Lunenburg West
Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
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 |
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.
The riding includes the town of Bridgewater, LaHave, and Hebbville.
Geography
Lunenburg West has 1,001 km2 (386 sq mi) of landmass.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
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 |
Election results
1956
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. |
1960
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. |
1963
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. |
1967
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. |
1970
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. |
1974
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. |
1978
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. |
1981
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. |
1984
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. |
1988
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. |
1993
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. |
1998
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. |
1999
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. |
2003
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. |
2006
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. |
2009
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. |
2013
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 |
2017
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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] |
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 |
2021
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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] |
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.
- ^ Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
- ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
External links
- CBC riding profile (2003)