1988 Nova Scotia general election














Nova Scotia general election, 1988







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September 6, 1988
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52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
27 seats needed for a majority










































































 
First party
Second party
Third party
 
PC
Lib

Alexa McDonough cropped.jpg
Leader

John Buchanan

Vince MacLean

Alexa McDonough
Party

Progressive Conservative

Liberal

New Democratic
Leader since

March 6, 1971

February 22, 1986

November 16, 1980
Leader's seat

Halifax Atlantic

Cape Breton South

Halifax Chebucto
Last election
42
6
3
Seats won
28
21
2
Seat change

Decrease14

Increase15

Decrease1
Popular vote
204,150
186,007
74,038
Percentage
43.4%
39.6%
15.8%
Swing

Decrease7.2%

Increase8.3%

Steady0.0








Premier before election

John Buchanan
Progressive Conservative



Premier-designate

John Buchanan
Progressive Conservative




The 32nd Nova Scotia general election was held on September 6, 1988 to elect members of the 55th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.


John Dunsworth, who would later gain fame for playing alcoholic trailer park supervisor Jim Lahey on the TV series Trailer Park Boys, stood as the NDP candidate in Halifax Bedford Basin. He finished in third place with a little over 19% of the vote. His underdog campaign was later the subject of a short documentary.[1]



Results



Results by party




























































 
Party
Leader

1984
Seats won
% change
Popular vote
(%)
 

Progressive Conservative

John Buchanan
42

28
-33.3%
204,150
43.4%
 

Liberal

Vince MacLean
6

21
+250%
186,007
39.6%
 

New Democratic

Alexa McDonough
3

2
-33.3%
74,038
15.8%
    
Other
1

1

5,638
1.2%

Total Seats
52

52

469,833
100%

* Vote share included in "other"



References




  • Government of Nova Scotia. "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2013-08-31..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  • Government of Nova Scotia. "Election Returns 1988" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2013-08-31.















  1. ^ http://www.blackriver.ns.ca/john-dunsworth.html








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