| 2017 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton-Richmond | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alana Paon | 3,337 | 43.57 | +21.64 | ||||
| Liberal | Michel Samson | 3,316 | 43.30 | -13.21 | ||||
| New Democratic | Larry Keating | 1,006 | 13.13 | -8.43 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,659 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 42 | 0.54 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,701 | 69.92 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,014 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +17.43 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[1][2] | ||||||||
- ^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- ^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.