Cole Harbour-Dartmouth
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 2019 | ||
| First contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Area (km²) | 14 | ||
| Census division | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
| Census subdivision | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
Cole Harbour-Dartmouth is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
This riding was created in 2019, following the recommendations of the 2018 Electoral Boundaries Commission.[1] This riding was first contested in the 2021 election.
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 from Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage, Cole Harbour-Portland Valley and Dartmouth South | ||||
| 64th | 2021–2024 | Lorelei Nicoll | Liberal | |
| 65th | 2024–present | Brad McGowan | Progressive Conservative | |
Election results
2024
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3] | ||||||||
2021
| 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[4][5] | ||||||||
2017 redistributed results
| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
See also
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.
- ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). 42nd Provincial General Election, November 26, 2024: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ^ "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.
External links
- "14 - Electoral District of Cole Harbour-Dartmouth" (PDF). Retrieved 26 February 2025.