Pictou West
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 | 2024 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 13,922 | ||
Electors | 10,886 | ||
Area (km²) | 1,190 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 11.7 | ||
Census division(s) | Pictou County | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Pictou, Pictou, Subd. A, Pictou Subd. B |
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 2024 has been Marco MacLeod of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia (PC).
The riding was created prior to the 1949 election out of the two-seat Pictou riding.
Geography
The riding includes the western half of Pictou County, plus the town of Pictou. The riding contains the communities of Abercrombie, Alma, Bay View, Bigney, Black River, Braeshore, Brookland, Campbell Hill, Cape John, Caribou, Caribou Island, Caribou River, Central Caribou, Central West River, College Grant, Concord, Dalhousie, Diamond, Durham, East Branch, Elmfield, Four Mile Brook, Glengarry Station, Granton, Greenhill, Haliburton, Heathbell, Hedgeville, Hodson, Lansdowne Station, Loch Broom, Loganville, Louisville, Lovat, Lyons Brook, Marshdale, Marshville, Meadowville, Melville, Millbrook, Millsville, Mountain Road, Mount Thom, Mount William, New Gairloch, New Lairg, Pictou Island, Plainfield, Pleasant Valley, Poplar Hill, River John, Rockfield, Rocklin, Salt Springs, Scotsburn, Seafoam, Scotch Hill, Six Mile Brook, Sundridge, Sylvester, Toney River, Union Centre, Waterside, Watervale, Welsford, West Branch, West River Station, White Hill
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 | |
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64th | 2024-present | Marco MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | |
2021-2024 | 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
2024 by-election
Nova Scotia provincial by-election, May 21, 2024 Resignation of Karla MacFarlane | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Marco MacLeod | 4,159 | 72.48 | +8.86 | ||||
New Democratic | Melinda MacKenzie | 949 | 16.54 | +4.18 | ||||
Liberal | Mary Wooldridge-Elliott | 548 | 9.55 | -11.86 | ||||
Green | Clare Brett | 82 | 1.43 | -0.33 | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 5,738 | 99.29 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 41 | 0.71 | +0.34 | |||||
Turnout | 5,779 | 48.09 | -13.36 | |||||
Eligible voters | 12,018 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +2.34 | ||||||
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2] |
2021
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Karla MacFarlane | 4,487 | 63.62 | +1.04 | $26,401.55 | |||
Liberal | Mary Wooldridge-Elliott | 1,510 | 21.41 | +4.95 | $29,635.78 | |||
New Democratic | Rick Parker | 872 | 12.36 | -6.30 | $25,332.33 | |||
Green | Clare Brett | 124 | 1.76 | -0.54 | $200.00 | |||
Independent | John A. Clark | 60 | 0.85 | $200.00 | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 7,053 | 99.63 | – | $69,087.61 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 26 | 0.37 | ||||||
Turnout | 7,079 | 61.44 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 11,521 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -1.96 | ||||||
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3] |
2017
2017 provincial election redistributed results[4] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Progressive Conservative | 4,380 | 62.58 | |
New Democratic | 1,306 | 18.66 | |
Liberal | 1,152 | 16.46 | |
Green | 161 | 2.30 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Karla MacFarlane | 4,333 | 62.44 | +22.35 | ||||
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 | |||||
Total valid votes | 6,939 | 99.58 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 29 | 0.42 | -0.40 | |||||
Turnout | 6,968 | 62.08 | -7.28 | |||||
Eligible voters | 11,225 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +18.94 | ||||||
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5][6] |
2013
2013 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Karla MacFarlane | 3,026 | 40.10 | +20.10 | ||||
New Democratic | Charlie Parker | 2,588 | 34.29 | -23.34 | ||||
Liberal | Glennie Langille | 1,933 | 25.61 | +5.55 | ||||
Total valid votes | 7,547 | 99.19 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 62 | 0.81 | +0.56 | |||||
Turnout | 7,609 | 69.36 | +2.49 | |||||
Eligible voters | 10,971 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | +21.72 |
2009
2009 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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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 valid votes | 7,333 | 99.74 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 19 | 0.26 | -0.23 | |||||
Turnout | 7,352 | 66.86 | -1.93 | |||||
Eligible voters | 10,996 | |||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | -4.07 | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "42 Electoral District of Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
2006
2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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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 | -0.17 | ||||
Total valid votes | 7,602 | 99.52 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 37 | 0.48 | -0.09 | |||||
Turnout | 7,639 | 68.79 | -12.22 | |||||
Eligible voters | 11,105 | |||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | +4.77 | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Elections Nova Scotia (July 14, 2006). "42 - Pictou West" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. |
2003
2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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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 valid votes | 7,742 | 99.42 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 45 | 0.58 | -0.05 | |||||
Turnout | 7,787 | 81.01 | +2.87 | |||||
Eligible voters | 9,612 | |||||||
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +6.57 | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Elections Nova Scotia (2003). "42 - Pictou West" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. |
1999
1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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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 valid votes | 8,280 | 99.38 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 52 | 0.62 | +0.13 | |||||
Turnout | 8,332 | 78.15 | +1.82 | |||||
Eligible voters | 10,662 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | +1.09 | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Elections Nova Scotia (1999). "Pictou West" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. |
1998
1998 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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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 valid votes | 8,212 | 99.50 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 41 | 0.50 | +0.03 | |||||
Turnout | 8,253 | 76.32 | -3.94 | |||||
Eligible voters | 10,813 | |||||||
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +16.84 | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Elections Nova Scotia (1998). "(42) Pictou West" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. |
1993
1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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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. |
1988
1988 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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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. |
1984
1984 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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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. |
1981
1981 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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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. |
1978
1978 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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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. |
1974
1974 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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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. |
1970
1970 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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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. |
1967
1967 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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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. |
1963
1963 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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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. |
1960
1960 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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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. |
1956
1956 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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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. |
1953
1953 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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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. |
1949
1949 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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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. |
References
- ^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "By-election Pending in Pictou West". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
- ^ Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
- ^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
- ^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
External links
- 2012 Electoral District Map - Pictou West
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