Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 2003 | ||
| First contested | 2003 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 22,348 | ||
| Electors | 13,309 | ||
| Area (km²) | 299 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 74.7 | ||
| Census division(s) | Halifax County | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
It was created in 2003 from Bedford-Fall River and Sackville-Beaver Bank. In 2013, it lost a portion of Beaver Bank to Sackville and the Portobello area to Dartmouth East.[1]
Geography
[edit]Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank covers 299 km2 (115 sq mi) of land.[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Bedford-Fall River and Sackville-Beaver Bank | ||||
| 59th | 2003–2006 | Gary Hines | Progressive Conservative | |
| 60th | 2006–2009 | Percy Paris | New Democratic | |
| 61st | 2009–2013 | |||
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | Bill Horne | Liberal | |
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
| 64th | 2021–present | Brian Wong | Progressive Conservative | |
Election results
[edit]2021
[edit]| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Wong | 3,938 | 40.38 | +3.02 | $33,476.85 | |||
| Liberal | Marni Tuttle | 3,546 | 36.36 | -0.74 | $36,707.22 | |||
| New Democratic | Christina McCarron | 1,581 | 16.21 | -2.86 | $35,608.26 | |||
| Green | Anthony Edmonds | 617 | 6.33 | -0.06 | $5,170.04 | |||
| Atlantica | Shawn Whitford | 71 | 0.73 | +0.63 | $200.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 9,753 | 99.86 | – | $98,713.68 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 14 | 0.14 | ||||||
| Turnout | 9,767 | 56.55 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 17,272 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative notional hold | Swing | +1.88 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3] | ||||||||
2017
[edit]| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | 3,453 | 37.51 | |
| Liberal | 3,429 | 37.26 | |
| New Democratic | 1,763 | 19.15 | |
| Green | 590 | 5.98 | |
| Atlantica | 9 | 0.10 | |
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Bill Horne | 3,160 | 37.94 | -5.15 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dan McNaughton | 3,095 | 37.16 | +5.45 | ||||
| New Democratic | Trevor Sanipass | 1,567 | 18.82 | -6.20 | ||||
| Green | Anthony Edmonds | 506 | 6.08 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,328 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 43 | 0.51 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,371 | 56.02 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 14,944 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -5.30 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5][6] | ||||||||
2013
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Bill Horne | 3,588 | 43.09 | +18.18 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Wong | 2,640 | 31.71 | +13.26 | |
| New Democratic Party | Percy Paris | 2,098 | 25.02 | -29.45 | |
2009
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic Party | Percy Paris | 5,007 | 54.47 | +8.08 | |
| Liberal | Bill Horne | 2,290 | 24.91 | +13.76 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Gary Hines | 1,696 | 18.45 | -21.72 | |
| Green | Damon Loomer | 199 | 2.16 | -0.12 | |
2006
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic Party | Percy Paris | 3,782 | 46.39 | +12.86 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Gary Hines | 3,275 | 40.17 | +2.26 | |
| Liberal | Thomas Deal | 909 | 11.15 | -15.28 | |
| Green | William Lang | 186 | 2.28 | – | |
2003
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Gary Hines | 3,141 | 37.91 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Percy Paris | 2,778 | 33.53 | ||
| Liberal | David Merrigan | 2,240 | 26.43 | ||
| Marijuana | Alex Neron | 91 | 1.1 | ||
| Nova Scotia Party | Heather Sawers | 86 | 1.04 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
- ^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
- ^ Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
- ^ "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.
- ^ http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist51.pdf [dead link]
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