Kings South

Kings South
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Keith Irving; Liberal
;
District created	1956
First contested	1956
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2011)	21,252
Electors	17,377
Area (km²)	576
Pop. density (per km²)	36.9
Census division(s)	Kings County

Kings South is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It includes the town of Wolfville, the village of New Minas, the community of Coldbrook, and Glooscap First Nation.

Geography[]

Kings South has a landmass of 576 km² (222 sq mi).^[1]

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

Legislature	Years		Party
64th	2021–present	Keith Irving	Liberal
63rd	2017–2021
62nd	2013–2017
61st	2009–2013	Ramona Jennex	New Democratic
60th	2006-2009	David Morse	Progressive Conservative
59th	2003-2006
58th	1999-2003
57th	1998-1999	Robbie Harrison	Liberal
56th	1993-1998	Robbie Harrison	Liberal
55th	1988-1993	Derrick Kimball	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984-1988	Bob Levy	New Democratic
53rd	1984	Paul Kinsman	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981-1984	Harry How	Progressive Conservative
52nd	1978-1981
51st	1974-1978
50th	1970-1974
49th	1967-1970	Edward Haliburton	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963-1967
47th	1960-1963
46th	1956-1960

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Keith Irving	4,049	44.11	-2.60
	Progressive Conservative	Derrick Kimball	3,046	33.18	+5.87
	New Democratic	Mercedes Brian	1,808	19.70	-1.32
	Green	Barry Leslie	276	3.01	-0.68
Total valid votes			9,179	99.70
Total rejected ballots			28	0.30
Turnout			9,207	55.70
Eligible voters			16,531
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.24
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[2]

v t 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Keith Irving	4,269	46.71	+7.46
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Harrison	2,496	27.31	+4.61
	New Democratic	Steve Schneider	1,921	21.02	-14.53
	Green	Sheila Richardson	337	3.69	-0.07
	Atlantica	Joel Hirtle	116	1.27
Total valid votes			9,139	100
Total rejected ballots			29	0.32
Turnout			9,168	52.76
Eligible voters			17,377
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.43
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[3]^[4]

2013 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Keith Irving	3,939	39.25
New Democratic Party	Ramona Jennex	3,568	35.55
Progressive Conservative	Shane MacKenzie Buchan	2,278	22.70
Green	Shelia G. Richardson	251	2.50	–

2009 Nova Scotia general election^[5]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
New Democratic Party	Ramona Jennex	4,038	41.18
Progressive Conservative	David Morse	2,759	28.14
Liberal	Paula Howatt	2,639	26.91
Green	Brendan MacNeill	369	3.76	–

2006 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	David Morse	3,788	42.36
New Democratic Party	David Mangle	3,130	35.00
Liberal	Ray Savage	1,797	20.10
Green	Steve McGowen	226	2.54	–

2003 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive Conservative	David Morse	3,347	37.65
New Democratic Party	David Mangle	2,794	31.43
Liberal	Maura Ryan	2,682	30.17
Nova Scotia Party	Victor Harris	67	0.75

1999 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive Conservative	David Morse	3,890	40.23
Liberal	Robbie Harrison	3,213	33.23
New Democratic Party	Mary DeWolfe	2,567	26.55

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