Nova Scotia election 2006!

[Hatman 🍁]

So, the tories won by three seats. So close!

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Liberal losses: 1 in Halifax, 2 on Cape Breton.

Comments: Looks like they were hit hard in CB which is a real suprise in my opinion. Another surprise has to be that this is the only place they lost really, I figured they would have been hit hard in Halfiax.

NDP gains: Pictou East, 2 in Halifax Metro and 2 on the south shore.
Comments: Very nice indeed! To break into the south shore, a tory strong hold is quite nice, but I think we could have done better in Halifax and we didn't gain anything at all in Cape Breton.

Tories gained 2 on Cape Breton, lost 1 in Halifax Metro and 2 on the south shore.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Comments: Looks like they were hit hard in CB which is a real suprise in my opinion.

True; I'd sort-of assumed predictions of collapses were *largely* hubris... even more shocking is how, in some ridings where the Liberals were defending (like Victoria) or (like CB Nova) were seen as a threat, voters lined up behind whichever main party wasn't the Liberals. In Cape Breton!
I've just realised that they don't have any safe seats up there anymore; their lead in Glace Bay (who's MLA is pretty popular) was halved and their lead in CB South (an utter stronghold since ever. It's basically the core of Sydney) was also slashed to ribbons...

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True; there leader was running in a suburban Halifax seat though.

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The rural gains were very good (Queens had been PC for 50 years after all), the NDP were screwed by boundary changes on Cape Breton a few years ago making gains hard, although Glace Bay looks like it could be a serious target again (and Centre and Nova look pretty safe now). If MacDonald's personal popularity on Cape Breton starts to decline in the future, an attack on North seems possible (although Cecil Clarke is rather popular himself). Halifax was a bit of a disapointment though.

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I think one could credit the Conservative gains on Cape Breton on the fact their leader is from there, of course. This I didn't realize immediately before the election. It's good to see the massive majorities the NDP picked up in the Dartmouth/Cole Harbour area, might be a good sign federally. Maybe Dexter can challenge Savage in the future

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I think one could credit the Conservative gains on Cape Breton on the fact their leader is from there, of course. This I didn't realize immediately before the election. It's good to see the massive majorities the NDP picked up in the Dartmouth/Cole Harbour area, might be a good sign federally. Maybe Dexter can challenge Savage in the future

Yeah, the federal implications of this are dire for the Liberals, with the exception of the two western rural ridings (in which they did rather well).

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I think one could credit the Conservative gains on Cape Breton on the fact their leader is from there, of course. This I didn't realize immediately before the election. It's good to see the massive majorities the NDP picked up in the Dartmouth/Cole Harbour area, might be a good sign federally. Maybe Dexter can challenge Savage in the future

Yeah, the federal implications of this are dire for the Liberals, with the exception of the two western rural ridings (in which they did rather well).

Traditional Liberal area is all I can say about that area. Probably because it's French.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I think one could credit the Conservative gains on Cape Breton on the fact their leader is from there, of course. This I didn't realize immediately before the election. It's good to see the massive majorities the NDP picked up in the Dartmouth/Cole Harbour area, might be a good sign federally. Maybe Dexter can challenge Savage in the future

Yeah, the federal implications of this are dire for the Liberals, with the exception of the two western rural ridings (in which they did rather well).

Traditional Liberal area is all I can say about that area. Probably because it's French.

One of the areas M.P's is a certain Scott Brison; most of his riding actually swung *to* the Liberals and they nearly shock-gained Hants West (a "safe" PC seat).
It's just occured to me, that both the Tories and Liberals did badly in their respective traditional rural strongholds... (ie; rural CB and the South Shore...)

[Hatman 🍁]

I think one could credit the Conservative gains on Cape Breton on the fact their leader is from there, of course. This I didn't realize immediately before the election. It's good to see the massive majorities the NDP picked up in the Dartmouth/Cole Harbour area, might be a good sign federally. Maybe Dexter can challenge Savage in the future

Yeah, the federal implications of this are dire for the Liberals, with the exception of the two western rural ridings (in which they did rather well).

Traditional Liberal area is all I can say about that area. Probably because it's French.

One of the areas M.P's is a certain Scott Brison; most of his riding actually swung *to* the Liberals and they nearly shock-gained Hants West (a "safe" PC seat).
It's just occured to me, that both the Tories and Liberals did badly in their respective traditional rural strongholds... (ie; rural CB and the South Shore...)

Well, the tories kept the northern areas and the Liberals kept the western shore, so they did hold some of their traditional areas.

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