The 1978 Nova Scotia general election was held on September 19, 1978, to elect members of the 52nd House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

Results

Results by party

Results by region

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

Melinda MacLean, Colchester

Leonard L. Pace, Halifax-St. Margaret's

Progressive Conservative

John Wickwire, Queens

Nominated candidates

Legend

bold denotes party leader

† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest

1978 Nova Scotia general election

Valley

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis East

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|Carl L. Bruce2,47036.37%

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|Gerry Sheehy3,86356.88%

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|Roger A. Boutilier4586.74%

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|Gerry Sheehy

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis West

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|Peter M. Nicholson2,32943.78%

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|Greg Kerr2,69050.56%

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|Larry Duchesne3015.66%

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|Peter M. Nicholson

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare

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|Benoit Comeau2,96356.47%

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|Gerald J.B. Comeau1,89636.13%

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|Sylvio Gagnon3887.39%

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|Benoit Comeau

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby

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|Joseph H. Casey3,04851.56%

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|John Comeau2,60344.03%

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|John Gray2614.41%

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|Joseph H. Casey

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West

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|Robert D. Lindsay3,48538.08%

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|Ron Russell4,87253.23%

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|Bill Shiers7958.69%

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|Robert D. Lindsay

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North

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|Glenn Ells3,28342.77%

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|Edward Twohig3,74448.78%

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|Donald C. Fraser6498.45%

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|Glenn Ells

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South

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|Wilbur H. Starratt1,52622.66%

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|Harry How4,21462.58%

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|Donald F. Archibald99414.76%

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|Harry How

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West

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|Frank Bezanson3,55937.71%

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|George Moody5,01153.09%

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|William J. Dyer8699.21%

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|Frank Bezanson

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South Shore

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg Centre

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|Jack Pelley3,15630.23%

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|Bruce Cochran5,76455.22%

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|Scott D. Miller4254.07%

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|Walton Cook1,09410.48%

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|Bruce Cochran

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg East

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|Wally MacDonald1,41728.01%

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|Ron Barkhouse3,38666.93%

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|Robert Whiting Sr.2565.06%

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|Ron Barkhouse

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West

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|Maurice DeLory2,79136.54%

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|Mel Pickings3,90751.15%

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|G.M. Dean94112.32%

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|Maurice DeLory

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens

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|Keith Wyer2,44033.85%

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|John Leefe3,80052.72%

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|A.J. d'Entremont96813.43%

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|John Wickwire†

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne

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|Harold Huskilson3,93245.06%

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|A. Etheren Goreham3,68242.20%

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|Jane A. Strange1,11212.74%

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|Harold Huskilson

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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth

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|Fraser Mooney7,56829.25%

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|Dorothy M. Crosby4,38916.96%

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|Hartley Wickens1,2684.90%

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|Fraser Mooney

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|Hugh Tinkham7,33928.36%

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|Harold H. Hanf4,12215.93%

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|Charles Paddock1,1904.60%

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|Hugh Tinkham

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Fundy-Northeast

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester North

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|Floyd Tucker3,02343.30%

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|Bill Campbell3,44749.37%

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|Peter Robben5127.33%

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|Floyd Tucker Colchester

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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester South

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|Ed Lorraine2,18738.11%

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|R. Colin Stewart3,23056.28%

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|Chester Rice3225.61%

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|Melinda MacLean† Colchester

1978 Nova Scotia general election