 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 1949 | ||
| First contested | 1949 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 13,922 | ||
| Electors | 10,886 | ||
| Area (km²) | 1,190 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 11.7 | ||
| Census division(s) | Pictou County | ||
Pictou West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since 2013 has been Karla MacFarlane of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia (PC).
Geography
The geography of Pictou West is 1,190 km2 (460 sq mi) of land area.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64th | 2021-Present | Karla MacFarlane | Progressive Conservative | |
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | |||
| 61st | 2009–2013 | Charlie Parker | New Democratic | |
| 60th | 2006-2009 | |||
| 59th | 2003-2006 | |||
| 58th | 1999-2003 | Muriel Baillie | Progressive Conservative | |
| 57th | 1998-1999 | Charlie Parker | New Democratic | |
| 56th | 1993-1998 | Donald P. McInnes | Progressive Conservative | |
| 55th | 1988-1993 | |||
| 54th | 1984-1988 | |||
| 53rd | 1981-1984 | |||
| 52nd | 1978-1981 | |||
| 51st | 1974-1978 | Dan Reid | Liberal | |
| 50th | 1970-1974 | Harvey Veniot | Progressive Conservative | |
| 49th | 1967-1970 | |||
| 48th | 1963-1967 | |||
| 47th | 1960-1963 | |||
| 46th | 1956-1960 | |||
| 45th | 1953-1956 | Stewart W. Proudfoot | Liberal | |
| 44th | 1949-1953 | |||
Election results
1949 general election
| 1949 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Stewart W. Proudfoot | 2,817 | 55.04% | – | ||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Donald R. Gilchrist | 2,301 | 44.96% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,118 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1953 general election
| 1953 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Stewart W. Proudfoot | 2,628 | 50.09% | -4.95% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harvey Veniot | 2,619 | 49.91% | 4.95% | ||||
| Total | 5,247 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1956 general election
| 1956 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harvey Veniot | 2,644 | 50.85% | 0.93% | ||||
| Liberal | Stewart W. Proudfoot | 2,556 | 49.15% | -0.93% | ||||
| Total | 5,200 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1960 general election
| 1960 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harvey Veniot | 2,744 | 52.28% | 1.43% | ||||
| Liberal | W. A. Broidy | 2,353 | 44.83% | -4.33% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | W. E. Salsman | 152 | 2.90% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,249 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1963 general election
| 1963 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harvey Veniot | 2,999 | 59.54% | 7.26% | ||||
| Liberal | Charles Ernest MacCarthy | 2,038 | 40.46% | -4.37% | ||||
| Total | 5,037 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1967 general election
| 1967 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harvey Veniot | 3,137 | 65.20% | 5.67% | ||||
| Liberal | Edward Snow | 1,674 | 34.80% | -5.67% | ||||
| Total | 4,811 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1970 general election
| 1970 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harvey Veniot | 2,729 | 51.00% | -14.20% | ||||
| Liberal | D. Laurence Mawhinney | 2,008 | 37.53% | 2.73% | ||||
| New Democratic | Robert Cormier | 614 | 11.47% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,351 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1974 general election
| 1974 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Dan Reid | 2,624 | 43.99% | 6.46% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harvey Veniot | 2,602 | 43.62% | -7.38% | ||||
| New Democratic | Charles Parker | 739 | 12.39% | 0.91% | ||||
| Total | 5,965 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (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. | ||||||||
1978 general election
| 1978 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald P. McInnes | 2,888 | 42.89% | -0.73% | ||||
| Liberal | Dan Reid | 2,735 | 40.61% | -3.38% | ||||
| New Democratic | John McDonald | 1,047 | 15.55% | 3.16% | ||||
| Independent | Lloyd H. MacLellan | 64 | 0.95% | – | ||||
| Total | 6,734 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (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. | ||||||||
1981 general election
| 1981 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald P. McInnes | 3,473 | 55.65% | 12.76% | ||||
| Liberal | Doris Rink | 2,066 | 33.10% | -7.51% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim Scanlan | 702 | 11.25% | -4.30% | ||||
| Total | 6,241 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (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. | ||||||||
1984 general election
| 1984 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald P. McInnes | 3,844 | 59.78% | 4.13% | ||||
| Liberal | Bob Naylor | 1,932 | 30.05% | -3.06% | ||||
| New Democratic | Lynn Curwin-Porteous | 486 | 7.56% | -3.69% | ||||
| Independent | Franklin R. Fiske | 168 | 2.61% | – | ||||
| Total | 6,430 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (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. | ||||||||
1988 general election
| 1988 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald P. McInnes | 3,824 | 54.74% | -5.04% | ||||
| Liberal | John J. Henderson | 2,278 | 32.61% | 2.56% | ||||
| New Democratic | Geoff Moore | 884 | 12.65% | 5.10% | ||||
| Total | 6,986 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (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. | ||||||||
1993 general election
| 1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald P. McInnes | 4,032 | 45.72% | -9.02% | ||||
| Liberal | Rob McDowell | 3,347 | 37.95% | 5.34% | ||||
| New Democratic | Sonny Campbell | 1,097 | 12.44% | -0.21% | ||||
| Independent | Edward MacMaster | 343 | 3.89% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,819 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (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. | ||||||||
1998 general election
| 1998 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Charlie Parker | 3,306 | 40.26% | 27.82% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Luke Young | 3,273 | 39.86% | -5.86% | ||||
| Liberal | Rob McDowell | 1,633 | 19.89% | -18.07% | ||||
| Total | 8,212 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1999 general election
| 1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Muriel Baillie | 3,102 | 37.46% | -2.39% | ||||
| New Democratic | Charlie Parker | 2,955 | 35.69% | -4.57% | ||||
| Liberal | Paul Landry | 2,109 | 25.47% | 5.59% | ||||
| Nova Scotia Party | D. Ed Berringer | 114 | 1.38% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,280 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2003 general election
| 2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Charlie Parker | 3,410 | 44.05% | 8.36% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Veniot | 2,530 | 32.68% | -4.78% | ||||
| Liberal | Edward MacMaster | 1,639 | 21.17% | -4.30% | ||||
| Independent | Doug Corbett | 163 | 2.11% | – | ||||
| Total | 7,742 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2006 general election
| 2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Charlie Parker | 4,173 | 54.89% | 10.85% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Baillie | 2,584 | 33.99% | 1.31% | ||||
| Liberal | Sandy MacKay | 698 | 9.18% | -11.99% | ||||
| Green | Douglas Corbett | 147 | 1.93% | – | ||||
| Total | 7,602 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2009 general election
| 2009 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Charlie Parker | 4,226 | 57.63% | 2.74% | ||||
| Liberal | Paul Landry | 1,471 | 20.06% | 10.88% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Leonard William Fraser | 1,466 | 19.99% | -14.00% | ||||
| Green | Chelsea Richardson | 170 | 2.32% | 0.38% | ||||
| Total | 7,333 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2013 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Karla MacFarlane | 3,026 | 40.10 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Charlie Parker | 2,588 | 34.29 | ||
| Liberal | Glennie Langille | 1,933 | 25.61 | ||
2017 general election
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Karla MacFarlane | 4,333 | 62.44 | +22.34 | ||||
| New Democratic | Shawn McNamara | 1,302 | 18.76 | -15.53 | ||||
| Liberal | Ben MacLean | 1,143 | 16.47 | -9.14 | ||||
| Green | Cecile Vigneault | 161 | 2.32 | +2.32 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,939 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 29 | 0.42 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,968 | 62.1 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,225 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +18.94 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2][3] | ||||||||
2021 general election
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Karla MacFarlane | 4,487 | 63.62 | +1.18 | ||||
| Liberal | Mary Wooldridge-Elliott | 1,510 | 21.41 | +4.94 | ||||
| New Democratic | Rick Parker | 872 | 12.36 | -6.40 | ||||
| Green | Clare Brett | 124 | 1.76 | -0.56 | ||||
| Independent | John A. Clark | 60 | 0.85 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 7,053 | 99.63 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 26 | 0.37 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,079 | 62.11 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,398 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -1.88 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 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.
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