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Nova Scotia general election, 2009

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2001
  
2007

20 seats, 34.63%
  
9 seats, 23.44%

31
  
11

Start date
  
June 9, 2009

2007
  
2006

9 seats, 23.44%
  
23 seats, 39.57%

11
  
10

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Winner
  
Darrell Dexter

The 38th Nova Scotia general election was held on June 9, 2009 to elect members of the 61st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The government was defeated on a money bill on May 4, and the Nova Scotia House of Assembly was dissolved by Lieutenant Governor Mayann Francis on May 5. thereby triggering an election. The NDP won a majority government, forming government the first time in the province's history, and for the first time in an Atlantic Canadian province. The governing Progressive Conservatives were reduced to third place.

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Campaign

The election campaign began on May 5, 2009, after the New Democrats and Liberals voted against the Offshore Offset Revenues Expenditure Act, legislation that would have permitted the government to divert its revenues from oil and gas development in the Atlantic Ocean from debt payment, as required under current provincial law, to fund extra spending in the 2009 budget. As the Progressive Conservatives won only a minority government in the 2006 election, at least one of the two opposition parties would have been required to vote in favour of (or abstain from voting on) the legislation for it to pass.

Timeline

  • June 13, 2006 - Rodney MacDonald's Progressive Conservatives are elected to a minority government.
  • June 20, 2006 - Liberal leader Francis MacKenzie resigns.
  • February 20, 2007 - Cumberland North MLA Ernie Fage is suspended from the Progressive Conservative caucus after Halifax Police charge him with failing to remain at the scene of an accident, following an incident in November 2006.
  • March 1, 2007 - NDP MLA Kevin Deveaux resigns his seat of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage.
  • April 28, 2007 - Stephen McNeil is elected leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
  • October 2, 2007 - Becky Kent of the NDP is elected in the Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage byelection.
  • December 18, 2007 - Fage is convicted of leaving the scene of an accident, and is expelled from the Progressive Conservative caucus.
  • March 2, 2009 - Lunenburg MLA and Finance Minister Michael Baker dies.
  • May 4, 2009 - Government is defeated on a budget bill (Bill 240 - Offshore Offset Revenues Expenditure Act (amendments to Provincial finance Act)).
  • May 5, 2009 - Legislature is officially dissolved and writ of election dropped.
  • May 19, 2009 - First official leaders' debate.
  • June 2, 2009 - Second official leaders' debate.
  • June 9, 2009 - Election Day – polls close at 7:00 PM ADT; CBC projects an NDP government at 7:30 PM ADT.

    • Results by party

    Candidates lined up.

    Riding results

  • Winners are indicated by the party-coloured bar next to the winner's name.
  • bold denotes a cabinet minister or party leader
  • † denotes an incumbent not seeking re-election

    • South Shore

    ^a - Previously held by Progressive Conservative Michael Baker, who died in office on March 2, 2009.

    References

    Nova Scotia general election, 2009 Wikipedia
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