Next Nova Scotia general election

42nd Nova Scotia general election
← 2021 On or before 15 July 2025
55 seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
28 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
 
Leader Tim Houston Zach Churchill Claudia Chender
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic
Leader since 27 October 2018 9 July 2022 25 June 2022
Leader's seat Pictou East Yarmouth Dartmouth South
Last election 31 seats, 38.44% 17 seats, 36.67% 6 seats, 20.93%
Current seats 33 15 6
Seats needed Steady Increase13 Increase22
Incumbent Premier

Tim Houston
Progressive Conservative



The 42nd Nova Scotia general election will be held on or before July 15, 2025, to elect members to the 65th General Assembly of Nova Scotia. During the 2021 election, the Progressive Conservatives included a commitment in their platform to introduce fixed election dates in the province. Under amendments to the provincial Elections Act introduced and passed in October 2021, the first fixed election date following the 2021 Nova Scotia general election is set as 15 July 2025 with all subsequent elections to take place on the third Tuesday in July of the fourth calendar year following the previous election.[1] The general assembly may be dissolved earlier by order of the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia due to a motion of no confidence or on the advice of the premier. Premier Tim Houston, whose government passed the fixed election date law, indicated in June 2024 that he may call an election earlier than the fixed date.[2]

  1. ^ Laroche, Jean (13 October 2021). "N.S. government sets third Tuesday in July as new fixed date for elections every 4 years". CBC Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  2. ^ Laroche, Jean (12 June 2024). "Houston no longer wedded to fixed election date his government set in 2021". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 June 2024.