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The governing Progressive Conservatives will maintain the riding of Pictou West. Marco MacLeod is the projecte...

A byelection was held on Tuesday to fill the seat of PC MLA Karla MacFarlane, who announced her retirement in April.

Nova Scotias governing Progressive Conservatives easily retained the riding of Pictou West in a byelection held Tuesday, with first-time Tory candidate Marco MacLeod receiving more than four times the votes of his next-closest competitor.

First-time Tory candidate Marco MacLeod received more than four times the votes of his next-closest competitor as the Progressive Conservatives retained the riding of Pictou West.

PC Karla MacFarlane announced her retirement last month, and two weeks later Premier Tim Houston called the by-election to fill the seat she had held since 2013

Voters in the rural Nova Scotia electoral district of Pictou West will head to the polls for a byelection today to replace the recently retired legislative speaker.

Voters in the rural Nova Scotia electoral district of Pictou West will head to the polls for a byelection today to replace the recently retired legislative speaker.

Voters in the rural Nova Scotia provincial electoral district of Pictou West are ready to go to the polls Tuesday in a riding that voted decisively Tory in the 2021 provincial election.

Nova Scotias NDP leader announced a program aimed at easing the cost of housing during a rousing campaign-style speech before the partys annual convention in Halifax today.

Nova Scotia’s three main political parties have all announced who their candidates will be in next month’s Pictou West byelection.