Lunenburg West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1956 from the riding of Lunenburg County.
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
District created | 1956 | ||
First contested | 1956 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 18,017 | ||
Electors | 16,116 | ||
Area (km²) | 1,001 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 18 | ||
Census division(s) | Lunenburg | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Bridgewater, LaHave, Hebbville |
The riding includes the town of Bridgewater, LaHave, and Hebbville.
Lunenburg West has 1,001 km2 (386 sq mi) of landmass.[1]
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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46th | 1956-1960 | Harley J. Spence | Progressive Conservative | |
47th | 1960-1963 | |||
48th | 1963-1967 | |||
49th | 1967-1970 | |||
50th | 1970-1974 | Maurice DeLorey | Liberal | |
51st | 1974-1978 | |||
52nd | 1978-1981 | Mel Pickings | Progressive Conservative | |
53rd | 1981-1984 | |||
54th | 1984-1988 | |||
55th | 1988-1993 | Marie Dechman | Progressive Conservative | |
56th | 1993-1998 | Don Downe | Liberal | |
57th | 1998-1999 | |||
58th | 1999-2003 | |||
59th | 2003-2006 | Carolyn Bolivar-Getson | Progressive Conservative | |
60th | 2006-2009 | |||
61st | 2009–2013 | Gary Ramey | New Democratic | |
62nd | 2013–2017 | Mark Furey | Liberal | |
63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
64th | 2021–present | Becky Druhan | Progressive Conservative |
1956 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Harley J. Spence | 2,567 | 50.66% | – | ||||
Liberal | Frederick E. L. Fowke | 2,500 | 49.34% | – | ||||
Total | 5,067 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1960 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Harley J. Spence | 2,858 | 52.94% | 2.27% | ||||
Liberal | Frederick E. L. Fowke | 2,541 | 47.06% | -2.27% | ||||
Total | 5,399 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1963 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Harley J. Spence | 2,937 | 58.12% | 5.19% | ||||
Liberal | Joye F. Davison | 2,116 | 41.88% | -5.19% | ||||
Total | 5,053 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1967 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Harley J. Spence | 2,564 | 50.00% | -8.12% | ||||
Liberal | Carroll Young | 2,396 | 46.72% | 4.85% | ||||
New Democratic | Wilson Touchie | 168 | 3.28% | – | ||||
Total | 5,128 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1970 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Maurice DeLory | 3,086 | 53.18% | 6.46% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | R. Clifford Levy | 2,717 | 46.82% | -3.18% | ||||
Total | 5,803 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1974 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Maurice DeLory | 3,635 | 54.92% | 1.74% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Edward Aston | 2,643 | 39.93% | -6.89% | ||||
New Democratic | William Roger Griswold | 341 | 5.15% | – | ||||
Total | 6,619 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1978 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Mel Pickings | 3,907 | 51.15% | 11.21% | ||||
Liberal | Maurice DeLory | 2,791 | 36.54% | -18.38% | ||||
New Democratic | G. M. Dean | 941 | 12.32% | 7.17% | ||||
Total | 7,639 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1981 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Mel Pickings | 3,875 | 53.66% | 2.52% | ||||
Liberal | Pauline Himmelman | 2,319 | 32.11% | -4.42% | ||||
New Democratic | Carl E. Sampson | 1,027 | 14.22% | 1.90% | ||||
Total | 7,221 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1984 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Mel Pickings | 3,435 | 51.25% | -2.42% | ||||
Liberal | Caroll W. Young | 2,162 | 32.25% | 0.14% | ||||
New Democratic | Martha Laurence | 1,106 | 16.50% | 2.28% | ||||
Total | 6,703 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1988 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Marie Dechman | 3,511 | 42.34% | -8.91% | ||||
Liberal | Jack Logan | 3,243 | 39.11% | 6.85% | ||||
New Democratic | John Scott | 1,539 | 18.56% | 2.06% | ||||
Total | 8,293 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Don Downe | 6,276 | 60.59% | 21.49% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Marie Dechman | 2,910 | 28.09% | -14.24% | ||||
New Democratic | Karen Reinhardt | 1,172 | 11.31% | -7.24% | ||||
Total | 10,358 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1998 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Don Downe | 4,364 | 47.95% | -12.65% | ||||
New Democratic | Eric Hustvedt | 2,711 | 29.78% | 18.47% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Lou Centa | 2,027 | 22.27% | -5.82% | ||||
Total | 9,102 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Don Downe | 4,248 | 45.46% | -2.49% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Jerry Swain | 3,251 | 34.79% | 12.52% | ||||
New Democratic | Eric Hustvedt | 1,846 | 19.75% | -10.03% | ||||
Total | 9,345 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Carolyn Bolivar-Getson | 3,111 | 39.68% | 4.89% | ||||
Liberal | John MacDonald | 2,550 | 32.52% | -12.94% | ||||
New Democratic | David Ferguson | 2,180 | 27.80% | 8.05% | ||||
Total | 7,841 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Carolyn Bolivar-Getson | 3,637 | 43.21% | 3.53% | ||||
New Democratic | Bill Smith | 3,299 | 39.19% | 11.39% | ||||
Liberal | Martin Bell | 1,324 | 15.73% | -16.79% | ||||
Green | Brendan MacNeill | 157 | 1.87% | – | ||||
Total | 8,417 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
2009 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Gary Ramey | 3,600 | 39.60% | 0.41% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Carolyn Bolivar-Getson | 3,045 | 33.50% | -9.71% | ||||
Liberal | Mark Furey | 2,297 | 25.27% | 9.54% | ||||
Green | Emily Richardson | 148 | 1.63% | -0.24% | ||||
Total | 9,090 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Lunenburg West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Mark Furey | 3,931 | 43.10 | ||
New Democratic Party | Gary Ramey | 2,885 | 31.00 | ||
Progressive Conservative | David Mitchell | 2,143 | 23.50 |
2017 provincial election redistributed results[2] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Liberal | 3,829 | 47.09 | |
Progressive Conservative | 2,255 | 27.73 | |
New Democratic | 1,687 | 20.75 | |
Green | 360 | 4.43 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Mark Furey | 3,839 | 47.10 | +4.00 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Carole Hipwell | 2,261 | 27.74 | +4.24 | ||||
New Democratic | Lisa Norman | 1,690 | 20.73 | -10.27 | ||||
Green | Michael Sheppard | 361 | 4.43 | |||||
Total valid votes | 8,151 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 46 | 0.56 | ||||||
Turnout | 8,197 | 50.86 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 16,116 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.12 | ||||||
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3][4] |
2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Becky Druhan | 4,065 | 44.42 | +16.69 | ||||
Liberal | Jennifer Naugler | 3,197 | 34.94 | -12.15 | ||||
New Democratic | Merydie Ross | 1,709 | 18.67 | -2.08 | ||||
Green | Eric Wade | 180 | 1.97 | -2.46 | ||||
Total valid votes | 9,151 | 99.75 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 23 | 0.25 | ||||||
Turnout | 9,174 | 55.65 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 16,484 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.42 | ||||||
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5] |
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