Kings South
Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
MLA |
Liberal | ||
District created | 1956 | ||
First contested | 1956 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 21,252 | ||
Electors | 17,377 | ||
Area (km²) | 576 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 36.9 | ||
Census division(s) | Kings County |
Kings South is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It includes the town of Wolfville, the village of New Minas, the community of Coldbrook, and Glooscap First Nation.
Geography
Kings South has a landmass of 576 km2 (222 sq mi).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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64th | 2021–present | Keith Irving | Liberal | |
63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
62nd | 2013–2017 | |||
61st | 2009–2013 | Ramona Jennex | New Democratic | |
60th | 2006-2009 | David Morse | Progressive Conservative | |
59th | 2003-2006 | |||
58th | 1999-2003 | |||
57th | 1998-1999 | Robbie Harrison | Liberal | |
56th | 1993-1998 | |||
55th | 1988-1993 | Derrick Kimball | Progressive Conservative | |
54th | 1984-1988 | Bob Levy | New Democratic | |
53rd | 1984 | Paul Kinsman | Progressive Conservative | |
1981-1984 | Harry How | Progressive Conservative | ||
52nd | 1978-1981 | |||
51st | 1974-1978 | |||
50th | 1970-1974 | |||
49th | 1967-1970 | Edward Haliburton | Progressive Conservative | |
48th | 1963-1967 | |||
47th | 1960-1963 | |||
46th | 1956-1960 |
Election results
1956
1956 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Edward Haliburton | 2,368 | 59.77% | – | ||||
Liberal | MacIntosh MacLeod | 1,594 | 40.23% | – | ||||
Total | 3,962 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1960
1960 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Edward Haliburton | 2,388 | 57.29% | -2.47% | ||||
Liberal | Bruce M. Trenholm | 1,581 | 37.93% | -2.30% | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | George R. Goucher | 199 | 4.77% | – | ||||
Total | 4,168 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1963
1963 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Edward Haliburton | 2,505 | 65.27% | 7.97% | ||||
Liberal | Bruce M. Trenholm | 1,333 | 34.73% | -3.20% | ||||
Total | 3,838 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1967
1967 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Edward Haliburton | 2,515 | 62.89% | -2.38% | ||||
Liberal | Bruce M. Trenholm | 1,484 | 37.11% | 2.38% | ||||
Total | 3,999 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1970
1970 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Harry How | 2,722 | 57.55% | -5.34% | ||||
Liberal | E. K. Aston | 2,008 | 42.45% | 5.34% | ||||
Total | 4,730 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1974
1974 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Harry How | 3,576 | 59.22% | 1.68% | ||||
Liberal | Edward Aston | 1,999 | 33.11% | -9.35% | ||||
New Democratic | John O'Meara | 463 | 7.67% | – | ||||
Total | 6,038 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1978
1978 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Harry How | 4,214 | 62.58% | 3.35% | ||||
Liberal | Wilbur H. Starratt | 1,526 | 22.66% | -10.45% | ||||
New Democratic | Donald Archibald | 994 | 14.76% | 7.09% | ||||
Total | 6,734 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1981
1981 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Harry How | 4,356 | 65.47% | 2.90% | ||||
New Democratic | Evelyn Garbary | 1,364 | 20.50% | 5.74% | ||||
Liberal | Betty Deal | 933 | 14.02% | -8.64% | ||||
Total | 6,653 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1984
1984 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Bob Levy | 3,694 | 45.57% | 25.07% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Paul Kinsman | 3,673 | 45.31% | -20.16% | ||||
Liberal | Alan Sponagle | 625 | 7.71% | -6.31% | ||||
Independent | Doug Milligan | 114 | 1.41% | – | ||||
Total | 8,106 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1988
1988 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Derrick Kimball | 3,531 | 42.44% | -2.87% | ||||
New Democratic | Steve Mattson | 3,079 | 37.01% | -8.56% | ||||
Liberal | Perry Wallace | 1,710 | 20.55% | 12.84% | ||||
Total | 8,320 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1993
1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Robbie Harrison | 3,069 | 29.46% | 8.91% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Harry How | 2,941 | 28.24% | -14.20% | ||||
Independent | Derrick Kimball | 2,240 | 21.51% | – | ||||
New Democratic | Steve Mattson | 2,064 | 19.82% | -17.19% | ||||
Natural Law | Peter Cameron | 102 | 0.98% | – | ||||
Total | 10,416 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1998
1998 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Robbie Harrison | 3,650 | 36.46% | 6.99% | ||||
New Democratic | Mary DeWolfe | 3,293 | 32.89% | 13.07% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | David Morse | 3,069 | 30.65% | 2.42% | ||||
Total | 10,012 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1999
1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | David Morse | 3,890 | 40.23% | 9.57% | ||||
Liberal | Robbie Harrison | 3,213 | 33.23% | -3.23% | ||||
New Democratic | Mary DeWolfe | 2,567 | 26.55% | -6.34% | ||||
Total | 9,670 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
2003
2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | David Morse | 3,347 | 37.65 | -2.58 | ||||
New Democratic | David Mangle | 2,794 | 31.43 | 4.88 | ||||
Liberal | Maura Ryan | 2,682 | 30.17 | -3.06 | ||||
Nova Scotia Party | Victor Harris | 67 | 0.75 | – | ||||
Total | 8,890 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
2006
2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | David Morse | 3,788 | 42.37% | 4.72% | ||||
New Democratic | David Mangle | 3,130 | 35.01% | 3.58% | ||||
Liberal | Ray Savage | 1,797 | 20.10% | -10.07% | ||||
Green | Steve McGowen | 226 | 2.53% | – | ||||
Total | 8,941 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
2009
2009 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Ramona Jennex | 4,038 | 41.18% | 6.18% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | David Morse | 2,759 | 28.14% | -14.23% | ||||
Liberal | Paula Howatt | 2,639 | 26.91% | 6.82% | ||||
Green | Brendan MacNeill | 369 | 3.76% | 1.24% | ||||
Total | 9,805 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Keith Irving | 3,939 | 39.25 | ||
New Democratic Party | Ramona Jennex | 3,568 | 35.55 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Shane MacKenzie Buchan | 2,278 | 22.70 | ||
Green | Shelia G. Richardson | 251 | 2.50 | – |
2017
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Keith Irving | 4,269 | 46.71 | +7.46 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Peter Harrison | 2,496 | 27.31 | +4.61 | ||||
New Democratic | Steve Schneider | 1,921 | 21.02 | -14.53 | ||||
Green | Sheila Richardson | 337 | 3.69 | -0.07 | ||||
Atlantica | Joel Hirtle | 116 | 1.27 | |||||
Total valid votes | 9,139 | 100 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 29 | 0.32 | ||||||
Turnout | 9,168 | 52.76 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 17,377 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.43 | ||||||
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2][3] |
2017 provincial election redistributed results[4] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Liberal | 3,902 | 46.59 | |
Progressive Conservative | 2,259 | 26.97 | |
New Democratic | 1,804 | 21.54 | |
Green | 315 | 3.76 | |
Atlantica | 95 | 1.13 |
2021
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Keith Irving | 4,049 | 44.11 | -2.60 | $40,527.47 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Derrick Kimball | 3,046 | 33.18 | +5.87 | $68,832.87 | |||
New Democratic | Mercedes Brian | 1,808 | 19.70 | -1.32 | $54,103.54 | |||
Green | Barry Leslie | 276 | 3.01 | -0.68 | $1,669.27 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 9,179 | 99.70 | – | $94,818.40 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 28 | 0.30 | ||||||
Turnout | 9,207 | 55.70 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 16,531 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.24 | ||||||
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5] |
References
- ^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- ^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- ^ Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
- ^ "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
- Elections Nova Scotia: Electoral District of Kings South
- CBC: riding profile
- June 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll By Poll Results
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