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The Liberals faltered in the province at the beginning of the 21st century, and for a time were the third-largest party in the House of Assembly, behind the Tories and the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. After the Nova Scotia Liberal Party's dismal performance in the 2006 election (and failing to win his own seat), leader Francis MacKenzie ...
The politics of Nova Scotia take place within the framework of a Westminster-style parliamentary constitutional monarchy.As Canada's head of state and monarch, Charles III is the sovereign of the province in his capacity as King in Right of Nova Scotia; his duties in Nova Scotia are carried out by the Lieutenant Governor, Michael Savage.
Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia: 1867 Progressive Conservatism: Tim Houston: 43 Nova Scotia Liberal Party: 1883 Liberalism: Zach Churchill: 9 Nova Scotia New Democratic Party: 1961 Social democracy: Claudia Chender: 2
The Liberals swept Nova Scotia in their 1993 landslide, but lost all eleven seats in 1997—six to the New Democratic Party (NDP) and five to the PCs. Under former leader Alexa McDonough, the NDP made major gains there in 1997, picking up seats in the Halifax and Cape Breton areas. The Liberals, wiped out in 1997, made a resurged in 2000.
The 2021 Nova Scotia general election was held on August 17, 2021, to elect members to the 64th General Assembly of Nova Scotia. In a major upset, [2] Tim Houston led the Progressive Conservatives to power for the first time since 2006, and with a majority government for the first time since 1999. With a popular vote share of 38.44%, the PCs ...
Liberal 2015 Interim Leader of the Liberal Party Timberlea-Prospect: Iain Rankin: Liberal 2013 Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River: Dave Ritcey: Progressive Conservative 2020 Victoria-The Lakes: Dianne Timmins: Progressive Conservative 2024 Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank: Brian Wong: Progressive Conservative 2021 Yarmouth: Nick Hilton
Nova Scotia has had 27 individuals serve as premier since Confederation, of which 12 were Conservatives, 14 were Liberals, and one New Democrat. Two premiers of Nova Scotia later became prime minister of Canada, John Sparrow David Thompson and Charles Tupper.
The 2022 Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership election took place on July 9, 2022 [1] to elect a leader to replace Iain Rankin, who announced his intent to resign on January 5, 2022 [4] after leading the party since 2021 and following the party's defeat in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election.