1984 Nova Scotia general election

1984 Nova Scotia general election

November 6, 1984
52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader John Buchanan A.M. "Sandy" Cameron Party Progressive Conservative Liberal Leader since 1971 1980 Leader's seat Halifax Atlantic Guysborough (lost) Last election 37 13 Seats won 42 6 Seat change +5 -7 Percentage 50.6% 31.3% Swing +4.8% -1.9%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Alexa McDonough Paul MacEwan Party New Democratic Cape Breton Labour Leader since 1980 1982 Leader's seat Halifax Chebucto Cape Breton Nova Last election 1 N/A Seats won 3 1 Seat change +2 +1 Percentage 15.9% 2.0% Swing -2.2% +2.0%
Premier before election John Buchanan Progressive Conservative Premier-designate John Buchanan Progressive Conservative

The 31st Nova Scotia general election was held on November 6, 1984 to elect members of the 54th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

	Party	Leader	1981	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	37	42	+14%	209,298	50.6%
	Liberal	A.M. "Sandy" Cameron	13	6	-54%	129,310	31.3%
	New Democratic	Alexa McDonough	1	3	+300%	65,876	15.9%
	Cape Breton Labour	Paul MacEwan	1	1	0%	8,322	2.0%
	Other		0	0		630	0.2%
Total Seats			52	52		413,436	100%