Bedford South

Bedford South

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Damian Stoilov Progressive Conservative
District created	2019
First contested	2024
Demographics
Area (km²)	31
Census division	Halifax Regional Municipality
Census subdivision	Halifax Regional Municipality

Bedford South is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

This riding was created in 2019, following the recommendations of the 2018 Electoral Boundaries Commission. ^[1] This riding was first contested in the 2021 election.

Geography

The land area of Bedford South is 31 km² (12 sq mi). ^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Bedford South
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Bedford, Clayton Park West and Hammonds Plains-Lucasville
64th	2021–2024		Braedon Clark	Liberal
64th	2024–present		Damian Stoilov	Progressive Conservative

Election results

2024

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Damian Stoilov	2,888	41.25	+11.52
	Liberal	Braedon Clark	2,786	39.79	-5.58
	New Democratic	Isaac G. Wilson	1,243	17.75	-4.67
	Green	Ron G. Parker	85	1.21	-0.57
Total valid votes			7,002	99.52
Total rejected ballots			34	0.48	+0.13
Turnout			7,036	56.92	+1.88
Eligible voters			12,362
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+8.55

2021

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Braedon Clark	3,568	45.37	-5.92	$64,408.42
	Progressive Conservative	Sura Hadad	2,338	29.73	+0.25	$29,251.32
	New Democratic	David Paterson	1,763	22.42	+8.29	$33,813.45
	Green	Ron G. Parker	140	1.78	-2.94	$200.00
	Atlantica	Alan Nightingale	55	0.70	+0.34	$200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			7,864	99.65	–	$83,142.54
Total rejected ballots			28	0.35
Turnout			7,892	55.04
Eligible voters			14,339
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		-3.09
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [3]

2017 redistributed results

2017 provincial election redistributed results [4]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	3,029	51.30
	Progressive Conservative	1,741	29.48
	New Democratic	835	14.14
	Green	279	4.72
	Atlantica Party	21	0.36

See also

• List of Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

1. Dodds, Collin (April 2019). "Balancing effective representation with voter parity" (PDF). Nova Scotia Electoral Boundaries Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
2. "Electoral District Information". Elections Nova Scotia . Retrieved 29 July 2021.
3. "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia . Retrieved 18 November 2024.
4. "Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia . 12 April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.