 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 1978 | ||
| First contested | 1978 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 19,934 | ||
| Electors | 15,720 | ||
| Area (km²) | 14 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1,423.9 | ||
| Census division | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
| Census subdivision | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
Cole Harbour is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
In 1978, Halifax Cobequid was divided into four separate ridings, one of which was named Cole Harbour. Upon the recommendations of the 1992 Electoral Boundaries Report, the riding was split into Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage and Dartmouth-Cole Harbour. The district of Cole Harbour was re-created in the 2003 redistribution and was composed of 78 percent of Dartmouth-Cole Harbour and 29 percent of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage. In 2012, following the Electoral Boundaries Commission review, this district was renamed Cole Harbour-Portland Valley and it lost a portion of the Westphal area to Preston-Dartmouth and gained the area east of Bell Lake from Dartmouth East and the Portland Hills area from Dartmouth South-Portland Valley.[1] Following the 2019 electoral boundary review, the riding reverted to its former name of Cole Harbour, while losing territory to the new riding of Cole Harbour-Dartmouth, exchanging some territory with Preston-Dartmouth (renamed Preston) and gaining territory from Eastern Shore and Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage.[2]
Geography
The land area of Cole Harbour is 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi).[3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Cole Harbour | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Halifax Eastern Shore | ||||
| 52nd | 1978–1981 | David Nantes | Progressive Conservative | |
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | |||
| 54th | 1984–1988 | |||
| 55th | 1988–1993 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage and Dartmouth-Cole Harbour | ||||
| Riding re-created from Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage and Dartmouth-Cole Harbour | ||||
| 59th | 2003–2006 | Darrell Dexter | New Democratic | |
| 60th | 2006–2009 | |||
| 61st | 2009–2013 | |||
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | Tony Ince | Liberal | |
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
| 64th | 2021–present | |||
| 65th | 2024–present | Leah Martin | Progressive Conservative | |
Election results
2024
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Leah Martin | 1,986 | 42.28 | +10.30 | ||||
| New Democratic | Alec Stratford | 1,748 | 37.22 | +10.36 | ||||
| Liberal | Tania Meloni | 893 | 19.01 | -20.74 | ||||
| Green | John E. McStay | 70 | 1.49 | – | ||||
| Total | 4,697 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 24 | |||||||
| Turnout | 4,721 | 46.58 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,135 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4] | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Tony Ince | 2,118 | 39.75 | +5.01 | $25,071.93 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Darryl Johnson | 1,704 | 31.98 | -0.64 | $25,039.43 | |||
| New Democratic | Jerome Lagmay | 1,431 | 26.86 | -1.46 | $20,436.91 | |||
| Atlantica | Chris Kinnie | 75 | 1.41 | – | $200.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 5,328 | 99.46 | $62,536.79 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 29 | 0.54 | ||||||
| Turnout | 5,357 | 52.90 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,126 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.83 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5][6] | ||||||||
2017
| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 1,984 | 34.75 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 1,863 | 32.63 | |
| New Democratic | 1,617 | 28.32 | |
| Green | 243 | 4.26 | |
| Independent | 3 | 0.05 | |
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election: Cole Harbour-Portland Valley | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Tony Ince | 3,583 | 36.85 | -4.18 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Mont | 3,203 | 32.94 | +14.80 | ||||
| New Democratic | Andre Cain | 2,552 | 26.25 | -14.57 | ||||
| Green | Melanie Mulrooney | 385 | 3.96 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 9,723 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 41 | 0.42 | ||||||
| Turnout | 9,764 | 54.30 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 17,982 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -18.98 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[8][9] | ||||||||
2013
| 2013 Nova Scotia general election: Cole Harbour-Portland Valley | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Tony Ince | 4,002 | 41.04 | +23.28 | ||||
| New Democratic | Darrell Dexter | 3,981 | 40.82 | -28.00 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gregory E. Frampton | 1,769 | 18.14 | +7.09 | ||||
| Total | 9,752 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour-Portland Valley" (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 | Darrell Dexter | 5,849 | 68.82% | 9.32% | ||||
| Liberal | Tony Ince | 1,509 | 17.76% | -3.17% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Josey | 939 | 11.05% | -6.21% | ||||
| Green | Dawna Toews | 202 | 2.38% | 0.06% | ||||
| Total | 8,499 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2006
| 2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Darrell Dexter | 5,264 | 59.50% | 4.13% | ||||
| Liberal | Stephen J. E. Beehan | 1,851 | 20.92% | 3.98% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sheila McKand | 1,527 | 17.26% | -9.29% | ||||
| Green | Michael McFadden | 205 | 2.32% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,847 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2003
| 2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Darrell Dexter | 4,977 | 55.37% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Thomas | 2,387 | 26.55% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Peter Foy | 1,523 | 16.94% | – | ||||
| Nova Scotia Party | Jessica Gould | 102 | 1.13% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,989 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1988
| 1988 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Nantes | 6,280 | 47.58% | -13.91% | ||||
| Liberal | Alan Mitchell | 4,892 | 37.06% | 18.28% | ||||
| New Democratic | Flora Christie | 2,027 | 15.36% | -4.37% | ||||
| Total | 13,199 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2018. | ||||||||
1984
| 1984 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Nantes | 5,283 | 61.49% | 10.29% | ||||
| New Democratic | Les MacDougall | 1,695 | 19.73% | -4.29% | ||||
| Liberal | Dennis F. Cuvelier | 1,614 | 18.78% | -6.00% | ||||
| Total | 8,592 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2017. | ||||||||
1981
| 1981 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Nantes | 4,605 | 51.20% | -3.53% | ||||
| Liberal | Rae Austin | 2,229 | 24.78% | -10.81% | ||||
| New Democratic | Steve MacDonald | 2,160 | 24.02% | 14.33% | ||||
| Total | 8,994 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirtieth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2017. | ||||||||
1978
| 1978 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Nantes | 4,278 | 54.73% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Peter Sawler | 2,782 | 35.59% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Daniel La Fitte | 757 | 9.68% | – | ||||
| Total | 7,817 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018. | ||||||||
See also
- List of Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts
- Canadian provincial electoral districts
- Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage, a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia
- Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia
- Dartmouth-Cole Harbour (provincial electoral district) in Nova Scotia
References
- Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour-Portland Valley" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
- Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour (2021)" (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. 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.