This page lists the results of leadership elections

Leadership convention

In Canadian politics, a leadership convention is held by a political party when the party needs to choose a leader due to a vacancy or a challenge to the incumbent leader.- Overview :...

held by the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party

Nova Scotia New Democratic Party

The Nova Scotia New Democratic Party is a social-democratic provincial party in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is aligned with the federal New Democratic Party . Originally founded as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1932, it became the New Democratic Party in 1961. It became the governing...

. The position of party leader was not officially created until the 1966 convention . From the Nova NDP's formation in 1962 until 1966 the party president was James H. Aitchison

James H. Aitchison

James Hermiston Aitchison was a Canadian academic and politician and leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party....

 who served as defacto leader.

1966 leadership convention

(Held in November 1966)

• James H. AITCHISON
  James H. Aitchison
  James Hermiston Aitchison was a Canadian academic and politician and leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party....
  
  presumably accl.

1968 leadership convention

(Held on November 9, 1968)

• Jeremy ACKERMAN
  Jeremy Akerman
  Jeremy Bernard Akerman is a former Canadian politician, writer and actor and a former leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.-Biography:...
  
  80
• Keith JOBSON 76

1980 leadership convention

(Held on November 16, 1980)

• Alexa MCDONOUGH
  Alexa McDonough
  Alexa Ann Shaw McDonough OC is a Canadian politician who became the first woman to lead a major, recognized political party in Canada, when she was elected the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party's leader in 1980...
  
  237
• Len ARSENAULT 42
• James "Buddy" MACEACHERN 41

1996 leadership convention

(Held on March 30, 1996)

• Robert CHISHOLM 201
• Yvonne ATWELL
  Yvonne Atwell
  Yvonne Atwell is a Canadian provincial politician.She spent 20 years as an administrator at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, and returned to Nova Scotia in 1984....
  
   39

2000 leadership convention

(Held on July 15, 2000)

First Ballot:

• Helen MACDONALD
  Helen MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician)
  Helen MacDonald is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Cape Breton-The Lakes in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999...
  
   193
• Kevin DEVEAUX
  Kevin Deveaux
  Kevin Deveaux is a Canadian lawyer and an international expert on parliament who currently works for the United Nations as the senior global adviser on parliaments and their development. He served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the constituency of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage in the...
  
   172
• Maureen MACDONALD
  Maureen MacDonald
  Maureen MacDonald is a Canadian politician and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, representing the riding of Halifax Needham for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. She was first elected in the 1998 election, and was re-elected in 1999, 2003, 2006 and 2009...
  
   154
• Dave PETERS 47
• Hinrich BITTER-SUERMANN
  Hinrich Bitter-Suermann
  Hinrich Bitter-Suermann is a German-Canadian pathologist and Professor of Surgery specialized in organ transplantation.-Education:...
  
   31

Second Ballot (Bitter-Suermann eliminated. Peters withdrew):

• Kevin DEVEAUX
  Kevin Deveaux
  Kevin Deveaux is a Canadian lawyer and an international expert on parliament who currently works for the United Nations as the senior global adviser on parliaments and their development. He served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the constituency of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage in the...
  
   211
• Helen MACDONALD
  Helen MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician)
  Helen MacDonald is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Cape Breton-The Lakes in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999...
  
   207
• Maureen MACDONALD
  Maureen MacDonald
  Maureen MacDonald is a Canadian politician and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, representing the riding of Halifax Needham for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. She was first elected in the 1998 election, and was re-elected in 1999, 2003, 2006 and 2009...
  
   177

Third Ballot (Maureen MacDonald eliminated):

• Helen MACDONALD
  Helen MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician)
  Helen MacDonald is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Cape Breton-The Lakes in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999...
  
  322
• Kevin DEVEAUX
  Kevin Deveaux
  Kevin Deveaux is a Canadian lawyer and an international expert on parliament who currently works for the United Nations as the senior global adviser on parliaments and their development. He served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the constituency of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage in the...
  
   262

MacDonald was unable to gain election to the House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

The Nova Scotia Legislature, consisting of Her Majesty The Queen represented by the Lieutenant Governor and the House of Assembly, is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada...

 and resigned on April 30, 2001. Darrell Dexter

Darrell Dexter

Darrell Dexter is a Canadian lawyer, journalist and former naval officer who is serving as the 27th and current Premier of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. A member of the New Democratic Party, he has led the Nova Scotia NDP since 2001. He was elected Premier in 2009 after defeating...

 was chosen interim leader.

2002 leadership convention

(Held on June 2, 2002)

• Darrell DEXTER
  Darrell Dexter
  Darrell Dexter is a Canadian lawyer, journalist and former naval officer who is serving as the 27th and current Premier of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. A member of the New Democratic Party, he has led the Nova Scotia NDP since 2001. He was elected Premier in 2009 after defeating...
  
  2006
• John MACDONELL 1181