Eastern Shore (electoral district)
Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
District created | 1967 | ||
First contested | 1967 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 15,720 | ||
Electors | 11,765 | ||
Area (km²) | 2,252 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 7 | ||
Census division(s) | Halifax County | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Halifax Regional Municipality |
Eastern Shore is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
In 1967, the district was created as Halifax Eastern Shore. Upon the recommendations of the 1992 Electoral Boundaries Commission report, the district name was changed to Eastern Shore and it gained the Upper Lawrencetown area from Cole Harbour. In 2003, it gained an area on its western boundary from Dartmouth-Cole Harbour and lost an area on its eastern boundary to Guysborough-Sheet Harbour. In 2013, the district lost the Ross Road area to Preston-Dartmouth.[1]
It is known as a bellwether district, having elected a government representative in every election since 1970.[2][3]
Geography[]
The land area of Eastern Shore is 2,252 km2 (870 sq mi).[4]
Members of the Legislative Assembly[]
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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50th | 1967-1969 | Duncan MacMillan | Liberal | |
1969-1970 | Alexander Garnet Brown | |||
51st | 1970-1974 | |||
52nd | 1974-1978 | |||
53rd | 1978-1981 | Tom McInnis | Progressive Conservative | |
54th | 1981-1984 | |||
55th | 1984-1988 | |||
56th | 1988-1993 | |||
57th | 1993-1999 | Keith Colwell | Liberal | |
58th | 1999-2003 | Bill Dooks | Progressive Conservative | |
59th | 2003-2006 | |||
60th | 2006-2009 | |||
61st | 2009-2013 | Sid Prest | New Democratic | |
62nd | 2013-2017 | Kevin Murphy | Liberal | |
63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
64th | 2021-Present | Kent Smith | Progressive Conservative |
Election results[]
1993 general election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Keith Colwell | 3,760 | 43.46 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Tom McInnes | 3,523 | 40.72 | ||
New Democratic Party | Gary Moore | 1,369 | 15.82 |
1998 general election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Keith Colwell | 3,299 | 38.48 | ||
New Democratic Party | Darren Richard | 2,801 | 32.68 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Greg Brown | 2,472 | 28.84 |
1999 general election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | Bill Dooks | 3,637 | 41.85 | ||
Liberal | Keith Colwell | 2,695 | 31.01 | ||
New Democratic Party | Mary-Alice Tzagarakis | 1,970 | 22.67 | ||
Nova Scotia Party | Jack Friis | 388 | 4.46 |
2003 general election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | Bill Dooks | 3,073 | 45.02 | ||
New Democratic Party | Sid Prest | 2,427 | 35.57 | ||
Liberal | Randy Carter | 1,326 | 19.41 |
2006 general election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | Bill Dooks | 3,232 | 45.93 | +0.91 | |
New Democratic Party | Sid Prest | 2,871 | 40.80 | +4.77 | |
Liberal | Judith Cabrita | 746 | 10.6 | -8.81 | |
Green | Elizabeth van Dreunen | 188 | 2.67 | – |
2009 general election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Democratic Party | Sid Prest | 3,628 | 49.22 | +8.42 | |
Progressive Conservative | Bill Dooks | 2,557 | 34.69 | -11.24 | |
Liberal | Loretta Halleran | 992 | 13.46 | +2.86 | |
Green | Michael Marshall | 194 | 2.63 | -0.04 |
2013 general election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Kevin Murphy | 3,770 | 52.99 | -39.53 | |
New Democratic Party | Sid Prest | 1,922 | 27.01 | -22.21 | |
Progressive Conservative | Steve Brine | 1,423 | 20.00 | -14.69 | |
Total valid votes | 7,115 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 66 | 0.92 | |||
Turnout | 7,181 | 59.60 | |||
Eligible voters | 11,988 |
2017 general election[]
2017 provincial election redistributed results[5] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Vote | % | |
Liberal | 3,345 | 39.75 | |
Progressive Conservative | 2,618 | 31.11 | |
New Democratic | 2,075 | 24.66 | |
Green | 233 | 2.77 | |
Independent | 145 | 1.72 |
2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Kevin Murphy | 2,527 | 37.71 | -15.28 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Patricia Auchnie | 2,024 | 30.20 | +10.20 | ||||
New Democratic | Devin Ashley | 1,780 | 26.56 | -0.45 | ||||
Green | Andy Berry | 221 | 3.30 | |||||
Independent | Randy Carter | 149 | 2.22 | |||||
Total valid votes | 6,701 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 22 | 0.33 | -0.59 | |||||
Turnout | 6,723 | 54.20 | -5.71 | |||||
Eligible voters | 12,405 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -12.74 | ||||||
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[6][7] |
2021 general election[]
2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Kent Smith | 4,264 | 45.82 | +14.71 | ||||
Liberal | Kevin Murphy | 3,169 | 34.06 | -5.69 | ||||
New Democratic | Deirdre Dwyer | 1,618 | 17.39 | -7.27 | ||||
Green | Cheryl Atkinson | 254 | 2.73 | -0.04 | ||||
Total valid votes | 9,305 | 99.44 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 52 | 0.56 | ||||||
Turnout | 9,357 | 56.92 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 16,438 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.20 | ||||||
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[8] |
References[]
- ^ Eastern Shore - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
- ^ Eastern Shore bellwether a focus for Nova Scotia election CBC News - October 3, 2013
- ^ A bellwether of success Halifax Chronicle Herald - September 22, 2013
- ^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 19 August 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.
- ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
External links[]
- Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts
- Politics of Halifax, Nova Scotia