The 1974 Nova Scotia general election was held on 2 April 1974 to elect members of the 51st House of Assembly of the Province of

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. It was won by the

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. Most of its MLAs were elected in single-member district using first past the post voting but some, such as in Colchester and Yarmouth, were elected in two-seat districts using

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Results

Results by party

Results by region

Retiring incumbents

;Liberal * James L. Connolly,

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, Pictou Centre * A. Lloyd MacDonald, Pictou East * George Riley, Halifax Cobequid ;Progressive Conservative * Gerald Doucet,

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* Floyd MacDonald,

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* George Isaac Smith,

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* Victor Thorpe, Kings North * Maurice L. Zinck, Lunenburg East

Nominated candidates

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

Valley

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Annapolis East , , Hank De Boer
2,583
''43.48%'' , , , Gerry Sheehy
3,134
''52.76%'' , , Murray A. Bent
223
''3.75%'' , , , , , Gerry Sheehy , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Annapolis West , , , Peter M. Nicholson
2,636
''53.00%'' , , J.R. Kerr
2,150
''43.22%'' , , David N. Lowe
188
''3.78%'' , , , , , Peter M. Nicholson , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Clare , , , Benoit Comeau
2,959
''61.07%'' , , Vincent L. Doucet
1,218
''25.14%'' , , Jean L. Belliveau
668
''13.79%'' , , , , , Benoit Comeau , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Digby , , , Joseph H. Casey
3,525
''65.90%'' , , John R. Nichols
1,590
''29.73%'' , , C.B. Haight
234
''4.37%'' , , , , , Joseph H. Casey , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Hants West , , , Robert D. Lindsay
4,148
''48.07%'' , , Ron Russell
3,707
''42.96%'' , , Gary E. Tonks
774
''8.97%'' , , , , , Robert D. Lindsay , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kings North , , , Glenn Ells
3,536
''49.39%'' , , David J. Waterbury
3,124
''43.63%'' , , George W. Graves
500
''6.98%'' , , , , , Victor Thorpe† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kings South , , Edgar K. Aston
1,999
''33.11%'' , , , Harry How
3,576
''59.22%'' , , John P. O'Meara
463
''7.67%'' , , , , , Harry How , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kings West , , , Frank Bezanson
5,031
''58.34%'' , , Kathleen E. Howlett
3,206
''37.23%'' , , Donald Wolsey
374
''4.34%'' , , , , , Frank Bezanson

South Shore

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Lunenburg Centre , , James Kinley
3,878
''39.08%'' , , , Bruce Cochran
4,086
''41.18%'' , , Ralph E. Deamond
421
''4.24%'' , , Walton Cook
1,538
''15.50%'' , , , Walton Cook , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Lunenburg East , , Joseph Saunders
1,963
''41.06%'' , , , Ron Barkhouse
2,536
''53.04%'' , , Anthony W.E. Zinck
282
''5.90%'' , , , , , Maurice L. Zinck† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Lunenburg West , , , Maurice DeLory
3,635
''54.92%'' , , Ella Spence
2,643
''39.93%'' , , William R. Griswold
341
''5.15%'' , , , , , Maurice DeLory , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

, , R. Keith Wyer
2,649
''40.58%'' , , , John Wickwire
2,905
''44.50%'' , , A.J. d'Entremont
974
''14.92%'' , , , , , Floyd MacDonald† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Shelburne , , , Harold Huskilson
4,119
''47.58%'' , , Ron Hatfield
3,732
''43.11%'' , , Dewey Waybret
806
''9.31%'' , , , , , Harold Huskilson , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Yarmouth , , , Fraser Mooney
8,098
''32.87%'' , , Martin Cottreau
4,029
''16.35%'' , , Lawrence Dukeshire
637
''2.59%'' , , , , , Fraser Mooney , - , , , Hugh Tinkham
7,068
''28.69%'' , , George A. Snow
4,300
''17.45%'' , , Leslie Babin
504
''2.05%'' , , , , , George A. Snow

Fundy-Northeast

, - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke,

, , , Melinda MacLean
9,514
''25.87%'' , , Gerald Ritcey
7,182
''19.53%'' , , Eda Forsythe
1,515
''4.12%'' , , Bob Kirk
159
''0.43%'' , , , Gerald Ritcey , - , , , Floyd Tucker
8,662
''23.55%'' , , Ron Giffin
7,974
''21.68%'' , , Allan Marchbank
1,771
''4.82%'' , , , , , George Isaac Smith† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cumberland Centre , , , Guy Brown
2,283
''52.16%'' , , Raymond M. Smith
1,601
''36.58%'' , , Elory Tabor
493
''11.26%'' , , , , , Raymond M. Smith , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cumberland East , , Ronald S. MacNeil
3,490
''40.82%'' , , , Roger Stuart Bacon
4,125
''48.25%'' , , David W. D'Aubin
934
''10.93%'' , , , , , Roger Stuart Bacon , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cumberland West , , W.J. Brown
2,205
''45.86%'' , , , D. L. George Henley
2,323
''48.32%'' , , A. Bradley Colpitts
280
''5.82%'' , , , , , D. L. George Henley , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Hants East , , , Jack Hawkins
3,322
''49.88%'' , , Avard Ettinger
2,690
''40.39%'' , , Clair White
549
''8.24%'' , , John G. Stanhope Sr.
99
''1.49%'' , , , Jack Hawkins

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax Atlantic , , Darrell E. Wentzell
4,380
''35.90%'' , , , John Buchanan
6,229
''51.06%'' , , Colin Campbell
1,591
''13.04%'' , , , , , John Buchanan , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

, , , Walter Fitzgerald
5,608
''53.47%'' , , Dennis Ashworth
3,233
''30.82%'' , , Burris Devanney
1,648
''15.71%'' , , , , , James L. Connolly† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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, , , Ronald Wallace
4,299
''48.73%'' , , Richard MacLean
3,071
''34.81%'' , , Michael Bradfield
1,452
''16.46%'' , , , , , Ronald Wallace , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax Cobequid , , , George Doucet
8,691
''49.57%'' , , Silvia Hudson
6,878
''39.23%'' , , George C. Cann
1,964
''11.20%'' , , , , , George Riley† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax Cornwallis , , , George M. Mitchell
5,391
''47.52%'' , , George T.H. Cooper
3,833
''33.79%'' , , Muriel Duckworth
2,121
''18.70%'' , , , , , George M. Mitchell , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax Eastern Shore , , , Alexander Garnet Brown
6,437
''52.90%'' , , Hanson D. Josey
4,205
''34.56%'' , , John T. Kennedy
1,527
''12.55%'' , , , , , Alexander Garnet Brown , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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4,364
''61.49%'' , , James H. Vaughan
1,854
''26.12%'' , , Martin Dolin
879
''12.39%'' , , , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax-St. Margaret's , , , Leonard L. Pace
7,238
''47.87%'' , , George C. Piercey
6,084
''40.24%'' , , Richard Rogers
1,798
''11.89%'' , , , , , Leonard L. Pace , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Dartmouth North , , , Glen M. Bagnell
7,091
''51.41%'' , , Richard L. Weldon
4,839
''35.08%'' , , Joseph Bouchard
1,863
''13.51%'' , , , , , Glen M. Bagnell , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Dartmouth South , , D. Scott MacNutt
5,871
''44.24%'' , , , Roland J. Thornhill
6,491
''48.91%'' , , Norman H. Dares
908
''6.84%'' , , , , , D. Scott MacNutt

Central Nova

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Antigonish , , , Bill Gillis
5,141
''56.88%'' , , Ronald A. MacDonald
3,172
''35.09%'' , , Patrick D. Gough
726
''8.03%'' , , , , , Bill Gillis , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Guysborough , , , A.M. "Sandy" Cameron
3,688
''55.66%'' , , Fenwick MacIntosh
2,652
''40.02%'' , , William Sugg
286
''4.32%'' , , , , , A.M. "Sandy" Cameron , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Pictou Centre , , Lawrence MacKinnon
4,954
''42.54%'' , , , Fraser MacLean
5,100
''43.80%'' , , Dave MacKenzie
1,591
''13.66%'' , , , , ,

† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Pictou East , , J. Lester MacLellan
2,945
''42.09%'' , , , Donald Cameron
3,217
''45.98%'' , , Joanne E. Kohout
835
''11.93%'' , , , , , A. Lloyd MacDonald† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Pictou West , , , Dan Reid
2,624
''43.99%'' , , Harvey Veniot
2,602
''43.62%'' , , Charles Parker
739
''12.39%'' , , , , , Harvey Veniot

Cape Breton

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton Centre , , Albert J. Boudreau
1,703
''21.76%'' , , Mike Laffin
2,743
''35.05%'' , , , Buddy MacEachern
3,380
''43.19%'' , , , , , Mike Laffin , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton East , , Vincent Kachafanas
3,443
''30.83%'' , , Frederick Adshade
1,611
''14.43%'' , , , Jeremy Akerman
5,929
''53.10%'' , , Archie MacDonald
183
''1.64%'' , , , Jeremy Akerman , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton North , , Barry LeBlanc
4,155
''33.57%'' , , , Tom MacKeough
4,889
''39.50%'' , , Len J. Arsenault
3,333
''26.93%'' , , , , , Tom MacKeough , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton Nova , , Ronald DiPenta
1,275
''17.19%'' , , Percy Gaum
2,334
''31.46%'' , , , Paul MacEwan
3,809
''51.35%'' , , , , , Paul MacEwan , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton South , , , Vince MacLean
6,487
''50.87%'' , , John Francis Burke
3,721
''29.18%'' , , Earl Johnston
2,441
''19.14%'' , , Angus Currie
102
''0.80%'' , , , John Francis Burke , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton West , , , Allan Sullivan
6,281
''53.46%'' , , Kenneth Andrews
3,199
''27.23%'' , , Frank Boone
2,269
''19.31%'' , , , , , Allan Sullivan , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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5,606
''26.50%'' , , Norman J. MacLean
4,832
''22.84%'' , , Donald MacKay
621
''2.94%'' , , Catherine M. Haig
139
''0.66%'' , , , Norman J. MacLean , - , , , John Archie MacKenzie
5,403
''25.54%'' , , Joseph Shannon
4,088
''19.32%'' , , Winston Bennett
466
''2.20%'' , , , , , John Archie MacKenzie , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

, , , Gaston LeBlanc
3,697
''57.62%'' , , Joseph Stewart
2,138
''33.32%'' , , Stanley Pashkoski
581
''9.06%'' , , , , , Gerald Doucet† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Victoria , , , Maynard MacAskill
2,573
''59.44%'' , ,

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1,542
''35.62%'' , , Colin A. Gillis
214
''4.94%'' , , , , ,