Cole Harbour (electoral district)

Cole Harbour
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Tony Ince
Liberal
District created1978
First contested1978
Last contested2021
Demographics
Population (2011)19,934
Electors15,720
Area (km²)14
Pop. density (per km²)1,423.9
Census division(s)Halifax Regional Municipality
Census subdivision(s)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 back to its former name of Cole Harbour, while losing territory to the new riding of Cole Harbour-Dartmouth, exchanging some territory with Preston-Dartmouth (re-named Preston) and gaining territory from Eastern Shore and Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage.

Geography

The land area of Cole Harbour is 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi).[2]

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     Tom Ince Liberal
63rd 2017–2021
64th 2021–present

Election results

2021

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Tony Ince 2,118 39.75 +2.90 $25,071.93
Progressive Conservative Darryl Johnson 1,704 31.98 -0.96 $25,039.43
New Democratic Jerome Lagmay 1,431 26.86 +0.61 $20,436.91
Atlantica Chris Kinnie 75 1.41 $200.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 5,328 99.46 -0.12 $62,536.79
Total rejected ballots 29 0.54 +0.12
Turnout 5,357 53.30 -1.00
Eligible voters 10,051
Liberal hold Swing +1.93
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3][4]

2017

2017 provincial election redistributed results[5]
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[6][7]

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Tony Ince 4,002 41.03 N/A
  New Democratic Party Darrell Dexter 3,981 40.82 N/A
  Progressive Conservative Greg Frampton 1,769 18.14 N/A

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Darrell Dexter 5,849 68.82% 7.36%
Liberal Tony Ince 1,509 17.76% 2.22%
Progressive Conservative Mike Josey 939 11.05% -9.58%
Green Donna Toews 202 2.38% 0.00%
Total 8,499 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Darrell Dexter 5,327 61.46% 6.09%
Progressive Conservative Sheila McKeand 1,788 20.63% -5.93%
Liberal Stephen Beehan 1,347 15.54% -1.40%
Green Michael McFadden 206 2.38% –
Total 8,668 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "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 (2021). "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 (2021). "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). Queen's Printer.

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 (2021). "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). Queen's Printer.

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 (2021). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

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 LaFitte 757 9.68% –
Total 7,817 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "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). Queen's Printer.

References

  1. ^ Cole Harbour-Portland Valley - Constituency History Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine Nova Scotia Legislature
  2. ^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  4. ^ "41st Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  5. ^ Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
  6. ^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  7. ^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.