Next Nova Scotia general election

39th Nova Scotia general election

2009 ← members 39th → 40th

52 seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 27 seats are needed for a majority Opinion polls   PC Leader Darrell Dexter Stephen McNeil Jamie Baillie Party New Democrat Liberal Progressive Conservative Leader since 2001 2007 2010 Leader's seat Cole Harbour Annapolis Cumberland South Last election 31 seats, 45.2% 11 seats, 27.2% 10 seats, 24.5% Current seats 31 13 7

Incumbent Premier Darrell Dexter New Democrat

The 39th Nova Scotia general election will be held when the provincial government passes "an Order in Council calling an election", as the Nova Scotia Elections Act does not provide for fixed election dates.^[1]

In accordance with Section Four of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, no assembly may continue for longer than five years from the return of the writs, which was June 19, 2009,^[2] making an election probable for 2013.^[3] Upon the expiration of the Legislature, on June 19, 2014, the Lieutenant Governor, is not required to call an election, however, Section Five of the 1982 charter, requires an assembly to sit once every twelve months.

Party standings

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				2009	Current	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	New Democrats	Darrell Dexter		31	31
	Liberals	Stephen McNeil		11	13
	Progressive Conservatives	Jamie Baillie		10	7
	Independent			0	1
	Green	John Percy		0	0
	Atlantica	Jonathan Dean		-	0
	vacant		0	0	0
Total				52	52	52			100%

Opinion polls

Polling Firm	Date of Polling	Link	New Democrats	Liberals	Progressive Conservatives	Greens
Corporate Research Associates	11-08-31 !August 31, 2011	PDF	41	26	30	4
Corporate Research Associates	11-05-30 !May 30, 2011	PDF	42	22	31	4
Corporate Research Associates	11-03-08 !March 8, 2011	PDF	34	35	26	4
Corporate Research Associates	10-12-06 !December 6, 2010	HTML	38	31	26	4
Corporate Research Associates	10-08-31 !August 31, 2010	PDF	37	35	21	7
Corporate Research Associates	10-05-31 !May 31, 2010	PDF	37	35	24	4
Corporate Research Associates	10-02-24 !February 24, 2010	PDF	46	26	22	5
Corporate Research Associates	09-12-01 !December 1, 2009	HTML	53	22	21	4
Corporate Research Associates	09-08-01 !August 2009	HTML	60	18	16	6
Election 2009	09-06-09 !June 9, 2009	HTML	45.3%	27.2%	24.5%	2.3%

References

1. ^ "Elections Nova Scotia". Province of Nova Scotia. 2006. http://www.electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/faq.asp#voter1. Retrieved June 5, 2010. 
2. ^ Elections Nova Scotia (2010). "Financial Information & Statistics". Chief Electoral Officer. http://www.electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/pdf/Financial%20Information/Financial%20Information%20and%20Statistics%20Vol%20II%202009.pdf. Retrieved April 12, 2011. 
3. ^ Election Almanac.com