Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley

Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Larry Harrison; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1978
First contested	1978
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2011)	17,979
Electors	13,640
Area (km²)	3,096
Pop. density (per km²)	5.8
Census division(s)	Colchester County, ; Halifax RM

Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

The district was created in 1978 from Colchester, and was called Colchester South until 1993. In 1993, the name was changed to Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley and it gained the Salmon River and Musquodoboit Valley areas from Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley, and Millbrook 27 from Truro-Bible Hill.^[1] It includes the southern half of Colchester County (not including the Truro area) plus the Musquodoboit Valley region of the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Geography[]

The landmass of Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley is 3,096 km² (1,195 sq mi).^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[]

This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years		Party
64th	2021–present	Larry Harrison	Progressive Conservative
63rd	2017-2021
62nd	2013–2017
61st	2009–2013	Gary Burrill	New Democratic
60th	2006–2009	Brooke Taylor	Progressive Conservative
59th	2003–2006
58th	1999–2003
57th	1998–1999
56th	1993–1998
56th	1993	Ken Streatch	Progressive Conservative
55th	1988-1993	R. Colin Stewart
54th	1984-1988
53rd	1981-1984
52nd	1978-1981

Election results[]

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Harrison	4,117	55.13	+4.56
	Liberal	Rhonda MacLellan	1,913	25.62	-1.32
	New Democratic	Janet Moulton	1,438	19.26	-3.23
Total valid votes			7,468	99.60
Total rejected ballots			30	0.40
Turnout			7,498	52.36
Eligible voters			14,321
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.94
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[3]

v t 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Harrison	3,655	50.57	+8.30
	Liberal	Matthew Rushton	1,947	26.94	-1.46
	New Democratic	Janet Moulton	1,625	22.49	-6.84
Total valid votes			7,227	100
Total rejected ballots			53
Turnout			7,280	51.2
Eligible voters			14,225
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.88
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[4]^[5]

2013 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Larry Harrison	3,304	42.27	+13.28
New Democratic Party	Gary Burrill	2,293	29.33	-18.76
Liberal	Tom Martin	2,220	28.40	+7.79

2009 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
New Democratic Party	Gary Burrill	3,568	48.09	+22.88
Progressive Conservative	Steve Streatch	2,151	28.99	-34.86
Liberal	Willie Versteeg	1,529	20.61	+11.85
Green	Margaret Whitney	172	2.32	+0.13

2006 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Brooke Taylor	4,790	63.85	-0.49
New Democratic Party	Gary Burrill	1,891	25.21	+1.99
Liberal	Carolyn Matthews	657	8.76	-3.68
Green	Leona MacLeod	164	2.19	–

2003 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Brooke Taylor	4,695	64.34	-3.06
New Democratic Party	Kathryn Belzer	1,694	23.22	+3.60
Liberal	Joan Barnhill	908	12.44	-0.54

1999 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Brooke Taylor	5,465	67.40	-
New Democratic Party	Jim Harpell	1,591	19.62	-
Liberal	Leo Stacey	1052	12.97	-

1988 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive Conservative	R. Colin Stewart	3,855	56.19
Liberal	Larry Thomas	2,462	35.88
New Democratic Party	Julia A. Skipper	554	8.07

1984 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive Conservative	R. Colin Stewart	3,572	61.86
Liberal	Fred A. Kennedy	1,530	26.50
New Democratic Party	Bernard A. Gay	492	8.52

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	R. Colin Stewart	3,281	56.48
	Liberal	Laurence Mersereau	1,683	28.97
	New Democratic Party	Chester Rice	799	13.75
}	Independent	Robert (Bob) Kirk	46	0.79

1978 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive Conservative	R. Colin Stewart	3,230	56.28
Liberal	Ed. Lorraine	2,187	38.11
New Democratic Party	Chester Rice	322	5.61

References[]

^ Riding History NS Legislature
^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
^ "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.

External links[]

[1] Riding History NS Legislature

[2] "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[3] "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

[4] "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

[5] "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

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