 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) | 15,155 | ||
| Electors | 11,803 | ||
| Area (km²) | 1,644 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 9.2 | ||
| Census division(s) | Pictou County | ||
Pictou East 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 the 2013 election is Tim Houston of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia who replaced Clarrie MacKinnon of the New Democratic Party of Nova Scotia.
Geography
Pictou East covers 1,644 km2 (635 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 | Tim Houston | Progressive Conservative | |
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | |||
| 61st | 2009–2013 | Clarrie MacKinnon | New Democratic | |
| 60th | 2006-2009 | |||
| 59th | 2003-2006 | Jim DeWolfe | Progressive Conservative | |
| 58th | 1999-2003 | |||
| 57th | 1998-1999 | |||
| 56th | 1993-1998 | Wayne Fraser | Liberal | |
| 1993 | Don Cameron | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 55th | 1988-1993 | |||
| 54th | 1984-1988 | |||
| 53rd | 1981-1984 | |||
| 52nd | 1978-1981 | |||
| 51st | 1974-1978 | |||
| 50th | 1970-1974 | A. Lloyd MacDonald | Liberal | |
| 49th | 1967-1970 | Thomas MacQueen | Progressive Conservative | |
| 48th | 1963-1967 | A. Lloyd MacDonald | Liberal | |
| 47th | 1960-1963 | John W. MacDonald | Liberal | |
| 46th | 1956-1960 | William A. MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | |
| 45th | 1953-1956 | John W. MacDonald | Liberal | |
| 44th | 1949-1953 | |||
Election results
1949 general election
| 1949 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John W. MacDonald | 2,455 | 46.55% | – | ||||
| Liberal–Conservative | William A. MacLeod | 2,216 | 42.02% | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Collie G. Ross | 603 | 11.43% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,274 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 | John W. MacDonald | 2,681 | 48.78% | 2.23% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | William A. MacLeod | 2,592 | 47.16% | 5.14% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Joseph D. Ryan | 223 | 4.06% | -7.38% | ||||
| Total | 5,496 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 | William A. MacLeod | 2,754 | 50.05% | 2.88% | ||||
| Liberal | John W. MacDonald | 2,749 | 49.95% | 1.17% | ||||
| Total | 5,503 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John W. MacDonald | 2,568 | 47.20% | -2.76% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | William A. MacLeod | 2,424 | 44.55% | -5.49% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Barrie M. Hould | 449 | 8.25% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,441 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | A. Lloyd MacDonald | 2,660 | 50.10% | 2.91% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Andrew McLean | 2,649 | 49.90% | 5.35% | ||||
| Total | 5,309 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 | Thomas MacQueen | 2,876 | 51.14% | 1.24% | ||||
| Liberal | A. Lloyd MacDonald | 2,748 | 48.86% | -1.24% | ||||
| Total | 5,624 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | A. Lloyd MacDonald | 3,000 | 47.48% | -1.39% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas MacQueen | 2,981 | 47.18% | -3.96% | ||||
| New Democratic | Charles E. Arbuckle | 338 | 5.35% | – | ||||
| Total | 6,319 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Cameron | 3,217 | 45.98% | -1.20% | ||||
| Liberal | Lester MacLean | 2,945 | 42.09% | -5.39% | ||||
| New Democratic | Joanne Kohout | 835 | 11.93% | 6.58% | ||||
| Total | 6,997 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 Cameron | 4,315 | 58.96% | 12.99% | ||||
| Liberal | W. G. (Bill) Munro | 2,364 | 32.30% | -9.79% | ||||
| New Democratic | Bill Mitton | 639 | 8.73% | -3.20% | ||||
| Total | 7,318 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 Cameron | 4,347 | 60.88% | 1.92% | ||||
| Liberal | Harold Lowe | 1,833 | 25.67% | -6.63% | ||||
| New Democratic | Hasse Lindblad | 960 | 13.45% | 4.71% | ||||
| Total | 7,140 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 Cameron | 4,367 | 63.75% | 2.87% | ||||
| Liberal | Scott Johnston | 1,754 | 25.61% | -0.07% | ||||
| New Democratic | Larry Duchesne | 729 | 10.64% | -2.80% | ||||
| Total | 6,850 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 Cameron | 3,996 | 49.84% | -13.91% | ||||
| Liberal | Wayne Fraser | 3,243 | 40.45% | 14.85% | ||||
| New Democratic | Cecil MacNeil | 778 | 9.70% | -0.94% | ||||
| Total | 8,017 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 Cameron | 4,446 | 47.05% | -2.80% | ||||
| Liberal | Wayne Fraser | 3,729 | 39.46% | -0.99% | ||||
| New Democratic | Dave Peters | 1,275 | 13.49% | 3.79% | ||||
| Total | 9,450 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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. | ||||||||
1993 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Wayne Fraser | 4,417 | 59.60 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Mel MacLean | 1,902 | 25.66 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Dave Peters | 935 | 12.62 | ||
| Independent | Alexander James MacKenzie | 111 | 1.50 | ||
| Natural Law | Peter H. Cameron | 46 | 0.62 | ||
1998 general election
| 1998 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | James DeWolfe | 3,816 | 45.83% | -1.22% | ||||
| New Democratic | David MacKenzie | 2,302 | 27.65% | 14.16% | ||||
| Liberal | Wayne Fraser | 2,208 | 26.52% | -12.94% | ||||
| Total | 8,326 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1999 general election
| 1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | James DeWolfe | 4,478 | 54.94% | 9.11% | ||||
| New Democratic | Andy Thompson | 2,388 | 29.30% | 1.65% | ||||
| Liberal | Lynn MacDonald | 1,285 | 15.76% | -10.75% | ||||
| Total | 8,151 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2003 general election
| 2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | James DeWolfe | 3,295 | 44.15% | -10.79% | ||||
| Liberal | John Fraser | 2,239 | 30.00% | 14.24% | ||||
| New Democratic | Bob Matheson | 1,929 | 25.85% | -3.45% | ||||
| Total | 7,463 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2006 general election
| 2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Clarrie MacKinnon | 2,761 | 36.73% | 10.88% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sue Uhren | 2,654 | 35.31% | -8.84% | ||||
| Liberal | Danny Walsh | 2,000 | 26.61% | -3.39% | ||||
| Green | John Clark | 102 | 1.36% | – | ||||
| Total | 7,517 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2009 general election
| 2009 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Clarrie MacKinnon | 4,893 | 63.98% | 27.25% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | J. Ed MacDonald | 1,984 | 25.94% | -9.37% | ||||
| Liberal | Francois Rochon | 642 | 8.39% | -18.21% | ||||
| Green | Robbie Loftus White | 129 | 1.69% | 0.33% | ||||
| Total | 7,648 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2013 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Tim Houston | 3,714 | 48.05 | +22.11 | |
| New Democratic Party | Clarrie MacKinnon | 2,788 | 36.07 | -27.91 | |
| Liberal | Francois Rochon | 1,228 | 15.89 | +7.50 | |
2017 general election
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tim Houston | 5,275 | 73.88 | +25.83 | ||||
| Liberal | John Fraser | 1,301 | 18.22 | +2.33 | ||||
| New Democratic | Deborah Stiles | 564 | 7.90 | -28.17 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,140 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 34 | 0.47 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,174 | 59.9 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,976 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +11.75 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2][3] | ||||||||
2021 general election
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tim Houston | 4,918 | 69.68 | -4.20 | ||||
| Liberal | Joe MacDonald | 1,585 | 22.46 | +4.24 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joy Polley | 500 | 7.08 | -0.82 | ||||
| Atlantica | Jonathan Geoffrey Dean | 55 | 0.78 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 7,058 | 99.62 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 27 | 0.38 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,085 | 61.44 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,532 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -4.22 | ||||||
| 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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