Bedford (provincial electoral district)

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Bedford
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Nova Scotia electoral district
Bedford provincial electoral district.svg
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Nova Scotia House of Assembly
District created1978
District abolished2021
Last contested 2017
Demographics
Population (2011)27,783
Electors 19,154
Area (km²)32.00
Census division(s) Halifax Regional Municipality

Bedford was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Kelly Regan.

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The electoral district was created in 1978 as Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley from the redistribution of Halifax Cobequid. The name was changed to Bedford-Fall River in 1993 and the district lost the Musquodoboit Valley area to Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley. [1]

In 2003, the district was renamed Bedford. It lost the Fall River and Waverley areas and gained one third of Halifax Bedford Basin, as well as an area along the Hammonds Plains Road. It comprises most of Bedford and all of the community southeast of the Bicentennial Highway. [2]

The district is notable for the electoral loss of Liberal leader Francis MacKenzie, in the 2006 election. MacKenzie attempted to win the seat in 2006 for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. The party polled less than 24% across the province. He lost by more than 800 votes to Len Goucher.

On September 30, 2008 the name of the Bedford district was officially changed to Bedford-Birch Cove. With the 2012 electoral boundary changes, the area of Kearney Lake and Birch Cove moved to Clayton Park West and name of the district officially changed back to Bedford. [3]

In the 2021 Nova Scotia general election, the riding was abolished into Bedford South and Bedford Basin.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
63rd 2017–2021 Kelly Regan Liberal
62nd 2013–2017
61st 2009–2013
60th 2006–2009 Len Goucher Progressive Conservative
59th 2003–2006 Peter Christie
58th 1999-2003
57th 1998-1999   Francene Cosman Liberal
56th 1993-1998
55th 1988-1993   Ken Streatch Progressive Conservative
54th 1984-1988
53rd 1981-1984
52nd 1978-1981

Election results

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Ken Streatch 4,95158.93%
Liberal Norman J. MacLean 2,74332.65%
New Democratic Gerald B. Hoganson7088.43%
Total8,402
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Bedford" (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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-11-11. Retrieved 2022-03-30.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Ken Streatch 4,92957.62%-1.30%
Liberal Dwight Isenor2,24626.26%-6.39%
New Democratic Bruce Carroll1,37916.12%7.69%
Total8,554
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Bedford" (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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2022-03-30.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Ken Streatch 4,95359.98%2.36%
Liberal John M. Dillon1,75521.25%-5.00%
New Democratic Susan Coldwell1,46817.78%1.66%
Labour Alfred Nieforth820.99%
Total8,258
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Bedford" (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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-11-11. Retrieved 2022-03-30.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Ken Streatch 5,74051.49%-8.48%
Liberal Gerald Regan 3,80334.12%12.86%
New Democratic Susan Coldwell1,60414.39%-3.39%
Total11,147
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Bedford" (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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2022-03-30.

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Francene Cosman 4,79444.19%10.08%
Progressive Conservative Peter J. Kelly 4,40140.57%-10.92%
New Democratic Ryan Kidney1,65315.24%0.85%
Total10,848
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Bedford" (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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-13. Retrieved 2022-03-30.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Francene Cosman 4,20537.58%-6.61%
Progressive Conservative Peter G. Christie 3,89234.79%-5.78%
New Democratic Marvin Silver3,09127.63%12.39%
Total11,188
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Bedford" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Peter G. Christie 6,56657.28%22.49%
New Democratic Jane Earle2,70023.55%-4.07%
Liberal Gerry St. Armand2,19719.17%-18.42%
Total11,463
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Bedford" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Peter G. Christie 4,11443.87%-13.41%
Liberal Richard Zurawski3,20834.21%15.05%
New Democratic Bob Watson2,05521.92%-1.64%
Total9,377
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Bedford" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Len Goucher 4,09042.22%-1.65%
Liberal Francis MacKenzie 3,28633.92%-0.29%
New Democratic John Buckland2,01920.84%-1.07%
Green Mary McLaughlan2923.01%
Total9,687
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Bedford" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Kelly Regan 4,86144.48%10.56%
New Democratic Brian Mosher3,55232.50%11.66%
Progressive Conservative Len Goucher 2,26820.75%-21.47%
Green Neil Green2482.27%-0.75%
Total10,929
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Bedford" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 Liberal Kelly Regan 6,08160.66+16.18
 Progressive ConservativeJoan Christie2,02620.21-0.54
  New Democratic Party Mike Poworozynk1,70116.97-15.53
Green Ian Charles2172.16-0.11

2017

2017 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Kelly Regan 5,83152.69-7.97
Progressive Conservative Valerie White3,38830.62+10.41
New Democratic Blake Wright1,36212.31-4.66
Green Michealle Hanshaw4854.38+2.22
Total valid votes11,066100
Total rejected ballots440.40
Turnout11,11051.85
Eligible voters21,429
Liberal hold Swing -9.19
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [4] [5]

References

  1. Riding History Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine NS Legislature
  2. Bedford - Constituency History Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine Nova Scotia Legislature
  3. Elections Nova Scotia, Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report (September 12, 2012) Archived January 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on March 11, 2013
  4. "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  5. "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.