Chris Matthew Palmer (born 1969) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election.[3] He represents the riding of Kings West as a member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia.
He is a financial advisor and active community volunteer.[4]
Electoral record
2024
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election: Kings West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Palmer | 5,226 | 72.8% | |||||
| Liberal | Brad Beardsley | 1,074 | 15.0% | |||||
| New Democratic | Paul Doerr | 714 | 9.9% | |||||
| Green | Madeline Taylor | 167 | 2.3% | |||||
| Total valid votes | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 7,181 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5] | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election: Kings West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Palmer | 4,592 | 49.45 | +12.28 | $59,202.28 | |||
| Liberal | Emily Lutz | 3,856 | 41.52 | -10.53 | $46,726.60 | |||
| New Democratic | Jason Langille | 549 | 5.91 | -1.54 | $25,715.69 | |||
| Green | Sue Earle | 216 | 2.33 | -0.76 | $460.95 | |||
| Atlantica | Rick Mehta | 74 | 0.79 | +0.55 | $200.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 9,287 | 99.73 | – | $95,352.07 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 25 | 0.27 | ||||||
| Turnout | 9,312 | 56.65 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 16,439 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.41 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[6] | ||||||||
References
- ^ Biographical Directory of MLAs from 1984 to the Present Nova Scotia Legislature
- ^ Nova Scotia 2024 election candidate profiles: Kings West Saltwire Network
- ^ "Nova Scotia election riding results: Kings West". Global News, August 17, 2021.
- ^ "Nova Scotia Legislature-MLA Profile". Nova Scotia Legislature. Nova Scotia House of Assembly. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ https://globalnews.ca/news/10865545/nova-scotia-election-2024-kings-west/
- ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved October 7, 2021.