Bedford Basin is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia that came into effect for the 2021 Nova Scotia general election. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia.
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
MLA |
Liberal | ||
District created | 2019 | ||
First contested | 2021 | ||
Demographics | |||
Electors | 13,113 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 23 | ||
Census division(s) | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Halifax Regional Municipality |
The riding was created by the 2019 provincial redistribution out of parts of Bedford and Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank .
The riding contains the neighbourhoods of Oakmount, Bedford Common, Glen Moir, Paper Mill Lake and part of Millview in the community of Bedford, Nova Scotia, part of the Halifax Regional Municipality.
This riding has elected the following MLAs:
Bedford Basin | ||||
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Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
Riding created | ||||
64th | 2021–present | Kelly Regan | Liberal |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Kelly Regan | 3,700 | 50.87 | –1.87 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Nick Discoll | 1,874 | 25.76 | –5.10 | ||||
New Democratic | Jacob Wilson | 1,554 | 21.36 | +9.58 | ||||
Green | Madeleine Taylor | 146 | 2.01 | –2.61 | ||||
Total valid votes | 7,274 | 99.68 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 23 | 0.32 | – | |||||
Turnout | 7,297 | 55.61 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 13,121 | |||||||
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2] |
2017 provincial election redistributed results[3] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Liberal | 3,596 | 52.74 | |
Progressive Conservative | 2,104 | 30.86 | |
New Democratic | 803 | 11.78 | |
Green | 315 | 4.62 |