Richmond (Nova Scotia provincial electoral district)

Richmond
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Trevor Boudreau; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1867, 1933
District abolished	1925
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Area (km²)	1,308
Census division(s)	Richmond County
Census subdivision(s)	Chapel Island 5, , ,

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

Replacing the former district of Richmond-Cape Breton West, it was created in 1933 when the counties of Cape Breton and Richmond were divided into three new electoral districts. In 1992, it was renamed Richmond. In 2013, at the recommendation of the Electoral Boundaries Commission, the district was renamed Cape Breton-Richmond, gained the town of Port Hawkesbury from Inverness and expanded northeast to include the area east of East Bay and west of the Mira River to Morley Road from Cape Breton West.^[1] Following the 2019 electoral boundary review, it lost Port Hawkesbury to Inverness and some territory to Cape Breton East, and reverted to the name Richmond.

A provincial district of Richmond existed from 1867 to 1925. It elected two members, through Block Voting, in this period.^[2]

Geography[]

The land area of Richmond is 1,308 km² (505 sq mi).^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[]

Prior to dissolution of the Legislative Assembly, the electoral district was represented by the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years		Party
64th	2021–Present	Trevor Boudreau	Progressive Conservative
63rd	2019–2021	Alana Paon	Independent
63rd	2017–2019	Alana Paon	Progressive Conservative
62nd	2013–2017	Michel Samson	Liberal
61st	2009–2013
60th	2006-2009
59th	2003-2006
58th	1999-2003
57th	1998-1999
56th	1993-1998	Richie Mann	Liberal
55th	1988-1993	Richie Mann	Liberal
54th	1984-1988	Greg MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981-1984	Greg MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative
52nd	1980-1981	John E. LeBrun	Liberal
52nd	1978-1980	Gaston T. LeBlanc	Liberal
51st	1974-1978	Gaston T. LeBlanc	Liberal
50th	1970-1974	Gerald Doucet	Progressive Conservative
49th	1967-1970
48th	1963-1967
47th	1960-1963	Earl W. Urquhart	Liberal
46th	1956-1960
45th	1953-1956
44th	1949-1953
44th	1949	Lauchlin Currie	Liberal
43rd	1945-1949
42nd	1941-1945
42nd	1941	Donald David Boyd	Liberal
41st	1937-1941	Donald David Boyd	Liberal
40th	1933-1937	George R. Deveau	Liberal

Election results[]

2021 general election[]

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Boudreau	2,773	50.86	+7.47 ¹
	Liberal	Matt Haley	2,009	36.85	-7.97
	Independent	Alana Paon	396	7.26	-36.13 ¹
	New Democratic	Bryson Syliboy	274	5.03	-6.76
Total valid votes			5,452	99.42
Total rejected ballots			32	0.58
Turnout			5,484	71.61
Eligible voters			7,658
	Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.72
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[4]

2017 general election[]

2017 provincial election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	2,547	44.82
	Progressive Conservative	2,466	43.39
	New Democratic	670	11.79

v t 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Alana Paon	3,337	43.57	+21.64
	Liberal	Michel Samson	3,316	43.30	-13.21
	New Democratic	Larry Keating	1,006	13.13	-8.43
Total valid votes			7,659	100
Total rejected ballots			42	0.54
Turnout			7,701	69.92
Eligible voters			11,014
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+17.43
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[6]^[7]

2013 general election[]

2013 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Michel Samson	4,369	56.51	N/A
Progressive Conservative	Joe Janega	1,696	21.93	N/A
New Democratic Party	Bert Lewis	1,667	21.56	N/A

2009 general election[]

2009 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Michel Samson	3,228	55.31	+6.76
New Democratic Party	Clair Rankin	1,477	25.31	+15.88
Progressive Conservative	John Greene	1,045	17.91	-22.65
Green	John Percy	86	1.47	-0.1

2006 general election[]

2006 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Michel Samson	2,722	48.55
Progressive Conservative	John Greene	2,268	40.56
New Democratic Party	Mary Pat Cude	529	9.43
Green	Noreen Hartlen	88	1.57	–

2003 general election[]

2003 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Michel Samson	3,047	51.36
Progressive Conservative	Richie Cotton	1,850	31.18
New Democratic Party	Clair Rankin	1,036	17.46

1999 general election[]

1999 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Michel Samson	3,105	47.00
Progressive Conservative	Joseph MacPhee	1,905	28.84
New Democratic Party	Wilma Conrod	1,595	24.15

1998 general election[]

1998 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Michel Samson	3,230	48.40
New Democratic Party	Wilma Conrod	2,051	30.74
Progressive Conservative	Frank Sutherland	1,392	20.86

Notes

^ For the 2021 general election in this riding, the results of both the Independent and Progressive Conservative candidates are compared to the PC total in the previous election. In that race, the incumbent sought re-election as an Independent after being elected as a PC MLA in the previous election.

References[]

^ Cape Breton-Richmond - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). electionsnovascotia.ns.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "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
^ "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.

Summary of Official Results by District (2013 election). Elections Nova Scotia, retrieved November 25, 2013.

External links[]

2013 riding profile

[1] Cape Breton-Richmond - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). electionsnovascotia.ns.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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

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

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

[6] "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

[7] "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

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