Cole Harbour-Dartmouth

Cole Harbour-Dartmouth
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Brad McGowan ; Progressive Conservative
;
District created	2019
First contested	2024
Demographics
Area (km²)	14
Census division(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality
Census subdivision(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality

Last updated November 29, 2024

Cole Harbour-Dartmouth 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 Cole Harbour-Dartmouth is 14 km² (5.4 sq mi).^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Cole Harbour-Dartmouth
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created
64th	2021–2024		Lorelei Nicoll	Liberal
65th	2024–present		Brad McGowan	Progressive Conservative

Election results

2024

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Brad McGowan	4,243	51.64	+21.90
	New Democratic	Kayley Dixon	2,079	25.30	+9.48
	Liberal	Vishal Bhardwaj	1,894	23.05	-29.19
Total valid votes			8,216	99.46
Total rejected ballots			45	0.54
Turnout			8,261	49.45	-11.58
Eligible voters			16,707
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+25.54

2021

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lorelei Nicoll	5,144	52.24	+11.16	$34,630.97
	Progressive Conservative	Karina Sanford	2,929	29.75	-1.43	$29,376.03
	New Democratic	Melody Pentland	1,558	15.82	-7.97	$28,869.80
	Green	Rana Zaman	215	2.18	-1.37	$3,686.54
Total valid votes/Expense limit			9,846	99.62	–	$92,404.43
Total rejected ballots			38	0.38
Turnout			9,884	61.03
Eligible voters			16,196
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+6.30
Source: Elections Nova Scotia ^[3]

2017 redistributed results

2017 provincial election redistributed results^[4]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	2,743	41.08
	Progressive Conservative	2,082	31.18
	New Democratic	1,589	23.80
	Green	237	3.55
	Atlantica	26	0.39

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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 28 July 2021.
↑ "Electoral District Information". Elections Nova Scotia . Retrieved 28 July 2021.
↑ "41st Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia . Retrieved 18 November 2024.
↑ "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 2 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 28 July 2021.

[2] "Electoral District Information". Elections Nova Scotia . Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[3] "41st Provincial General Election" (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 2 August 2021.

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