Pictou West

Pictou West
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Karla MacFarlane; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1949
First contested	1949
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2011)	13,922
Electors	10,886
Area (km²)	1,190
Pop. density (per km²)	11.7
Census division(s)	Pictou County

Pictou West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

Geography[]

The geography of Pictou West is 1,190 km² (460 sq mi) of land area.^[1]

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

Legislature	Years		Party
64th	2021-Present	Karla MacFarlane	Progressive Conservative
63rd	2017–2021
62nd	2013–2017
61st	2009–2013	Charlie Parker	New Democratic
60th	2006-2009
59th	2003-2006
58th	1999-2003	Muriel Baillie	Progressive Conservative
57th	1998-1999	Charlie Parker	New Democratic
56th	1993-1998	Donald P. McInnes	Progressive Conservative
55th	1988-1993
54th	1984-1988
53rd	1981-1984
52nd	1978-1981
51st	1974-1978	Dan Reid	Liberal
50th	1970-1974	Harvey Veniot	Progressive Conservative
49th	1967-1970
48th	1963-1967
47th	1960-1963
46th	1956-1960
45th	1953-1956	Stewart W. Proudfoot	Liberal
44th	1949-1953	Stewart W. Proudfoot	Liberal

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Karla MacFarlane	4,487	63.62	+1.18
	Liberal	Mary Wooldridge-Elliott	1,510	21.41	+4.94
	New Democratic	Rick Parker	872	12.36	-6.40
	Green	Clare Brett	124	1.76	-0.56
	Independent	John A. Clark	60	0.85
Total valid votes			7,053	99.63
Total rejected ballots			26	0.37
Turnout			7,079	62.11
Eligible voters			11,398
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-1.88
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[2]

v t 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Karla MacFarlane	4,333	62.44	+22.34
	New Democratic	Shawn McNamara	1,302	18.76	-15.53
	Liberal	Ben MacLean	1,143	16.47	-9.14
	Green	Cecile Vigneault	161	2.32	+2.32
Total valid votes			6,939	100
Total rejected ballots			29	0.42
Turnout			6,968	62.1
Eligible voters			11,225
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+18.94
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[3]^[4]

2013 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive Conservative	Karla MacFarlane	3,026	40.10
New Democratic Party	Charlie Parker	2,588	34.29
Liberal	Glennie Langille	1,933	25.61

2009 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
New Democratic Party	Charlie Parker	4226	57.63
Liberal	Paul Landry	1471	20.06
Progressive Conservative	Leonard Fraser	1466	19.99
Green	Chelsea Richardson	170	2.32	–

2006 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
New Democratic Party	Charlie Parker	4173	54.89
Progressive Conservative	Ron Baillie	2584	33.99
Liberal	Sandy Mackay	698	9.18
Green	Douglas Earl Corbett	147	1.93	–

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic Party	Charlie Parker	3410	44.05
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Veniot	2530	32.68
	Liberal	Ed MacMaster	1639	21.17
}	Independent	Doug Corbett	163	2.11

1999 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive Conservative	Muriel Ballie	3102	37.46
New Democratic Party	Charlie Parker	2955	35.69
Liberal	Paul Landry	2109	25.47
Nova Scotia Party	D. Ed Berringer	114	1.38

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