Lunenburg_West
Lunenburg West
Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
Lunenburg West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1956 from the riding of Lunenburg County.
Quick Facts Nova Scotia electoral district, Provincial electoral district ...
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 1956 | ||
| First contested | 1956 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 18,017 | ||
| Electors | 16,116 | ||
| Area (km²) | 1,001 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 18 | ||
| Census division(s) | Lunenburg | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Bridgewater, LaHave, Hebbville | ||
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The riding includes the town of Bridgewater, LaHave, and Hebbville.
Lunenburg West has 1,001 km2 (386 sq mi) of landmass.[1]
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
More information Legislature, Years ...
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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| 46th | 1956-1960 | Harley J. Spence | Progressive Conservative | |
| 47th | 1960-1963 | |||
| 48th | 1963-1967 | |||
| 49th | 1967-1970 | |||
| 50th | 1970-1974 | Maurice DeLorey | Liberal | |
| 51st | 1974-1978 | |||
| 52nd | 1978-1981 | Mel Pickings | Progressive Conservative | |
| 53rd | 1981-1984 | |||
| 54th | 1984-1988 | |||
| 55th | 1988-1993 | Marie Dechman | Progressive Conservative | |
| 56th | 1993-1998 | Don Downe | Liberal | |
| 57th | 1998-1999 | |||
| 58th | 1999-2003 | |||
| 59th | 2003-2006 | Carolyn Bolivar-Getson | Progressive Conservative | |
| 60th | 2006-2009 | |||
| 61st | 2009–2013 | Gary Ramey | New Democratic | |
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | Mark Furey | Liberal | |
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
| 64th | 2021–present | Becky Druhan | Progressive Conservative | |
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1956
More information 1956 Nova Scotia general election, Party ...
| 1956 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harley J. Spence | 2,567 | 50.66% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Frederick E. L. Fowke | 2,500 | 49.34% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,067 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
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1960
More information 1960 Nova Scotia general election, Party ...
| 1960 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harley J. Spence | 2,858 | 52.94% | 2.27% | ||||
| Liberal | Frederick E. L. Fowke | 2,541 | 47.06% | -2.27% | ||||
| Total | 5,399 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
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1963
More information 1963 Nova Scotia general election, Party ...
| 1963 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harley J. Spence | 2,937 | 58.12% | 5.19% | ||||
| Liberal | Joye F. Davison | 2,116 | 41.88% | -5.19% | ||||
| Total | 5,053 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
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1967
More information 1967 Nova Scotia general election, Party ...
| 1967 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harley J. Spence | 2,564 | 50.00% | -8.12% | ||||
| Liberal | Carroll Young | 2,396 | 46.72% | 4.85% | ||||
| New Democratic | Wilson Touchie | 168 | 3.28% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,128 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
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1970
More information 1970 Nova Scotia general election, Party ...
| 1970 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Maurice DeLory | 3,086 | 53.18% | 6.46% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | R. Clifford Levy | 2,717 | 46.82% | -3.18% | ||||
| Total | 5,803 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
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1974
More information 1974 Nova Scotia general election, Party ...
| 1974 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Maurice DeLory | 3,635 | 54.92% | 1.74% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Edward Aston | 2,643 | 39.93% | -6.89% | ||||
| New Democratic | William Roger Griswold | 341 | 5.15% | – | ||||
| Total | 6,619 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
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1978
More information 1978 Nova Scotia general election, Party ...
| 1978 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mel Pickings | 3,907 | 51.15% | 11.21% | ||||
| Liberal | Maurice DeLory | 2,791 | 36.54% | -18.38% | ||||
| New Democratic | G. M. Dean | 941 | 12.32% | 7.17% | ||||
| Total | 7,639 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
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1981
More information 1981 Nova Scotia general election, Party ...
| 1981 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mel Pickings | 3,875 | 53.66% | 2.52% | ||||
| Liberal | Pauline Himmelman | 2,319 | 32.11% | -4.42% | ||||
| New Democratic | Carl E. Sampson | 1,027 | 14.22% | 1.90% | ||||
| Total | 7,221 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
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1984
More information 1984 Nova Scotia general election, Party ...
| 1984 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mel Pickings | 3,435 | 51.25% | -2.42% | ||||
| Liberal | Caroll W. Young | 2,162 | 32.25% | 0.14% | ||||
| New Democratic | Martha Laurence | 1,106 | 16.50% | 2.28% | ||||
| Total | 6,703 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
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1988
More information 1988 Nova Scotia general election, Party ...
| 1988 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marie Dechman | 3,511 | 42.34% | -8.91% | ||||
| Liberal | Jack Logan | 3,243 | 39.11% | 6.85% | ||||
| New Democratic | John Scott | 1,539 | 18.56% | 2.06% | ||||
| Total | 8,293 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
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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 | Don Downe | 6,276 | 60.59% | 21.49% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marie Dechman | 2,910 | 28.09% | -14.24% | ||||
| New Democratic | Karen Reinhardt | 1,172 | 11.31% | -7.24% | ||||
| Total | 10,358 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
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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 | Don Downe | 4,364 | 47.95% | -12.65% | ||||
| New Democratic | Eric Hustvedt | 2,711 | 29.78% | 18.47% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lou Centa | 2,027 | 22.27% | -5.82% | ||||
| Total | 9,102 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Don Downe | 4,248 | 45.46% | -2.49% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jerry Swain | 3,251 | 34.79% | 12.52% | ||||
| New Democratic | Eric Hustvedt | 1,846 | 19.75% | -10.03% | ||||
| Total | 9,345 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (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 | Carolyn Bolivar-Getson | 3,111 | 39.68% | 4.89% | ||||
| Liberal | John MacDonald | 2,550 | 32.52% | -12.94% | ||||
| New Democratic | David Ferguson | 2,180 | 27.80% | 8.05% | ||||
| Total | 7,841 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (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 | Carolyn Bolivar-Getson | 3,637 | 43.21% | 3.53% | ||||
| New Democratic | Bill Smith | 3,299 | 39.19% | 11.39% | ||||
| Liberal | Martin Bell | 1,324 | 15.73% | -16.79% | ||||
| Green | Brendan MacNeill | 157 | 1.87% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,417 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (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 | Gary Ramey | 3,600 | 39.60% | 0.41% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Carolyn Bolivar-Getson | 3,045 | 33.50% | -9.71% | ||||
| Liberal | Mark Furey | 2,297 | 25.27% | 9.54% | ||||
| Green | Emily Richardson | 148 | 1.63% | -0.24% | ||||
| Total | 9,090 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
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2013
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Mark Furey | 3,931 | 43.10 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Gary Ramey | 2,885 | 31.00 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | David Mitchell | 2,143 | 23.50 | ||
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2017
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| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Mark Furey | 3,839 | 47.10 | +4.00 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Carole Hipwell | 2,261 | 27.74 | +4.24 | ||||
| New Democratic | Lisa Norman | 1,690 | 20.73 | -10.27 | ||||
| Green | Michael Sheppard | 361 | 4.43 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,151 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 46 | 0.56 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,197 | 50.86 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 16,116 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -0.12 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2][3] | ||||||||
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More information 2017 provincial election redistributed results, Party ...
| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[4] | |||
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| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 3,829 | 47.09 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 2,255 | 27.73 | |
| New Democratic | 1,687 | 20.75 | |
| Green | 360 | 4.43 | |
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2021
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| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Becky Druhan | 4,065 | 44.42 | +16.69 | $41,784.29 | |||
| Liberal | Jennifer Naugler | 3,197 | 34.94 | -12.15 | $43,562.40 | |||
| New Democratic | Merydie Ross | 1,709 | 18.67 | -2.08 | $48,588.41 | |||
| Green | Eric Wade | 180 | 1.97 | -2.46 | $200.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 9,151 | 99.75 | – | $94,583.99 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 23 | 0.25 | ||||||
| Turnout | 9,174 | 55.65 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 16,484 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.42 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5] | ||||||||
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