Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia











































Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia
Active provincial party
Leader Tim Houston
President Julie Chaisson
Founded 1867
Headquarters 1660 Hollis Street
Suite 1003
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 1V7
Ideology Liberal conservatism
Political position Centre-right
Colours Blue
Seats in House of Assembly

17 / 51
Website
pcparty.ns.ca

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The Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia, commonly called the PC Party, is a moderate, centrist[1] political party in Nova Scotia, Canada. They have been historically associated with the "Red Tory"[2] wing of Canadian conservatism. The party is currently led by Pictou East MLA Tim Houston.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 The party in recent years


  • 3 Values and mission


  • 4 Current elected members


  • 5 Party leaders


  • 6 Election results 1867–2017


  • 7 See also


  • 8 References





History


The Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia, registered under the Nova Scotia Elections Act as the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, originated from the Confederation Party of Charles Tupper. Tupper united members of the pre-Confederation Conservative Party (who were predominantly United Empire Loyalists and members of the business elite) and supporters of Sir John A. Macdonald's national Conservative coalition. The party supported Macdonald's protectionist National Policy, nation-building, and the unification of British North America.


Canadian Confederation was initially unpopular in Nova Scotia, and the party was out of government for most of the late 19th century. It formed government for only a few of the years between 1867 and 1956.


The modern party was built by Robert Stanfield after World War II. Stanfield, the scion of a wealthy textile family, considered himself a socialist at university and, while he later moderated his views, he always remained a progressive. Under his leadership, what was by then the "Progressive Conservative Party" became a moderate Red Tory organization.[3] When Stanfield assumed leadership of the party in 1948, it had no seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. By 1956, he had built it into an organization that was able to sweep to power, winning re-election four times.


As premier, he led reforms in human rights, education, municipal government and health care and also created Industrial Estates Limited, a crown corporation that successfully attracted investment from world companies such as Michelin Tire.[4] He worked to modernized the road system, brought in the first form of Medicare, established the first economic development agency, invested heavily in education at all levels and established the predecessor to the Nova Scotia Community College.


After Stanfield left provincial politics to become leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party in 1967, G. I. Smith served as premier until 1970.[5] After being elected party leader in 1971, John Buchanan was elected premier in 1978.[6] He was re-elected in 1981, 1984 and 1988. In the 1984 election, voters served his largest majority, capturing 42 of the 52 seats in the legislature.[7] Buchanan's government first succeeded in convincing federal government to give Nova Scotia control over offshore resources such as gas and oil, resulting in future revenue for the province through the Crown Share.[8]


Roger Bacon became premier in 1990 after Buchanan was appointed to the Senate of Canada and until the party selected Donald W. Cameron as party leader and premier. During his term, Cameron reformed government finance practices, promoted anti-discrimination measures, introduced new government accountability measures and established the first non-partisan electoral boundaries revision commission in 1992.[9]



The party in recent years





John Hamm delivered the province's first truly balanced finances in 25 years.


After six years of Liberal governments led by John Savage and later Russel MacLellan, PC leader John Hamm was elected premier in 1999. After taking office, he invested more in education and health care. implemented some tax cuts and sold or closed government-owned industries such as Sydney Steel.[10] His government also passed tough lobbyist registration legislation, introduced smoking cessation initiatives, provided new funding for community college modernization and achieved historically high economic growth and employment numbers.[11] His government was the first to truly balance provincial finances in 25 years in 2002.[12]




Tim Houston is the current leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.


Rodney MacDonald took the party reins from Hamm in 2006 and subsequently became Premier of Nova Scotia. Through strategic investments in rural broadband infrastructure, MacDonald continued to expand high-speed internet access throughout the province.[13] MacDonald’s government moved to help stabilize energy costs, grow the economy and attract new investment to the province.


The 2006 election resulted in a reduced minority for MacDonald and the Progressive Conservatives were reduced to third-party status in the 2009 election.[14] On June 24, 2009, MacDonald stepped down as leader and Karen Casey was named the interim leader.


As the only candidate in the leadership election, Jamie Baillie became leader of the PC Party on October 30, 2010.[15] He led the party into the 2013 election, and won eleven seats to form the Official Opposition.[16] In the 2017 election, the party retained official opposition status, and increased their seat count to 17.[17]


On November 1, 2017, Baillie announced he was stepping down as leader.[18][19] Baillie was to remain in the position until a new leader was chosen, however on January 24, 2018, he resigned after the party executive requested his immediate resignation due to "allegations of inappropriate behaviour".[20][21] Following his resignation, Pictou West MLA Karla MacFarlane was named interim leader.[20]


The party president is Julie Chaisson.[22] The party also has a recognized youth wing called the Nova Scotia Young Progressive Conservative Association whose president is Daniel MacKenzie.[23]



Values and mission


According to the PC Party website, their mission is "to form a fiscally responsible, socially progressive government that promotes individual achievement and personal responsibility, is accountable to its citizens, listens to its people, embraces innovation, preserves the best of our unique heritage and diverse cultures and learns from the past".[24]



Current elected members





























































































Name
 Riding
 Year elected

Tim Houston
Pictou East
2013

Barbara Adams
Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
 2017

Keith Bain
Victoria-The Lakes
 2017

Chris d'Entremont
Argyle-Barrington
 2003

Pat Dunn
Pictou Centre
 2013

Tim Halman
Dartmouth East
 2017

Larry Harrison
Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley
 2013

Karla MacFarlane
Pictou West
 2013

Brad Johns
Sackville-Beaver Bank
 2017

John Lohr
Kings North
 2013

Alfie MacLeod
Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg
 2006

Allan MacMaster
Inverness
 2009

Kim Masland
Queens-Shelburne
 2017

Eddie Orrell
Northside-Westmount
 2011

Alana Paon
Cape Breton-Richmond
 2017

Tory Rushton
Cumberland South
 2018

Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin
Cumberland North
 2017


Party leaders





  • James William Johnston (1843–1864)


  • Charles Tupper (1864–1867)


  • Hiram Blanchard (1867–1874)


  • Simon Hugh Holmes (1874–1882)


  • John Sparrow David Thompson (1882)


  • Adam Carr Bell (1882–1887)


  • William McKay (1887–1890)


  • Charles Cahan (1890–1894)


  • William McKay (1894–1897)


  • John Fitzwilliam Stairs (1897–1904)


  • Charles Wilcox (1898–1901) (house leader)


  • Charles E. Tanner (1901–1908) (house leader)


  • Charles Wilcox (1908–1909) (house leader)


  • John M. Baillie (1909–1912) (house leader)


  • Charles E. Tanner (1912–1922)


  • W.L. Hall (1922–1925)


  • Edgar Nelson Rhodes (1925–1930)


  • Gordon Sidney Harrington (1930–1937)


  • Percy C. Black (1937–1940)


  • Leonard William Fraser (1940–1948)


  • Fred M. Blois (1940–1945) (house leader)


  • Robert Stanfield (1948–1967)


  • G.I. Smith (1967–1971)


  • John Buchanan (1971–1990)


  • Roger Stuart Bacon (1990–1991) (interim)


  • Donald W. Cameron (1991–1993)


  • Terry Donahoe (1993–1995) (interim)


  • John Hamm (1995–2006)


  • Rodney MacDonald (2006–2009)


  • Karen Casey (2009–2010) (interim)


  • Jamie Baillie (2010–2018)


  • Karla MacFarlane (2018) (interim)


  • Tim Houston (2018–present)




Election results 1867–2017








































































































































































































































































































































































































Election
 Leader
 Votes
 %
 Seats
 +/–
 Position
 Government

1867
Hiram Blanchard
38.5

2 / 38
Steady 0
Steady 2nd
 Opposition

1871
43.7

14 / 38
Increase 12
Steady 2nd
 Opposition

1874
Simon Hugh Holmes
43.6

12 / 38
Decrease 2
Steady 2nd
 Opposition

1878
51.7

32 / 38
Increase 20
Increase 1st
 Majority

1882
John Sparrow David Thompson
46.9

14 / 38
Decrease 18
Decrease 2nd
 Opposition

1886
Adam Carr Bell
28.6

10 / 38
Decrease 4
Steady 2nd
 Opposition

1890
William McKay
46.7

9 / 38
Decrease 1
Steady 2nd
 Opposition

1894
47.3

13 / 38
Increase 4
Steady 2nd
 Opposition

1897
44.4

3 / 38
Decrease 10
Steady 2nd
 Opposition

1901
Charles Smith Wilcox
41.7

2 / 38
Decrease 1
Steady 2nd
 Opposition

1906
Charles Elliott Tanner
42.1

4 / 38
Increase 2
Steady 2nd
 Opposition

1911
John M. Baillie
45.4

12 / 38
Increase 8
Steady 2nd
 Opposition

1916
Charles Elliott Tanner
48.8

12 / 43
Steady 0
Steady 2nd
 Opposition

1920
24.7

3 / 43
Decrease 9
Decrease 4th
 Opposition

1925
Edgar Nelson Rhodes
60.9

40 / 43
Increase 37
Increase 1st
 Majority

1928
51.7

24 / 43
Decrease 16
Steady 1st
 Majority

1933
Gordon Sidney Harrington
45.9

8 / 30
Decrease 16
Decrease 2nd
 Opposition

1937
46.0

5 / 30
Decrease 3
Steady 2nd
 Opposition

1941
Frederick Murray Blois
40.3

5 / 30
Steady 0
Steady 2nd
 Opposition

1945
33.5

0 / 30
Decrease 5
Decrease 3rd
 No Seats

1949
Robert Stanfield
39.2

8 / 37
Increase 8
Increase 2nd
 Opposition

1953
43.6

13 / 37
Increase 5
Steady 2nd
 Opposition

1956
48.6

24 / 43
Increase 11
Increase 1st
 Majority

1960
48.3

27 / 43
Increase 3
Steady 1st
 Majority

1963
56.2

39 / 43
Increase 12
Steady 1st
 Majority

1967
52.8

40 / 46
Increase 1
Steady 1st
 Majority

1970
George Isaac Smith
46.9

21 / 46
Decrease 19
Decrease 2nd
 Opposition

1974
John Buchanan
38.6

12 / 46
Decrease 9
Steady 2nd
 Opposition

1978
45.8

31 / 52
Increase 19
Increase 1st
 Majority

1981
45.8

37 / 52
Increase 6
Steady 1st
 Majority

1984
 209,298
 50.6

42 / 52
Increase 5
Steady 1st
 Majority

1988
 204,150
 43.4

28 / 52
Decrease 14
Steady 1st
 Majority

1993
Donald William Cameron
 151,383
 31.1

9 / 52
Decrease 19
Decrease 2nd
 Opposition

1998
John Hamm
 133,540
 29.75

14 / 52
Increase 5
Decrease 3rd
 Third party

1999
 169,383
 39.20

30 / 52
Increase 16
Increase 1st
 Majority

2003
 148,182
 36.32

25 / 52
Decrease 5
Steady 1st
 Minority

2006
Rodney MacDonald
 160,119
 39.57

23 / 52
Decrease 2
Steady 1st
 Minority

2009
 101,203
 24.54

10 / 52
Decrease 13
Decrease 3rd
 Third party

2013
Jamie Baillie
 109,452
 26.31

11 / 51
Increase 1
Increase 2nd
 Opposition

2017
 142,672
 35.8

17 / 51
Increase 6
Steady 2nd
 Opposition


See also



  • List of premiers of Nova Scotia

  • List of political parties in Canada

  • Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia leadership elections



References





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