Election results: One seat changes in Nova Scotia

By News Staff

Posted May 2, 2011 10:57:40 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Only one seat changed parties in Nova Scotia on election night.

NDP Robert Chisolm took Dartmouth-Cole Harbour from incumbent Liberal Mike Savage.

Incumbents took the rest of the seats:

Halifax West: Liberal Geoff Regan won in a tight three-way race with NDP Gregor Ash and Conservative Bruce Pretty

Kings-Hants – Liberal Scott Brison won over Conservative David Morse

South Shore-St. Margarets – Conservative incumbent Gerald Keddy defeated NDP Gordon Earle.

Central Nova: Conservative Peter MacKay wins

Sackville-Eastern Shore: NDP Peter Stoffer

Cape Breton-Canso: Liberal Rodger Cuzner

Halifax: NDP Megan Leslie retains vs. Liberal Stan Kutcher

Cumberland-Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley: Conservative Scott Armstrong

Sydney-Victoria: Liberal Mark Eyking defeats Conservative Cecil Clark

West Nova: Conservative Greg Kerr turns away challenge from Liberal Robert Thibault

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