07/13/2026
New Nova Scotia provincial poll:
A possible “Mark Carney effect” may be propelling the permanent-leaderless Liberals to second place in party preference while premier Houston outperforms his PC Party
🔵38%
🔴34%
🟠22%
🟢4%
(decided+leaning; total N=632, subset n=488)
While the Nova Scotia PC Party maintains an edge among decided and leaning voters (38%), the Liberal Party (34%) has traded places with the NDP (22%) in a reversal of the 2024 provincial election result, according to a new poll by MQO Research.