1998 Nova Scotia general election
{{Short description|Canadian provincial election}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1998 Nova Scotia general election
| country = Nova Scotia
| type = parliamentary
| party_colour = no
| party_name = no
| previous_election = 1993 Nova Scotia general election
| previous_year = 1993
| previous_mps = 56th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
| election_date = March 24, 1998
| elected_mps = members
| next_election = 1999 Nova Scotia general election
| next_year = 1999
| next_mps = 58th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
| seats_for_election = 52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
| majority_seats = 27
| turnout = 69.47% {{decrease}}5.92pp
| image1 = 150x150px
| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|nohash}}
| leader1 = Russell MacLellan
| leader_since1 = July 12, 1997
| party1 = {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|name}}
| leaders_seat1 = Cape Breton North
| last_election1 = 40
| seats1 = 19
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}21
| popular_vote1 = 158,380
| percentage1 = 35.10%
| swing1 = {{decrease}}13.86pp
| image2 = 150x150px
| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|nohash}}
| leader2 = Robert Chisholm
| leader_since2 = March 30, 1996
| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|name}}
| leaders_seat2 = Halifax Atlantic
| last_election2 = 3
| seats2 = 19
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}16
| popular_vote2 = 155,361
| percentage2 = 34.43%
| swing2 = {{increase}}16.71pp
| image3 = 150x150px
| colour3 = {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|nohash}}
| leader3 = John Hamm
| leader_since3 = October 28, 1995
| party3 = {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|name}}
| leaders_seat3 = Pictou Centre
| last_election3 = 9
| seats3 = 14
| seat_change3 = {{increase}}5
| popular_vote3 = 133,540
| percentage3 = 29.60%
| swing3 = {{decrease}}1.49pp
| map_image = 1998 Nova Scotia Election.png
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = Riding map of Nova Scotia showing winning parties
| title = Premier
| before_election = Russell MacLellan
| before_party = {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|name}}
| after_election = Russell MacLellan
| posttitle = Premier after election
| after_party = {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|name}}
}}
The 1998 Nova Scotia general election was held on March 24, 1998, to elect members of the 57th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Liberal party and the New Democratic Party tied in the seat count, with 19 each, while the Progressive Conservatives won 14 seats. The Liberals went on to form a minority government with the support of the Progressive Conservatives.
Background
Liberal Premier John Savage was elected in a landslide in 1993. The Liberals inherited a $471-million deficit, and launched an austerity program which cut the province's health and education systems.[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/maclellan-new-ns-premier/ MacLellan New NS Premier] Maclean's - July 21, 1997 On April 1, 1997, the provincial government imposed a 15% Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) which merged the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) and the Goods and Services Tax (GST). This shift angered some Nova Scotians who now had to pay taxes on things that had previously been exempted, such as home heating fuel. Savage also implemented an unpopular highway toll. Liberal party infighting eventually resulted in Savage's resignation in July 1997.[http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/nova-scotia-elections-a-savage-sweep A Savage sweep in Nova Scotia] CBC Archives Russell MacLellan became Premier of Nova Scotia on July 18, 1997.
Campaign
The governing Liberals were desperate to distance themselves from the Savage government which was viewed as deeply unpopular. New leader, Russell MacLellan, was made the focus of the campaign with all Liberal candidates signs displaying the phrase, "the MacLellan Liberals."[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/graham-steele-lawn-signs-1.3216518 Lawn signs for politicians in Canada tough to perfect, says Graham Steele] CBC News
During a televised debate on March 5, 1998, MacLellan stumbled badly when Progressive Conservative Leader John Hamm asked if he would resign if he failed to bring in a balanced budget. Instead of responding, MacLellan stared straight ahead and did not speak for seven seconds.[https://web.archive.org/web/20030310133442/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998%2F03%2F06+232.raw+PE98Mar06+2 'It went very well' ] Halifax Chronicle Herald - March 6, 1998 MacLellan blamed the pause on rigid debate rules. This moment marked a turning point in a race that saw the Liberals barely retain power.{{Cite web |last=Press |first=Michael MacDonald-The Canadian |date=2013-09-24 |title=N.S. election: Leaders hoping to avoid costly gaffes during upcoming debate |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/ns-election-leaders-hoping-to-avoid-costly-gaffes-during-upcoming-debate/ |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=CTVNews |language=en}}
Opinion polls
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|+ Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level |
| rowspan="2" | Polling firm
! rowspan="2" |Last day ! rowspan="2" | Source ! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| LANS ! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| NSNDP ! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| PCNS ! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| Other ! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|ME|Margin of Error}} ! rowspan="2" | Sample |
|---|
| style="line-height:5px;"
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal}};" data-sort-type="number"| ! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP}};" data-sort-type="number"| ! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC}};" data-sort-type="number"| ! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Indépendant}};" data-sort-type="number"| |
| style="background:#ffd;" |Election 1998
| style="background:#ffd;" |March 24, 1998 | style="background:#ffd;" | | style="background:#ffd;" |35.10 | style="background:#ffd;" |34.43 | style="background:#ffd;" |29.60 | style="background:#ffd;" |0.29 | style="background:#ffd;" | | style="background:#ffd;" | |
| Omnifacts
|January 1994 |{{cite news |title=N.S. Liberals top poll |date=January 24, 1994 |work=The Globe and Mail |page=N3}} |style="background:#EA6D6A"|60 |24 |16 |{{N/A}} |{{N/A}} |{{N/A}} |
| style="background:#ffd;" |Election 1993
| style="background:#ffd;" |May 25, 1993 | style="background:#ffd;" | | style="background:#ffd;" |48.96 | style="background:#ffd;" |17.72 | style="background:#ffd;" |31.09 | style="background:#ffd;" |1.53 | style="background:#ffd;" | | style="background:#ffd;" | |
Results
=Results by party=
| style="width:60%; text-align:center;"
|+ ↓ |
| style="color:white;"
| style="background:#F08080; width:36.54%;" | 19 | style="background:#F4A460; width:36.54%;" | 19 | style="background:#9999FF; width:26.92%;" | 14 |
| Liberal
| New Democratic | Progressive Conservative |
| class="wikitable"
|+Official results {{cite web |title=Summary, by Electoral District and Party, of Valid Votes Cast- 1998 |url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Votes_0.pdf |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |accessdate=November 11, 2021}}{{cite web |title=Elections Returns 1998 Recapitulation |url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/RECAPS1998.pdf |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |accessdate=November 11, 2021}} !rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party !rowspan="2"|Party leader !rowspan="2"|# of !colspan="4"|Seats !colspan="3"|Popular vote |
| 1993
!Elected !Change !# !% !Change (pp) {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}} |align="right"|52 |align="right"|40 |align="right"|35 |align="right"|19 |align="right" |
|---|
| 21
|align="right"|158,380 |align="right"|35.10% |align="right" |
| 13.86%
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}} |align="right"|52 |align="right"|3 |align="right"|4 |align="right"|19 |align="right"|+16 |align="right"|155,361 |align="right"|34.43% |align="right"|+16.71% {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}} |align="right"|52 |align="right"|9 |align="right"|9 |align="right"|14 |align="right"|+5 |align="right"|133,540 |align="right"|29.60% |align="right" |
| 1.49%
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Independent|row}} | colspan=2|Independent |align="right"|7 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|1,325 |align="right"|0.29% |align="right" |
| 0.90% |
|
|colspan=4|Vacant |align="right"|2 |colspan=5| |
| colspan="8"|Total valid votes
|align="right"|448,606 |align="right"|99.43% |align="right"|+0.13% |
| colspan="11"| |
| colspan="8"|Blank and invalid ballots
|align="right"|2,578 |align="right"|0.57% |align="right" |
| 0.13% |
| colspan=3|Total
|align="right"|163 |align="right"|52 |align="right"|52 |align="right"|52 |align="right"|– |align="right"|451,184 |align="right"|100.00% |align="right"|– |
| colspan="8"|Registered voters / turnout
|align="right"|649,536 |align="right"|69.47% |align="right" |
| 5.92% |
{{Bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{Bar percent|Liberal|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal}}|35.10}}
{{Bar percent|New Democratic|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP}}|34.43}}
{{Bar percent|PC|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC}}|29.60}}
{{Bar percent|Independent|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Independent}}|0.29}}}}{{Bar box|title=Seats summary|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{Bar percent|Liberal|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal}}|36.54}}
{{Bar percent|New Democratic|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP}}|36.54}}
{{Bar percent|PC|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC}}|26.92}}}}
=Results by region=
| class="wikitable"
! align="center" colspan="3"|Party name ! align="center" width="45"|HRM ! align="center" width="45"|C.B. ! align="center" width="45"|Valley ! align="center" width="48"|S. Shore ! align="center" width="45"|Fundy ! align="center" width="45"|Central ! align="center" width="45"|Total |
| colspan=10|Parties winning seats in the legislature:
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}} | rowspan="2"|Liberal | Seats: | align="right"|4 | align="right"|7 | align="right"|3 | align="right"|2 | align="right"|1 | align="right"|2 | align="right"|19 {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}} | Popular vote: | align="right"|34.46% | align="right"|44.91% | align="right"|32.54% | align="right"|35.30% | align="right"|29.31% | align="right"|31.42% | align="right"|35.34% {{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}} | rowspan="2"|New Democratic Party | Seats: | align="right"|13 | align="right"|3 | align="right" |
| align="right"|1
| align="right"|1 | align="right"|1 | align="right"|19 {{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}} | Popular vote: | align="right"|43.94% | align="right"|38.02% | align="right"|25.44% | align="right"|28.09% | align="right"|25.57% | align="right"|27.41% | align="right"|34.61% {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}} | rowspan="2"|Progressive Conservative | Seats: | align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right"|4
| align="right"|4 | align="right"|4 | align="right"|2 | align="right"|14 {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}} | Popular vote: | align="right"|21.47% | align="right"|16.16% | align="right"|41.66% | align="right"|36.46% | align="right"|44.98% | align="right"|41.17% | align="right"|29.75% |
| colspan=10|Parties not winning seats in the legislature:
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Independent|row}} |Independents | Popular vote: | align="right"|0.13% | align="right"|0.91% | align="right"|0.36% | align="right"|0.15% | align="right"|0.14% | align="right" |
| align="right"|0.30% |
| colspan=3|Total seats:
! align="right"|17 ! align="right"|10 ! align="right"|7 ! align="right"|7 ! align="right"|6 ! align="right"|5 ! align="right"|52 |
|---|
Retiring incumbents
;Liberal
- Jay Abbass, Halifax Chebucto
- Guy Brown, Cumberland South
- Bob Carruthers, Hants East
- Bill Gillis, Antigonish
- Charles MacArthur, Inverness
- John MacEachern, Cape Breton East
- Russell MacNeil, Cape Breton Centre
- Earle Rafuse, Annapolis
- Dennis Richards, Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
- John Savage, Dartmouth South
;Progressive Conservative
Nominated candidates
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
=Valley=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NS|Liberal|PC|NDP|Independent}}
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Laurie Montgomery
3,448
36.96%
|
|Basil Stewart
3,198
34.28%
|
|John Kinsella
2,468
26.46%
|
|Bob Mann
215
2.30%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Earle Rafuse †
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Wayne Gaudet
2,950
47.28%
|
|Guy LeBlanc
2,578
41.32%
|
|Vanessa Paddock
711
11.40%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby—Annapolis
|
|John Drish
2,232
33.71%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|Gordon Balser
2,465
37.22%
|
|Steve Downes
1,925
29.07%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West
|
|Debbi Bowes
2,596
27.35%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|Ron Russell
4,507
47.48%
|
|Dana Harvey
2,390
25.18%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North
|
|Jennifer Foster
2,457
27.09%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|George Archibald
3,760
41.45%
|
|Neil H. McNeil
2,854
31.46%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Robbie Harrison
3,650
36.46%
|
|David Morse
3,069
30.65%
|
|Mary DeWolfe
3,293
32.89%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West
|
|Baden Thurber
1,684
20.60%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|George Moody
5,075
62.09%
|
|Jacquie DeMestral
1,414
17.30%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|}
=South Shore=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NS|Liberal|PC|NDP|Independent}}
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Argyle
|
|Allister Surette
1,891
33.47%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|Neil LeBlanc
3,028
53.59%
|
|Diane E. Cromwell
651
11.52%
|
|Oscar Harris
80
1.42%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Chester—St. Margaret's
|
|Jim Barkhouse
3,153
34.10%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|Hinrich Bitter-Suermann
3,256
35.22%
|
|Doris Maley
2,837
30.68%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg
|
|Lila O'Connor
3,099
34.62%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|Michael Baker
3,231
36.10%
|
|Marilyn B. Crook
2,621
29.28%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Don Downe
4,364
47.95%
|
|Lou Centa
2,027
22.27%
|
|Eric Hustvedt
2,711
29.78%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens
|
|Tery Doucette
2,072
31.42%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|John Leefe
3,582
54.32%
|
|Basil L. Giffin
940
14.26%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Clifford Huskilson
3,144
38.57%
|
|Cecil O'Donnell
2,835
34.78%
|
|Derek Jones
2,173
26.66%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth
|
|Richie Hubbard
2,212
25.22%
|
|Alex McIntosh
2,629
29.97%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|John Deveau
3,931
44.81%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|}
=Fundy-Northeast=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NS|Liberal|PC|NDP|Independent}}
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley
|
|Dick Steeves
1,587
18.31%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|Brooke Taylor
5,122
59.08%
|
|Jim Harpell
1,960
22.61%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester North
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Ed Lorraine
3,301
39.13%
|
|Andy Williamson
2,511
29.77%
|
|Janet Maybee
2,623
31.10%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland North
|
|Russell Scott
2,438
27.89%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|Ernie Fage
5,451
62.35%
|
|Peter Stewart
854
9.77%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland South
|
|Mike Uberoi
2,153
26.81%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|Murray Scott
4,714
58.69%
|
|Sandy Graham
1,089
13.56%
|
|James MacLeod
76
0.95%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Guy Brown †
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East
|
|Jim W. Smith
3,377
35.32%
|
|Lawrin Armstrong
2,010
21.02%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|John MacDonell
4,175
43.66%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Truro—Bible Hill
|
|Eleanor Norrie
2,560
27.94%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|Jamie Muir
3,852
42.03%
|
|Ibel Scammell
2,752
30.03%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|}
=Central Halifax=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NS|Liberal|PC|NDP|Independent}}
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Bedford Basin
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Gerry Fogarty
4,246
40.10%
|
|Michael Maddalena
2,530
23.89%
|
|Errol Gaum
3,813
36.01%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Chebucto
|
|Kenzie MacKinnon
3,165
35.51%
|
|Sean Phillips
1,590
17.84%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|Howard Epstein
4,158
46.65%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Jay Abbass †
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Citadel
|
|Ed Kinley
4,377
39.53%
|
|Tara Erskine
2,175
19.64%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|Peter Delefes
4,414
39.87%
|
|Art Canning
106
0.96%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Fairview
|
|Bob Britton
2,597
30.03%
|
|Brian Nash
1,402
16.21%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|Eileen O'Connell
4,649
53.76%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Needham
|
|Gerry O'Malley
2,506
30.31%
|
|Artho Kartsaklis
924
11.18%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|Maureen MacDonald
4,837
58.51%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|}
=Suburban Halifax=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NS|Liberal|PC|NDP|Independent}}
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bedford—Fall River
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Francene Cosman
4,205
37.58%
|
|Peter Christie
3,892
34.79%
|
|Marvin Silver
3,091
27.63%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Atlantic
|
|Darren Watts
2,818
29.31%
|
|Jeff Campbell
1,340
13.94%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|Robert Chisholm
5,364
55.79%
|
|Golda M. Redden
93
0.97%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville—Beaver Bank
|
|Bill MacDonald
3,128
33.16%
|
|Stephen Taylor
2,485
26.34%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|Rosemary Godin
3,821
40.50%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville—Cobequid
|
|Jack Brill
2,131
22.61%
|
|Rob Batherson
1,383
14.68%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|John Holm
5,909
62.71%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Timberlea—Prospect
|
|Bruce Holland
3,308
33.34%
|
|Tom Robertson
1,852
18.67%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|Bill Estabrooks
4,762
47.99%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|}
=Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=NS|Liberal|PC|NDP|Independent}}
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cole Harbour—Eastern Passage
|
|Randy Anstey
3,303
34.25%
|
|Linda DeGrace
1,931
20.02%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|Kevin Deveaux
4,411
45.73%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
|
|Alan Mitchell
2,986
33.98%
|
|Michael L. MacDonald
2,084
23.72%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|Darrell Dexter
3,717
42.30%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth East
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Jim Smith
3,326
40.92%
|
|Ralph Hawley
1,849
22.75%
|
|Viola Huntington
2,954
36.34%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth North
|
|Gloria McClusky
2,575
33.87%
|
|Mike Brownlow
2,003
26.35%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|Jerry Pye
3,024
39.78%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Vacant|background}}|
|Vacant
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth South
|
|Bruce Hetherington
3,164
35.40%
|
|Allan Billard
2,099
23.48%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|Don Chard
3,676
41.12%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|John Savage †
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Eastern Shore
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Keith Colwell
3,299
38.49%
|
|Greg Brown
2,472
28.84%
|
|Darren Richard
2,801
32.68%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Preston
|
|Wayne Adams
1,548
37.45%
|
|Ross D. Isenor
809
19.57%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|Yvonne Atwell
1,777
42.99%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|}
=Central Nova=
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|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Hyland Fraser
4,649
41.55%
|
|Andrew MacNeil
3,554
31.76%
|
|Maurice Smith
2,986
26.69%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Bill Gillis †
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough—Port Hawkesbury
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Ray White
3,438
42.81%
|
|Ron Chisholm
2,717
33.83%
|
|Wendy Panagopoulos
1,876
23.36%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre
|
|Roseanne Skoke
2,114
23.68%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|John Hamm
5,037
56.42%
|
|Judy Hughes
1,776
19.89%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East
|
|Wayne Fraser
2,208
26.52%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|James DeWolfe
3,816
45.83%
|
|David MacKenzie
2,302
27.65%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West
|
|Rob McDowell
1,633
19.89%
|
|Luke Young
3,273
39.86%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|Charlie Parker
3,306
40.26%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|}
=Cape Breton=
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|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre
|
|Steve Drake
2,435
28.61%
|
|Julien Frison
576
6.77%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|Frank Corbett
5,499
64.62%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East
|
|Clarence Routledge
2,859
30.06%
|
|Henry Boutillier
1,651
17.36%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|Reeves Matheson
5,002
52.59%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Russell MacLellan
4,666
50.13%
|
|Murray Johnston
1,853
19.91%
|
|Archie MacKinnon
2,789
29.96%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Nova
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Paul MacEwan
3,944
53.98%
|
|Walter Hagen
312
4.27%
|
|Lou Surette
3,050
41.75%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Manning MacDonald
5,118
60.30%
|
|Anna Steele
861
10.14%
|
|Ed Murphy
2,508
29.55%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton—The Lakes
|
|Allan Henderson
3,707
42.29%
|
|Rollie Clarke
485
5.53%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|Helen MacDonald
4,573
52.17%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Russell MacKinnon
4,528
44.05%
|
|Alfie MacLeod
2,818
27.42%
|
|Brian Slaney
2,933
28.53%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Charlie MacDonald
4,396
47.83%
|
|Randy MacDonald
1,951
21.23%
|
|Maria Coady
2,274
24.74%
|
|Ed MacDonald
569
6.19%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Michel Samson
3,230
48.40%
|
|Frank Sutherland
1,392
20.86%
|
|Wilma Conrod
2,051
30.74%
|
|
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Vacant|background}}|
|Vacant
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|Kennie MacAskill
2,405
48.08%
|
|Dan Chiasson
1,524
30.47%
|
|Ruth Schneider
887
17.73%
|
|Stemer MacLeod
186
3.72%
|{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}|
|}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20030216045427/http://www.herald.ns.ca/provelect/98News.html 1998 Campaign News] Archived from Halifax Chronicle Herald
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