2013 Nova Scotia general election

The 2013 Nova Scotia general election was held on October 8, 2013, to elect members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

The result of the election was a Liberal victory under the leadership of Stephen McNeil, with the party winning its first election since 1998. The Progressive Conservatives, under the leadership of Jamie Baillie, improved on their 2009 results and formed the Official Opposition, despite winning fewer votes than the New Democratic Party (NDP). The NDP, which had won power for the first time in 2009 under the leadership of Darrell Dexter was reduced to third place and became only the second one-term government in the province's history, and the first since 1882. Dexter himself was defeated in Cole Harbour-Portland Valley by Liberal candidate Tony Ince.

Timeline

 * June 24, 2009 – The New Democratic Party under Darrell Dexter win 31 out of 52 seats. The Progressive Conservatives are reduced to 10 seats and Rodney MacDonald announces that he will step down as leader. Karen Casey is named as interim leader.
 * September 4, 2009 – Antigonish MLA Angus MacIsaac resigns his seat, citing family reasons.
 * September 10, 2009 – Former Premier Rodney MacDonald resigns his Inverness seat in the legislature.
 * October 20, 2009 – By-elections are held in Inverness and Antigonish. PC candidate Allan MacMaster and NDP candidate Maurice Smith are elected, respectively.
 * February 9, 2010 – Richard Hurlburt resigns from the legislature following revelations that he had spent his constituency allowance on a generator and a 40" television, which together cost over $11,000.
 * March 11, 2010 – Dave Wilson resigns from the legislature and is later charged and pleaded guilty.
 * March 25, 2010 – Trevor Zinck is suspended from the NDP caucus over problems with his constituency expenses.
 * June 22, 2010 – Two byelections are held to replace Hurlburt and Wilson in Yarmouth and Glace Bay, respectively. Zach Churchill is elected in Yarmouth and Geoff MacLellan is elected in Glace Bay.
 * August 16, 2010 – Karen Casey announces her resignation as interim leader of the Progressive Conservatives.
 * August 18, 2010 – Jamie Baillie is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party.
 * October 26, 2010 – Jamie Baillie wins a byelection and represents the constituency of Cumberland South.
 * January 10, 2011 – PC MLA Karen Casey crosses the floor to join the Liberal caucus.
 * February 14, 2011 – Trevor Zinck is announced as one of four people facing criminal charges in connection with the RCMP investigation into 2010s MLA expense scandal. Zinck is charged with fraud exceeding $5,000, breach of trust by a public officer, and 2 counts of theft over $5,000.
 * March 25, 2011 – Cape Breton North PC MLA Cecil Clarke resigns his seat to run in the 2011 federal election.
 * June 21, 2011 – PC candidate Eddie Orrell wins the by-election in Cape Breton North.
 * April 19, 2012 – Former MLA Dave Wilson is sentenced to 9 months in jail and to a period of 18 months probation for his role in the expenses scandal.
 * June 5, 2012 – The Atlantica Party is deregistered by Elections Nova Scotia.
 * July 27, 2012 – Former MLA Richard Hurlburt is sentenced to 12 months of house arrest, followed by 12 months of probation for his role in the expenses scandal.
 * May 29, 2013 – Manning MacDonald resigns his seat in the legislature as MLA for Cape Breton South.
 * June 19, 2013 – Trevor Zinck resigns his seat in the legislature after he pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and breach of trust.
 * September 7, 2013 – Premier Darrell Dexter calls a general election for October 8, 2013.

Redistribution of ridings
In September 2012, the Electoral Boundaries Commission released its report which recommended changing the number of electoral districts from 52 to 51, including the abolition of the four protected districts of Argyle, Clare, Preston and Richmond. That move sparked significant controversy and debate. The Nova Scotia Legislature subsequently passed, taking effect upon the next election.

Several amendments were passed before the election:


 * to make minor boundary adjustments:


 * to rename certain electoral districts:

The net effect of the above changes is summarized thus:

Campaign
The election campaign began the week after Labour Day, when the legislature would normally have been expected to return to work, had there been no election campaign. As criticism or defence of government policy would dominate the agenda, and by convention electoral mandates are understood to last about four years, despite a lack of fixed election dates, the timing was not controversial.

The Muskrat Falls or Lower Churchill Project, its associated Maritime Link, and electricity policy generally, immediately emerged as the key issue in the early campaign. . Liberals emphasized Nova Scotia Power's (NSPI) dominance of power generation, and its ability to exclude alternatives through its near-monopoly ownership of the distribution network, covering 129/130 Nova Scotians. They also promised to remove a conservation charge, named for demand response programs that never materialized (though many passive conservation programs run by Efficiency Nova Scotia did prove effective) – instead proposing that NSPI pay for it from its return. Liberals and Conservatives criticized NSPI's unaccountable 9.2% guaranteed rate of return even for unwise investments. Conservatives acknowledged that it was under pressure to meet a tough renewable standard (which they would relax) but also promised to freeze rates. The NDP government continued to defend Muskrat Falls as the only viable alternative to replace coal-fired power, even though this project was before the Nova Scotia Utilities Review Board as of the election call, remained unchanged and this was reflected in their campaign materials – they criticized the Liberal plan as likely to lead to higher power rates. The basis for these criticisms was unclear. However, a similar attempt to open generation competition in New Brunswick failed, in part because New Brunswick Power retained monopoly control of the distribution and transmission network, which intimidates competitors and makes it easy in practice to exclude them.

Other issues in the campaign:
 * A proposed passenger ferry from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Portland, Maine, re-instituting summer service that ran for decades until the 1990s, replacing a car-focused service that ran to Bar Harbor, Maine until the NDP government cancelled it. This was of particular interest to South Shore candidates, especially Yarmouth.  Associated issues include the collapse of all public transit on the South Shore (with the withdrawal of TryTown from operating public buses from Yarmouth to Halifax) and a general lack of transport strategy, that could leave some of the 130,000 passengers per year stranded.  It remained unclear as of election time whether an announced deal to resume service May 1, 2014, had held, and what other transport policy applied   Darrell Dexter had referred to stories from Yarmouth about the impact of the loss of ferries a "mythology"  which effectively made this a campaign issue before the campaign had begun.

Synopsis of results

 * = 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

Retiring incumbents

 * The following incumbent MLAs did not run for re-election:
 * Liberal
 * Wayne Gaudet, Clare
 * Harold "Junior" Theriault, Digby-Annapolis


 * New Democratic
 * Vicki Conrad, Queens
 * Howard Epstein, Halifax Chebucto
 * Bill Estabrooks, Timberlea-Prospect
 * Marilyn More, Dartmouth South-Portland Valley
 * Michele Raymond, Halifax Atlantic
 * Graham Steele, Halifax Fairview

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

Annapolis Valley
834 8.17% 7,710 75.52% 1,390 13.62% 227 2.22% 842 8.90% 5,122 54.13% 2,911 30.77% 492 5.20% 888 10.03% 3,279 37.03% 4,468 50.46% 169 1.91% 2,882 32.09% 2,787 31.03% 2,903 32.32% 362 4.03% 3,511 35.29% 3,878 38.98% 2,263 22.75% 252 2.53% 603 7.58% 5,885 74.01% 1,275 16.03% 157 1.97%
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis
 * Henry Spurr
 * Henry Spurr
 * Henry Spurr
 * Stephen McNeil
 * Stephen McNeil
 * Ginny Hurlock
 * Ginny Hurlock
 * Ron Neufeld
 * Ron Neufeld
 * Stephen McNeil
 * rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare-Digby
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|Dean Kenley
 * rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare-Digby
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|Dean Kenley
 * rowspan=3|Dean Kenley
 * rowspan=3 |
 * rowspan=3|Gordon Wilson
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|Paul Emile LeBlanc
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|Ian Thurber
 * Wayne Gaudet†
 * colspan=2 align="center"|merged district
 * Harold Theriault†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West
 * Brian Stephens
 * Harold Theriault†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West
 * Brian Stephens
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West
 * Brian Stephens
 * Brian Stephens
 * Claude O'Hara
 * Claude O'Hara
 * Chuck Porter
 * Chuck Porter
 * Torin Buzek
 * Torin Buzek
 * Chuck Porter
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North
 * Jim Morton
 * Chuck Porter
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North
 * Jim Morton
 * Jim Morton
 * Jim Morton
 * Stephen Pearl
 * Stephen Pearl
 * John Lohr
 * John Lohr
 * Mary Lou Harley
 * Mary Lou Harley
 * Jim Morton
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South
 * Ramona Jennex
 * Jim Morton
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South
 * Ramona Jennex
 * Ramona Jennex
 * Ramona Jennex
 * Keith Irving
 * Keith Irving
 * Shane Buchan
 * Shane Buchan
 * Sheila Richardson
 * Sheila Richardson
 * Ramona Jennex
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West
 * Bob Landry
 * Ramona Jennex
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West
 * Bob Landry
 * Bob Landry
 * Bob Landry
 * Leo Glavine
 * Leo Glavine
 * Jody Frowley
 * Jody Frowley
 * Barbara Lake
 * Barbara Lake
 * Leo Glavine
 * }
 * Leo Glavine
 * }
 * }

South Shore
355 4.89% 2,905 40.05% 3,935 54.25% 3,341 35.01% 2,943 30.84% 3,193 33.46% 2,768 32.60% 3,182 37.48% 2,465 29.03% 2,885 31.48% 3,931 42.89% 2,143 23.38% 160 1.75% 3,066 36.86% 2,302 27.67% 2,685 32.28% 211 2.54% 217 2.50% 7,130 82.03% 1,233 14.19% 83 0.95%
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Argyle-Barrington
 * Kenn Baynton
 * Kenn Baynton
 * Kenn Baynton
 * Kent Blades
 * Kent Blades
 * Chris d'Entremont
 * Chris d'Entremont
 * Chris d'Entremont
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Chester-St. Margaret's
 * Denise Peterson-Rafuse
 * Chris d'Entremont
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Chester-St. Margaret's
 * Denise Peterson-Rafuse
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Chester-St. Margaret's
 * Denise Peterson-Rafuse
 * Denise Peterson-Rafuse
 * Denise Peterson-Rafuse
 * Tim Harris
 * Tim Harris
 * Janet Irwin
 * Janet Irwin
 * Denise Peterson-Rafuse
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg
 * Pam Birdsall
 * Denise Peterson-Rafuse
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg
 * Pam Birdsall
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg
 * Pam Birdsall
 * Pam Birdsall
 * Pam Birdsall
 * Suzanne Lohnes-Croft
 * Suzanne Lohnes-Croft
 * Brian Pickings
 * Brian Pickings
 * Pam Birdsall
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West
 * Gary Ramey
 * Pam Birdsall
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West
 * Gary Ramey
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West
 * Gary Ramey
 * Gary Ramey
 * Gary Ramey
 * Mark Furey
 * Mark Furey
 * David Mitchell
 * David Mitchell
 * Robert Pierce
 * Robert Pierce
 * Gary Ramey
 * rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens-Shelburne
 * rowspan=3 |
 * rowspan=3|Sterling Belliveau
 * rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens-Shelburne
 * rowspan=3 |
 * rowspan=3|Sterling Belliveau
 * rowspan=3|Sterling Belliveau
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|Benson Frail
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|Bruce Inglis
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|Madeline Taylor
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|
 * Sterling Belliveau
 * colspan=2 align="center"|merged district
 * Vicki Conrad†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth
 * Charles Webster
 * Vicki Conrad†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth
 * Charles Webster
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth
 * Charles Webster
 * Charles Webster
 * Zach Churchill
 * Zach Churchill
 * John Cunningham
 * John Cunningham
 * Vanessa Goodwin-Clairmont
 * Vanessa Goodwin-Clairmont
 * Zach Churchill
 * }
 * Zach Churchill
 * }
 * }

Fundy-Northeast
2,293 29.13% 2,220 28.20% 3,304 41.97% 1,037 12.57% 5,003 60.65% 2,162 26.21% 1,974 26.44% 2,944 39.43% 2,212 29.62% 279 3.74% 486 6.73% 2,884 39.93% 3,655 50.61% 147 2.04% 3,412 35.58% 4,512 47.05% 1,597 16.65% 3,165 37.75% 2,682 31.99% 2,470 29.46%''
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley
 * Gary Burrill
 * Gary Burrill
 * Gary Burrill
 * Tom Martin
 * Tom Martin
 * Larry Harrison
 * Larry Harrison
 * Gary Burrill
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester North
 * Jim Wyatt
 * Gary Burrill
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester North
 * Jim Wyatt
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester North
 * Jim Wyatt
 * Jim Wyatt
 * Jim Wyatt
 * Karen Casey
 * Karen Casey
 * John MacDonald
 * John MacDonald
 * Karen Casey
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland North
 * Brian Skabar
 * Karen Casey
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland North
 * Brian Skabar
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland North
 * Brian Skabar
 * Brian Skabar
 * Brian Skabar
 * Terry Farrell
 * Terry Farrell
 * Judith Giroux
 * Judith Giroux
 * Jason Blanch
 * Jason Blanch
 * Brian Skabar
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland South
 * Larry Duchesne
 * Brian Skabar
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland South
 * Larry Duchesne
 * Larry Duchesne
 * Larry Duchesne
 * Kenny Jackson
 * Kenny Jackson
 * Jamie Baillie
 * Jamie Baillie
 * Bruce McCulloch
 * Bruce McCulloch
 * Jamie Baillie
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East
 * John MacDonell
 * Jamie Baillie
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East
 * John MacDonell
 * John MacDonell
 * John MacDonell
 * Margaret Miller
 * Margaret Miller
 * Kim Williams
 * Kim Williams
 * John MacDonell
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Truro–Bible Hill–Millbrook–Salmon River
 * Lenore Zann
 * John MacDonell
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Truro–Bible Hill–Millbrook–Salmon River
 * Lenore Zann
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Truro–Bible Hill–Millbrook–Salmon River
 * Lenore Zann
 * Lenore Zann
 * Lenore Zann
 * Barry Mellish
 * Barry Mellish
 * Charles Cox
 * Charles Cox
 * Lenore Zann
 * }
 * Lenore Zann
 * }
 * Lenore Zann
 * }
 * }

Central Halifax
1,515 17.22% 5,929 67.40% 1,299 14.77% 2,274 31.19% 3,364 46.15% 1,294 17.75% 177 2.43% 136 1.87% 2,203 33.67% 3,208 49.04% 1,061 16.22% 3,376 38.25% 4,352 49.30% 874 9.90% 125 1.42% 1,934 30.82% 2,966 47.27% 1,094 17.43% 198 3.16% 31 0.49% 3,392 43.59% 3,115 40.03% 834 10.72% 369 4.74%
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clayton Park West
 * Blake Wright
 * Blake Wright
 * Blake Wright
 * Diana Whalen
 * Diana Whalen
 * Jaime D. Allen
 * Jaime D. Allen
 * Diana Whalen
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fairview-Clayton Park
 * Abad Khan
 * Diana Whalen
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fairview-Clayton Park
 * Abad Khan
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fairview-Clayton Park
 * Abad Khan
 * Abad Khan
 * Abad Khan
 * Patricia Arab
 * Patricia Arab
 * Travis Price
 * Travis Price
 * Raland Kinley
 * Raland Kinley
 * Katie Campbell
 * Katie Campbell
 * New Riding
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Armdale
 * Drew Moore
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Armdale
 * Drew Moore
 * Drew Moore
 * Lena Diab
 * Lena Diab
 * Irvine Carvery
 * Irvine Carvery
 * Graham Steele†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Chebucto
 * Gregor Ash
 * Graham Steele†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Chebucto
 * Gregor Ash
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Chebucto
 * Gregor Ash
 * Gregor Ash
 * Gregor Ash
 * Joachim Stroink
 * Joachim Stroink
 * Christine Dewell
 * Christine Dewell
 * Michael Marshall
 * Michael Marshall
 * Michael Marshall
 * Michael Marshall
 * Howard Epstein†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Citadel-Sable Island
 * Leonard Preyra
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Citadel-Sable Island
 * Leonard Preyra
 * Leonard Preyra
 * Labi Kousoulis
 * Labi Kousoulis
 * Andrew Black
 * Andrew Black
 * Brynn Horley
 * Brynn Horley
 * Frederic Boileau-Cadieux
 * Frederic Boileau-Cadieux
 * Leonard Preyra
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Needham
 * Maureen MacDonald
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Needham
 * Maureen MacDonald
 * Maureen MacDonald
 * Chris Poole
 * Chris Poole
 * Mary Hamblin
 * Mary Hamblin
 * Kris MacLellan
 * Kris MacLellan
 * Maureen MacDonald
 * }
 * Maureen MacDonald
 * }
 * }

Suburban Halifax
1,701 16.86% 6,081 60.29% 2,026 20.09% 217 2.15%
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bedford
 * Mike Poworoznyk
 * Mike Poworoznyk
 * Mike Poworoznyk
 * Kelly Regan
 * Kelly Regan
 * Joan Christie
 * Joan Christie
 * Ian Charles
 * Ian Charles
 * Kelly Regan
 * Kelly Regan
 * Kelly Regan
 * Kelly Regan

2,579 33.37% 3,244 41.98% 1,817 23.51% 1,584 24.23% 3,402 52.04% 1,423 21.77% 104 1.59% 2,369 36.75% 2,570 39.87% 1,452 22.53% 2,983 38.16% 2,898 37.07% 1,651 21.12% 227 2.90% 2,168 25.23% 4,492 52.27% 1,588 18.48% 293 3.41% 2,098 25.03% 3,588 42.81% 2,640 31.50%
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Atlantic
 * Tanis Crosby
 * Tanis Crosby
 * Tanis Crosby
 * Brendan Maguire
 * Brendan Maguire
 * Ryan Brennan
 * Ryan Brennan
 * Michèle Raymond†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hammonds Plains-Lucasville
 * Peter Lund
 * Michèle Raymond†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hammonds Plains-Lucasville
 * Peter Lund
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hammonds Plains-Lucasville
 * Peter Lund
 * Peter Lund
 * Peter Lund
 * Ben Jessome
 * Ben Jessome
 * Gina Byrne
 * Gina Byrne
 * Jonathan Dean
 * Jonathan Dean
 * Jonathan Dean
 * Jonathan Dean
 * New Riding
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville-Beaver Bank
 * Mat Whynott
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville-Beaver Bank
 * Mat Whynott
 * Mat Whynott
 * Stephen Gough
 * Stephen Gough
 * Sarah Reeves
 * Sarah Reeves
 * Mat Whynott
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville-Cobequid
 * Dave Wilson
 * Mat Whynott
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville-Cobequid
 * Dave Wilson
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sackville-Cobequid
 * Dave Wilson
 * Dave Wilson
 * Dave Wilson
 * Graham Cameron
 * Graham Cameron
 * Peter Mac Isaac
 * Peter Mac Isaac
 * John Percy
 * John Percy
 * Dave Wilson
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Timberlea-Prospect
 * Linda Moxsom-Skinner
 * Dave Wilson
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Timberlea-Prospect
 * Linda Moxsom-Skinner
 * Linda Moxsom-Skinner
 * Linda Moxsom-Skinner
 * Iain Rankin
 * Iain Rankin
 * Bruce Pretty
 * Bruce Pretty
 * Thomas Trappenberg
 * Thomas Trappenberg
 * Bill Estabrooks†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank
 * Percy Paris
 * Bill Estabrooks†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank
 * Percy Paris
 * Percy Paris
 * Percy Paris
 * Bill Horne
 * Bill Horne
 * Brian Wong
 * Brian Wong
 * Percy Paris
 * }
 * Percy Paris
 * }
 * Percy Paris
 * }
 * }

Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore
2,914 38.41% 3,057 40.30% 1,555 20.50% 3,981 40.51% 4,002 40.72% 1,769 18.00% 1,929 22.33% 5,469 63.32% 1,167 13.51% 2,020 29.86% 2,953 43.66% 1,729 25.56% 2,918 32.99% 4,049 45.78% 1,612 18.23% 178 2.01% 1,922 26.77% 3,770 52.50% 1,423 19.82% 1,816 31.44% 3,326 57.58% 554 9.59%
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
 * Becky Kent
 * Becky Kent
 * Becky Kent
 * Joyce Treen
 * Joyce Treen
 * Lloyd Jackson
 * Lloyd Jackson
 * Becky Kent
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cole Harbour-Portland Valley
 * Darrell Dexter
 * Becky Kent
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cole Harbour-Portland Valley
 * Darrell Dexter
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cole Harbour-Portland Valley
 * Darrell Dexter
 * Darrell Dexter
 * Darrell Dexter
 * Tony Ince
 * Tony Ince
 * Greg Frampton
 * Greg Frampton
 * Darrell Dexter
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth East
 * Deborah Stover
 * Darrell Dexter
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth East
 * Deborah Stover
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth East
 * Deborah Stover
 * Deborah Stover
 * Deborah Stover
 * Andrew Younger
 * Andrew Younger
 * Mike MacDonell
 * Mike MacDonell
 * Andrew Younger
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth North
 * Steve Estey
 * Andrew Younger
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth North
 * Steve Estey
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth North
 * Steve Estey
 * Steve Estey
 * Steve Estey
 * Joanne Bernard
 * Joanne Bernard
 * Sean Brownlow
 * Sean Brownlow
 * Vacant
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth South
 * Mary Vingoe
 * Vacant
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth South
 * Mary Vingoe
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dartmouth South
 * Mary Vingoe
 * Mary Vingoe
 * Mary Vingoe
 * Allan Rowe
 * Allan Rowe
 * Gord Gamble
 * Gord Gamble
 * Jim Murray
 * Jim Murray
 * Jim Murray
 * Jim Murray
 * Marilyn More†
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Eastern Shore
 * Sid Prest
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Eastern Shore
 * Sid Prest
 * Sid Prest
 * Kevin Murphy
 * Kevin Murphy
 * Stephen Brine
 * Stephen Brine
 * Sid Prest
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Preston-Dartmouth
 * Andre Cain
 * Sid Prest
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Preston-Dartmouth
 * Andre Cain
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Preston-Dartmouth
 * Andre Cain
 * Andre Cain
 * Andre Cain
 * Keith Colwell
 * Keith Colwell
 * Andrew Mecke
 * Andrew Mecke
 * Keith Colwell
 * }
 * Keith Colwell
 * }
 * Keith Colwell
 * }
 * }

Central Nova
2,324 25.39% 3,882 42.40% 2,868 31.33% 2,367 32.56% 2,876 39.56% 1,947 26.78% 2,373 29.67% 1,415 17.69% 4,147 51.84% 2,788 35.82% 1,228 15.78% 3,714 47.71% 2,588 34.01% 1,933 25.40% 3,026 39.77%
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish
 * Maurice Smith
 * Maurice Smith
 * Maurice Smith
 * Randy Delorey
 * Randy Delorey
 * Darren Thompson
 * Darren Thompson
 * Maurice Smith
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie
 * Jim Boudreau
 * Maurice Smith
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie
 * Jim Boudreau
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie
 * Jim Boudreau
 * Jim Boudreau
 * Jim Boudreau
 * Lloyd Hines
 * Lloyd Hines
 * Neil DeCoff
 * Neil DeCoff
 * Jim Boudreau
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre
 * Ross Landry
 * Jim Boudreau
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre
 * Ross Landry
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre
 * Ross Landry
 * Ross Landry
 * Ross Landry
 * Bill Muirhead
 * Bill Muirhead
 * Pat Dunn
 * Pat Dunn
 * Ross Landry
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East
 * Clarrie MacKinnon
 * Ross Landry
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East
 * Clarrie MacKinnon
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East
 * Clarrie MacKinnon
 * Clarrie MacKinnon
 * Clarrie MacKinnon
 * Francois Rochon
 * Francois Rochon
 * Tim Houston
 * Tim Houston
 * Clarrie MacKinnon
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West
 * Charlie Parker
 * Clarrie MacKinnon
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West
 * Charlie Parker
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West
 * Charlie Parker
 * Charlie Parker
 * Charlie Parker
 * Glennie Langille
 * Glennie Langille
 * Karla MacFarlane
 * Karla MacFarlane
 * Charlie Parker
 * }
 * Charlie Parker
 * }
 * Charlie Parker
 * }
 * }

Cape Breton
3,440 45.03% 3,282 42.96% 873 11.43% 1,667 21.39% 4,369 56.06% 1,696 21.76% 1,001 14.37% 5,547 79.61% 355 5.09% 678 8.68% 3,248 41.58% 3,816 48.85% 1,597 16.69% 3,716 38.83% 4,179 43.67% 1,573 16.35% 3,798 39.47% 4,178 43.42% 5,084 49.07% 4,534 43.76% 680 6.56% 1,907 23.44% 3,150 38.71% 2,847 34.99% 172 2.11%
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre
 * Frank Corbett
 * Frank Corbett
 * Frank Corbett
 * David Wilton
 * David Wilton
 * Edna Lee
 * Edna Lee
 * Frank Corbett
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton-Richmond
 * Bert Lewis
 * Frank Corbett
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton-Richmond
 * Bert Lewis
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton-Richmond
 * Bert Lewis
 * Bert Lewis
 * Bert Lewis
 * Michel Samson
 * Michel Samson
 * Joe Janega
 * Joe Janega
 * Michel Samson
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Glace Bay
 * Mary Beth MacDonald
 * Michel Samson
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Glace Bay
 * Mary Beth MacDonald
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Glace Bay
 * Mary Beth MacDonald
 * Mary Beth MacDonald
 * Mary Beth MacDonald
 * Geoff MacLellan
 * Geoff MacLellan
 * Tom Bethell
 * Tom Bethell
 * Geoff MacLellan
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness
 * Michelle Smith
 * Geoff MacLellan
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness
 * Michelle Smith
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness
 * Michelle Smith
 * Michelle Smith
 * Michelle Smith
 * Jackie Rankin
 * Jackie Rankin
 * Allan MacMaster
 * Allan MacMaster
 * Allan MacMaster
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Northside-Westmount
 * Cecil Snow
 * Allan MacMaster
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Northside-Westmount
 * Cecil Snow
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Northside-Westmount
 * Cecil Snow
 * Cecil Snow
 * Cecil Snow
 * John Higgins
 * John Higgins
 * Eddie Orrell
 * Eddie Orrell
 * Eddie Orrell
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg
 * Delton McDonald
 * Eddie Orrell
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg
 * Delton McDonald
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg
 * Delton McDonald
 * Delton McDonald
 * Delton McDonald
 * Josephine Kennedy
 * Josephine Kennedy
 * Alfie MacLeod
 * Alfie MacLeod
 * Alfie MacLeod
 * rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sydney-Whitney Pier
 * rowspan=3 |
 * rowspan=3|Gordie Gosse
 * Alfie MacLeod
 * rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sydney-Whitney Pier
 * rowspan=3 |
 * rowspan=3|Gordie Gosse
 * rowspan=3 |
 * rowspan=3|Gordie Gosse
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|Derek Mombourquette
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|Leslie MacPhee
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|
 * rowspan=3|
 * Gordie Gosse
 * colspan=2 align="center"|merged district
 * Vacant
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria-The Lakes
 * John Frank Toney
 * Vacant
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria-The Lakes
 * John Frank Toney
 * bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria-The Lakes
 * John Frank Toney
 * John Frank Toney
 * Pam Eyking
 * Pam Eyking
 * Keith Bain
 * Keith Bain
 * Stemer MacLeod
 * Stemer MacLeod
 * Stemer MacLeod
 * Stemer MacLeod
 * Keith Bain
 * }
 * }

Analysis
On election night, the Liberal Party formed a majority government by a comfortable margin. This was the first time the Liberals had formed government in Nova Scotia since 1999, and their first majority government victory since the 1993 election. From mid 2012, the Liberals had led every public poll and entered the campaign with a 20-point lead over the New Democratic Party (NDP).

While the Liberals had been relatively successful in the Annapolis Valley and on Cape Breton Island during the 2009 election, they were completely shut out of the South Shore, Fundy, and Central Nova Scotia. More importantly, the NDP had dominated the Halifax metropolitan area, winning 14 out of 20 seats. In 2009, the NDP had been able to count on a large number of ridings in and around Halifax, while achieving historic gains across the province, including in traditionally Progressive Conservative (PC) and Liberal areas of rural Nova Scotia. In 2009, the PCs fell from first place to third place in the Legislature, and were completely shut out of the Halifax metropolitan area.

In the 2013 election, NDP support collapsed across the province, as it lost all of its seats in Central Nova Scotia, three of its seats in Fundy, and three of its seats on the South Shore. However, the most important shift was in the Halifax metropolitan area, where NDP support dropped from 54.07% in 2009 to 31.29% in 2013. The party wound up losing 13 of its seats, as the Liberals won 18 of 20 seats in and around Halifax. Strong NDP areas in 2009, like Dartmouth, Central Halifax, and suburban areas north and east of the Harbour swung from the NDP to the Liberals. Among the casualties was Dexter, who lost his own seat to Liberal challenger Tony Ince by 21 votes. He was the first premier since Ernest Armstrong to be defeated in his own riding.

The NDP had very poor vote concentration in the 2013 election. In Halifax, where it won 31.29% of the vote, it won only two seats. While the party finished second in the popular vote ahead of the PCs, its support was spread out around the province and not concentrated in enough areas to translate into seats. Combined with its collapse in Halifax, this left the NDP with only seven seats to the Tories' 11.