West Nova

West Nova
Nova Scotia electoral district
	West Nova in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Chris d'Entremont; Conservative
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District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	82,026
Electors (2021)	70,479
Area (km²)	8,885
Pop. density (per km²)	9.2
Census division(s)	Annapolis, Digby, Kings, Yarmouth
Census subdivision(s)	Annapolis Royal, Berwick, Bridgetown, Digby, Middleton, Yarmouth

West Nova (French: Nova-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.

South Western Nova and South West Nova were ridings that covered roughly the same geographic area and were represented in the House of Commons from 1968 to 1979 and 1979 to 1997, respectively.

The district is rural with a few small towns and communities located along the coast. The riding has been called a microcosm of rural Canada because it includes fishing, farming, tourism, small business and an English-French mix.^[2] In 2002, the riding was noted as having the highest Baptist proportion in Canada at 28%.^[3]

History[]

The electoral district was created in 1966 from Digby—Annapolis—Kings and Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare ridings. In 1996, Seal Island was added and the name was changed from South West Nova to West Nova. In 2004, 20 percent of Kings—Hants was added to the district. The boundaries of this riding will remain unchanged as per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution. From 1968 until 2004, the Riding was notable for never having elected a single person to a second consecutive term until Robert Thibault won in 2004.

Demographics[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2001	88,257	—
2006	86,393	−2.1%
2011	83,654	−3.2%
2016	82,026	−1.9%

From the 2006 census ^[4]

Ethnic groups:

White: 97.9%
Black: 1.5%
Other: 0.6%

Languages:

English: 83.0%
French: 15.1%
German: 0.8%
Other: 1.1%

Religions:

Protestant: 48.4%
Catholic: 35.1%
Other Christian: 1.2%
No religious affiliation: 14.5%

Education:

No certificate, diploma or degree: 35.4%
High school certificate: 20.5%
Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma: 13.6%
Community college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma: 18.4%
University certificate or diploma: 12.1%

Income:

Per capita income: $19,450
Median household income: $40,290
Median family income: $48,969
Average house value: $133,217

Median Age:

43.6

Unemployment:

11.3%

From the Canada 2016 Census

Most common mother tongue languages: 84.8% English, 13.6% French, 0.5% German, 0.2% Dutch, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Cantonese, 0.1% Korean, 0.1% Tagalog.^[5]

Geography[]

It reaches from Berwick in Kings County (it only includes the western part of Kings County) down through Annapolis County, Digby County and Yarmouth County, ending at the Yarmouth-Shelburne border.

Members of Parliament[]

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
South Western Nova Riding created from Digby—Annapolis—Kings and Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare
28th	1968–1972	Louis-Roland Comeau	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974	Charles Haliburton	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979	Coline Campbell	Liberal
South West Nova
31st	1979–1980	Charles Haliburton	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984	Coline Campbell	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Gerald Comeau	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Coline Campbell	Liberal
35th	1993–1997	Harry Verran	Liberal
West Nova
36th	1997–2000	Mark Muise	Progressive Conservative
37th	2000–2004	Robert Thibault	Liberal
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011	Greg Kerr	Conservative
41st	2011–2015	Greg Kerr	Conservative
42nd	2015–2019	Colin Fraser	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021	Chris d'Entremont	Conservative
44th	2021–present	Chris d'Entremont	Conservative

Election results[]

Graph of election results in South Western Nova, South West Nova, and West Nova (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

West Nova[]

Graph of election results in West Nova (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 general election[]

v 2021 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Chris d'Entremont	22,104	50.38	+11.08
	Liberal	Alxys Chamberlain	13,732	31.30	-5.06
	New Democratic	Cheryl Burbidge	5,645	12.87	+2.17
	People's	Scott Spidle	2,390	5.45
Total valid votes			43,871
Total rejected ballots			284
Turnout			44,155	62.65	-4.80
Registered voters			70,479
Source: Elections Canada^[6]
	Conservative hold		Swing		+8.03

2019 general election[]

v 2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Chris d'Entremont	18,390	39.30	+13.21	$72,015.22
	Liberal	Jason Deveau	17,025	36.38	−26.61	$53,630.92
	Green	Judy N. Green	5,939	12.69	+8.52	$12,854.70
	New Democratic	Matthew Dubois	5,010	10.71	+3.96	$6,668.83
	Veterans Coalition	Gloria Jane Cook	434	0.93	New	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,798	98.92		$105,785.41
Total rejected ballots			512	1.08	+0.49
Turnout			47,310	67.45	−1.34
Eligible voters			70,143
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+19.91
Source: Elections Canada^[7]

2015 general election[]

v t 2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Colin Fraser	28,775	62.99	+26.60	$87,337.64
	Conservative	Arnold LeBlanc	11,916	26.09	–20.95	$41,005.69
	New Democratic	Greg Foster	3,084	6.75	–6.36	$25,617.41
	Green	Clark Walton	1,904	4.17	+0.71	$2,291.24
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,679	100.00		$210,111.37
Total rejected ballots			271	0.59
Turnout			45,950	68.79
Eligible voters			66,796
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+23.78
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]

2011 general election[]

v t 2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Greg Kerr	20,204	47.04	+7.10	$82,563.21
	Liberal	Robert Thibault	15,632	36.39	+0.24	$62,177.30
	New Democratic	George Barron	5,631	13.11	-3.78	$12,244.90
	Green	Ross Johnson	1,487	3.46	-1.55	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			42,954	100.0		$86,810.95
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			356	0.82	+0.10
Turnout			43,310	63.75	+1.27
Eligible voters			67,938
	Conservative hold		Swing		+3.43
Sources:^[10]^[11]

2008 general election[]

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Greg Kerr	16,779	39.94	+1.83	$69,467.56
	Liberal	Robert Thibault	15,185	36.15	-3.09	$57,096.02
	New Democratic	George Barron	7,097	16.89	-1.95	$12,741.38
	Green	Ronald Mills	2,106	5.01	+2.71	$123.04
	Independent	Cindy M. Nesbitt	844	2.01	–	$10,570.22
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,011	100.0		$83,932
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			304	0.72	+0.12
Turnout			42,315	62.48	-1.20
Eligible voters			67,722
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+2.46

2006 general election[]

v t 2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Robert Thibault	17,734	39.24	-3.42	$53,606.19
	Conservative	Greg Kerr	17,222	38.11	+5.06	$54,945.96
	New Democratic	Arthur Bull	8,512	18.84	-2.29	$25,148.83
	Green	Matthew Granger	1,040	2.30	-0.92	$74.10
	Independent	Ken Griffiths	681	1.51	–	$2,576.48
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,190	100.0		$79,451
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			274	0.60	-0.21
Turnout			45,464	63.68	-2.26
Eligible voters			71,393
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.24

2004 general election[]

v t 2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Robert Thibault	18,343	42.66	+8.06	$48,703.53
	Conservative	Jon Charles Carey	14,209	33.05	-20.44	$70,393.83
	New Democratic	Arthur Bull	9,086	21.13	+9.67	$24,310.23
	Green	Matthew Granger	1,385	3.22	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			42,996	100.0		$76,207
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			352	0.81
Turnout			43,348	65.94	+1.04
Eligible voters			65,736
	Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+14.25
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined totals of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Progressive Conservative	15,154	35.52
	Liberal	14,760	34.60
	Alliance	7,667	17.97
	New Democratic	4,887	11.46
	Others	193	0.45

2000 general election[]

v t 2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Robert Thibault	12,783	36.09	+10.39	$57,653
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Muise	12,080	34.11	-0.20	$34,692
	Alliance	Mike Donaldson	6,581	18.58	-0.23	$32,417
	New Democratic	Phil Roberts	3,976	11.23	-9.23	$14,118
Total valid votes			35,420	100.00

Results for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.

1997 general election[]

v t 1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Muise	13,187	34.31	+11.64	$37,592
	Liberal	Harry Verran	9,877	25.70	-29.19	$47,082
	New Democratic	Brian Noble	7,862	20.46	+14.87	$4,426
	Reform	Betty Cox	7,229	18.81	+3.66	$25,210
	Natural Law	Neeraj Lakhanpal	275	0.72	-0.98	$0.00
Total valid votes			38,430	100.00

South West Nova[]

Graph of election results in South West Nova (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

1993 general election[]

v t 1993 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Verran	20,530	54.89	+4.88
	Progressive Conservative	Yvon Joseph Thibault	8,478	22.67	-18.84
	Reform	Louis Mason	5,667	15.15
	New Democratic	Peter Zavitz	2,090	5.59	-0.10
	Natural Law	Gregg Murphy	636	1.70
Total valid votes			37,401	100.00

1988 general election[]

v t 1988 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Coline Campbell	21,062	50.01	+8.16
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Comeau	17,482	41.51	-9.08
	New Democratic	Peter Zavitz	2,396	5.69	-1.86
	Christian Heritage	Angus M. McLean	1,172	2.78
Total valid votes			42,112	100.00

1984 general election[]

v t 1984 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Comeau	20,604	50.59	+13.78
	Liberal	Coline Campbell	17,044	41.85	-7.97
	New Democratic	Bob Ritchie	3,076	7.55	-5.25
Total valid votes			40,724	100.00

1980 general election[]

v t 1980 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Coline Campbell	19,151	49.82	+5.65
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Haliburton	14,151	36.81	-7.66
	New Democratic	John Lee	4,922	12.80	+1.44
	Independent	Anne Trudell	216	0.56
Total valid votes			38,440	100.00

1979 general election[]

v t 1979 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Haliburton	16,512	44.47	-0.64
	Liberal	Coline Campbell	16,398	44.17	-4.93
	New Democratic	Ian MacPherson	4,217	11.36	+6.11
Total valid votes			37,127	100.00

South Western Nova[]

Graph of election results in South Western Nova (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

1974 general election[]

v t 1974 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Coline Campbell	15,066	49.10	7.49
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Haliburton	13,841	45.11	-5.07
	New Democratic	Yvonne Coe	1,610	5.25	-1.77
	Social Credit	Cecilia Zwicker	164	0.53	-0.67
Total valid votes			30,681	100.00

1972 general election[]

v t 1972 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Haliburton	15,039	50.18	-2.15
	Liberal	Fulton Logan	12,471	41.61	-2.61
	New Democratic	Lawrence Meuse	2,104	7.02	+4.66
	Social Credit	Charles Paddock	359	1.20
Total valid votes			29,973	100.00

1968 general election[]

v t 1968 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Louis-Roland Comeau	14,543	52.33
	Liberal	John Stewart	12,290	44.22
	New Democratic	Rae Gilman	655	2.36
	Independent PC	N. Evan Atkinson	293	1.05
Total valid votes			27,791	100.00

References[]

^ ^a ^b Statistics Canada: 2012
^ CBC riding profile
^ Tony Hill (2002). Canadian politics, riding by riding: an in-depth analysis of Canada's 301 federal electoral districts. Winnipeg: Prospect Park Press. ISBN 0-9723436-0-1.
^ http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen06/profiles/detail_b/FED12011.pdf West Nova's census profile
^ [1]^{[dead link]}
^ "September 20, 2021 General Election Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — West Nova (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 22, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
^ "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
^ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
^ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

Sources[]

"(Code 12011) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
Riding history for South West Nova (1976–1996) from the Library of Parliament
Riding history for West Nova (1996–1998) from the Library of Parliament
Riding history for West Nova (1998–2003) from the Library of Parliament
Riding history for West Nova (2003– ) from the Library of Parliament
results

[ReferenceA-1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[2] CBC riding profile

[isbn0-9723436-0-1-3] Tony Hill (2002). Canadian politics, riding by riding: an in-depth analysis of Canada's 301 federal electoral districts. Winnipeg: Prospect Park Press. ISBN 0-9723436-0-1.

[statCAN2006-4] ttp://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen06/profiles/detail_b/FED12011.pdf West Nova's census profile

[5] [1]^{[dead link]}

[6] "September 20, 2021 General Election Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2021.

[7] "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2021.

[8] "October 19, 2015 Election Results — West Nova (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 22, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.

[9] "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2018.

[10] Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011

[11] Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

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v t Federal ridings in Nova Scotia
Liberal	Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook Sydney—Victoria
Conservative	Cumberland—Colchester South Shore—St. Margarets West Nova

v t Federal ridings in Atlantic Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador	Avalon Bonavista—Burin—Trinity Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame Labrador Long Range Mountains St. John's East St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Nova Scotia	Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Cumberland—Colchester Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook South Shore—St. Margarets Sydney—Victoria West Nova
Prince Edward Island	Cardigan Charlottetown Egmont Malpeque
New Brunswick	Acadie—Bathurst Beauséjour Fredericton Fundy Royal Madawaska—Restigouche Miramichi—Grand Lake Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe New Brunswick Southwest Saint John—Rothesay Tobique—Mactaquac