Cole Harbour (electoral district)

Cole Harbour
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Tony Ince; Liberal
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District created	1978
First contested	1978
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2011)	19,934
Electors	15,720
Area (km²)	14
Pop. density (per km²)	1,423.9
Census division(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality
Census subdivision(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality

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

In 1978, Halifax Cobequid was divided into four separate ridings, one of which was named Cole Harbour. Upon the recommendations of the 1992 Electoral Boundaries Report, the riding was split into Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage and Dartmouth-Cole Harbour. The district of Cole Harbour was re-created in the 2003 redistribution and was composed of 78 percent of Dartmouth-Cole Harbour and 29 percent of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage. In 2012, following the Electoral Boundaries Commission review, this district was renamed Cole Harbour-Portland Valley and it lost a portion of the Westphal area to Preston-Dartmouth and gained the area east of Bell Lake from Dartmouth East and the Portland Hills area from Dartmouth South-Portland Valley.^[1] Following the 2019 electoral boundary review, the riding reverted back to its former name of Cole Harbour, while losing territory to the new riding of Cole Harbour-Dartmouth, exchanging some territory with Preston-Dartmouth (re-named Preston) and gaining territory from Eastern Shore and Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage.

Geography[edit]

The land area of Cole Harbour is 14 km² (5.4 sq mi).^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

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

Legislature	Years		Party
64th	2021–Present	Tony Ince	Liberal
63rd	2017–2021
62nd	2013–2017
61st	2009–2013	Darrell Dexter	New Democratic
60th	2006-2009
59th	2003-2006
Riding re-created from Dartmouth-Cole Harbour and Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
Riding dissolved into Dartmouth-Cole Harbour and Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
55th	1988-1993	David Nantes	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984-1988
53rd	1981-1984
52nd	1978-1981

Election results[edit]

1978[edit]

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David Nantes	4,278	54.73%	–
	Liberal	Peter Sawler	2,782	35.59%	–
	New Democratic	Daniel LaFitte	757	9.68%	–
Total			7,817	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (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[edit]

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David Nantes	4,605	51.20%	-3.53%
	Liberal	Rae Austin	2,229	24.78%	-10.81%
	New Democratic	Steve MacDonald	2,160	24.02%	14.33%
Total			8,994	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (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[edit]

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David Nantes	5,283	61.49%	10.29%
	New Democratic	Les MacDougall	1,695	19.73%	-4.29%
	Liberal	Dennis F. Cuvelier	1,614	18.78%	-6.00%
Total			8,592	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (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[edit]

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David Nantes	6,280	47.58%	-13.91%
	Liberal	Alan Mitchell	4,892	37.06%	18.28%
	New Democratic	Flora Christie	2,027	15.36%	-4.37%
Total			13,199	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (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.

2003[edit]

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Darrell Dexter	4,977	55.37%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Thomas	2,387	26.55%	–
	Liberal	Peter Foy	1,523	16.94%	–
	Nova Scotia Party	Jessica Gould	102	1.13%	–
Total			8,989	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006[edit]

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Darrell Dexter	5,327	61.46%	6.09%
	Progressive Conservative	Sheila McKeand	1,788	20.63%	-5.93%
	Liberal	Stephen Beehan	1,347	15.54%	-1.40%
	Green	Michael McFadden	206	2.38%	–
Total			8,668	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009[edit]

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Darrell Dexter	5,849	68.82%	7.36%
	Liberal	Tony Ince	1,509	17.76%	2.22%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Josey	939	11.05%	-9.58%
	Green	Donna Toews	202	2.38%	0.00%
Total			8,499	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cole Harbour" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2013[edit]

2013 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Tony Ince	4,002	41.03	N/A
New Democratic Party	Darrell Dexter	3,981	40.82	N/A
Progressive Conservative	Greg Frampton	1,769	18.14	N/A

2017[edit]

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election: Cole Harbour-Portland Valley
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tony Ince	3,583	36.85	-4.18
	Progressive Conservative	Chris Mont	3,203	32.94	+14.80
	New Democratic	Andre Cain	2,552	26.25	-14.57
	Green	Melanie Mulrooney	385	3.96
Total valid votes			9,723	100.0
Total rejected ballots			41	0.42
Turnout			9,764	54.30
Eligible voters			17,982
	Liberal hold		Swing		-18.98
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[3]^[4]

2017 provincial election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	1,984	34.75
	Progressive Conservative	1,863	32.63
	New Democratic	1,617	28.32
	Green	243	4.26
	Independent	3	0.05

2021[edit]

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tony Ince	2,118	39.75	+2.90	$25,071.93
	Progressive Conservative	Darryl Johnson	1,704	31.98	-0.96	$25,039.43
	New Democratic	Jerome Lagmay	1,431	26.86	+0.61	$20,436.91
	Atlantica	Chris Kinnie	75	1.41		$200.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			5,328	99.46	-0.12	$62,536.79
Total rejected ballots			29	0.54	+0.12
Turnout			5,357	53.30	-1.00
Eligible voters			10,051
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.93
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[6]^[7]

References[edit]

^ Cole Harbour-Portland Valley - Constituency History Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine Nova Scotia Legislature
^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ "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.
^ Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
^ "41st Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

External links[edit]

[1] Cole Harbour-Portland Valley - Constituency History Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine Nova Scotia Legislature

[2] "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 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.

[5] Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries

[6] "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

[7] "41st Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

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