosemary Godin 1300 - (18.11%) |
Pat Gould (NSP) 96 - (1.34%) Marc-Andre Roy (Mar.) 75 - (1.04%) |
Jerry Pye | |||||
| Dartmouth South-Portland Valley | Tim Olive 2813 - (31.86%) |
Marilyn More 3844 - (43.30%) |
Colini MacEachern 2218 - (24.84%) |
Tim Olive | ||||||
| Eastern Shore | Bill Dooks 3073 - (45.02%) |
Sid Prest 2427 - (35.57%) |
Randy Carter 1326 - (19.41%) |
Bill Dooks | ||||||
| Preston | David Hendsbee 1361 - (32.92%) |
Douglas Sparks 1331 - (31.97%) |
Keith Colwell 1411 - (33.9%) |
Marc-Boris St-Maurice (Mar.)50 - (1.21%) |
David Hendsbee | |||||
Central Nova
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | NDP | Liberal | Other | |||||||
| Antigonish | Angus MacIsaac 4256 - (41.64%) |
Terry O'Toole 1755 - (17.17%) |
David A. Cameron 3650 - (35.72%) |
Gene Purdy (Mar.) 560 - (5.48%) |
Angus MacIsaac | |||||
| Guysborough-Sheet Harbour | Ron Chisholm 2587 - (37.99%) |
Jim Boudreau 2023 - (29.71%) |
Gordon MacDonald 2199 - (32.30%) |
Ron Chisholm | ||||||
| Pictou Centre | John Hamm 4262 - (54.71%) |
Alexander MacIsaac 1571 - (20.42%) |
Tim Daley 1789 - (22.69%) |
Darryl Gallivan (Mar.) 170 - (2.18%) |
John Hamm | |||||
| Pictou East | Jim DeWolfe 3295 - (44.19%) |
Bob Matheson 1929 - (25.89%) |
John Fraser 2239 - (29.92%) |
Jim DeWolfe | ||||||
| Pictou West | Paul Veniot 2530 - (32.68%) |
Charlie Parker 3410 - (44.05%) |
Ed MacMaster 1639 - (21.17%) |
Doug Corbett (Ind.) 163 - (2.11%) | Muriel Baillie † | |||||
Cape Breton
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | NDP | Liberal | Other | |||||||
| Cape Breton Centre | Rita Tighe-MacLeod 373 - (4.81%) |
Frank Corbett 3929 - (50.64%) |
Basil McGillivray 3456 - (44.55%) |
Frank Corbett | ||||||
| Cape Breton North | Cecil Clarke 3754 - (43.46%) |
Cecil Snow 1714 - (19.84%) |
Mike White 3169 - (36.70%) |
Cecil Clarke | ||||||
| Cape Breton Nova | Todd Marsman 684 - (10.48%) |
Gordie Gosse 3168 - (45.19%) |
Mel Crowe 3094 - (44.33%) |
Paul MacEwan † | ||||||
| Cape Breton South | John Morrison 1677 - (17.05%) |
Mike MacSween 2759 - (28.99%) |
Manning MacDonald 5275 - (53.96%) |
Manning MacDonald | ||||||
| Cape Breton West | Ivan Doncaster 2221 - (25.44%) |
Douglas MacKinlay 1868 - (21.70%) |
Russell MacKinnon 4616 - (52.86%) |
Russell MacKinnon | ||||||
| Glace Bay | Mark Bettens 1351 - (16.20%) |
Vince Hall 2342 - (29.00%) |
David Wilson 4420 - (54.80%) |
David Wilson | ||||||
| Inverness | Rodney MacDonald 5398 - (51.19%) |
Tim Murphy 1277 - (12.11%) |
Debbie Gillis 3871 - (36.71%) |
Rodney MacDonald | ||||||
| Richmond | Richie Cotton 1850 - (31.18%) |
Clair Rankin 1036 - (17.46%) |
Michel Samson 3047 - (51.36%) |
Michel Samson | ||||||
| Victoria-The Lakes | Keith Bain 2036 - (32.48%) |
Nancy MacKeigan 934 - (14.90%) |
Gerald Sampson 2284 - (36.44%) |
Brian Boudreau (Ind.) 750 - (11.97%) Stemer MacLeod (Ind.) 120 - (4.21%) |
Brian Boudreau | |||||
By-elections since the general election
Chester—St. Margaret's (Death of John Chataway), June 21, 2005:
| By-election: Chester—St. Margaret's | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| PC | Judy Streatch | 2,955 | 36.27 | -1.03 | |
| Liberal | Rick Fraughton | 2,548 | 31.27 | +6.96 | |
| NDP | Hinrich Bitter-Suermann | 2,434 | 29.88 | -6.99 | |
| Independent | Michael Oddy | 210 | 2.58 | +1.06* | |
| Total | 9,270 | 100% | |||
- *Ind. results compared to that of the NSP during the general election.
See also
References
- Government of Nova Scotia. "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
External links
- CBC Nova Scotia Votes 2003
- Halifax Herald 2003 election website via Internet Archive.
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