Halifax_Eastern_Shore
Eastern Shore (electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
Eastern Shore is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
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 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 1967 | ||
| First contested | 1967 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 15,720 | ||
| Electors | 11,765 | ||
| Area (km²) | 2,252 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 7 | ||
| Census division(s) | Halifax County | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
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In 1967, the district was created as Halifax Eastern Shore out of Halifax East and part of Halifax County Dartmouth. Upon the recommendations of the 1992 Electoral Boundaries Commission report, the district name was changed to Eastern Shore and it gained the Upper Lawrencetown area from Cole Harbour. In 2003, it gained an area on its western boundary from Dartmouth-Cole Harbour and lost an area on its eastern boundary to Guysborough-Sheet Harbour. In 2013, the district lost the Ross Road area to Preston-Dartmouth.[1]
It is known as a bellwether district, having elected a government representative in every election since 1970.[2][3]
The land area of Eastern Shore is 2,252 km2 (870 sq mi).[4]
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
More information Legislature, Years ...
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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| 50th | 1967-1969 | Duncan MacMillan | Liberal | |
| 1969-1970 | Alexander Garnet Brown | |||
| 51st | 1970-1974 | |||
| 52nd | 1974-1978 | |||
| 53rd | 1978-1981 | Tom McInnis | Progressive Conservative | |
| 54th | 1981-1984 | |||
| 55th | 1984-1988 | |||
| 56th | 1988-1993 | |||
| 57th | 1993-1999 | Keith Colwell | Liberal | |
| 58th | 1999-2003 | Bill Dooks | Progressive Conservative | |
| 59th | 2003-2006 | |||
| 60th | 2006-2009 | |||
| 61st | 2009-2013 | Sid Prest | New Democratic | |
| 62nd | 2013-2017 | Kevin Murphy | Liberal | |
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
| 64th | 2021-Present | Kent Smith | Progressive Conservative | |
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1967
More information 1967 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Eastern Shore, Party ...
| 1967 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Eastern Shore | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Duncan MacMillan | 4,201 | 49.48% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Nelson Gaetz | 3,682 | 43.36% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | James Yetman | 608 | 7.16% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,491 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Eastern Shore" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
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1970
More information 1970 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Eastern Shore, Party ...
| 1970 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Eastern Shore | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alexander Garnet Brown | 5,585 | 58.09% | 8.62% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Murray E. Ritcey | 4,029 | 41.91% | -1.46% | ||||
| Total | 9,614 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Eastern Shore" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
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1974
More information 1974 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Eastern Shore, Party ...
| 1974 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Eastern Shore | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alexander Garnet Brown | 6,437 | 52.90% | -5.20% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Hanson D. Josey | 4,205 | 34.56% | -7.35% | ||||
| New Democratic | John T. Kennedy | 1,527 | 12.55% | – | ||||
| Total | 12,169 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Eastern Shore" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
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1978
More information 1978 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Eastern Shore, Party ...
| 1978 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Eastern Shore | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tom McInnis | 5,298 | 54.28% | 19.72% | ||||
| Liberal | Alexander Garnet Brown | 3,911 | 40.07% | -12.83% | ||||
| New Democratic | Daniel Matheson | 552 | 5.66% | -6.89% | ||||
| Total | 9,761 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Eastern Shore" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
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1981
More information 1981 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Eastern Shore, Party ...
| 1981 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Eastern Shore | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tom McInnis | 5,639 | 59.32% | 5.04% | ||||
| Liberal | Angus MacNeil | 2,302 | 24.22% | -15.85% | ||||
| New Democratic | Bruce Beasley | 1,565 | 16.46% | 10.81% | ||||
| Total | 9,506 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Eastern Shore" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
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1984
More information 1984 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Eastern Shore, Party ...
| 1984 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Eastern Shore | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tom McInnis | 5,395 | 62.74% | 3.42% | ||||
| Liberal | Paul MacKenzie | 2,151 | 25.01% | 0.80% | ||||
| New Democratic | Kevin Wilson | 1,053 | 12.25% | -4.22% | ||||
| Total | 8,599 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Eastern Shore" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
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1988
More information 1988 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Eastern Shore, Party ...
| 1988 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Eastern Shore | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tom McInnis | 5,762 | 54.01% | -8.73% | ||||
| Liberal | Eric Hill | 3,810 | 35.71% | 10.70% | ||||
| New Democratic | David Noseworthy | 1,097 | 10.28% | -1.96% | ||||
| Total | 10,669 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Eastern Shore" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
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1993
More information 1993 Nova Scotia general election, Party ...
| 1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Keith Colwell | 3,760 | 43.46% | 7.75% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tom McInnis | 3,523 | 40.72% | -13.29% | ||||
| New Democratic | Gary Moore | 1,369 | 15.82% | 5.54% | ||||
| Total | 8,652 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Eastern Shore" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
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1998
More information 1998 Nova Scotia general election, Party ...
| 1998 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Keith Colwell | 3,299 | 38.49% | -4.97% | ||||
| New Democratic | Darren Richard | 2,801 | 32.68% | 16.85% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Greg Brown | 2,472 | 28.84% | -11.88% | ||||
| Total | 8,572 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Eastern Shore" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
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1999
More information 1999 Nova Scotia general election, Party ...
| 1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Dooks | 3,637 | 41.85% | 13.01% | ||||
| Liberal | Keith Colwell | 2,695 | 31.01% | -7.47% | ||||
| New Democratic | Mary-Alice Tzagarakis | 1,970 | 22.67% | -10.01% | ||||
| Nova Scotia Party | Jack Friis | 388 | 4.46% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,690 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Eastern Shore" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
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2003
More information 2003 Nova Scotia general election, Party ...
| 2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Dooks | 3,073 | 45.02% | 3.17% | ||||
| New Democratic | Sid Prest | 2,427 | 35.56% | 12.89% | ||||
| Liberal | Rufus Carter | 1,326 | 19.43% | -11.59% | ||||
| Total | 6,826 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Eastern Shore" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
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2006
More information 2006 Nova Scotia general election, Party ...
| 2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Dooks | 3,232 | 45.93% | 0.91% | ||||
| New Democratic | Sid Prest | 2,871 | 40.80% | 5.24% | ||||
| Liberal | Judith Cabrita | 746 | 10.60% | -8.82% | ||||
| Green | Elizabeth van Dreunen | 188 | 2.67% | – | ||||
| Total | 7,037 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Eastern Shore" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
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2009
More information 2009 Nova Scotia general election, Party ...
| 2009 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Sid Prest | 3,628 | 49.22% | 8.42% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Dooks | 2,557 | 34.69% | -11.24% | ||||
| Liberal | Loretta Day Halleran | 992 | 13.46% | 2.86% | ||||
| Green | Michael Marshall | 194 | 2.63% | -0.04% | ||||
| Total | 7,371 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Eastern Shore" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
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2013
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Kevin Murphy | 3,770 | 52.99 | -39.53 | |
| New Democratic Party | Sid Prest | 1,922 | 27.01 | -22.21 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Steve Brine | 1,423 | 20.00 | -14.69 | |
| Total valid votes | 7,115 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 66 | 0.92 | |||
| Turnout | 7,181 | 59.60 | |||
| Eligible voters | 11,988 | ||||
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2017
More information 2017 provincial election redistributed results, Party ...
| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[5] | |||
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| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 3,345 | 39.75 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 2,618 | 31.11 | |
| New Democratic | 2,075 | 24.66 | |
| Green | 233 | 2.77 | |
| Independent | 145 | 1.72 | |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Kevin Murphy | 2,527 | 37.71 | -15.28 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Patricia Auchnie | 2,024 | 30.20 | +10.20 | ||||
| New Democratic | Devin Ashley | 1,780 | 26.56 | -0.45 | ||||
| Green | Andy Berry | 221 | 3.30 | |||||
| Independent | Randy Carter | 149 | 2.22 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,701 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 22 | 0.33 | -0.59 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,723 | 54.20 | -5.71 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 12,405 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -12.74 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[6][7] | ||||||||
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2021
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| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Kent Smith | 4,264 | 45.82 | +14.71 | $38,052.56 | |||
| Liberal | Kevin Murphy | 3,169 | 34.06 | -5.69 | $45,473.02 | |||
| New Democratic | Deirdre Dwyer | 1,618 | 17.39 | -7.27 | $34,745.13 | |||
| Green | Cheryl Atkinson | 254 | 2.73 | -0.04 | $200.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 9,305 | 99.44 | – | $94,668.78 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 52 | 0.56 | ||||||
| Turnout | 9,357 | 56.92 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 16,438 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.20 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[8] | ||||||||
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- Eastern Shore - Constituency History Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine Nova Scotia Legislature
- Eastern Shore bellwether a focus for Nova Scotia election CBC News - October 3, 2013
- A bellwether of success Halifax Chronicle Herald - September 22, 2013
- "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- "Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 12 April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-07-17. Retrieved 19 August 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.
- "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.