Kings North
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
District created | 1956 | ||
First contested | 1956 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 19,842 | ||
Electors | 15,848 | ||
Area (km²) | 483.00 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 41.1 | ||
Census division(s) | Kings County |
Kings North is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
The electoral district was formed through redistribution in 1956. It was previously part of the district of Kings.
District profile[]
Agriculture is a major industry in Kings North. The district has many geographical features of note, including Cape Blomidon, Cape Split, and the Minas Basin. Also in the district is Blomidon Provincial Park.
Communities within Kings North include:
- Aldershot
- Baxters Harbour
- Billtown
- Blomidon
- Buckleys Corner
- Canada Creek
- Canard
- Canning
- Centreville
- Chipman Brook
- Glenmont
- Habitant
- Halls Harbour
- Town of Kentville
- Kingsport
- Kinsmans Corner
- Lakeville
- The Lookoff
- Lower Canard
- Medford
- Port Williams
- Ross Corner
- Scot's Bay
- Sheffield Mills
- Starr's Point
Members of the Legislative Assembly[]
Kings North has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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64th | 2021–present | John Lohr | Progressive Conservative | |
63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
62nd | 2013–2017 | |||
61st | 2009–2013 | Jim Morton | New Democrat | |
60th | 2006–2009 | Mark Parent | Progressive Conservative | |
59th | 2003–2006 | |||
58th | 1999–2003 | |||
57th | 1998–1999 | George Archibald | Progressive Conservative | |
56th | 1993–1998 | |||
55th | 1988–1993 | |||
54th | 1984–1988 | |||
53rd | 1981–1984 | Edward Twohig | Progressive Conservative | |
52nd | 1978–1981 | |||
51st | 1974–1978 | Glenn Ells | Liberal | |
50th | 1970–1974 | Victor Thorpe | Progressive Conservative | |
49th | 1967–1970 | |||
48th | 1963–1967 | Gladys Porter | Progressive Conservative | |
47th | 1960–1963 | |||
46th | 1956–1960 | Eric Balcom | Liberal |
Election results[]
1956 general election[]
1956 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Eric Balcom | 3,054 | 50.37% | – | ||||
Progressive Conservative | George Arthur Boggs | 3,009 | 49.63% | – | ||||
Total | 6,063 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1960 general election[]
1960 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Gladys Porter | 3,060 | 51.19% | 1.56% | ||||
Liberal | Eric Balcom | 2,782 | 46.54% | -3.83% | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Levitte Joseph Melanson | 136 | 2.28% | – | ||||
Total | 5,978 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1963 general election[]
1963 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Gladys Porter | 3,668 | 59.43% | 8.24% | ||||
Liberal | David Durell Sutton | 2,405 | 38.97% | -7.57% | ||||
New Democratic | George Turner | 99 | 1.60% | – | ||||
Total | 6,172 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1967 general election[]
1967 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Victor Thorpe | 3,407 | 55.25% | -4.18% | ||||
Liberal | Victor Cleyle | 2,759 | 44.75% | 5.78% | ||||
Total | 6,166 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1970 general election[]
1970 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Victor Thorpe | 3,234 | 51.24% | -4.01% | ||||
Liberal | Glenn Ells | 3,077 | 48.76% | 4.01% | ||||
Total | 6,311 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1974 general election[]
1974 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Glenn Ells | 3,536 | 49.39% | 0.63% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Dave Waterbury | 3,124 | 43.63% | -7.61% | ||||
New Democratic | George W. Graves | 500 | 6.98% | – | ||||
Total | 7,160 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1978 general election[]
1978 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Edward Twohig | 3,744 | 48.78% | 5.14% | ||||
Liberal | Glenn Ells | 3,283 | 42.77% | -6.62% | ||||
New Democratic | Donald C. Fraser | 649 | 8.45% | 1.47% | ||||
Total | 7,676 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1981 general election[]
1981 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Edward Twohig | 3,369 | 43.61% | -5.17% | ||||
New Democratic | Bob Levy | 2,316 | 29.98% | 21.52% | ||||
Liberal | Lennie White | 2,041 | 26.42% | -16.35% | ||||
Total | 7,726 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1984 general election[]
1984 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | George Archibald | 3,655 | 49.57% | 5.97% | ||||
New Democratic | Don Fraser | 1,860 | 25.23% | -4.75% | ||||
Liberal | Bob Wilson | 1,858 | 25.20% | -1.22% | ||||
Total | 7,373 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1988 general election[]
1988 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | George Archibald | 3,868 | 45.42% | -4.15% | ||||
Liberal | Glenn Ells | 3,116 | 36.59% | 11.39% | ||||
New Democratic | Don Fraser | 1,532 | 17.99% | -7.24% | ||||
Total | 8,516 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1993 general election[]
1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | George Archibald | 4,137 | 42.62% | -2.80% | ||||
Liberal | Jennifer Foster | 3,980 | 41.01% | 4.42% | ||||
New Democratic | Cameron Jess | 1,505 | 15.51% | -2.48% | ||||
Natural Law | Anne Dow | 84 | 0.87% | – | ||||
Total | 9,706 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1998 general election[]
1998 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | George Archibald | 3,760 | 41.45% | -1.17% | ||||
New Democratic | Neil H. McNeil | 2,854 | 31.46% | 15.96% | ||||
Liberal | Jennifer Foster | 2,457 | 27.09% | -13.92% | ||||
Total | 9,071 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1999 general election[]
1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Mark Parent | 4,321 | 49.05% | 7.60% | ||||
New Democratic | Neil H. McNeil | 2,513 | 28.53% | -2.94% | ||||
Liberal | Philip Carteret Hill | 1,975 | 22.42% | -4.67% | ||||
Total | 8,809 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
2003 general election[]
2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Mark Parent | 4,063 | 50.20% | 1.15% | ||||
New Democratic | Jim Morton | 2,340 | 28.91% | 0.39% | ||||
Liberal | Michael Landry | 1,533 | 18.94% | -3.48% | ||||
Marijuana | Ben Friesen | 157 | 1.94% | – | ||||
Total | 8,093 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
2006 general election[]
2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Mark Parent | 4,153 | 50.07% | -0.14% | ||||
New Democratic | Jim Morton | 2,190 | 26.40% | -2.51% | ||||
Liberal | Madonna Spinazola | 1,757 | 21.18% | 2.24% | ||||
Green | Chris Alders | 195 | 2.35% | – | ||||
Total | 8,295 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
2009 general election[]
2009 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Jim Morton | 3,535 | 41.43% | 15.03% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Mark Parent | 3,079 | 36.08% | -13.98% | ||||
Liberal | Shirley Fisher | 1,541 | 18.06% | -3.12% | ||||
Green | Anna-Maria Galante-Ward | 378 | 4.43% | 2.08% | ||||
Total | 8,533 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
2013 general election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Conservative | John Lohr | 2,903 | 32.49 | ||
New Democrat | Jim Morton | 2,882 | 32.26 | ||
Liberal | Stephen Wayne Pearl | 2,787 | 31.20 | ||
Green | Mary Lou Hartley | 362 | 4.05 | – |
2017 general election[]
2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | John Lohr | 3,823 | 45.94 | +13.45 | ||||
Liberal | Geof Turner | 2,784 | 33.46 | +2.26 | ||||
New Democratic | Ted Champion | 1,347 | 16.19 | -16.07 | ||||
Green | Mary Lou Harley | 295 | 3.54 | -0.51 | ||||
Atlantica | Bryden Deadder | 72 | 0.86 | |||||
Total valid votes | 8,321 | 100 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 32 | 0.38 | ||||||
Turnout | 8,353 | 52.71 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 15,848 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +11.19 | ||||||
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2][3] |
2021 general election[]
2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | John Lohr | 3,971 | 44.70 | -1.24 | ||||
Liberal | Geof Turner | 2,602 | 29.29 | -4.17 | ||||
New Democratic | Erin Patterson | 1,876 | 21.12 | +4.93 | ||||
Green | Doug Hickman | 391 | 4.40 | +0.86 | ||||
Atlantica | Paul Dunn | 43 | 0.48 | -0.38 | ||||
Total valid votes | 8,883 | 99.69 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 28 | 0.31 | ||||||
Turnout | 8,911 | 55.30 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 16,115 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +1.47 | ||||||
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4] |
References[]
- ^ "Recount confirms John A. Lohr Elected in Kings North". Elections Nova Scotia, October 21, 2013.
- ^ "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.
- Elections Nova Scotia, Election Summary From 1867-2007. Retrieved December 14, 2009
- Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (October 6, 1981). Retrieved December 14, 2009
- Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (November 6, 1984). Retrieved December 14, 2009
- Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (September 6, 1988). Retrieved December 14, 2009
- Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (May 25, 1993). Retrieved December 14, 2009
- Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll By Poll Results - Kings North (March 9, 1998)[permanent dead link]. Retrieved on December 15, 2009
- Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll By Poll Results - Kings North (July 27, 1999)[permanent dead link]. Retrieved on December 15, 2009
- Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll By Poll Results - Kings North (August 5, 2003). Retrieved on December 15, 2009
- Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll By Poll Results - Kings North (June 13, 2006). Retrieved on December 15, 2009
- Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll By Poll Results - Kings North (June 9, 2009)[permanent dead link]. Retrieved on December 15, 2009
External links[]
- CBC 2006 District Profile
- District Map
- Elections Nova Scotia description of district
- 2009 Map of General Election Results
Categories:
- Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts