Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville

Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
District created2003
District abolished2013
Last contested2009
Demographics
Population (2011)25,576
Electors17,937
Census division(s)Halifax Regional Municipality

Hammonds Plains—Upper Sackville is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, which existed from 2003 to 2013. It elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the electoral district included those communities comprising the western suburbs of the Halifax Regional Municipality, namely Hammonds Plains, Yankeetown, Pockwock, Upper Sackville and Lucasville.

The electoral district was created in 2003, drawing parts of the electoral districts of Sackville-Beaver Bank (now defunct) and Timberlea-Prospect. The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral district of Hammonds Plains-Lucasville.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The electoral district was represented by the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature Years Member Party
59th 2003-2006 Barry Barnet Progressive Conservative
60th 2006-2009
61st 2009–2013     Mat Whynott New Democratic

Election results

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Barry Barnet 3,322 41.14% –
Liberal Pam Streeter 2,419 29.96% –
New Democratic Brenda Haley 2,229 27.60% –
Marijuana Melanie Patriquen 105 1.30% –
Total 8,075 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Barry Barnet 3,704 42.02% 0.88%
New Democratic Mat Whynott 3,178 36.05% 8.45%
Liberal Pam Streeter 1,766 20.03% -9.92%
Green Scott Cleghorn 167 1.89% –
Total 8,815 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Mat Whynott 4,815 50.03% 13.98%
Liberal Patrick Doyle 2,381 24.74% 4.71%
Progressive Conservative Barry Barnet 2,218 23.05% -18.97%
Green Shawn Redmond 210 2.18% 0.29%
Total 9,624 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.


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