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.Nova Scotia General Election, 1981
Elections Nova Scotia It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

Results

Results by party

Results by region

Retiring incumbents

;Liberal * Benoit Comeau, Clare

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 , , , Gerry Sheehy
3,700
''56.40%'' , , Hugh Laurence
2,006
''30.58%'' , , Joan M. Boutilier
854
''13.02%'' , , , , , Gerry Sheehy , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Annapolis West , , , Greg Kerr
2,784
''53.57%'' , , Herb Anderson
1,894
''36.44%'' , , John R. Taylor
519
''9.99%'' , , , , , Greg Kerr , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Clare , , Guy LeBlanc
2,173
''38.00%'' , , , Chester Melanson
2,228
''38.96%'' , , Paul Denis Comeau
1,317
''23.03%'' , , , , , Benoit Comeau† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Digby , , John Comeau
2,643
''41.70%'' , , , Joseph H. Casey
2,918
''46.04%'' , , Bill Redden
777
''12.26%'' , , , , , Joseph H. Casey , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Hants West , , , Ron Russell
4,554
''51.51%'' , , Daniel J. McGrath
2,661
''30.10%'' , , Alan Squires
1,626
''18.39%'' , , , , , Ron Russell , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kings North , , , Edward Twohig
3,369
''43.61%'' , , Lennie White
2,041
''26.42%'' , , Bob Levy
2,316
''29.98%'' , , , , , Edward Twohig , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kings South , , , Harry How
4,356
''65.47%'' , , Betty Deal
933
''14.02%'' , , Evelyn Garbary
1,364
''20.50%'' , , , , , Harry How , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kings West , , , George Moody
5,286
''59.43%'' , , Dan Weir
2,259
''25.40%'' , , Carolyn Queen
1,349
''15.17%'' , , , , , George Moody

South Shore

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Argyle , , Peter J. Boudreau
2,092
''39.32%'' , , , Hugh Tinkham
2,872
''53.97%'' , , Roy Sonny Murphy
357
''6.71%'' , , , , , Hugh Tinkham
'' Yarmouth'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Lunenburg Centre , , , Bruce Cochran
5,374
''54.40%'' , , Alan V. Parish
3,355
''33.96%'' , , Neil Theriault
1,150
''11.64%'' , , , , , Bruce Cochran , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Lunenburg East , , , Ron Barkhouse
2,802
''55.49%'' , , Dave Cook
1,180
''23.37%'' , , Janet Mooney
1,068
''21.15%'' , , , , , Ron Barkhouse , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Lunenburg West , , , Mel Pickings
3,875
''53.66%'' , , Pauline Himmelman
2,319
''32.11%'' , , Carl E. Simpson
1,027
''14.22%'' , , , , , Mel Pickings , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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, , , John Leefe
4,114
''65.19%'' , , Mervin W. Hartlen
1,511
''23.94%'' , , David K. Sampson
686
''10.87%'' , , , , , John Leefe , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Shelburne , , Warren Doane
3,440
''42.21%'' , , , Harold Huskilson
3,765
''46.20%'' , , Laurie Hitchens
945
''11.60%'' , , , , , Harold Huskilson , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Yarmouth , , Benoit Robichaud
3,389
''40.39%'' , , , Fraser Mooney
3,868
''46.10%'' , , Hartley Wickens
1,134
''13.51%'' , , , , , Fraser Mooney

Fundy-Northeast

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Colchester North , , Bill Campbell
3,171
''42.40%'' , , , Ed Lorraine
3,182
''42.55%'' , , Allan Marchbank
1,126
''15.06%'' , , , , , Bill Campbell , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Colchester South , , , R. Colin Stewart
3,281
''56.48%'' , , Laurence Mersereau Nason
1,683
''28.97%'' , , Chester Rice
799
''13.75%'' , , Bob Kirk
46
''0.79%'' , , , R. Colin Stewart , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cumberland Centre , , Arthur L. Brennan
1,469
''33.86%'' , , , Guy Brown
2,579
''59.45%'' , , Florence Welton
290
''6.69%'' , , , , , Guy Brown , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cumberland East , , , Roger Stuart Bacon
4,663
''53.08%'' , , Shelagh Frances Rayworth
2,413
''27.47%'' , , Hal Davidson
1,709
''19.45%'' , , , , , Roger Stuart Bacon , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cumberland West , , , D. L. George Henley
2,745
''54.12%'' , , Bartley Babineau
1,717
''33.85%'' , , Doug Meekins
610
''12.03%'' , , , , , D. L. George Henley , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Hants East , , G. Patrick Hunt
2,983
''38.39%'' , , , Jack Hawkins
3,041
''39.13%'' , , Harry McNeil
1,747
''22.48%'' , , , , , G. Patrick Hunt , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Truro—Bible Hill , , , Ron Giffin
5,024
''61.55%'' , , Sylvia Roy
2,097
''25.69%'' , , Tom Barron
1,041
''12.75%'' , , , , , Ron Giffin

Central Halifax

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax Bedford Basin , , , Joel Matheson
6,087
''49.41%'' , , John Genik
3,240
''26.30%'' , ,

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2,993
''24.29%'' , , , , , Joel Matheson , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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, , Dugger McNeil
3,394
''35.04%'' , , Walter Fitzgerald
2,407
''24.84%'' , , ,

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3,886
''40.12%'' , , , , , Walter Fitzgerald , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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4,141
''44.55%'' , , Brenda Shannon
2,690
''28.94%'' , , Tom Sinclair-Faulkner
2,465
''26.52%'' , , , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax Cornwallis , , ,

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4,927
''46.79%'' , , Dean Salsman
2,867
''27.22%'' , , Michael Coyle
2,737
''25.99%'' , , , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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, , , Edmund L. Morris
3,300
''38.05%'' , , Dan Clarke
2,801
''32.30%'' , , Phil Davis
2,572
''29.66%'' , , , , , Edmund L. Morris

Suburban Halifax

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley , , , Ken Streatch
4,929
''57.62%'' , , Dwight Isenor
2,246
''26.26%'' , , Bruce Carroll
1,379
''16.12%'' , , , , , Ken Streatch , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax Atlantic , , , John Buchanan
6,023
''60.29%'' , , Roma J. Aiken
1,744
''17.46%'' , , Rene Quigley
2,108
''21.10%'' , , Art Canning
115
''1.15%'' , , , John Buchanan , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax-St. Margaret's , , , Jerry Lawrence
4,860
''50.26%'' , , Helena Poirier
2,617
''27.06%'' , , Lillian Viau
2,193
''22.68%'' , , , , , Jerry Lawrence , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Sackville , , , Malcolm A. MacKay
4,687
''42.55%'' , , Murdock MacKay
3,478
''31.58%'' , , John Holm
2,849
''25.87%'' , , , , , Malcolm A. MacKay

Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cole Harbour , , , David Nantes
4,605
''51.20%'' , , Rae Austin
2,229
''24.78%'' , , Steve MacDonald
2,160
''24.02%'' , , , , , David Nantes , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Dartmouth East , , , Richard L. Weldon
4,253
''42.51%'' , , Jim Smith
3,351
''33.50%'' , , Gerry Legere
2,400
''23.99%'' , , , , , Richard L. Weldon , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Dartmouth North , , , Laird Stirling
3,925
''46.17%'' , , Don Valardo
2,419
''28.46%'' , , Mark Flannigan
2,157
''25.37%'' , , , , , Laird Stirling , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Dartmouth South , , , Roland J. Thornhill
4,215
''46.81%'' , , Will Chisholm
2,463
''27.35%'' , , John Lewis Bregante
2,327
''25.84%'' , , , , , Roland J. Thornhill , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax Eastern Shore , , , Tom McInnis
5,639
''59.32%'' , , Angus MacNeil
2,302
''24.22%'' , , Bruce Beasley
1,565
''16.46%'' , , , , , Tom McInnis , -

Central Nova

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Antigonish , , Angus MacIsaac
4,271
''43.90%'' , , , Bill Gillis
4,522
''46.47%'' , , John Arthur Murphy
937
''9.63%'' , , , , , Bill Gillis , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Guysborough , , Jim Johnson
3,119
''42.76%'' , , , A.M. "Sandy" Cameron
3,723
''51.03%'' , , Art Livingston
453
''6.21%'' , , , , , A.M. "Sandy" Cameron , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Pictou Centre , , , Jack MacIsaac
6,673
''59.62%'' , , Tom DeWolfe
2,634
''23.53%'' , , Kim Murray
1,885
''16.84%'' , , , , , Jack MacIsaac , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Pictou East , , , Donald Cameron
4,347
''60.88%'' , , Harold Lowe
1,833
''25.67%'' , , Hasse Lindblad
960
''13.45%'' , , , , , Donald Cameron , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Pictou West , , , Donald P. McInnes
3,473
''53.24%'' , , Doris Rink
2,066
''31.67%'' , , Jim Scanlan
702
''10.76%'' , , Franklin R. Fiske
282
''4.32%'' , , , Donald P. McInnes

Cape Breton

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton Centre , , , Mike Laffin
3,276
''39.49%'' , , Art MacDonald
2,208
''26.62%'' , , Buddy MacEachern
2,812
''33.90%'' , , , , , Buddy MacEachern , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton East , , , Donnie MacLeod
4,699
''45.55%'' , , Shelly McNeil
3,053
''29.59%'' , , Joe Kanary
1,849
''17.92%'' , , Blair Matheson
716
''6.94%'' , , , Donnie MacLeod , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton North , , , Brian Young
4,187
''43.51%'' , , Nash Brogan
3,128
''32.51%'' , , Len J. Arsenault
2,307
''23.98%'' , , , , , Len J. Arsenault , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton Nova , , Russell Brake
1,487
''19.42%'' , , Earle Tubrett
2,307
''30.13%'' , , Tony Gale
173
''2.26%'' , , , Paul MacEwan
3,691
''48.20%'' , , , Paul MacEwan , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton South , , Murray Hannem
3,824
''32.16%'' , , , Vince MacLean
6,633
''55.78%'' , , Linda Gallant
1,435
''12.07%'' , , , , , Vince MacLean , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton—The Lakes , , John Newell
3,316
''41.51%'' , , , Ossie Fraser
3,436
''43.01%'' , , Douglas D. MacDonald
1,237
''15.48%'' , , , , , Ossie Fraser , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton West , , , "Big" Donnie MacLeod
4,125
''42.59%'' , , David Muise
3,735
''38.56%'' , , Elizabeth Cusack Walsh
1,826
''18.85%'' , , , , , David Muise , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Inverness North , , Daniel Rankin
3,160
''42.17%'' , , , John Archie MacKenzie
3,770
''50.31%'' , , Eleanor Joyce Gillis
564
''7.53%'' , , , , , John Archie MacKenzie
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'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Inverness South , , , Billy Joe MacLean
2,469
''46.82%'' , ,

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2,407
''45.65%'' , , Bill Martin
397
''7.53%'' , , , , ,

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, , , Greg MacIsaac
3,173
''46.03%'' , , John E. LeBrun
2,821
''40.93%'' , , Shirley McNamara
899
''13.04%'' , , , , , John E. LeBrun , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Victoria , , ,

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2,357
''50.02%'' , , Merrill D. Buchanan
1,952
''41.43%'' , , Frank Reid
251
''5.33%'' , , Duncan J. Beaton
152
''3.23%'' , , ,