Eastern Passage (electoral district)

Eastern Passage
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Barbara Adams
Progressive Conservative
District created2019
First contested2024
Demographics
Electors10,512
Area (km²)[1]42
Census division(s)Halifax Regional Municipality
Census subdivision(s)Halifax Regional Municipality

Eastern Passage is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia that came into effect at the 2021 Nova Scotia general election. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia.

The riding was created by the 2019 provincial redistribution out of part of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage.

The riding contains the communities of Cow Bay, Eastern Passage, Shearwater, McNabs Island, and the Dartmouth neighbourhood of Imperoyal in the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Eastern Passage
Legislature Years Member Party
Riding created from Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
64th 2021–present     Barbara Adams Progressive Conservative

Election results

2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Barbara Adams 2,754 63.7%
Liberal Chris Peters 1,110 25.7%
Independent Tammy Jakeman 456 10.6%
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 4,320
Eligible voters
Progressive Conservative hold Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2]
2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Barbara Adams 2,469 44.82 +9.11 $29,475.98
Liberal Joyce Treen 1,444 26.21 -8.60 $45,473.02
New Democratic Tammy Jakeman 1,222 22.18 -2.56 $24,550.06
Green Corey Myers 374 6.79 +1.95 $2,771.86
Total valid votes/expense limit 5,509 99.53 $64,783.35
Total rejected ballots 26 0.47
Turnout 5,535 52.65
Eligible voters 10,512
Progressive Conservative notional hold Swing +8.86
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3]
2017 provincial election redistributed results[4]
Party Vote %
  Progressive Conservative 2,182 35.71
  Liberal 2,121 34.81
  New Democratic 1,512 24.74
  Green 296 4.84

References

  1. ^ "Electoral District Information". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. ^ https://globalnews.ca/news/10865519/nova-scotia-election-2024-eastern-passage/
  3. ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  4. ^ "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.