Dartmouth North

Dartmouth North
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Susan Leblanc ; New Democratic
;
District created	1967
First contested	1967
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2016)	19,833
Electors	15,512
Area (km²)	31.00
Pop. density (per km²)	639.8
Census division(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality

Last updated August 17, 2025

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

The district was created, under the name Dartmouth City North, in 1966 when Halifax County Dartmouth was divided into two electoral districts. In 1967, the district was renamed Dartmouth North. In 2003, the district gained the area on its southern boundary along Lake Banook from Dartmouth South.^[2]

Geography

The electoral district of Dartmouth North is about 31 km² (12 sq mi) in landmass.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Dartmouth North
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Halifax County Dartmouth
49th	1967–1968		Gordon L. S. Hart	Liberal
49th	1968–1970		Gerald Wambolt	Progressive Conservative
50th	1970–1974		Glen M. Bagnell	Liberal
51st	1974–1978		Glen M. Bagnell	Liberal
52nd	1978–1981		Laird Stirling	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981–1984
54th	1984–1988
55th	1988–1993		Sandy Jolly	Liberal
56th	1993–1998		Sandy Jolly	Liberal
57th	1998–1999		Jerry Pye	New Democratic
58th	1999–2003
59th	2003–2006
60th	2006–2009		Trevor Zinck
61st	2009–2010
61st	2010–2013			Independent
62nd	2013–2017		Joanne Bernard	Liberal
63rd	2017–2021		Susan Leblanc	New Democratic
64th	2021–2024
65th	2024–present

Election results

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon L. S. Hart	4,906	49.75%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Clarke	4,301	43.62%	–
	New Democratic	Perry Romayne	654	6.63%	–
Total			9,861	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Glen M. Bagnell	6,614	54.26%	4.51%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald G. Wambolt	4,826	39.59%	-4.03%
	New Democratic	Percy Dares	750	6.15%	-0.48%
Total			12,190	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Glen M. Bagnell	7,091	51.41%	-2.85%
	Progressive Conservative	Richard L. Weldon	4,839	35.08%	-4.51%
	New Democratic	Joe Bouchard	1,863	13.51%	7.35%
Total			13,793	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Laird Stirling	4,561	52.89%	17.81%
	Liberal	Glen M. Bagnell	2,927	33.94%	-17.47%
	New Democratic	Nick Rolls	1,135	13.16%	-0.34%
Total			8,623	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth North" (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 2022-03-19.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Laird Stirling	3,925	46.17%	-6.72%
	Liberal	Don Valardo	2,419	28.46%	-5.49%
	New Democratic	Mark Flannigan	2,157	25.37%	12.21%
Total			8,501	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth North" (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.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Laird Stirling	3,200	43.45%	-2.72%
	Liberal	Pat Connolly	2,150	29.20%	0.74%
	New Democratic	Chester Sanford	1,938	26.32%	0.94%
	Labour	Ron Bugbee	76	1.03%	–
Total			7,364	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth North" (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 2022-03-19.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sandy Jolly	3,510	43.13%	13.93%
	Progressive Conservative	Laird Stirling	3,389	41.64%	-1.81%
	New Democratic	Brenda Thompson	1,239	15.22%	-11.09%
Total			8,138	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth North" (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.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sandy Jolly	3,301	38.46%	-4.67%
	New Democratic	Jerry Pye	2,878	33.53%	18.31%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Brownlow	2,327	27.11%	-14.53%
	Natural Law	Monique Poudrette	77	0.90%	–
Total			8,583	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth North" (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 2022-03-19.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jerry Pye	3,024	39.78%	6.25%
	Liberal	Gloria McClusky	2,575	33.87%	-4.59%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Brownlow	2,003	26.35%	-0.76%
Total			7,602	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jerry Pye	3,105	44.01%	4.23%
	Progressive Conservative	Jane MacKay	2,060	29.20%	2.85%
	Liberal	Frank Cameron	1,746	24.74%	-9.13%
	Nova Scotia Party	Susan Livingstone	145	2.05%	–
Total			7,056	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jerry Pye	3,799	53.06%	9.05%
	Progressive Conservative	Jane MacKay	1,900	26.54%	-2.66%
	Liberal	Rosemary Godin	1,300	18.16%	-6.59%
	Nova Scotia Party	Pat Gould	86	1.20%	-0.85%
	Marijuana	Marc-Andre Roy	75	1.05%	–
Total			7,160	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Trevor Zinck	3,414	49.47%	-3.59%
	Progressive Conservative	Troy Myers	1,895	27.46%	0.92%
	Liberal	Ian Murray	1,365	19.78%	1.62%
	Green	Alex Donaldson	227	3.29%	–
Total			6,901	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Trevor Zinck	4,053	56.75%	7.28%
	Liberal	Jim Smith	2,316	32.43%	12.65%
	Progressive Conservative	David Losey	568	7.95%	-19.51%
	Green	Alex Donaldson	205	2.87%	-0.42%
Total			7,142	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Joanne Bernard	2,953	44.06
New Democratic Party	Steve Estey	2,020	30.14
Progressive Conservative	Séan G. Brownlow	1,729	25.08

2017

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Susan Leblanc	2,771	39.36	+9.22
	Liberal	Joanne Bernard	2,442	34.68	-9.38
	Progressive Conservative	Melanie Russell	1,384	19.66	-5.42
	Green	Tyler Colburne	318	4.52
	Atlantica	David Boyd	126	1.79
Total valid votes			7,041	100
Total rejected ballots			33	0.47
Turnout			7,074	42.7
Eligible voters			16,566
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+9.30
Source: Elections Nova Scotia ^[4]^[5]

2021

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Susan Leblanc	3,731	49.75	+10.39	$59,923.85
	Liberal	Pam Cooley	2,361	31.48	-3.20	$47,442.64
	Progressive Conservative	Lisa Coates	1,278	17.04	-2.62	$22,946.06
	Green	Carolyn Marshall	129	1.72	-2.80	$200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			7,499	99.42	–	$93,790.97
Total rejected ballots			44	0.58
Turnout			7,543	46.02
Eligible voters			16,392
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+6.80
Source: Elections Nova Scotia ^[6]

2024

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Susan Leblanc	3,696	63%
	Progressive Conservative	Karina Sanford	1,349	23%
	Liberal	Pam Cooley	826	14%
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			5,871
Eligible voters
	New Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia ^[7]

References

↑ "Finding a Primary Care Provider in Nova Scotia; August 2019 Report" (PDF). nshealth.ca. Nova Scotia Health Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
↑ Dartmouth North - Constituency History Archived 2017-10-25 at the Wayback Machine Nova Scotia Legislature
↑ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
↑ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
↑ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
↑ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
↑ https://globalnews.ca/news/10865516/nova-scotia-election-2024-dartmouth-north/

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[1] "Finding a Primary Care Provider in Nova Scotia; August 2019 Report" (PDF). nshealth.ca. Nova Scotia Health Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[2] Dartmouth North - Constituency History Archived 2017-10-25 at the Wayback Machine Nova Scotia Legislature

[3] "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

[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.

[6] "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

[7] ttps://globalnews.ca/news/10865516/nova-scotia-election-2024-dartmouth-north/

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