Pictou West

Pictou West
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Vacant
District created	1949
First contested	1949
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2011)	13,922
Electors	10,886
Area (km²)	1,190
Pop. density (per km²)	11.7
Census division(s)	Pictou County
Census subdivision(s)	Pictou, Pictou, Subd. A, Pictou Subd. B

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

Its member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since 2013 has been Karla MacFarlane of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia (PC).

The riding was created prior to the 1949 election out of the two-seat Pictou riding.

Geography[edit]

The geography of Pictou West is 1,190 km² (460 sq mi) of land area.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

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

Legislature	Years		Party
64th	2021-2024	Karla MacFarlane	Progressive Conservative
63rd	2017–2021
62nd	2013–2017
61st	2009–2013	Charlie Parker	New Democratic
60th	2006-2009
59th	2003-2006
58th	1999-2003	Muriel Baillie	Progressive Conservative
57th	1998-1999	Charlie Parker	New Democratic
56th	1993-1998	Donald P. McInnes	Progressive Conservative
55th	1988-1993
54th	1984-1988
53rd	1981-1984
52nd	1978-1981
51st	1974-1978	Dan Reid	Liberal
50th	1970-1974	Harvey Veniot	Progressive Conservative
49th	1967-1970
48th	1963-1967
47th	1960-1963
46th	1956-1960
45th	1953-1956	Stewart W. Proudfoot	Liberal
44th	1949-1953	Stewart W. Proudfoot	Liberal

Election results[edit]

1949[edit]

1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stewart W. Proudfoot	2,817	55.04%	–
	Liberal–Conservative	Donald R. Gilchrist	2,301	44.96%	–
Total			5,118	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1953[edit]

1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stewart W. Proudfoot	2,628	50.09%	-4.95%
	Progressive Conservative	Harvey Veniot	2,619	49.91%	4.95%
Total			5,247	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1956[edit]

1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harvey Veniot	2,644	50.85%	0.93%
	Liberal	Stewart W. Proudfoot	2,556	49.15%	-0.93%
Total			5,200	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1960[edit]

1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harvey Veniot	2,744	52.28%	1.43%
	Liberal	W. A. Broidy	2,353	44.83%	-4.33%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	W. E. Salsman	152	2.90%	–
Total			5,249	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1963[edit]

1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harvey Veniot	2,999	59.54%	7.26%
	Liberal	Charles Ernest MacCarthy	2,038	40.46%	-4.37%
Total			5,037	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1967[edit]

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harvey Veniot	3,137	65.20%	5.67%
	Liberal	Edward Snow	1,674	34.80%	-5.67%
Total			4,811	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970[edit]

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harvey Veniot	2,729	51.00%	-14.20%
	Liberal	D. Laurence Mawhinney	2,008	37.53%	2.73%
	New Democratic	Robert Cormier	614	11.47%	–
Total			5,351	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1974[edit]

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dan Reid	2,624	43.99%	6.46%
	Progressive Conservative	Harvey Veniot	2,602	43.62%	-7.38%
	New Democratic	Charles Parker	739	12.39%	0.91%
Total			5,965	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (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[edit]

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Donald P. McInnes	2,888	42.89%	-0.73%
	Liberal	Dan Reid	2,735	40.61%	-3.38%
	New Democratic	John McDonald	1,047	15.55%	3.16%
	Independent	Lloyd H. MacLellan	64	0.95%	–
Total			6,734	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (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	Donald P. McInnes	3,473	55.65%	12.76%
	Liberal	Doris Rink	2,066	33.10%	-7.51%
	New Democratic	Jim Scanlan	702	11.25%	-4.30%
Total			6,241	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (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	Donald P. McInnes	3,844	59.78%	4.13%
	Liberal	Bob Naylor	1,932	30.05%	-3.06%
	New Democratic	Lynn Curwin-Porteous	486	7.56%	-3.69%
	Independent	Franklin R. Fiske	168	2.61%	–
Total			6,430	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (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	Donald P. McInnes	3,824	54.74%	-5.04%
	Liberal	John J. Henderson	2,278	32.61%	2.56%
	New Democratic	Geoff Moore	884	12.65%	5.10%
Total			6,986	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (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[edit]

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Donald P. McInnes	4,032	45.72%	-9.02%
	Liberal	Rob McDowell	3,347	37.95%	5.34%
	New Democratic	Sonny Campbell	1,097	12.44%	-0.21%
	Independent	Edward MacMaster	343	3.89%	–
Total			8,819	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (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[edit]

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Charlie Parker	3,306	40.26%	27.82%
	Progressive Conservative	Luke Young	3,273	39.86%	-5.86%
	Liberal	Rob McDowell	1,633	19.89%	-18.07%
Total			8,212	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999[edit]

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Muriel Baillie	3,102	37.46%	-2.39%
	New Democratic	Charlie Parker	2,955	35.69%	-4.57%
	Liberal	Paul Landry	2,109	25.47%	5.59%
	Nova Scotia Party	D. Ed Berringer	114	1.38%	–
Total			8,280	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003[edit]

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Charlie Parker	3,410	44.05%	8.36%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Veniot	2,530	32.68%	-4.78%
	Liberal	Edward MacMaster	1,639	21.17%	-4.30%
	Independent	Doug Corbett	163	2.11%	–
Total			7,742	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006[edit]

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Charlie Parker	4,173	54.89%	10.85%
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Baillie	2,584	33.99%	1.31%
	Liberal	Sandy MacKay	698	9.18%	-11.99%
	Green	Douglas Corbett	147	1.93%	–
Total			7,602	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009[edit]

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Charlie Parker	4,226	57.63%	2.74%
	Liberal	Paul Landry	1,471	20.06%	10.88%
	Progressive Conservative	Leonard William Fraser	1,466	19.99%	-14.00%
	Green	Chelsea Richardson	170	2.32%	0.38%
Total			7,333	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2013[edit]

2013 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive Conservative	Karla MacFarlane	3,026	40.10
New Democratic Party	Charlie Parker	2,588	34.29
Liberal	Glennie Langille	1,933	25.61

2017[edit]

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Karla MacFarlane	4,333	62.44	+22.34
	New Democratic	Shawn McNamara	1,302	18.76	-15.53
	Liberal	Ben MacLean	1,143	16.47	-9.14
	Green	Cecile Vigneault	161	2.32	+2.32
Total valid votes			6,939	100
Total rejected ballots			29	0.42
Turnout			6,968	62.1
Eligible voters			11,225
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+18.94
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[2]^[3]

2021[edit]

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Karla MacFarlane	4,487	63.62	+1.18	$26,401.55
	Liberal	Mary Wooldridge-Elliott	1,510	21.41	+4.94	$29,635.78
	New Democratic	Rick Parker	872	12.36	-6.40	$25,332.33
	Green	Clare Brett	124	1.76	-0.56	$200.00
	Independent	John A. Clark	60	0.85		$200.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			7,053	99.63	–	$69,087.61
Total rejected ballots			26	0.37
Turnout			7,079	62.11
Eligible voters			11,398
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-1.88
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[4]

References[edit]

^ "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.
^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

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[1] "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[2] "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

[3] "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

[4] "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

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