Federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
Acadie—Annapolis electoral district Coordinates: 44°27′N 65°35′W / 44.450°N 65.583°W /44.450; -65.583 Federal electoral district Legislature House of Commons MP Chris d'Entremont Liberal District created 1966 First contested 1968 Last contested 2025 District webpage profile ,map Demographics Population (2021 )[ 1] 83,571 Electors (2025)[ 2] 66,361 Area (km²)[ 1] 8,885 Pop. density (per km²) 9.4 Census division(s) Annapolis ,Digby ,Kings ,Yarmouth Census subdivision(s) Kings (part),Annapolis ,Yarmouth ,Argyle ,Clare ,Digby ,Yarmouth ,Digby ,Middleton ,Annapolis Royal
Acadie—Annapolis (formerlyWest Nova ) is a federalelectoral district inNova Scotia , Canada, that has been represented in theHouse of Commons of Canada since 1968.
South Western Nova andSouth West Nova were ridings that covered roughly the same geographic area and were represented in the House of Commons from 1968 to 1979 and 1979 to 1997, respectively.
The district is rural with a few small towns and communities located along the coast. The riding has been called a microcosm of rural Canada because it includes fishing, farming, tourism, small business and an English-French mix.[ 3]
The electoral district was created in 1966 from "Digby—Annapolis—Kings " and "Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare " ridings. It was composed of Yarmouth County, Digby County, and the western portion of Annapolis County.
In 1978, it gained the eastern portion of Annapolis County from "Annapolis Valley".
In 1996,Seal Island was added and the name was changed from "South West Nova" to "West Nova".
In 2004, 20 percent of "Kings—Hants " was added to the district. The boundaries remained unchanged as per the2012 federal electoral redistribution . From 1968 until 2004, the Riding was notable for never having elected a single person to a second consecutive term until Robert Thibault won in 2004.
Following the2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution , this riding was renamedAcadie—Annapolis . It lost some territory (Berwick area) inKings County to Kings—Hants.[ 4] 2025 Canadian federal election .
According to the2021 Canadian census ,2023 representation order [ 5]
Languages: 85.4% English, 14.4% FrenchRace: 85.5% White, 11.0% Indigenous, 1.8% BlackReligions: 59.0% Christian (25.3% Catholic, 13.7% Baptist, 4.4% Anglican, 3.4% United Church, 1.5% Methodist, 1.1% Pentecostal, 9.5% other), 39.7% noneMedian income: $33,200 (2020)Average income: $40,320 (2020)
It reaches fromAylesford inKings County (it only includes the western part of Kings County) down throughAnnapolis County ,Digby County andYarmouth County , ending at the Yarmouth-Shelburne border.
Members of Parliament [ edit ] This riding has elected the followingmembers of Parliament :
Vote Share Year 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 Conservative NDP Liberal Reform/Alliance Green PC People's CHP Social Credit Graph of election results in South Western N...
Graph of election results in South Western Nova, South West Nova, and West Nova (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Vote Share Year 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 Liberal Conservative NDP Green PC Reform/Alliance People's Federal election results in West Nova
Graph of election results in West Nova (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election :West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Chris d'Entremont 22,104 50.38 +11.09 $84,677.20 Liberal Alxys Chamberlain 13,732 31.30 -5.08 $58,947.58 New Democratic Cheryl Burbidge 5,645 12.87 +2.16 $2,097.31 People's Scott Spidle 2,390 5.45 – $977.39 Total valid votes/expense limit 43,871 99.36 – $111,398.28 Total rejected ballots 284 0.64 -0.44 Turnout 44,155 62.35 -5.10 Registered voters 70,823 Conservative hold Swing +8.08 Source:Elections Canada [ 9]
2019 Canadian federal election :West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Chris d'Entremont 18,390 39.30 +13.21 $72,015.22 Liberal Jason Deveau 17,025 36.38 −26.61 $53,630.92 Green Judy N. Green 5,939 12.69 +8.52 $12,854.70 New Democratic Matthew Dubois 5,010 10.71 +3.96 $6,668.83 Veterans Coalition Gloria Jane Cook 434 0.93 New none listed Total valid votes/expense limit 46,798 98.92 $105,785.41 Total rejected ballots 512 1.08 +0.49 Turnout 47,310 67.45 −1.34 Eligible voters 70,143 Conservative gain fromLiberal Swing +19.91 Source:Elections Canada [ 10]
2015 Canadian federal election :West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Colin Fraser 28,775 62.99 +26.60 $87,337.64 Conservative Arnold LeBlanc 11,916 26.09 –20.95 $41,005.69 New Democratic Greg Foster 3,084 6.75 –6.36 $25,617.41 Green Clark Walton 1,904 4.17 +0.71 $2,291.24 Total valid votes/expense limit 45,679 100.00 $210,111.37 Total rejected ballots 271 0.59 Turnout 45,950 68.79 Eligible voters 66,796 Liberal gain fromConservative Swing +23.78 Source:Elections Canada [ 11] [ 12]
2011 Canadian federal election :West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Greg Kerr 20,204 47.04 +7.10 $82,563.21 Liberal Robert Thibault 15,632 36.39 +0.24 $62,177.30 New Democratic George Barron 5,631 13.11 -3.78 $12,244.90 Green Ross Johnson 1,487 3.46 -1.55 none listed Total valid votes/expense limit 42,954 100.0 $86,810.95 Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 356 0.82 +0.10 Turnout 43,310 63.75 +1.27 Eligible voters 67,938 Conservative hold Swing +3.43 Sources:[ 13] [ 14]
2008 Canadian federal election :West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Greg Kerr 16,779 39.94 +1.83 $69,467.56 Liberal Robert Thibault 15,185 36.15 -3.09 $57,096.02 New Democratic George Barron 7,097 16.89 -1.95 $12,741.38 Green Ronald Mills 2,106 5.01 +2.71 $123.04 Independent Cindy M. Nesbitt 844 2.01 – $10,570.22 Total valid votes/expense limit 42,011 100.0 $83,932 Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 304 0.72 +0.12 Turnout 42,315 62.48 -1.20 Eligible voters 67,722 Conservative gain fromLiberal Swing +2.46
2006 Canadian federal election :West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Robert Thibault 17,734 39.24 -3.42 $53,606.19 Conservative Greg Kerr 17,222 38.11 +5.06 $54,945.96 New Democratic Arthur Bull 8,512 18.84 -2.29 $25,148.83 Green Matthew Granger 1,040 2.30 -0.92 $74.10 Independent Ken Griffiths 681 1.51 – $2,576.48 Total valid votes/expense limit 45,190 100.0 $79,451 Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 274 0.60 -0.21 Turnout 45,464 63.68 -2.26 Eligible voters 71,393 Liberal hold Swing -4.24
2004 Canadian federal election :West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Robert Thibault 18,343 42.66 +8.06 $48,703.53 Conservative Jon Carey 14,209 33.05 -20.44 $70,393.83 New Democratic Arthur Bull 9,086 21.13 +9.67 $24,310.23 Green Matthew Granger 1,385 3.22 – none listed Total valid votes/expense limit 42,996 100.0 $76,207 Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 352 0.81 Turnout 43,348 65.94 +1.04 Eligible voters 65,736 Liberal notional gain fromProgressive Conservative Swing +14.25 Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined totals of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance.
2000 Canadian federal election :West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Robert Thibault 12,783 36.09 +10.39 $57,653 Progressive Conservative Mark Muise 12,080 34.11 -0.20 $34,692 Alliance Mike Donaldson 6,581 18.58 -0.23 $32,417 New Democratic Phil Roberts 3,976 11.23 -9.23 $14,118 Total valid votes 35,420 100.00 Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 235 0.66 Turnout 35,655 67.98 -5.95 Eligible voters 52,453
Results for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.
1997 Canadian federal election :West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Progressive Conservative Mark Muise 13,187 34.31 +11.64 $37,592 Liberal Harry Verran 9,877 25.70 -29.19 $47,082 New Democratic Brian Noble 7,862 20.46 +14.87 $4,426 Reform Betty Cox 7,229 18.81 +3.66 $25,210 Natural Law Neeraj Lakhanpal 275 0.72 -0.98 $0.00 Total valid votes 38,430 100.00 Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 338 0,87 Turnout 38,768 73.93 Eligible voters 52,441
Vote Share Year 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 Liberal PC NDP Reform y5 Federal election results in South West Nova
Graph of election results in South West Nova (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Vote Share Year 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 Liberal PC NDP Social Credit Federal election results in South Western Nova
Graph of election results in South Western Nova (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
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