Cole Harbour-Dartmouth
Cole Harbour-Dartmouth is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2019 | ||
| First contested | 2021 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Area (km²) | 14 | ||
| Census division(s) | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
This riding was created in 2019, following the recommendations of the 2018 Electoral Boundaries Commission.[1] This riding was first contested in the 2021 election.
Geography
The land area of Cole Harbour-Dartmouth is 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi).[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following MLAs:
| Cole Harbour-Dartmouth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created | ||||
| 64th | 2021–present | Lorelei Nicoll | Liberal | |
Election results
2021
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Lorelei Nicoll | 5,144 | 52.24 | +11.16 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Karina Sanford | 2,929 | 29.75 | -1.43 | ||||
| New Democratic | Melody Pentland | 1,558 | 15.82 | -7.98 | ||||
| Green | Rana Zaman | 215 | 2.18 | -1.37 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 9,846 | 99.62 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 38 | 0.38 | ||||||
| Turnout | 9,884 | 61.62 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 16,040 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | +6.30 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3] | ||||||||
2017 redistributed results
| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 2,743 | 41.08 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 2,082 | 31.18 | |
| New Democratic | 1,589 | 23.80 | |
| Green | 237 | 3.55 | |
| Atlantica | 26 | 0.39 | |
References
- Dodds, Collin (April 2019). "Balancing effective representation with voter parity" (PDF). Nova Scotia Electoral Boundaries Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- "Electoral District Information". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- "Elections NS - Election Night Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 18 August 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 17 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
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