Hants West Explained

Prov-Status:active
Province:Nova Scotia
Prov-Rep-Party:Progressive Conservative
Prov-Rep:Melissa Sheehy-Richard
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:19058
Prov-Election-First:1949
Prov-Election-Last:2021
Demo-Electors:15352
Demo-Area:1319
Prov-Created:1949
Demo-Cd:Hants County

Hants West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

The district has existed since 1949. Earlier, it and Hants East were together in Hants.

Geography

Hants West has a 1319km2 landmass.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
44th1949-1953George B. ColeLiberal
45th1953-1956George Henry WilsonProgressive Conservative
46th1956-1960
47th1960-1963
48th1963-1967Norman T. SpenceProgressive Conservative
49th1967-1970
50th1970-1974Robert D. LindsayLiberal
51st1974-1978
52nd1978-1981Ron RussellProgressive Conservative
53rd1981-1984
54th1984-1988
55th1988-1993
56th1993-1998
57th1998-1999
58th1999-2003
59th2003-2006
60th2006-2009   Chuck PorterProgressive Conservative
61st2009-2013
62nd2013–2014
2014-2016   Independent
2016–2017   Liberal
63rd2017–2021
64th2021–present   Melissa Sheehy-RichardProgressive Conservative

Election results

2013

|-|Progressive Conservative|Chuck Porter|align="right"|4,468|align="right"|50.75|align="right"||-|Liberal|Claude Sherman O'Hara|align="right"|3,279|align="right"|37.24|align="right"||-|New Democratic Party| Brian Stephens|align="right"|888|align="right"|10.28|align="right"||}

2017

2017 provincial election redistributed results[2]
PartyVote%
 4,708 54.74
 2,488 28.93
 1,071 12.45
 261 3.03
 73 0.85

2021

References

  1. Web site: Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election . enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca . Elections Nova Scotia . 22 July 2021.
  2. https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/TranspositionofVotesReport_2017PGE_2019ElectoralDirstricts_reportApril2021.pdf Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries

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