1978 Nova Scotia general election

The 1978 Nova Scotia general election was held on September 19, 1978, to elect members of the 52nd House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

  Party Leader 1974 Seats won % change Popular vote (%)
  Progressive Conservative John Buchanan 12 31 +158% 203,500 45.8%
  Liberal Gerald Regan 31 17 -45% 175,218 39.4%
  New Democratic Jeremy Akerman 3 4 +33% 63,979 14.4%
     Other 0 0 0% 2,008 0.4%
Total Seats 46 52 444,705 100%
Popular vote
PC
 
 45.76%
Liberal
 
 39.40%
New Democratic
 
 14.39%
Others
 
 0.45%
Seats summary
PC
 
 59.62%
Liberal
 
 32.69%
New Democratic
 
 7.69%
1978 Nova Scotia general election
September 19, 1978
52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
27 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader John Buchanan Gerald Regan Jeremy Akerman
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic
Leader since March 6, 1971 July 24, 1965 November 9, 1968
Leader's seat Halifax Atlantic Halifax Needham Cape Breton East
Last election 12 31 3
Seats won 31 17 4
Seat change 19 14 1
Popular vote 203,500 175,218 63,979
Percentage 45.8% 39.4% 14.4%
Swing 7.2 8.5% 1.4%
Premier before election

Gerald Regan
Liberal

 Premier after election

John Buchanan
Progressive Conservative

References
  • Government of Nova Scotia. "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2013-10-02.


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