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Thirty-sixth General Election 1997: Official Voting Results: Synopsis

TABLE 11
Voting results, by electoral district
Electoral district
Population
Electors
on the
lists
Number of polling stations
Valid ballots
Rejected ballots
Total
ballots
cast
Percentage
of voter
turnout
Elected candidate
(political affiliation)
No.
%
No.
%
Nova Scotia
Bras d'Or
Cumberland–Colchester
Dartmouth
Halifax
Halifax West
Kings–Hants
Pictou–Antigonish–Guysborough
Sackville–Eastern Shore
South Shore
Sydney–Victoria
West Nova
 
Totals
 
78 181
81 967
84 269
84 511
82 395
94 160
80 601
79 671
77 900
83 505
72 782
 
899 942
 
57 129
61 460
58 595
65 061
68 989
73 395
60 034
61 744
58 653
59 663
52 441
 
677 164
 
183
217
181
204
209
229
214
211
193
188
177
 
2 206
 
42 553
42 659
37 847
44 544
46 237
47 970
42 975
40 941
39 270
43 944
38 430
 
467 370
 
99.0
99.5
99.4
99.4
99.6
99.5
99.5
99.6
99.5
99.1
99.1
 
99.4
 
422
215
236
252
203
227
234
162
213
400
338
 
2 902
 
1.0
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.5
0.9
0.9
 
0.6
 
42 975
42 874
38 083
44 796
46 440
48 197
43 209
41 103
39 483
44 344
38 768
 
470 272
 
75.2
69.8
65.0
68.9
67.3
65.7
72.0
66.6
67.3
74.3
73.9
 
69.4
 
Dockrill, Michelle (N.D.P.)
Casey, Bill (P.C.)
Lill, Wendy (N.D.P.)
McDonough, Alexa (N.D.P.)
Earle, Gordon (N.D.P.)
Brison, Scott (P.C.)
MacKay, Peter G. (P.C.)
Stoffer, Peter (N.D.P.)
Keddy, Gerald (P.C.)
Mancini, Peter (N.D.P.)
Muise, Mark (P.C.)
 
 
 
NOTE: Voter turnout is calculated by dividing the total number of ballots cast by the number of electors on the lists.