Cole Harbour (electoral district)

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Cole Harbour
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Nova Scotia electoral district
Cole Harbour-Portland Valley provincial electoral district.svg
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Tony Ince
Liberal
District created1978
First contested 1978
Last contested 2021
Demographics
Population (2011)19,934
Electors 15,720
Area (km²)14
Pop. density (per km²)1,423.9
Census division(s) Halifax Regional Municipality
Census subdivision(s) Halifax Regional Municipality

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

Contents

In 1978, Halifax Cobequid was divided into four separate ridings, one of which was named Cole Harbour. Upon the recommendations of the 1992 Electoral Boundaries Report, the riding was split into Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage and Dartmouth-Cole Harbour. The district of Cole Harbour was re-created in the 2003 redistribution and was composed of 78 percent of Dartmouth-Cole Harbour and 29 percent of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage. In 2012, following the Electoral Boundaries Commission review, this district was renamed Cole Harbour-Portland Valley and it lost a portion of the Westphal area to Preston-Dartmouth and gained the area east of Bell Lake from Dartmouth East and the Portland Hills area from Dartmouth South-Portland Valley. [1] Following the 2019 electoral boundary review, the riding reverted back to its former name of Cole Harbour, while losing territory to the new riding of Cole Harbour-Dartmouth, exchanging some territory with Preston-Dartmouth (re-named Preston) and gaining territory from Eastern Shore and Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage.

Geography

The land area of Cole Harbour is 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi). [2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
64th 2021–Present Tony Ince Liberal
63rd 2017–2021
62nd 2013–2017
61st 2009–2013 Darrell Dexter New Democratic
60th 2006-2009
59th 2003-2006
Riding re-created from Dartmouth-Cole Harbour and Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
Riding dissolved into Dartmouth-Cole Harbour and Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
55th 1988-1993 David Nantes Progressive Conservative
54th 1984-1988
53rd 1981-1984
52nd 1978-1981

Election results

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative David Nantes 4,27854.73%
Liberal Peter Sawler2,78235.59%
New Democratic Daniel LaFitte7579.68%
Total7,817
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (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.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative David Nantes 4,60551.20%-3.53%
Liberal Rae Austin2,22924.78%-10.81%
New Democratic Steve MacDonald2,16024.02%14.33%
Total8,994
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (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.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative David Nantes 5,28361.49%10.29%
New Democratic Les MacDougall1,69519.73%-4.29%
Liberal Dennis F. Cuvelier1,61418.78%-6.00%
Total8,592
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (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.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative David Nantes 6,28047.58%-13.91%
Liberal Alan Mitchell 4,89237.06%18.28%
New Democratic Flora Christie2,02715.36%-4.37%
Total13,199
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (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.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Darrell Dexter 4,97755.37%
Progressive Conservative Brian Thomas2,38726.55%
Liberal Peter Foy1,52316.94%
Nova Scotia Party Jessica Gould1021.13%
Total8,989
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Darrell Dexter 5,32761.46%6.09%
Progressive Conservative Sheila McKeand1,78820.63%-5.93%
Liberal Stephen Beehan1,34715.54%-1.40%
Green Michael McFadden2062.38%
Total8,668
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Darrell Dexter 5,84968.82%7.36%
Liberal Tony Ince 1,50917.76%2.22%
Progressive Conservative Mike Josey93911.05%-9.58%
Green Donna Toews2022.38%0.00%
Total8,499
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Tony Ince 4,00241.03N/A
  New Democratic Party Darrell Dexter 3,98140.82N/A
  Progressive Conservative Greg Frampton1,76918.14N/A

2017

2017 Nova Scotia general election : Cole Harbour-Portland Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Tony Ince 3,58336.85-4.18
Progressive Conservative Chris Mont3,20332.94+14.80
New Democratic Andre Cain2,55226.25-14.57
Green Melanie Mulrooney3853.96
Total valid votes9,723100.0  
Total rejected ballots410.42
Turnout9,76454.30
Eligible voters17,982
Liberal hold Swing -18.98
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [3] [4]
2017 provincial election redistributed results [5]
PartyVote %
  Liberal 1,98434.75
  Progressive Conservative 1,86332.63
  New Democratic 1,61728.32
  Green 2434.26
 Independent30.05

2021

2021 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Tony Ince 2,11839.75+2.90$25,071.93
Progressive Conservative Darryl Johnson1,70431.98-0.96$25,039.43
New Democratic Jerome Lagmay1,43126.86+0.61$20,436.91
Atlantica Chris Kinnie751.41$200.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit5,32899.46-0.12$62,536.79
Total rejected ballots290.54+0.12
Turnout5,35753.30-1.00
Eligible voters 10,051
Liberal hold Swing +1.93
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [6] [7]

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References

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  3. "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  4. "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  5. Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
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