 Nova Scotiaelectoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 1978 | ||
| First contested | 1978 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 19,934 | ||
| Electors | 15,720 | ||
| Area (km²) | 14 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1,423.9 | ||
| Census division | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
| Census subdivision | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
Cole Harbour is a provincialelectoral district inNova Scotia,Canada, that elects one member of theNova Scotia House of Assembly.
In 1978,Halifax Cobequid was divided into four separate ridings, one of which was namedCole Harbour. Upon the recommendations of the 1992 Electoral Boundaries Report, the riding was split intoCole Harbour-Eastern Passage andDartmouth-Cole Harbour. The district ofCole Harbour was re-created in the 2003 redistribution and was composed of 78 percent of Dartmouth-Cole Harbour and 29 percent of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage. In 2012, following the Electoral Boundaries Commission review, this district was renamedCole Harbour-Portland Valley and it lost a portion of the Westphal area toPreston-Dartmouth and gained the area east of Bell Lake fromDartmouth East and the Portland Hills area fromDartmouth South-Portland Valley.[1] Following the 2019 electoral boundary review, the riding reverted to its former name of Cole Harbour, while losing territory to the new riding ofCole Harbour-Dartmouth, exchanging some territory withPreston-Dartmouth (renamedPreston) and gaining territory fromEastern Shore andCole Harbour-Eastern Passage.
The land area of Cole Harbour is 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi).[2]
This riding has elected the followingmembers of the Legislative Assembly:
| Cole Harbour | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created fromHalifax Eastern Shore | ||||
| 52nd | 1978–1981 | David Nantes | Progressive Conservative | |
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | |||
| 54th | 1984–1988 | |||
| 55th | 1988–1993 | |||
| Riding dissolved intoCole Harbour-Eastern Passage andDartmouth-Cole Harbour | ||||
| Riding re-created fromCole Harbour-Eastern Passage andDartmouth-Cole Harbour | ||||
| 59th | 2003–2006 | Darrell Dexter | New Democratic | |
| 60th | 2006–2009 | |||
| 61st | 2009–2013 | |||
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | Tony Ince | Liberal | |
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
| 64th | 2021–present | |||
| 65th | 2024–present | Leah Martin | Progressive Conservative | |
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Leah Martin | 1,963 | 42.01 | +10.03 | ||||
| New Democratic | Alec Stratford | 1,753 | 37.51 | +10.66 | ||||
| Liberal | Tania Meloni | 886 | 18.96 | -20.79 | ||||
| Green | John E. McStay | 71 | 1.52 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 4,673 | 99.49 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 24 | 0.52 | -0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 4,697 | 46.77 | -6.13 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 10,043 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservativegain fromLiberal | Swing | +15.41 | ||||||
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Tony Ince | 2,118 | 39.75 | +5.01 | $25,071.93 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Darryl Johnson | 1,704 | 31.98 | -0.64 | $25,039.43 | |||
| New Democratic | Jerome Lagmay | 1,431 | 26.86 | -1.46 | $20,436.91 | |||
| Atlantica | Chris Kinnie | 75 | 1.41 | $200.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 5,328 | 99.46 | $62,536.79 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 29 | 0.54 | ||||||
| Turnout | 5,357 | 52.90 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,126 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | +2.83 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Nova Scotia[3] | ||||||||
| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 1,984 | 34.75 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 1,863 | 32.63 | |
| New Democratic | 1,617 | 28.32 | |
| Green | 243 | 4.26 | |
| Independent | 3 | 0.05 | |
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election:Cole Harbour-Portland Valley | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Tony Ince | 3,583 | 36.85 | -4.18 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Mont | 3,203 | 32.94 | +14.80 | ||||
| New Democratic | Andre Cain | 2,552 | 26.25 | -14.57 | ||||
| Green | Melanie Mulrooney | 385 | 3.96 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 9,723 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 41 | 0.42 | ||||||
| Turnout | 9,764 | 54.30 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 17,982 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | -18.98 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Nova Scotia[5][6] | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Tony Ince | 4,002 | 41.03 | N/A | |
| New Democratic Party | Darrell Dexter | 3,981 | 40.82 | N/A | |
| Progressive Conservative | Greg Frampton | 1,769 | 18.14 | N/A | |
| 2009 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Darrell Dexter | 5,849 | 68.82% | 7.36% | ||||
| Liberal | Tony Ince | 1,509 | 17.76% | 2.22% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Josey | 939 | 11.05% | -9.58% | ||||
| Green | Donna Toews | 202 | 2.38% | 0.00% | ||||
| Total | 8,499 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source:Nova Scotia Legislature (2021)."Electoral History for Cole Harbour"(PDF).nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
| 2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Darrell Dexter | 5,327 | 61.46% | 6.09% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sheila McKeand | 1,788 | 20.63% | -5.93% | ||||
| Liberal | Stephen Beehan | 1,347 | 15.54% | -1.40% | ||||
| Green | Michael McFadden | 206 | 2.38% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,668 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source:Nova Scotia Legislature (2021)."Electoral History for Cole Harbour"(PDF).nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
| 2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Darrell Dexter | 4,977 | 55.37% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Thomas | 2,387 | 26.55% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Peter Foy | 1,523 | 16.94% | – | ||||
| Nova Scotia Party | Jessica Gould | 102 | 1.13% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,989 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source:Nova Scotia Legislature (2021)."Electoral History for Cole Harbour"(PDF).nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
| 1988 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Nantes | 6,280 | 47.58% | -13.91% | ||||
| Liberal | Alan Mitchell | 4,892 | 37.06% | 18.28% | ||||
| New Democratic | Flora Christie | 2,027 | 15.36% | -4.37% | ||||
| Total | 13,199 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source:Nova Scotia Legislature (2021)."Electoral History for Cole Harbour"(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 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Nantes | 5,283 | 61.49% | 10.29% | ||||
| New Democratic | Les MacDougall | 1,695 | 19.73% | -4.29% | ||||
| Liberal | Dennis F. Cuvelier | 1,614 | 18.78% | -6.00% | ||||
| Total | 8,592 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source:Nova Scotia Legislature (2021)."Electoral History for Cole Harbour"(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 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Nantes | 4,605 | 51.20% | -3.53% | ||||
| Liberal | Rae Austin | 2,229 | 24.78% | -10.81% | ||||
| New Democratic | Steve MacDonald | 2,160 | 24.02% | 14.33% | ||||
| Total | 8,994 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source:Nova Scotia Legislature (2021)."Electoral History for Cole Harbour"(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 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Nantes | 4,278 | 54.73% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Peter Sawler | 2,782 | 35.59% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Daniel LaFitte | 757 | 9.68% | – | ||||
| Total | 7,817 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source:Nova Scotia Legislature (2021)."Electoral History for Cole Harbour"(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. | ||||||||