2021 Nova Scotia general election

The 2021 Nova Scotia general election was held on August 17, 2021, to elect members to the 64th General Assembly of Nova Scotia.

2021 Nova Scotia general election
August 17, 2021
55 seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
28 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout55.67% 2.32 pp[1]
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Tim Houston Iain Rankin Gary Burrill
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic
Leader since October 27, 2018 February 6, 2021 February 27, 2016
Leader's seat Pictou East Timberlea-Prospect Halifax Chebucto
Last election 17 seats, 35.73% 27 seats, 39.47% 7 seats, 21.51%
Seats won 31 17 6
Seat change 14 10 1
Popular vote 162,473 155,026 88,477
Percentage 38.44% 36.67% 20.93%
Swing 2.71 pp 2.80 pp 0.58 pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
Premier before election

Iain Rankin
Liberal

 Premier after election

Tim Houston
Progressive Conservative

In a major upset,[2] Tim Houston led the Progressive Conservatives to power for the first time since 2006, and with a majority government for the first time since 1999. With a popular vote share of 38.44%, the PCs won the smallest winning vote share of any majority government in Nova Scotian electoral history.

Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin’s victory in Cumberland North marked the first occasion since 1988 that an independent candidate won election to the House of Assembly.[3] A record number of four Black Nova Scotians were elected MLAs; prior to this election, only five Black MLAs had ever been elected in Nova Scotia.[4]

Redistribution of ridings

In April 2019, the Electoral Boundaries Commission released its report which recommended changing the number of electoral districts from 51 to 55, including reinstating the four former districts of Argyle, Clare, Preston and Richmond.[5] In October 2019, the Nova Scotia Legislature passed implementing legislation, providing for the following changes to take effect at the forthcoming election.[6][7]

Abolished ridingsNew ridings
Renaming of districts
Division of districts
Reorganization of districts

    Timeline
    See also: 63rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
    Changes in seats held (2017–2021)
    Seat Before Change
    Date Member Party Reason Date Member Party
    Cumberland South January 24, 2018[8] Jamie Baillie █ PC Resignation[a 1] June 19, 2018[14] Tory Rushton █ PC
    Sackville-Cobequid November 16, 2018[15] Dave Wilson █ New Democratic Resignation June 18, 2019[16] Steve Craig █ PC
    Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River June 9, 2019[17] Lenore Zann █ New Democratic Resigned from caucus[a 2] █ Independent
    Cape Breton-Richmond June 24, 2019[18] Alana Paon █ PC Removed from caucus[a 3] █ Independent
    Argyle-Barrington July 31, 2019[19] Chris d'Entremont █ PC Resignation[a 4] September 3, 2019[20] Colton LeBlanc █ PC
    Northside-Westmount July 31, 2019[19] Eddie Orrell █ PC Resignation[a 5] September 3, 2019[20] Murray Ryan █ PC
    Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg July 31, 2019[19] Alfie MacLeod █ PC Resignation[a 6] September 3, 2019[20] Brian Comer █ PC
    Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River September 12, 2019 Lenore Zann █ Independent Resignation[a 7] March 10, 2020 Dave Ritcey █ PC
    Cape Breton Centre February 6, 2020 Tammy Martin █ New Democratic Resignation[a 8] March 10, 2020 Kendra Coombes █ New Democratic
    Chester-St. Margaret's February 23, 2020 Hugh MacKay █ Liberal Resigned from caucus[a 9] █ Independent
    Annapolis May 3, 2021 Stephen McNeil █ Liberal Resignation[a 10]
    Hants East June 1, 2021 Margaret Miller █ Liberal Resignation[a 11]
    Cumberland North June 24, 2021 Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin █ PC Removed from caucus[a 12] █ Independent
    1. amid an allegation of harassment
    2. in order to seek the federal Liberal nomination in Cumberland-Colchester
    3. amid a conflict over constituency office accessibility
    4. to run in the federal district of West Nova
    5. to run in the federal district of Sydney-Victoria
    6. to run in the federal district of Cape Breton-Canso
    7. to run in the federal district of Cumberland—Colchester
    8. due to ongoing health issues
    9. amid charges of impaired driving
    10. retired from political life
    11. retired from political life
    12. amid encouraging a protest that blocked the provincial border

    Leaders' debates
    2021 Nova Scotia general election debates
    Date Organizers Venue Moderator(s)  P  Participant  A  Absent invitee  N  Non-invitee Source
    Liberal PC NDP Green Atlantica
    July 28, 2021CBC Nova ScotiaNeptune Theatre,
    Halifax    		Tom Murphy
    Amy Smith    		 P
    Rankin    		 P
    Houston    		 P
    Burrill    		 N
    Alexander    		 N
    Dean    		 [21]
    August 5, 2021CTV AtlanticCTV Studios,
    Halifax    		Steve Murphy P
    Rankin    		 P
    Houston    		 P
    Burrill    		 N
    Alexander    		 N
    Dean    		 [22]

    Results

    Results by party
    ↓
    31 17 6 1
    Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic Ind
    Official Results
    PartyVotes%+/–Seats
    2017DissolutionElectedChange
    Progressive Conservative162,47338.59+2.71171731+14
    Liberal155,02636.82-2.80272417-10
    New Democratic88,47721.02-0.58756-1
    Green9,0422.15-0.63000±0
    Independents4,9601.18+1.06031+1
    Atlantica1,0230.24-0.17000±0
    Vacant–2––
    Total421,001100.00–515155+4
    Valid votes421,00199.60
    Invalid/blank votes1,7110.40
    Total votes422,712100.00
    Registered voters/turnout759,34155.67
    Popular vote
    PC
     
    		 38.44%
    Liberal
     
    		 36.67%
    New Democratic
     
    		 20.93%
    Green
     
    		 2.14%
    Independent
     
    		 1.17%
    Atlantica
     
    		 0.24%
    Seats summary
    PC
     
    		 56.36%
    Liberal
     
    		 30.91%
    New Democratic
     
    		 10.91%
    Independent
     
    		 1.82%

    Results by region
    Party name HRM Cape Breton Annapolis Valley South Shore Fundy-Northeast Central Nova Total
    Parties winning seats in the legislature
      Progressive Conservative Seats: 6 5 4 6 5 5 31
      Popular vote: 28.39% 38.29% 41.75% 50.28% 43.66% 59.61% 38.44%
      Liberal Seats: 11 2 3 1 0 0 17
      Popular vote: 38.96% 39.93% 41.33% 33.97% 29.84% 27.56% 36.67%
      New Democratic Party Seats: 5 1 0 0 0 0 6
      Popular vote: 29.78% 20.83% 12.99% 12.94% 15.02% 11.19% 20.93%
      Independents Seats: 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
      Popular vote: 0.09% 0.83% — — 9.06% 0.17% 1.17%
    Parties not winning seats in the legislature
    Green Popular vote: 2.59% 0.12% 3.15% 2.56% 2.31% 1.23% 2.14%
    Atlantica Popular vote: 0.19% — 0.78% 0.25% 0.12% 0.25% 0.24%
    Total seats: 22 8 7 7 6 5 55

    Synopsis of results


    Results by riding - 2021 Nova Scotia general election[a 1]
    Riding Region Winning party Turnout
    [a 2]    		 Votes[a 3]
    2017
    (Redist.)
    [a 4]    		 1st place Votes Share Margin
    #    		 Margin
    %    		 2nd place PC Lib NDP Grn Atl Ind Total
     
    AnnapolisAnnapolis Valley  Lib  Lib 4,23149.62%1,47817.33%  PC 57.80%2,7534,2311,127306109–8,526
    AntigonishCentral Nova  Lib  PC 4,70749.98%1,71018.16%  Lib 64.78%4,7072,9971,55212834–9,418
    Argyle[a 5]South Shore  PC  PC 3,64982.35%3,01468.02%  Lib 67.54%3,6496356384––4,431
    Bedford BasinSuburban Halifax  Lib  Lib 3,70050.87%1,82625.11%  PC 55.61%1,8743,7001,554146––7,274
    Bedford SouthSuburban Halifax  Lib  Lib 3,58645.37%1,23015.64%  PC 56.03%2,3383,5681,76314055–7,864
    Cape Breton Centre-Whitney PierCape Breton  NDP  NDP 3,30942.15%1211.54%  Lib 53.66%1,2813,1883,30972––7,850
    Cape Breton EastCape Breton  PC  PC 3,89746.27%8039.54%  Lib 61.42%3,8973,0941,432–––8,423
    Chester-St. Margaret'sSouth Shore  Lib  PC 3,78840.06%2322.45%  Lib 62.48%3,7883,5561,62641768–9,455
    Clare[a 5]Annapolis Valley  Lib  Lib 2,32249.89%3016.46%  PC 67.84%2,0212,322153158––4,654
    Clayton Park WestCentral Halifax  Lib  Lib 3,60347.60%1,72822.83%  PC 52.63%1,8753,6031,83621046–7,570
    Colchester-Musquodoboit ValleyFundy-Northeast  PC  PC 4,11755.13%2,20429.51%  Lib 52.36%4,1171,9131,438–––7,468
    Colchester NorthFundy-Northeast  Lib  PC 4,47753.18%1,79621.34%  Lib 56.67%4,4772,68195525254–8,419
    Cole HarbourDartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore  Lib  Lib 2,11839.75%4147.77%  PC 53.30%1,7042,1181,431–75–5,328
    Cole Harbour-DartmouthDartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore  Lib  Lib 5,14452.24%2,21522.49%  PC 61.62%2,9295,1441,558215––9,846
    Cumberland NorthFundy-Northeast  PC  Ind 4,23553.87%1,74722.22%  Lib 58.59%5692,488569––4,2357,861
    Cumberland SouthFundy-Northeast  PC  PC 3,90068.47%2,80849.30%  Lib 52.12%3,9001,092524[a 6]180––5,696
    Dartmouth EastDartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore  PC  PC 3,26038.99%3604.31%  Lib 57.44%3,2602,9001,97418741–8,362
    Dartmouth NorthDartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore  NDP  NDP 3,73149.75%1,37018.27%  Lib 46.02%1,2782,3613,731129––7,499
    Dartmouth SouthDartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore  NDP  NDP 4,20958.13%2,60635.99%  Lib 52.96%1,2621,6034,209167––7,241
    Digby-AnnapolisAnnapolis Valley  Lib  PC 2,63649.55%77114.49%  Lib 52.98%2,6361,86562611380–5,320
    Eastern PassageDartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore  PC  PC 2,46944.82%1,02518.61%  Lib 52.65%2,4691,4441,222374––5,509
    Eastern ShoreDartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore  Lib  PC 4,26445.82%1,09511.76%  Lib 56.92%4,2643,1691,618254––9,305
    Fairview-Clayton ParkCentral Halifax  Lib  Lib 2,89238.51%1051.40%  NDP 47.58%1,6782,8922,787153––7,510
    Glace Bay-DominionCape Breton  Lib  PC 2,75434.61%290.37%  NDP 59.37%2,7542,4792,725–––7,958
    Guysborough–TracadieCentral Nova  Lib  PC 3,28163.39%1,71033.04%  Lib 66.81%3,2811,57124777––5,176
    Halifax ArmdaleCentral Halifax  Lib  Lib 3,07040.35%4776.27%  NDP 54.02%1,6813,0702,593202–637,609
    Halifax AtlanticSuburban Halifax  Lib  Lib 4,21355.22%2,47332.41%  NDP 47.27%1,4934,2131,740183––7,629
    Halifax ChebuctoCentral Halifax  NDP  NDP 4,00951.99%1,53119.85%  Lib 62.01%9112,4784,009313––7,711
    Halifax Citadel-Sable IslandCentral Halifax  Lib  NDP 3,39742.31%4415.49%  Lib 48.92%1,4252,9563,397250––8,028
    Halifax NeedhamCentral Halifax  NDP  NDP 5,30858.96%2,69129.89%  Lib 53.34%9042,6175,308173––9,002
    Hammonds Plains-LucasvilleSuburban Halifax  Lib  Lib 3,69746.06%83210.36%  PC 57.43%2,8653,6971,333131––8,026
    Hants EastFundy-Northeast  Lib  PC 3,32837.36%891.00%  Lib 51.19%3,3283,2392,142199––8,908
    Hants WestAnnapolis Valley  Lib  PC 3,96843.11%1411.53%  Lib 55.98%3,9683,8271,015273121–9,204
    InvernessCape Breton  PC  PC 4,83355.85%1,72119.89%  Lib 61.58%4,8333,112708–––8,653
    Kings NorthAnnapolis Valley  PC  PC 3,97144.70%1,36915.41%  Lib 55.30%3,9712,6021,87639143–8,883
    Kings SouthAnnapolis Valley  Lib  Lib 4,04944.11%1,00310.93%  PC 55.70%3,0464,0491,808276––9,179
    Kings WestAnnapolis Valley  Lib  PC 4,59249.45%7367.93%  Lib 56.65%4,5923,85654921674–9,287
    LunenburgSouth Shore  Lib  PC 3,54442.01%6297.46%  Lib 58.14%3,5442,9151,75017157–8,437
    Lunenburg WestSouth Shore  Lib  PC 4,06544.42%8689.48%  Lib 55.65%4,0653,1971,709180––9,151
    Northside-WestmountCape Breton  PC  Lib 4,03046.86%89010.35%  PC 53.34%3,1404,0301,430–––8,600
    Pictou CentreCentral Nova  PC  PC 4,09255.77%1,82324.84%  Lib 57.07%4,0922,269862114––7,337
    Pictou EastCentral Nova  PC  PC 4,91869.68%3,33347.22%  Lib 61.44%4,9181,585500–55–7,058
    Pictou WestCentral Nova  PC  PC 4,48763.62%2,97742.21%  Lib 62.1%4,4871,510872124–607,053
    Preston[a 7]Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore  Lib  Lib 2,22643.38%75414.69%  PC 46.78%1,4722,2261,433–––5,131
    QueensSouth Shore  PC  PC 3,62770.37%2,57649.98%  Lib 58.36%3,6271,051323153––5,154
    Richmond[a 5]Cape Breton  Lib  PC 2,77350.86%76414.01%  Lib 71.61%2,7732,009274––3965,452
    Sackville-CobequidSuburban Halifax  NDP  PC 3,42643.33%84910.74%  NDP 51.74%3,4261,7012,577203––7,907
    Sackville-UniackeSuburban Halifax  PC  PC 3,10443.82%78111.02%  Lib 51.44%3,1042,3231,535121––7,083
    ShelburneSouth Shore  PC  PC 3,90562.56%2,42238.80%  Lib 54.50%3,9051,483753101––6,242
    Sydney-MembertouCape Breton  Lib  Lib 4,56154.27%2,18425.99%  NDP 52.66%1,4674,5612,377–––8,405
    Timberlea-ProspectSuburban Halifax  Lib  Lib 5,18154.38%2,86130.03%  PC 55.68%2,3205,1811,64725040909,528
    Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon RiverFundy-Northeast  NDP  PC 4,02547.85%1,48417.64%  Lib 51.11%4,0252,5411,398448––8,412
    Victoria-The LakesCape Breton  PC  PC 3,53654.37%1,31220.17%  Lib 51.50%3,5362,224627––1166,503
    Waverley-Fall River-Beaver BankSuburban Halifax  PC  PC 3,93840.38%3924.02%  Lib 56.55%3,9383,5461,58161771–9,753
    YarmouthSouth Shore  Lib  Lib 4,34456.32%1,48819.29%  PC 55.17%2,8564,344322191––7,713
    1. "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17 - Official Results". electionsns.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
    2. including spoilt ballots
    3. minor political parties receiving less than 1% of the national popular vote are aggregated under "Other"; independent candidates are aggregated separately
    4. effect of 2019 restribution on previous election results, per "Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. April 12, 2021.
    5. Historically Acadian riding
    6. Larry Duchesne was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island and leader of the Prince Edward Island New Democratic Party.
    7. Historically Black riding
      = Newly created districts
      = Open seat
      = Turnout is above provincial average
      = Winning candidate was in previous Legislature
      = Incumbent had switched allegiance
      = Previously incumbent in another riding
      = Not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
      = Incumbency arose from byelection gain
      = Other incumbents renominated
      = Previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
      = Multiple candidates

    Summary analysis
    Change in popular vote by party (2021 vs 2017)
    Party20212017Change (pp)
    █ Progressive Conservative
    38.44%
    35.73%
    		2.712.71
     
    █ Liberal
    36.67%
    39.47%
    		-2.80
     
    █ New Democratic
    20.93%
    21.51%
    		-0.58
     
    █ Green
    2.14%
    2.77%
    		-0.63
     
    █ Independent
    1.17%
    0.11%
    		1.061.06
     
    █ Atlantica
    0.24%
    0.41%
    		-0.17
     
    Elections to the 64th Legislature of Nova Scotia – seats won/lost by party, 2017–2021
    (after applying effect of redistribution)
    Party 2017
    (redist.)    		 Gain from (loss to) 2021
    Lib PC NDP Ind
    Progressive Conservative 1813(1)2(1)31
    Liberal 301(13)(1)17
    New Democratic 71(2)6
    Independent –11
    Total5514(1)2(15)2(1)(1)55

    Incumbents not running for reelection

    The following MLAs announced that they would not run in the 2021 general election:

    Independent

    Liberal Party

    New Democratic Party

    Candidates by constituency

    Legend
    bold denotes party leader
    † denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest

    NOTE: Candidates' names are as registered with Elections Nova Scotia[33]

    Annapolis Valley
    Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
    LiberalPCNDPGreenAtlantica
    Annapolis Carman Kerr
    4,231
    49.62%    		 Jennifer Ehrenfeld-Poole
    2,753
    32.29%    		 Cheryl Burbidge
    1,127
    13.22%    		 Krista Grear
    306
    3.59%    		 Mark Robertson
    109
    1.28%    		 Vacant
    Clare Ronnie LeBlanc
    2,322
    49.89%    		 Carl Deveau
    2,021
    43.43%    		 Cameron Pye
    153
    3.29%    		 Claire McDonald
    158
    3.39%    		 Gordon Wilson†
    Clare-Digby
    Digby-Annapolis Jimmy MacAlpine
    1,865
    35.06%    		 Jill Balser
    2,636
    49.55%    		 Michael Carty
    626
    11.77%    		 Jessica Walker
    113
    2.12%    		 Tyler Ducharme
    80
    1.50%    		 New riding
    Hants West Brian Casey
    3,827
    41.58%    		 Melissa Sheehy-Richard
    3,968
    43.11%    		 Caet Moir
    1,015
    11.03%    		 Jenn Kang
    273
    2.97%    		 Gordon J. Berry
    121
    1.31%    		 Chuck Porter†
    Kings North Geof Turner
    2,602
    29.29%    		 John Lohr
    3,971
    44.70%    		 Erin Patterson
    1,876
    21.12%    		 Doug Hickman
    391
    4.40%    		 Paul Dunn
    43
    0.48%    		 John Lohr
    Kings South Keith Irving
    4,049
    44.11%    		 Derrick Kimball
    3,046
    33.18%    		 Mercedes Brian
    1,808
    19.70%    		 Barry Leslie
    276
    3.01%    		 Keith Irving
    Kings West Emily Lutz
    3,856
    41.52%    		 Chris Palmer
    4,592
    49.45%    		 Jason Langille
    549
    5.91%    		 Sue Earle
    216
    2.33%    		 Rick Mehta
    74
    0.80%    		 Leo Glavine†

    South Shore
    Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
    LiberalPCNDPGreenAtlantica
    Argyle Nick d'Entremont
    635
    14.33%    		 Colton LeBlanc
    3,649
    82.35%    		 Robin Smith
    63
    1.42%    		 Corey Clamp
    84
    1.90%    		 Colton LeBlanc
    Argyle-Barrington
    Chester-St. Margaret's Jacob Killawee
    3,556
    37.61%    		 Danielle Barkhouse
    3,788
    40.06%    		 Amy Stewart Reitsma
    1,626
    17.20%    		 Jessica Alexander
    417
    4.41%    		 Steven Foster
    68
    0.72%    		 Hugh MacKay†
    Lunenburg Suzanne Lohnes-Croft
    2,915
    34.55%    		 Susan Corkum-Greek
    3,544
    42.01%    		 Alison Smith
    1,750
    20.74%    		 Thomas Trappenberg
    171
    2.03%    		 John Giannakos
    57
    0.68%    		 Suzanne Lohnes-Croft
    Lunenburg West Jennifer Naugler
    3,197
    34.94%    		 Becky Druhan
    4,065
    44.42%    		 Merydie Ross
    1,709
    18.68%    		 Eric Wade
    180
    1.97%    		 Mark Furey†
    Queens Susan MacLeod
    1,051
    20.39%    		 Kim Masland
    3,627
    70.37%    		 Mary Dahr
    323
    6.27%    		 Brian Muldoon
    153
    2.97%    		 Kim Masland
    Queens-Shelburne
    Shelburne Penny Smith
    1,483
    23.76%    		 Nolan Young
    3,905
    62.56%    		 Darren Stoddard
    753
    12.06%    		 Steve Hirchak
    101
    1.62%    		 New riding
    Yarmouth Zach Churchill
    4,344
    56.32%    		 Candice Clairmont
    2,856
    37.03%    		 SJ Rogers
    322
    4.17%    		 Adam Randall
    191
    2.48%    		 Zach Churchill

    Fundy-Northeast
    Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
    LiberalPCNDPGreenAtlanticaIndependent
    Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley Rhonda MacLellan
    1,913
    25.62%    		 Larry Harrison
    4,117
    55.13%    		 Janet Moulton
    1,438
    19.26%    		 Larry Harrison
    Colchester North Merlyn Smith
    2,681
    31.84%    		 Tom Taggart
    4,477
    53.18%    		 Sean Foley
    955
    11.34%    		 Ivan Drouin
    252
    2.99%    		 Stephan Sante
    54
    0.64%    		 Karen Casey†
    Cumberland North Bill Casey
    2,488
    31.65%    		 David Wightman
    569
    7.24%    		 Lauren Skabar
    569
    7.24%    		 Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin
    4,235
    53.87%    		 Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin
    Cumberland South Rollie Lawless
    1,092
    19.17%    		 Tory Rushton
    3,900
    68.47%    		 Larry Duchesne
    524
    9.20%    		 Nicholas Hendren
    180
    3.16%    		 Tory Rushton
    Hants East Michael Blois
    3,239
    36.36%    		 John A. MacDonald
    3,328
    37.36%    		 Abby Cameron
    2,142
    24.05%    		 Simon Greenough
    199
    2.23%    		 Vacant
    Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River Tamara Tynes Powell
    2,541
    30.21%    		 Dave Ritcey
    4,025
    47.85%    		 Darlene DeAdder
    1,398
    16.62%    		 Shaun Trainor
    448
    5.33%    		 Dave Ritcey

    Central Halifax
    Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
    LiberalPCNDPGreenAtlanticaIndependent
    Clayton Park West Rafah DiCostanzo
    3,603
    47.60%    		 Nargis DeMolitor
    1,875
    24.77%    		 Reena Davis
    1,836
    24.25%    		 Richard Zurawski
    210
    2.77%    		 Helen Lau
    46
    0.61%    		 Rafah DiCostanzo
    Fairview-Clayton Park Patricia Arab
    2,892
    38.51%    		 Nicole Mosher
    1,678
    22.34%    		 Joanne Hussey
    2,787
    37.11%    		 Sheila Richardson
    153
    2.04%    		 Patricia Arab
    Halifax Armdale Ali Duale
    3,070
    40.35%    		 Richard MacLean
    1,681
    22.09%    		 Julie Melanson
    2,593
    34.08%    		 Jo-Ann Roberts
    202
    2.65%    		 Stephen Chafe
    63
    0.83%    		 Lena Diab†
    Halifax Chebucto Jackie Kinley
    2,478
    32.14%    		 John Wesley Chisholm
    911
    11.81%    		 Gary Burrill
    4,009
    51.99%    		 Lily Barraclough
    313
    4.06%    		 Gary Burrill
    Halifax Citadel-Sable Island Labi Kousoulis
    2,956
    36.82%    		 Sheri Morgan
    1,425
    17.75%    		 Lisa Lachance
    3,397
    42.31%    		 Noah Hollis
    250
    3.11%    		 Labi Kousoulis
    Halifax Needham Colin Coady
    2,617
    29.07%    		 Scott Ellis
    904
    10.04%    		 Suzy Hansen
    5,308
    58.96%    		 Kai Trappenberg
    173
    1.92%    		 Lisa Roberts†

    Suburban Halifax
    Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
    LiberalPCNDPGreenAtlanticaIndependent
    Bedford Basin Kelly Regan
    3,700
    50.87%    		 Nick Driscoll
    1,874
    25.76%    		 Jacob Wilson
    1,554
    21.36%    		 Madeline Taylor
    146
    2.01%    		 Kelly Regan
    Bedford
    Bedford South Braedon Clark
    3,568
    45.37%    		 Sura Hadad
    2,338
    29.73%    		 David Paterson
    1,763
    22.42%    		 Ron G. Parker
    140
    1.78%    		 Alan Nightingale
    55
    0.70%    		 New riding
    Halifax Atlantic Brendan Maguire
    4,213
    55.22%    		 Tim Cranston
    1,493
    19.57%    		 Shauna Hatt
    1,740
    22.81%    		 Sarah Weston
    183
    2.40%    		 Brendan Maguire
    Hammonds Plains-Lucasville Ben Jessome
    3,697
    46.06%    		 Julie Chaisson
    2,865
    35.70%    		 Angela Downey
    1,333
    16.61%    		 Mark Embrett
    131
    1.63%    		 Ben Jessome
    Sackville-Cobequid Mary LeRoy
    1,701
    21.51%    		 Steve Craig
    3,426
    43.33%    		 Lara Fawthrop
    2,577
    32.59%    		 Ian Dawson
    203
    2.57%    		 Steve Craig
    Sackville-Uniacke Donalda MacIsaac
    2,323
    32.80%    		 Brad Johns
    3,104
    43.82%    		 Thomas Hill
    1,535
    21.67%    		 Carson LeQuesne
    121
    1.71%    		 Brad Johns
    Sackville-Beaver Bank
    Timberlea-Prospect Iain Rankin
    5,181
    54.38%    		 Bill Healy
    2,320
    24.35%    		 Raymond Theriault
    1,647
    17.29%    		 Harry Ward
    250
    2.62%    		 Dessire G. Miari
    40
    0.42%    		 Dawn Edith Penney
    90
    0.94%    		 Iain Rankin
    Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank Marni Tuttle
    3,546
    36.36%    		 Brian Wong
    3,938
    40.38%    		 Christina McCarron
    1,581
    16.21%    		 Anthony Edmonds
    617
    6.33%    		 Shawn Whitford
    71
    0.73%    		 Bill Horne†

    Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore
    Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
    LiberalPCNDPGreenAtlantica
    Cole Harbour Tony Ince
    2,118
    39.75%    		 Darryl Johnson
    1,704
    31.98%    		 Jerome Lagmay
    1,431
    26.86%    		 Chris Kinnie
    75
    1.41%    		 Tony Ince
    Cole Harbour-Portland Valley
    Cole Harbour-Dartmouth Lorelei Nicoll
    5,144
    52.24%    		 Karina Sanford
    2,929
    29.75%    		 Melody Pentland
    1,558
    15.82%    		 Rana Zaman
    215
    2.18%    		 New riding
    Dartmouth East D'Arcy Poultney
    2,900
    34.68%    		 Tim Halman
    3,260
    38.99%    		 Tyler J. Colbourne
    1,974
    23.61%    		 Sara Adams
    187
    2.24%    		 Chris Bowie
    41
    0.49%    		 Tim Halman
    Dartmouth North Pam Cooley
    2,361
    31.48%    		 Lisa Coates
    1,278
    17.04%    		 Susan Leblanc
    3,731
    49.75%    		 Carolyn Marshall
    129
    1.72%    		 Susan Leblanc
    Dartmouth South Lesley MacKay
    1,603
    22.14%    		 Chris Curtis
    1,262
    17.43%    		 Claudia Chender
    4,209
    58.13%    		 Skylar Martini
    167
    2.31%    		 Claudia Chender
    Eastern Passage Joyce Treen
    1,444
    26.21%    		 Barbara Adams
    2,469
    44.82%    		 Tammy Jakeman
    1,222
    22.18%    		 Corey Myers
    374
    6.79%    		 Barbara Adams
    Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
    Eastern Shore Kevin Murphy
    3,169
    34.06%    		 Kent Smith
    4,264
    45.82%    		 Deirdre Dwyer
    1,618
    17.39%    		 Cheryl Atkinson
    254
    2.73%    		 Kevin Murphy
    Preston Angela Simmonds
    2,226
    43.38%    		 Archy Beals
    1,472
    28.69%    		 Colter C.C. Simmonds
    1,433
    27.93%    		 Keith Colwell†
    Preston-Dartmouth

    Central Nova
    Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
    LiberalPCNDPGreenAtlanticaIndependent
    Antigonish Randy Delorey
    2,997
    31.82%    		 Michelle Thompson
    4,707
    49.98%    		 Moraig MacGillivray
    1,552
    16.48%    		 Will Fraser
    128
    1.36%    		 Ryan Smyth
    34
    0.36%    		 Randy Delorey
    Guysborough-Tracadie Lloyd Hines
    1,571
    30.35%    		 Greg Morrow
    3,281
    63.39%    		 Matt Stickland
    247
    4.77%
    		 Gabe Bruce
    77
    1.49%    		 Lloyd Hines
    Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie
    Pictou Centre Jim McKenna
    2,269
    30.93%    		 Pat Dunn
    4,092
    55.77%    		 Vernon Theriault
    862
    11.75%    		 Laura Moore
    114
    1.55%    		 Pat Dunn
    Pictou East Joe MacDonald
    1,585
    22.46%    		 Tim Houston
    4,918
    69.68%    		 Joy Polley
    500
    7.08%    		 Jonathan Geoffrey Dean
    55
    0.78%    		 Tim Houston
    Pictou West Mary Wooldridge-Elliott
    1,510
    21.41%    		 Karla MacFarlane
    4,487
    63.62%    		 Rick Parker
    872
    12.36%    		 Clare Brett
    124
    1.76%    		 John A. Clark
    60
    0.85%    		 Karla MacFarlane

    Cape Breton
    Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
    LiberalPCNDPGreenIndependent
    Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier Michelle Wilson
    3,188
    40.61%    		 Bryden Mombourquette
    1,281
    16.32%    		 Kendra Coombes
    3,309
    42.15%    		 Robert Hussey
    72
    0.92%    		 Kendra Coombes
    Cape Breton Centre
    Cape Breton East Heather Peters
    3,094
    36.73%    		 Brian Comer
    3,897
    46.27%    		 Barbara Beaton
    1,432
    17.00%    		 Brian Comer
    Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg
    Glace Bay-Dominion John John McCarthy
    2,479
    31.15%    		 John White
    2,754
    34.61%    		 John Morgan
    2,725
    34.24%    		 Geoff MacLellan†
    Glace Bay
    Inverness Damian MacInnis
    3,112
    35.96%    		 Allan MacMaster
    4,833
    55.85%    		 Joanna Clark
    708
    8.18%    		 Allan MacMaster
    Northside-Westmount Fred Tilley
    4,030
    46.86%    		 Murray Ryan
    3,140
    36.51%    		 Jennifer Morrison
    1,430
    16.63%    		 Murray Ryan
    Richmond Matt Haley
    2,009
    36.85%    		 Trevor Boudreau
    2,773
    50.86%    		 Bryson Syliboy
    274
    5.03%    		 Alana Paon
    396
    7.26%    		 Alana Paon
    Cape Breton-Richmond
    Sydney-Membertou Derek Mombourquette
    4,561
    54.27%    		 Pauline Singer
    1,467
    17.45%    		 Madonna Doucette
    2,377
    28.28%    		 Derek Mombourquette
    Sydney-Whitney Pier
    Victoria-The Lakes Nadine Bernard
    2,224
    34.20%    		 Keith Bain
    3,536
    54.37%    		 Adrianna MacKinnon
    627
    9.64%    		 Stemer MacLeod
    116
    1.78%    		 Keith Bain

    Opinion polls
    Voting intentions in Nova Scotia since the 2017 election

    Polling Firm Poll Published Link Liberal PC NDP Green Lead
    Election ResultsAugust 17, 2021N/A36.6738.4420.932.141.77
    Forum Research August 16, 2021 HTML 39 36 21 3 3
    Mainstreet Research August 16, 2021 HTML 38 36 21 3 2
    Narrative Research August 11, 2021 PDF Archived August 11, 2021, at the Wayback Machine 40 31 27 2 9
    Leger August 2, 2021 PDF 42 32 20 5 10
    Mainstreet Research July 22, 2021 HTML 42 30 22 4 12
    Premier Iain Rankin calls a election to be held on August 17, 2021 (July 17, 2021)
    Angus Reid June 9, 2021 HTML 41 33 20 4 8
    Narrative Research June 3, 2021 HTML 52 24 19 5 28
    Narrative Research March 9, 2021 HTML 50 26 18 6 24
    MQO Research February 25, 2021 HTML 51 27 15 4 24
    Iain Rankin is sworn in as Premier of Nova Scotia (February 23, 2021)
    Iain Rankin is elected leader of the Liberal Party (February 6, 2021)
    Angus Reid December 10, 2020 HTML 37 29 25 7 8
    Narrative Research December 8, 2020 HTML 49 25 21 5 24
    Narrative Research September 3, 2020 HTML 47 27 19 6 20
    Stephen McNeil announces his intention to resign as leader of the Liberal Party and Premier of Nova Scotia (August 6, 2020)
    Angus Reid June 8, 2020 HTML 42 31 19 7 11
    Narrative Research May 25, 2020 HTML 57 22 15 6 35
    Innovative Research Group May 12, 2020 PDF 49 24 18 9 25
    Narrative Research March 12, 2020 HTML 43 27 21 10 16
    MQO Research March 3, 2020 PDF 34 32 22 9 2
    Narrative Research December 10, 2019 HTML 42 26 21 9 16
    MQO Research August 31, 2019 PDF 35 35 20 8 Tie
    Narrative Research July 31–August 22, 2019 PDF 39 28 16 15 11
    Narrative Research June 13, 2019 HTML 31 33 21 13 2
    MQO Research May 13, 2019 PDF 30 38 18 12 8
    Corporate Research Associates March 6, 2019 PDF Archived March 7, 2019, at the Wayback Machine 37 34 24 5 3
    MQO Research February 13, 2019 PDF 41 33 19 7 8
    Mainstreet Research January 30, 2019 HTML 32.1 31.0 25.2 8.1 1.1
    Corporate Research Associates December 12, 2018 PDF Archived December 15, 2018, at the Wayback Machine 38 31 24 6 7
    Mainstreet Research November 16, 2018 HTML 32.7 33.2 20.7 8.9 0.5
    MQO Research November 8, 2018 PDF 42 36 15 6 6
    Tim Houston is elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party (October 27, 2018)
    Corporate Research Associates September 6, 2018 PDF Archived September 6, 2018, at the Wayback Machine 43 32 21 4 11
    MQO Research August 9, 2018 PDF 45 31 20 4 14
    Mainstreet Research July 17, 2018 HTML 36.7 33.8 22.9 5 2.9
    Corporate Research Associates June 6, 2018 PDF 45 29 23 3 16
    MQO Research May 11, 2018 PDF 40 31 23 4 9
    Mainstreet Research April 18, 2018 HTML 40.2 34.7 17.3 5.6 5.5
    Corporate Research Associates March 8, 2018 PDF Archived March 9, 2018, at the Wayback Machine 37 34 25 4 3
    Mainstreet Research January 25, 2018 HTML 40.6 38.5 15.7 5.2 2.1
    MQO Research January 24, 2018 PDF 47 30 17 5 17
    Corporate Research Associates December 6, 2017 PDF Archived December 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine 38 29 27 5 9
    MQO Research October 24, 2017 PDF 44 32 19 4 12
    Corporate Research Associates September 13, 2017 PDF Archived September 13, 2017, at the Wayback Machine 45 29 22 4 16
    MQO Research July 27, 2017 PDF 46 30 21 3 16
    Corporate Research Associates June 7, 2017 PDF Archived July 30, 2017, at the Wayback Machine 40 29 28 2 11
    Election 2017 May 30, 2017 HTML 39.5 35.7 21.5 2.8 3.8

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