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2008 Canadian Election Results

Nova Scotia - 2008 Federal Elections
Seats Won and ( % of Seats - % of Votes )

Conservatives Green
Liberals
 NDP Other Total
3
26.1
-
8..0
5
29.8
2
28.9
1
6.6
11

Official Provincial Turnout: 60.7%    Source: Elections Canada

Final Results

District Candidate Party

Votes

 % Votes
Winning Margin
Votes
Winning Margin
%
Cape Breton--Canso Rodger Cuzner ** LIB 17,447 48.1 8,923 24.6
Allan Richard Murphy  CON 8,524 23.5
Mark MacNeill  NDP 7,660 21.1
Dwayne MacEachern  GRN 2,641 7.3
 
Central Nova Peter Gordon MacKay **  CON 18,240 46.6 5,620 14.4
Elizabeth May  GRN 12,620 32.2
Mary Louise Lorefice  NDP 7,659 19.6
Michael Harris MacKay CHP 427 1.1
Paul Kemp  CAP 196 0.5
 
Cumberland--Colchester--Musquodoboit Valley Bill Casey **  IND 27,303 69.0 22,429 56.7
Karen Olsson  NDP 4,874 12.3
Joel E. Bernard  CON 3,493 8.8
Tracy Parsons LIB 3,344 8.5
Rick Simpson  IND 550 1.4
 
Dartmouth--Cole Harbour Michael John Savage ** LIB 16,016 39.5 3,223 8.0
Brad Pye  NDP 12,793 31.5
Wanda Webber  CON 9,109 22.5
Paul Shreenan  GRN 2,417 6.0
George Campbell CHP 219 0.5
 
Halifax Megan Leslie  NDP 19,252 42.7 6,794 15.1
Catherine Meade LIB 12,458 27.6
Ted Larsen  CON 9,295 20.6
Darryl Whetter  GRN 3,931 8.7
Tony Seed  MLPC 162 0.4
 
Halifax West Geoff Regan ** LIB 17,129 41.6 4,928 12.0
Tamara Lorincz  NDP 12,201 29.6
Rakesh Khosla  CON 8,708 21.1
Michael Munday  GRN 2,920 7.1
Trevor Ennis CHP 257 0.6
 
Kings--Hants Scott Brison ** LIB 16,641 44.2 6,795 18.1
Rosemary Segado  CON 9,846 26.1
Carol E. Harris  NDP 8,291 22.0
Brendan MacNeill  GRN 2,353 6.2
Jim Hnatiuk CHP 528 1.4
 
Sackville--Eastern Shore Peter Stoffer **  NDP 24,279 61.4 16,081 40.7
David Montgomery  CON 8,198 20.7
Carolyn Scott LIB 5,018 12.7
Noreen Hartlen  GRN 2,034 5.1
 
South Shore--St. Margaret's Gerald Keddy **  CON 14,388 36.0 932 2.3
Gordon S. Earle  NDP 13,456 33.7
Bill Smith LIB 9,536 23.9
Michael Oddy  GRN 2,090 5.2
Joe Larkin CHP 513 1.3
 
Sydney--Victoria Mark Eyking ** LIB 17,303 49.4 8,744 25.0
Wayne McKay  NDP 8,559 24.4
Kristen Rudderham  CON 7,223 20.6
Collin Harker  GRN 1,941 5.5
 
West Nova Greg Kerr  CON 16,779 39.9 1,594 3.8
Robert Thibault ** LIB 15,185 36.1
George Barron  NDP 7,097 16.9
Ronald Mills  GRN 2,106 5.0
Cindy M. Nesbitt  IND 844 2.0

Note: ** = Incumbent

Election Results Source: Elections Canada

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