The 1988 Nova Scotia general election was held on September 6, 1988 to elect members of the 55th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.
John Dunsworth, who would later gain fame for playing alcoholic trailer park supervisor Jim Lahey on the TV series Trailer Park Boys, stood as the NDP candidate in Halifax Bedford Basin. He finished in third place with a little over 19% of the vote. His underdog campaign was later the subject of a short documentary.
Opinion polls
Results
Results by party
Retiring incumbents
- Progressive Conservative
- Maxine Cochran, Lunenburg Centre
- Mike Laffin, Cape Breton Centre
- Merryl Lawton, Digby
- Donnie MacLeod, Cape Breton East
- Alex McIntosh, Yarmouth
- Edmund L. Morris, Halifax Needham
- Mel Pickings, Lunenburg West
- Gerry Sheehy, Annapolis East
- New Democratic Party
- Bob Levy, Kings South
Nominated candidates
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
South Shore
Fundy-Northeast
Central Halifax
Suburban Halifax
Dartmouth/Cole Harbour/Eastern Shore
Central Nova
Cape Breton
References
