Preston (electoral district)

Preston
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Angela Simmonds; Liberal
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District created	1993, 2019
First contested	1993
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2006)	10,024
Electors	7,680
Area (km²)	164
Pop. density (per km²)	61.1
Census division(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality

Preston is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed from 1993 to 2013 and since 2021. It elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The electoral district included the black communities of North Preston, East Preston, and Cherrybrook. It also includes the communities of , Lake Echo, Mineville, , Westphal, Lawrencetown and part of Dartmouth.

The electoral district was created in 1993 and was conceived to provide representation to the area's rural black community; roughly two-thirds of the population during the district's existence was African Nova Scotian. It was the first riding in all of Nova Scotia to feature an entirely African Nova Scotian slate of candidates in the 2021 provincial election.^[1] The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral district of Preston-Dartmouth. The riding was re-created following the 2019 boundary review, mostly out of Preston-Dartmouth, but also out of parts of Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank, Cole Harbour-Portland Valley, Eastern Shore and a small part of Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley.

Geography[]

Preston covers 164 km² (63 sq mi) of land area.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[]

The electoral district was represented by the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Preston
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
56th	1993–1998		Wayne Adams	Liberal
57th	1998–1999		Yvonne Atwell	New Democratic
58th	1999–2003		David Hendsbee	Progressive Conservative
59th	2003–2006		Keith Colwell	Liberal
60th	2006–2009
61st	2009–2013
Riding dissolved
Riding recreated from parts of Preston-Dartmouth, Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank, Cole Harbour-Portland Valley, Eastern Shore, and Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley.
64th	2021–present		Angela Simmonds	Liberal

Election results[]

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Angela Simmonds	2,226	43.38	-5.66
	Progressive Conservative	Archy Beals	1,472	28.69	+6.00
	New Democratic	Colter C.C. Simmonds	1,433	27.93	+4.36
Total valid votes			5,131	99.21
Total rejected ballots			41	0.79
Turnout			5,172	46.78
Eligible voters			11,055
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		-5.83
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[3]

2017 provincial election redistributed results^[4]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	2,418	49.04
	New Democratic	1,162	23.57
	Progressive Conservative	1,119	22.69
	Green	231	4.68
	Independent	1	0.02

2009 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Keith Colwell	1908	42.20
New Democratic Party	Janet Sutcliffe	1316	29.11
Progressive Conservative	Dwayne Provo	1240	27.43
Green	Sarah Densmore	57	1.26	–

2006 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Keith Colwell	1853	42.13
Progressive Conservative	Dwayne Provo	1610	36.83
New Democratic Party	Douglas Sparks	843	19.17
Green	David Farrell	82	1.86	–

2003 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Keith Colwell	1411	33.90
Progressive Conservative	David Hensbee	1361	32.92
New Democratic Party	Douglas Sparks	1331	31.97
Marijuana	Marc-Boris St-Maurice	50	1.21

1999 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	David Hensbee	1800
New Democratic Party	Yvonne Atwell	1496
Liberal	Wendell Thomas	509

References[]

^ Armstrong, Lyndsay. "Meet peninsula Halifax's new MLAs Ali Duale, Suzy Hansen and Lisa Lachance". The Coast Halifax. Retrieved 15 September 2021. There were three Black contenders in Preston this year—Liberal Simmonds beat the NDP’s Colter Simmonds, the founder of We Will Win Youth Association, and PC Archy Beals—which is believed to be the first time any of Nova Scotia’s ridings have had an all-Black slate of candidates.
^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
^ Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries

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[1] Armstrong, Lyndsay. "Meet peninsula Halifax's new MLAs Ali Duale, Suzy Hansen and Lisa Lachance". The Coast Halifax. Retrieved 15 September 2021. There were three Black contenders in Preston this year—Liberal Simmonds beat the NDP’s Colter Simmonds, the founder of We Will Win Youth Association, and PC Archy Beals—which is believed to be the first time any of Nova Scotia’s ridings have had an all-Black slate of candidates.

[2] "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

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

[4] Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries

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