Bedford South

Bedford South
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Braedon Clark ; Liberal
;
District created	2019
First contested	2021
Demographics
Area (km²)	31
Census division(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality
Census subdivision(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality

Last updated January 09, 2024

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

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
64th	2021–present		Braedon Clark	Liberal

Election results

2021

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Braedon Clark	3,568	45.37	-5.93
	Progressive Conservative	Sura Hadad	2,338	29.73	+0.25
	New Democratic	David Paterson	1,763	22.43	+8.29
	Green	Ron G. Parker	140	1.78	-2.94
	Atlantica	Alan Nightingale	55	0.70	+0.34
Total valid votes			7,864	99.65
Total rejected ballots			28	0.35
Turnout			7,892	56.03
Eligible voters			14,085
	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

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References

↑ 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.
↑ "Electoral District Information". Elections Nova Scotia . Retrieved 29 July 2021.
↑ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
↑ "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.

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[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". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[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.

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