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

Pictou Centre

Nova Scotia electoral district

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

MLA

Pat Dunn
Progressive Conservative

District created

1949

First contested

1949

Last contested

2021

Demographics

Population (2011)

16,100

Electors

12,860

Area (km²)

Pop. density (per km²)

619.2

Census division(s)

Pictou County

Census subdivision(s)

New Glasgow, Stellarton, Trenton

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years		Party
64th	2021–present	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
51st	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	Alfred B. DeWolfe	Liberal

Election results

1949 general election

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.

1953 general election

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.

1956 general election

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.

1960 general election

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.

1963 general election

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.

1967 general election

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.

1970 general election

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.

1974 general election

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.

1978 general election

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.

1981 general election

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.

1984 general election

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.

1988 general election

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.

1993 general election

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.

1998 general election

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%
Total			8,927	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999 general election

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.

2003 general election

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.

2006 general election

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.

2009 general election

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.

2013 general election

2013 Nova Scotia general election
	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

2017 general election

v t e 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[1][2]

2021 general election

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Dunn	4,092	55.77	+3.34
	Liberal	Jim McKenna	2,269	30.93	+2.76
	New Democratic	Vernon Theriault	862	11.75	-7.65
	Green	Laura Moore	114	1.55
Total valid votes			7,337	99.54
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[3]

References

"Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
"May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
"Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 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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to 2003:	Bedford-Fall River Cape Breton East Cape Breton The Lakes Dartmouth South Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Guysborough–Port Hawkesbury Halifax Bedford Basin Sackville-Beaver Bank Victoria
to 1993:	Annapolis East Annapolis West Colchester South Cumberland Centre Cumberland East Cumberland West Digby Guysborough Halifax Cornwallis Halifax Eastern Shore Halifax St. Margarets Inverness North Inverness South Lunenburg Centre Lunenburg East Sackville
to 1978:	Colchester Halifax Cobequid
to 1967:	Halifax Centre Halifax County Dartmouth Halifax East Halifax North Halifax Northwest Halifax South Halifax West
to 1956:	Kings
to 1949:	Cumberland Hants Pictou
to 1933:	Halifax Richmond and Cape Breton West
to 1925:	Cape Breton

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