Английская Википедия:1970 Nova Scotia general election
Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox election The 1970 Nova Scotia general election was held on 13 October 1970 to elect members of the 50th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Liberal Party of Gerald Regan won the most seats but were one seat short of a majority. It is the only election in Nova Scotia's history in which the party who won the popular vote did not win the most seats.
Results
Results by party
| 23 | 21 | 2 |
| Liberal | Progressive Conservative | New Democratic |
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1967 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | Liberal | Gerald Regan | 46 | 6 | 5 | 23 | +17 | 174,943 | 45.63% | +4.14% | Progressive Conservative | George Isaac Smith | 46 | 40 | 41 | 21 | -19 | 177,986 | 46.43% | -5.96% | New Democratic | Jeremy Akerman | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 25,259 | 6.59% | +1.40% | Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,464 | 0.38% | +0.24% | |
| Vacant | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total valid votes | 379,652 | 99.03% | -0.19% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blank and invalid ballots | 3,704 | 0.97% | +0.19% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 117 | 46 | 46 | 46 | – | 383,356 | 100.00% | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Registered voters / turnout | 453,727 | 77.32%[3] | +0.32% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results by region
| Party name | HRM | Cape Breton | Annapolis Valley | South Shore | Fundy-Northeast | Central Nova | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parties winning seats in the legislature | Liberal | Seats: | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 23 | Popular vote: | 51.93% | 34.59% | 50.85% | 50.49% | 45.08% | 46.16% | 45.63% | Progressive Conservative | Seats: | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 21 | Popular vote: | 42.77% | 46.14% | 48.80% | 48.46% | 52.91% | 46.50% | 46.43% | New Democratic Party | Seats: | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Popular vote: | 5.30% | 17.76% | – | 1.06% | 2.01% | 7.34% | 6.59% | |||||||||
| Parties not winning seats in the legislature | Popular vote: | – | 1.50% | 0.35% | – | – | – | 0.38% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total seats: | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retiring incumbents
- Progressive Conservative
- Edward Haliburton, Kings South
- James McKay Harding, Shelburne
- James A. Langille, Cumberland East
- William F. MacKinnon, Antigonish
- Donald C. MacNeil, Cape Breton South
- Edward Manson, Cape Breton West
- John I. Marshall, Annapolis East
- Robert Baden Powell, Digby
- Harley J. Spence, Lunenburg West
Nominated candidates
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis East
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Gerry Sheehy
2,836
54.36%
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|Lloyd K. Hill
2,381
45.64%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|John I. Marshall†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis West
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|H. Robert Sanford
2,048
46.03%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Peter M. Nicholson
2,401
53.97%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Peter M. Nicholson
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare
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|Paul J. Comeau
1,833
40.33%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Benoit Comeau
2,712
59.67%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Benoit Comeau
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby
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|Gifford W. Lewis
2,142
42.46%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Joseph H. Casey
2,903
57.54%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Robert Baden Powell†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West
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|Norman T. Spence
3,708
48.27%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Robert D. Lindsay
3,974
51.73%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Norman T. Spence
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Victor Thorpe
3,234
51.24%
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|Glenn Ells
3,077
48.76%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Victor Thorpe
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Harry How
2,722
57.55%
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|Ed Aston
2,008
42.45%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Edward Haliburton†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Gordon Tidman
3,736
48.96%[4]
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|Frank Bezanson
3,735
48.95%
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|Francis Keith Boates
160
2.10%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Gordon Tidman
|}
South Shore
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg Centre
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|George O. Lohnes
4,040
45.43%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Walton Cook
4,852
54.57%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|George O. Lohnes
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg East
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Maurice L. Zinck
2,092
51.31%
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|Eric Hagen
1,985
48.69%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Maurice L. Zinck
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West
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|Bob Levy
2,717
46.82%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Maurice DeLory
3,086
53.18%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Harley J. Spence†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|W. S. Kennedy Jones
3,068
51.99%
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|Harley Umphrey
2,833
48.01%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|W. S. Kennedy Jones
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne
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|Bill Cox
3,321
43.74%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Harold Huskilson
3,725
49.06%
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|Aubrey Harding
547
7.20%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|James McKay Harding†
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth
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|Benoit Robichaud
4,896
25.16%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Fraser Mooney
5,039
25.90%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Benoit Robichaud
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|George A. Snow
4,929
25.33%
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|Jack Rogers
4,592
23.60%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|George A. Snow
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Fundy-Northeast
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Gerald Ritcey
8,012
24.56%
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|Ross Hill
7,313
22.42%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Gerald Ritcey
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|George Isaac Smith
9,398
28.81%
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|George Norrie
7,901
24.22%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|George Isaac Smith
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland Centre
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Raymond M. Smith
2,220
54.87%
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|Bill H. Mont
1,611
39.82%
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|John E. Burbine
215
5.31%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Raymond M. Smith
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland East
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Roger Stuart Bacon
4,355
51.89%
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|Leonard J. Dolan
3,142
37.44%
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|James M. MacSwain
895
10.66%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|James A. Langille†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland West
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|D. L. George Henley
2,458
57.35%
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|Thomas H. Tonner
1,828
42.65%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|D. L. George Henley
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East
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|Albert J. Ettinger
2,793
47.27%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Jack Hawkins
3,115
52.73%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Albert J. Ettinger
|}
Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Atlantic
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|John Buchanan
5,284
54.66%
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|Bob Hayes
3,786
39.16%
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|Charles Grineault
597
6.18%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|John Buchanan
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Chebucto
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|James H. Vaughan
4,015
38.34%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|James L. Connolly
5,276
50.39%
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|Burris Devanney
1,180
11.27%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|James H. Vaughan
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Citadel
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|Donald MacKeen Smith
3,833
45.60%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Ronald Wallace
4,572
54.40%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Donald MacKeen Smith
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Cobequid
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|Gordon H. Fitzgerald
5,427
42.69%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|George Riley
6,453
50.76%
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|Bruno Dombrowski
833
6.55%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Gordon H. Fitzgerald
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Cornwallis
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|Richard Donahoe
3,891
39.27%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|George M. Mitchell
5,323
53.72%
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|Barrett D. Halderman
694
7.00%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Richard Donahoe
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Eastern Shore
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|Murray Everett Ritcey
4,029
41.91%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Alexander Garnet Brown
5,585
58.09%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Alexander Garnet Brown
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Needham
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|David MacKeen
2,887
37.05%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Gerald Regan
4,514
57.92%
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|Al Sinclair
392
5.03%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Gerald Regan
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax-St. Margaret's
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|D. C. McNeil
4,729
39.74%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Leonard L. Pace
6,152
51.69%
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|Keith Jobson
1,020
8.57%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|D. C. McNeil
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth North
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|Gerald G. Wambolt
4,826
39.59%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Glen M. Bagnell
6,614
54.26%
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|Percy William Dares
750
6.15%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Gerald G. Wambolt
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth South
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|Irvin William Akerley
5,213
49.57%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|D. Scott MacNutt
5,304
50.43%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Irvin William Akerley
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Central Nova
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish
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|Bill Shaw
3,594
45.72%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Bill Gillis
4,002
50.91%
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|Alex MacPherson
265
3.37%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|William F. MacKinnon†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Angus MacIsaac
3,035
47.86%
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|Russell Pellerin
2,770
43.68%
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|Al Newell
537
8.47%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Angus MacIsaac
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre
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|Donald R. MacLeod
4,922
43.75%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Ralph F. Fiske
5,356
47.61%
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|Derrick Peter Kearley
972
8.64%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Donald R. MacLeod
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East
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|Thomas MacQueen
2,981
47.18%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|A. Lloyd MacDonald
3,000
47.48%
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|Charles E. Arbuckle
338
5.35%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Thomas MacQueen
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Harvey Veniot
2,729
51.00%
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|Laurence Mawhinney
2,008
37.53%
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|Robert Cormier
614
11.47%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Harvey Veniot
|}
Cape Breton
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Mike Laffin
3,680
50.54%
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|Stewart Marsh
1,902
26.12%
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|Alex MacDonald
1,700
23.35%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Mike Laffin
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East
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|Layton Fergusson
3,807
34.06%
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|Bob MacKay
2,037
18.22%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Jeremy Akerman
5,334
47.72%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Layton Fergusson
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Tom MacKeough
5,755
50.04%
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|Sidney Oram
2,885
25.09%
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|Len J. Arsenault
2,860
24.87%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Tom MacKeough
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Nova
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|Percy Gaum
2,866
42.45%
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|Ronald DiPenta
959
14.20%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Paul MacEwan
2,927
43.35%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Percy Gaum
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|John Francis Burke
5,234
44.36%
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|Vince MacLean
5,034
42.66%
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|Don MacPherson
1,531
12.98%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Donald C. MacNeil†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West
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|Kenneth Andrews
4,843
49.08%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Allan Sullivan
5,024
50.92%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Edward Manson†
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Norman J. MacLean
4,607
25.23%
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|William N. MacLean
3,939
21.57%
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|Jerry Yetman
556
3.05%
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|Al Davis
1,304
7.14%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Norman J. MacLean
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|Joe Shannon
3,728
20.42%
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|John Archie MacKenzie
4,124
22.59%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|William N. MacLean
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Gerald Doucet
3,439
55.67%
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|Melvin J. Burt
2,411
39.03%
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|Charles Joseph Gallant
327
5.29%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Gerald Doucet
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria
|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Fisher Hudson
2,075
52.53%
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|W. Harry F. Langley
1,700
43.04%
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|Jessie Stone
175
4.43%
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|Шаблон:Canadian party colour|
|Fisher Hudson
|}
References
Further reading
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ While 383,356 votes were cast, only 350,879 electors voted as Colchester, Inverness and Yarmouth electors voted for two candidates.
- ↑ Due to a tie, the Returning Officer cast the tie-breaking vote for Gordon Tidman
