Lunenburg West

Lunenburg West

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Becky Druhan Progressive Conservative
District created	1956
First contested	1956
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2011)	18,017
Electors	16,116
Area (km²)	1,001
Pop. density (per km²)	18
Census division(s)	Lunenburg
Census subdivision(s)	Bridgewater, LaHave, Hebbville

Lunenburg West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1956 from the riding of Lunenburg County.

The riding includes the town of Bridgewater, LaHave, and Hebbville.

Geography

Lunenburg West has 1,001 km² (386 sq mi) of landmass. ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
46th	1956-1960		Harley J. Spence	Progressive Conservative
47th	1960-1963
48th	1963-1967
49th	1967-1970
50th	1970-1974		Maurice DeLorey	Liberal
51st	1974-1978
52nd	1978-1981		Mel Pickings	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981-1984
54th	1984-1988
55th	1988-1993		Marie Dechman	Progressive Conservative
56th	1993-1998		Don Downe	Liberal
57th	1998-1999
58th	1999-2003
59th	2003-2006		Carolyn Bolivar-Getson	Progressive Conservative
60th	2006-2009
61st	2009–2013		Gary Ramey	New Democratic
62nd	2013–2017		Mark Furey	Liberal
63rd	2017–2021
64th	2021–present		Becky Druhan	Progressive Conservative

Election results

1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harley J. Spence	2,567	50.66%	–
	Liberal	Frederick E. L. Fowke	2,500	49.34%	–
Total			5,067	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1960

1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harley J. Spence	2,858	52.94%	2.27%
	Liberal	Frederick E. L. Fowke	2,541	47.06%	-2.27%
Total			5,399	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1963

1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harley J. Spence	2,937	58.12%	5.19%
	Liberal	Joye F. Davison	2,116	41.88%	-5.19%
Total			5,053	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harley J. Spence	2,564	50.00%	-8.12%
	Liberal	Carroll Young	2,396	46.72%	4.85%
	New Democratic	Wilson Touchie	168	3.28%	–
Total			5,128	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice DeLory	3,086	53.18%	6.46%
	Progressive Conservative	R. Clifford Levy	2,717	46.82%	-3.18%
Total			5,803	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice DeLory	3,635	54.92%	1.74%
	Progressive Conservative	Edward Aston	2,643	39.93%	-6.89%
	New Democratic	William Roger Griswold	341	5.15%	–
Total			6,619	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mel Pickings	3,907	51.15%	11.21%
	Liberal	Maurice DeLory	2,791	36.54%	-18.38%
	New Democratic	G. M. Dean	941	12.32%	7.17%
Total			7,639	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mel Pickings	3,875	53.66%	2.52%
	Liberal	Pauline Himmelman	2,319	32.11%	-4.42%
	New Democratic	Carl E. Sampson	1,027	14.22%	1.90%
Total			7,221	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mel Pickings	3,435	51.25%	-2.42%
	Liberal	Caroll W. Young	2,162	32.25%	0.14%
	New Democratic	Martha Laurence	1,106	16.50%	2.28%
Total			6,703	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Marie Dechman	3,511	42.34%	-8.91%
	Liberal	Jack Logan	3,243	39.11%	6.85%
	New Democratic	John Scott	1,539	18.56%	2.06%
Total			8,293	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Downe	6,276	60.59%	21.49%
	Progressive Conservative	Marie Dechman	2,910	28.09%	-14.24%
	New Democratic	Karen Reinhardt	1,172	11.31%	-7.24%
Total			10,358	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Downe	4,364	47.95%	-12.65%
	New Democratic	Eric Hustvedt	2,711	29.78%	18.47%
	Progressive Conservative	Lou Centa	2,027	22.27%	-5.82%
Total			9,102	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Downe	4,248	45.46%	-2.49%
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Swain	3,251	34.79%	12.52%
	New Democratic	Eric Hustvedt	1,846	19.75%	-10.03%
Total			9,345	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Carolyn Bolivar-Getson	3,111	39.68%	4.89%
	Liberal	John MacDonald	2,550	32.52%	-12.94%
	New Democratic	David Ferguson	2,180	27.80%	8.05%
Total			7,841	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Carolyn Bolivar-Getson	3,637	43.21%	3.53%
	New Democratic	Bill Smith	3,299	39.19%	11.39%
	Liberal	Martin Bell	1,324	15.73%	-16.79%
	Green	Brendan MacNeill	157	1.87%	–
Total			8,417	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gary Ramey	3,600	39.60%	0.41%
	Progressive Conservative	Carolyn Bolivar-Getson	3,045	33.50%	-9.71%
	Liberal	Mark Furey	2,297	25.27%	9.54%
	Green	Emily Richardson	148	1.63%	-0.24%
Total			9,090	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Furey	3,931	43.10
	New Democratic Party	Gary Ramey	2,885	31.00
	Progressive Conservative	David Mitchell	2,143	23.50

2017

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Furey	3,839	47.10	+4.00
	Progressive Conservative	Carole Hipwell	2,261	27.74	+4.24
	New Democratic	Lisa Norman	1,690	20.73	-10.27
	Green	Michael Sheppard	361	4.43
Total valid votes			8,151	100.0
Total rejected ballots			46	0.56
Turnout			8,197	50.86
Eligible voters			16,116
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.12
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [2] [3]

2017 provincial election redistributed results [4]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	3,829	47.09
	Progressive Conservative	2,255	27.73
	New Democratic	1,687	20.75
	Green	360	4.43

2021

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Becky Druhan	4,065	44.42	+16.69
	Liberal	Jennifer Naugler	3,197	34.94	-12.15
	New Democratic	Merydie Ross	1,709	18.67	-2.08
	Green	Eric Wade	180	1.97	-2.46
Total valid votes			9,151	99.75
Total rejected ballots			23	0.25
Turnout			9,174	55.65
Eligible voters			16,484
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+14.42
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [5]

References

1. "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
2. "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
3. "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
4. Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
5. "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

External links

• CBC riding profile (2003)