Nova Scotia general election, 1993

May 25, 1993

52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 27 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	John Savage	Donald William Cameron	Alexa McDonough
Party	Liberal	Progressive Conservative	New Democratic
Leader's seat	Dartmouth South	Pictou East	Halifax Fairview
Last election	21	28	2
Seats won	40	9	3
Seat change	19	19	1
Popular vote	243,298	152,383	85,946
Percentage	49.70%	31.1%	17.70%
Swing	10.10%	12.3%	1.90%

Premier before election

Donald W. Cameron
Progressive Conservative

Premier-designate

John Savage
Liberal

The 33rd Nova Scotia general election was held on May 25, 1993 to elect members of the 56th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Liberals under John Savage won a landslide victory over the unpopular Progressive Conservatives under Premier Donald Cameron, while Alexa McDonough's NDP remained a distant third, winning three seats.

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1988	Dissolution	Elected	% Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	John Savage	52	21	21	40	+90.5%	243,298	49.7%	+10.1%
	Progressive Conservative	Donald Cameron	52	28	24	9	-62.5%	152,383	31.1%	-12.3%
	New Democratic	Alexa McDonough	52	2	3	3	-	85,946	17.7%	+1.9%
	Natural Law		12	-	-	-	-	1,647	0.3%	-
	Independents		12	1	2	-	-	5,758	1.2%	-
	Vacant				2
Total			180	52	52	52		483,227	-

Government of Nova Scotia. "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2013-10-01.

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

Municipal elections	2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Referendums	1929 2004

See also: List of Nova Scotia by-elections

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