Pictou Centre
Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
District created | 1949 | ||
First contested | 1949 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 16,100 | ||
Electors | 12,860 | ||
Area (km²) | 26 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 619.2 | ||
Census division(s) | Pictou County | ||
Census subdivision(s) | New Glasgow, Stellarton, Trenton |
Pictou Centre is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
Members of the Legislative Assembly[]
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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64th | 2021–present | Pat Dunn | Progressive Conservative | |
63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
62nd | 2013–2017 | |||
61st | 2009-2013 | Ross Landry | New Democratic | |
60th | 2006–2009 | Pat Dunn | Progressive Conservative | |
59th | 2003–2006 | John Hamm | Progressive Conservative | |
58th | 1999–2003 | |||
57th | 1998–1999 | |||
56th | 1993–1998 | |||
55th | 1988–1993 | Jack MacIsaac | Progressive Conservative | |
54th | 1984–1988 | |||
53rd | 1981–1984 | |||
52nd | 1978–1981 | |||
51st | 1977–1978 | |||
1974–1977 | Fraser MacLean | Progressive Conservative | ||
50th | 1970–1974 | Ralph F. Fiske | Liberal | |
49th | 1967–1970 | Donald R. MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | |
48th | 1963–1967 | |||
47th | 1960–1963 | |||
46th | 1956–1960 | |||
45th | 1953–1956 | Alfred B. DeWolfe | Liberal | |
44th | 1949–1953 |
Election results[]
2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Pat Dunn | 4,092 | 55.77 | +3.34 | ||||
Liberal | Jim McKenna | 2,269 | 30.93 | +2.76 | ||||
New Democratic | Vernon Theriault | 862 | 11.75 | -7.65 | ||||
Green | Laura Moore | 114 | 1.55 | |||||
Total valid votes | 7,337 | 99.54 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 34 | 0.46 | ||||||
Turnout | 7,371 | 57.07 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 12,916 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +0.29 | ||||||
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[1] |
2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Pat Dunn | 3,773 | 52.43 | +0.17 | ||||
Liberal | Jeff Davis | 2,027 | 28.17 | +10.34 | ||||
New Democratic | Henderson Paris | 1,396 | 19.40 | -10.51 | ||||
Total valid votes | 7,196 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 28 | 0.39 | -0.41 | |||||
Turnout | 7,224 | 55.86 | -5.48 | |||||
Eligible voters | 12,932 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -5.08 | ||||||
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2][3] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Conservative | Pat Dunn | 4,147 | 52.26 | ||
New Democratic Party | Ross Landry | 2,373 | 29.91 | ||
Liberal | Bill Muirhead | 1,415 | 17.83 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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New Democratic Party | Ross Landry | 3,650 | 46.30 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Pat Dunn | 3,519 | 44.64 | ||
Liberal | Neil MacIsaac | 567 | 7.19 | ||
Green | Jim Lindsey | 147 | 1.86 | – | |
Total valid votes | 7,935 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 64 | 0.80 | |||
Turnout | 7,999 | 61.34 | |||
Eligible voters | 13,040 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Conservative | Pat Dunn | 3,901 | 52.60 | ||
New Democratic Party | Danny MacGillivray | 2,344 | 31.61 | ||
Liberal | Troy MacCulloch | 1,057 | 14.25 | ||
Green | Samuel M. Clark | 93 | 1.25 | – | |
Independent | Dennis Tate | 20 | 0.27 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Conservative | John Hamm | 4,262 | 54.70 | ||
Liberal | Tim Daley | 1,789 | 22.96 | ||
New Democratic Party | Alexander MacIsaac | 1,571 | 20.16 | ||
Marijuana | Darryl Gallivan | 170 | 2.18 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Conservative | John Hamm | 5,479 | 64.46 | ||
New Democratic Party | Jeff Callaghan | 1,850 | 21.76 | ||
Liberal | Marie Maxwell | 1,171 | 13.78 |
References[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist40.pdf
- Government of Nova Scotia. "Election Summary From 1867 - 2006" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
- Canadian Press (September 7, 1977). "Tories keep Pictou seat in N.S. vote". p. 8. The Globe and Mail.
External links[]
Categories:
- New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
- Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts
- Canadian constituency stubs