ns election predictions

With only days before e-day… here are my election predictions for the Nova Scotia Election. I have given many of the Liberal incumbents the benefit of the doubt and have projected some pickups in the Annapolis Valley and rural Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia Halifax Regional Municipality

1. Bedford: Francis Mackenzie – [Liberal]

2. Cole Harbour: Darrell Dexter – [NDP]

3. Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage: Kevin Deveaux – [NDP]

4. Dartmouth East: Joan Massey – [NDP]

5. Dartmouth North: Trevor Zinck – [NDP]

6. Dartmouth South-Portland Valley: Marilyn Moore – [NDP]

7. Eastern Shore: Bill Dooks – [PC]

8. Halifax Atlantic: Michele Raymond – [NDP]

9. Halifax Chebucto: Howard Epstein – [NDP]

10. Halifax Citadel: Bill Black – [PC]

11. Halifax Clayton Park: Diana Whalen – [Liberal]

12. Halifax Fairview: Graham Steele – [NDP]

13. Halifax Needham: Maureen MacDonald – [NDP]

14. Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville: Barry Barnet – [PC]

15. Preston: Keith Colwell – [Liberal]

16. Sackville-Cobequid: Dave Wilson – [NDP]

17. Timberlea-Prospect: Bill Estabrooks – [NDP]

18. Waverly-Fall River-Beaverbank: Gary Hines – [PC]

PC – 4
NDP - 11
Liberal - 3

Cape Breton

19. Cape Breton Centre: Laura Lee MacDonald [Liberal]

20. Cape Breton North: Cecil Clarke – [PC]

21. Cape Breton Nova: Gordie Gosse – [NDP]

22. Cape Breton South: Manning MacDonald – [Liberal]

23. Cape Breton West: Dave LeBlanc [Liberal]

24. Glace Bay: Dave Wilson [Liberal]

25. Inverness: Rodney MacDonald – [PC]

26. Richmond: Michel Sampson – [Liberal]

27. Victoria-The Lakes: Gerald Sampson [Liberal]

PC - 2
NDP – 1
Liberal - 6

Rural Mainland Nova Scotia

28. Annapolis: Stephen McNeil – [Liberal]

29. Antigonish: Angus MacIssac – [PC]

30. Argyle: Chris d’Entremont – [PC]

31. Chester St.Margrets: Rick Fraughton – [Liberal]

32. Clare: Paul Comeau – Wayne Gaudet [Liberal]

33. Colchester –Musquodobit Valley: Brooke Taylor – [PC]

34. Colchester North: Karen Casey – [PC]

35. Cumberland North: Ernie Fage – [PC]

36. Cumberland South: Murray Scott – [PC]

37. Digby-Annapolis: Harold Theriault – [Liberal]

38. Guysborough-Sheet Harbour: Ron Chisholm [PC]

39. Hants East: John MacDonnell – [NDP]

40. Hants West: Paula Lunn – [Liberal]

41. Kings North: Mark Parent – [PC]

42. Kings South: Ray Savage – [Liberal]
43. Kings West: Leo Glavine – [Liberal]

44. Lunenburg: Michael Baker – [PC]

45. Lunenburg West: Carolyn Bolivar-Getson – [PC]

46. Pictou Centre: Pat Dunn – [PC]

47. Pictou East: Clarrie MacKinnon – [NDP]
48. Pictou West: Charlie Parker – [NDP]
49. Queens: Vicki Conrad – [NDP]

50. Shelburne: Sterling Belliveau – [NDP]
51. Truro-Bible Hill: Jamie Muir – [PC]
52. Yarmouth: Richard Hurlburt – [PC]

PC – 13
NDP – 5
Liberal – 7

Total

PC – 19
NDP – 17
Liberal – 16