Nova Scotia general election, 2006
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Nova Scotia general election, 2006 52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
June 13, 2006
		First Party	Second Party	Third Party
Leader		Rodney MacDonald	Darrell Dexter	Francis MacKenzie
Party		Progressive Conservative	New Democrat	Liberal
Leader's seat		Inverness	Cole Harbour	Bedford
Last election		25	15	12
Seats won		23	20	9
Seat change		-2	+5	-3
Popular vote		160,119	140,128	94,872
Percentage		39.57%	34.63%	23.44%
Swing		+3.33%	+3.52%	-7.99%
Riding map of Nova Scotia showing winning parties.
Incumbent Premier Rodney MacDonald Progressive Conservative Premier-Elect Rodney MacDonald Progressive Conservative

The 2006 election (more formally 60th Nova Scotia general election), in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada was held on June 13, 2006 to elect members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

Premier Rodney MacDonald, who led a Progressive Conservative minority government in the legislature, called for the election on May 13, 2006, hoping for a majority government to better advance his agenda and a clear mandate for himself as he had not yet fought an election as leader.

Ultimately, MacDonald was returned to power leading another, slightly smaller, minority government against a strengthened New Democratic Party sitting as the Official Opposition and a weakened Liberal Party. Liberal leader Francis MacKenzie was defeated in his riding of Bedford.

Timeline

• September 29, 2005 - Premier John Hamm, leader of the Progressive Conservative minority government, announces his intent to resign as soon as the party chooses a new leader.
• February 11, 2006 - Rodney MacDonald is elected to replace Hamm as leader.
• February 24, 2006 - MacDonald becomes Premier and his cabinet is sworn in.
• May 9, 2006 - MacDonald's government introduces an "election-style" budget in the legislature. [1]
• May 13, 2006 - MacDonald asks Lieutenant Governor Myra Freeman to call an election. Upon his advice, Freeman sets the date for June 13, 2006.
• June 13, 2006:

20:00 ADT - CBC projects a PC government

20:14 ADT - CBC projects a PC minority government

20:20 ADT - The riding of Bedford is called for the Tories, defeating Liberal leader Francis MacKenzie.

20:35 ADT - In delivering his concession speech, Francis MacKenzie announced that it was "the end of the road," and that he planned to meet with the Liberal President within a week.

21:33 ADT - CBC officially declares a PC minority government on their website [2]

Results

The Progressive Conservatives gained several points in the popular vote, but made a net loss of two seats, with losses to the NDP partially countered by the PCs doubling their representation on MacDonald's native Cape Breton Island at the expense of the Liberals. The gap between the Liberals and NDP also significantly increased, in both the popular vote and seat count; while the Liberals and NDP had previously been nearly even, the NDP gained a significant advantage on the Liberals and moved into position as the primary opposition to the governing PCs.

Results by party

* The Greens did not contest the 2003 election.

Results by region

Opinion polls

Riding results

• bold denotes a cabinet minister or party leader
• italics denotes a candidate who has not yet been formally nominated by his or her party
• † denotes an incumbent not seeking re-election

Valley

South Shore

Fundy

Central Halifax

Suburban Halifax

Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

Central Nova

Cape Breton

Shifts in Control

Progressive Conservative to NDP

Liberal to NDP

Liberal to Progressive Conservative

By-elections since the general election

Cole Harbour—Eastern Passage (Resignation of Kevin Deveaux), October 2, 2007:

External links

• CBC: Nova Scotia Votes 2006
• Nodice.ca - Nova Scotia Provincial Election 2006
• Riding Results Tracker

References

• Government of Nova Scotia. "Election Summary From 1867 - 2006" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved on 2006-12-02.

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