Eastern Passage (electoral district)

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Eastern Passage
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Barbara Adams
Progressive Conservative
District created2019
First contested 2024
Demographics
Electors 10,512
Area (km²) [1] 42
Census division(s) Halifax Regional Municipality
Census subdivision(s) Halifax Regional Municipality

Eastern Passage is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia that came into effect at the 2021 Nova Scotia general election. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia.

Contents

The riding was created by the 2019 provincial redistribution out of part of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage.

The riding contains the communities of Cow Bay, Eastern Passage, Shearwater, McNabs Island, and the Dartmouth neighbourhood of Imperoyal in the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Eastern Passage
LegislatureYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
64th 2021–present   Barbara Adams Progressive Conservative

Election results

2024 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Barbara Adams 2,75463.7%
Liberal Chris Peters1,11025.7%
Independent Tammy Jakeman45610.6%
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout4,320
Eligible voters
Progressive Conservative hold Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [2]
2021 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Barbara Adams 2,46944.82+9.11$29,475.98
Liberal Joyce Treen1,44426.21-8.60$45,473.02
New Democratic Tammy Jakeman1,22222.18-2.56$24,550.06
Green Corey Myers3746.79+1.95$2,771.86
Total valid votes/Expense limit5,50999.53$64,783.35
Total rejected ballots260.47
Turnout5,53552.65
Eligible voters 10,512
Progressive Conservative notional hold Swing +8.86
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [3]
2017 provincial election redistributed results [4]
PartyVote %
  Progressive Conservative 2,18235.71
  Liberal 2,12134.81
  New Democratic 1,51224.74
  Green 2964.84

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References

  1. "Electoral District Information". Elections Nova Scotia . Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. https://globalnews.ca/news/10865519/nova-scotia-election-2024-eastern-passage/
  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 19 August 2021.