Nova Scotia general election, 1981

The 30th Nova Scotia general election was held on October 6, 1981, to elect members of the 53rd House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

	Party	Leader	1978	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	31	37	+19%		45.8%
	Liberal	A.M. "Sandy" Cameron	17	13	-23%		33.2%
	New Democratic	Alexa McDonough	4	1	-75%		18.1%
	Independent	Paul MacEwan	N/A	1	N/A		*
	Other		0	0	0%		1.2%
Total Seats			52	52			100%

* vote share included in "other".

References

Government of Nova Scotia. "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2013-10-02.

Elections and referendums in Nova Scotia

General elections	1867 1871 1874 1878 1882 1886 1890 1894 1897 1901 1906 1911 1916 1920 1925 1928 1933 1937 1941 1945 1949 1953 1956 1960 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1981 1984 1988 1993 1998 1999 2003 2006 2009 2013 next

Referendums	1929 2004

See also: List of Nova Scotia by-elections

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