Pictou Centre

Pictou Centre
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Danny MacGillivray
Progressive Conservative
District created1949
First contested1949
Last contested2024
Demographics
Population (2011)16,100
Electors12,860
Area (km²)26
Pop. density (per km²)619.2
Census division(s)Pictou County
Census subdivision(s)New Glasgow, Stellarton, Trenton

Pictou Centre is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature Years Member Party
65th 2024–Present Danny MacGillivray Progressive Conservative
64th 2021–2024 Pat Dunn Progressive Conservative
63rd 2017–2021
62nd 2013–2017
61st 2009–2013 Ross Landry New Democratic
60th 2006–2009     Pat Dunn Progressive Conservative
59th 2003–2006     John Hamm Progressive Conservative
58th 1999–2003
57th 1998–1999
56th 1993–1998
55th 1988–1993     Jack MacIsaac Progressive Conservative
54th 1984–1988
53rd 1981–1984
52nd 1978–1981
51st 1977–1978
1974–1977     Fraser MacLean Progressive Conservative
50th 1970–1974     Ralph F. Fiske Liberal
49th 1967–1970     Donald R. MacLeod Progressive Conservative
48th 1963–1967
47th 1960–1963
46th 1956–1960
45th 1953–1956     Alfred B. DeWolfe Liberal
44th 1949–1953

Election results

2024

2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Danny MacGillivray 3,741 67.6% +11.84
Liberal Kris MacFarlane 972 17.6% -13.33
New Democratic Mary Stewart 820 14.8% +2.85
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 5,533
Eligible voters
Progressive Conservative hold Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[1]

2021

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Pat Dunn 4,092 55.77 +3.34 $42,138.84
Liberal Jim McKenna 2,269 30.93 +2.76 $42,741.61
New Democratic Vernon Theriault 862 11.75 -7.65 $24,983.08
Green Laura Moore 114 1.55 $200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 7,337 99.54 – $76,534.03
Total rejected ballots 34 0.46
Turnout 7,371 57.07
Eligible voters 12,916
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +0.29
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2]

2017

2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Pat Dunn 3,773 52.43 +0.17
Liberal Jeff Davis 2,027 28.17 +10.34
New Democratic Henderson Paris 1,396 19.40 -10.51
Total valid votes 7,196 100.00
Total rejected ballots 28 0.39 -0.41
Turnout 7,224 55.86 -5.48
Eligible voters 12,932
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.08
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3][4]

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Progressive Conservative Pat Dunn 4,147 52.26
  New Democratic Party Ross Landry 2,373 29.91
  Liberal Bill Muirhead 1,415 17.83

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Ross Landry 3,650 46.30% 14.60%
Progressive Conservative Pat Dunn 3,519 44.64% -7.90%
Liberal Neil MacIsaac 567 7.19% -7.04%
Green Jim Lindsey 147 1.86% 0.61%
Total valid votes 7,883 100.00
Total rejected ballots 64 0.80
Turnout 7,999 61.34
Eligible voters 13,040
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Pat Dunn 3,901 52.54% -2.16%
New Democratic Danny MacGillivray 2,354 31.70% 11.54%
Liberal Troy MacCulloch 1,057 14.24% -8.72%
Green Samuel Clark 93 1.25% –
Independent Dennis Tate 20 0.27% –
Total 7,425 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Hamm 4,262 54.70% -9.76%
Liberal Tim Daley 1,789 22.96% 9.18%
New Democratic Alexander MacIsaac 1,571 20.16% -1.60%
Marijuana Darryl Gallivan 170 2.18% –
Total 7,792 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Hamm 5,479 64.46% 8.03%
New Democratic Jeff Callaghan 1,850 21.76% 1.87%
Liberal Marie Maxwell 1,171 13.78% -9.90%
Total 8,500 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Hamm 5,037 56.42% 9.03%
Liberal Roseanne Skoke 2,114 23.68% -19.05%
New Democratic Judy Hughes 1,776 19.89% 10.02%
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Hamm 4,840 47.40% -10.41%
Liberal Mary Daley 4,364 42.73% 15.30%
New Democratic Chuck MacNeil 1,008 9.87% -4.89%
Total 10,212 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jack MacIsaac 6,566 57.80% -9.30%
Liberal Bob Leahy 3,116 27.43% 6.04%
New Democratic Gerard Currie 1,677 14.76% 3.27%
Total 11,359 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (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 Jack MacIsaac 6,596 67.11% 7.48%
Liberal Bob Leahy 2,103 21.40% -2.14%
New Democratic Kim Murray 1,130 11.50% -5.35%
Total 9,829 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (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 Jack MacIsaac 6,673 59.62% 7.27%
Liberal Tom DeWolfe 2,634 23.53% 3.54%
New Democratic Kim Murray 1,885 16.84% -9.68%
Total 11,192 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (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 Jack MacIsaac 6,056 52.36% 8.56%
New Democratic Austin Sutton 3,068 26.52% 12.86%
Liberal Erskine Cumming 2,313 20.00% -22.55%
Independent Jim Beck 130 1.12% –
Total 11,567 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (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.

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Fraser MacLean 5,100 43.80% 0.04%
Liberal Lawrence Yud MacKinnon 4,954 42.54% -5.07%
New Democratic Dave MacKenzie 1,591 13.66% 5.02%
Total 11,645 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ralph F. Fiske 5,356 47.61% 9.33%
Progressive Conservative Donald R. MacLeod 4,922 43.75% -10.15%
New Democratic Derrick P. Kearley 972 8.64% 0.82%
Total 11,250 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Donald R. MacLeod 5,416 53.90% -6.31%
Liberal John (Brother) MacDonald 3,846 38.28% -1.51%
New Democratic John Markie 786 7.82% –
Total 10,048 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1963

1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Donald R. MacLeod 5,752 60.21% 16.29%
Liberal Thomas H. Frazer 3,801 39.79% 6.40%
Total 9,553 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1960

1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Donald R. MacLeod 4,755 43.92% -7.61%
Liberal James H. Power 3,615 33.39% -15.07%
Co-operative Commonwealth Doris Nicholson 2,456 22.69% –
Total 10,826 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Donald R. MacLeod 5,639 51.54% 11.45%
Liberal A. T. Logan 5,303 48.46% 2.89%
Total 10,942 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1953

1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred B. DeWolfe 5,155 45.58% -1.91%
Progressive Conservative Robert D. MacDonald 4,534 40.08% -0.36%
Co-operative Commonwealth Donald L. Nicholson 1,622 14.34% 2.27%
Total 11,311 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1949

1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred B. DeWolfe 5,283 47.49% –
Liberal–Conservative John A. MacGregor 4,499 40.44% –
Co-operative Commonwealth Alvin M. Stewart 1,343 12.07% –
Total 11,125 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

References

  1. ^ https://globalnews.ca/news/10865549/nova-scotia-election-2024-pictou-centre/
  2. ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  3. ^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  4. ^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  • Government of Nova Scotia. "Election Summary From 1867 - 2006" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  • Canadian Press (September 7, 1977). "Tories keep Pictou seat in N.S. vote". p. 8. The Globe and Mail.


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