Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 2003 | ||
| First contested | 2003 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 22,348 | ||
| Electors | 13,309 | ||
| Area (km²) | 299 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 74.7 | ||
| Census division | Halifax County | ||
| Census subdivision | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
It was created in 2003 from Bedford-Fall River and Sackville-Beaver Bank. In 2013, it lost a portion of Beaver Bank to Sackville and the Portobello area to Dartmouth East.[1]
Geography
Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank covers 299 km2 (115 sq mi) of land.[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Bedford-Fall River and Sackville-Beaver Bank | ||||
| 59th | 2003–2006 | Gary Hines | Progressive Conservative | |
| 60th | 2006–2009 | Percy Paris | New Democratic | |
| 61st | 2009–2013 | |||
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | Bill Horne | Liberal | |
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
| 64th | 2021–2024 | Brian Wong | Progressive Conservative | |
| 65th | 2024–present | |||
Election results
2024
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Wong | 4,653 | 56.70 | +16.32 | ||||
| Liberal | Elizabeth Booth | 1,635 | 19.92 | -16.44 | ||||
| New Democratic | Donna McCarthy | 1,575 | 19.19 | +2.98 | ||||
| Green | Anthony Edmonds | 344 | 4.19 | -2.13 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,207 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 36 | |||||||
| Turnout | 8,244 | 45.20 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 18,237 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3] | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Wong | 3,938 | 40.38 | +3.02 | $33,476.85 | |||
| Liberal | Marni Tuttle | 3,546 | 36.36 | -0.74 | $36,707.22 | |||
| New Democratic | Christina McCarron | 1,581 | 16.21 | -2.86 | $35,608.26 | |||
| Green | Anthony Edmonds | 617 | 6.33 | -0.06 | $5,170.04 | |||
| Atlantica | Shawn Whitford | 71 | 0.73 | +0.63 | $200.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 9,753 | 99.86 | – | $98,713.68 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 14 | 0.14 | ||||||
| Turnout | 9,767 | 56.55 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 17,272 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative notional hold | Swing | +1.88 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4][5] | ||||||||
2017
| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | 3,453 | 37.51 | |
| Liberal | 3,429 | 37.26 | |
| New Democratic | 1,763 | 19.15 | |
| Green | 590 | 5.98 | |
| Atlantica | 9 | 0.10 | |
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Bill Horne | 3,160 | 37.94 | -5.15 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dan McNaughton | 3,095 | 37.16 | +5.45 | ||||
| New Democratic | Trevor Sanipass | 1,567 | 18.82 | -6.20 | ||||
| Green | Anthony Edmonds | 506 | 6.08 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,328 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 43 | 0.51 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,371 | 56.02 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 14,944 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -5.30 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[7][8] | ||||||||
2013
| 2013 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Bill Horne | 3,588 | 43.09 | 18.18 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Wong | 2,640 | 31.71 | 13.26 | ||||
| New Democratic | Percy Paris | 2,098 | 25.20 | -29.27 | ||||
| Total | 8,326 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2013). 39th Provincial General Election, October 8, 2013: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2026. | ||||||||
2009
| 2009 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Percy Paris | 5,007 | 54.47 | 8.08 | ||||
| Liberal | Bill Horne | 2,290 | 24.91 | 13.76 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gary Hines | 1,696 | 18.45 | -21.72 | ||||
| Green | Damon Loomer | 199 | 2.16 | -0.12 | ||||
| Total | 9,192 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2006
| 2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Percy Paris | 3,782 | 46.39 | 13.08 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gary Hines | 3,275 | 40.17 | 2.51 | ||||
| Liberal | Thomas Deal | 909 | 11.15 | -15.71 | ||||
| Green | William Lang | 186 | 2.28 | – | ||||
| Total | 8,152 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2003
| 2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gary Hines | 3,141 | 37.67 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Percy Paris | 2,778 | 33.31 | – | ||||
| Liberal | David E. Merrigan | 2,240 | 26.86 | – | ||||
| Nova Scotia Party | Heather Sawyers | 94 | 1.13 | – | ||||
| Marijuana | Alex Neron | 86 | 1.03 | – | ||||
| Total | 8,339 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
See also
References
- ^ Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
- ^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 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. pp. 278–279. 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.
- ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2017). 40th Provincial General Election, May 30, 2017: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2018). 40th Provincial General Election, May 30, 2017: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
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