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DeutschDartmouth South
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Dartmouth South in relation to other ridings in the Metro Halifax area | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 1967 | ||
| First contested | 1967 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016[1]) | 27,284 | ||
| Electors | 17,940 | ||
| Area (km²) | 8.00 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 3,410.5 | ||
| Census division(s) | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
Dartmouth South is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding is currently represented by Claudia Chender of the NDP. The district was created in 1966, under the name Dartmouth City South, when Halifax County Dartmouth was divided into two electoral districts. In 1967, the district was renamed Dartmouth South. In 2003, the district was renamed Dartmouth South – Portland Valley. In 2013 following the Nova Scotia Electoral Boundaries Commission review, the district returned to its earlier name of Dartmouth South and lost the area south of Russell Lake and east of Highway 111 to Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage.[2]
Geography
[edit]The electoral district of Dartmouth South is about 8 km2 (3.1 sq mi) in landmass.[3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64th | 2021–Present | Claudia Chender | New Democratic | |
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
| 62nd | 2015–2017 | Marian Mancini | New Democratic | |
| 2013–2015 | Allan Rowe | Liberal | ||
| 61st | 2009–2013 | Marilyn More | New Democratic | |
| 60th | 2006–2009 | |||
| 59th | 2003–2006 | |||
| 58th | 1999–2003 | Tim Olive | Progressive Conservative | |
| 57th | 1998–1999 | Don Chard | New Democratic | |
| 56th | 1993–1998 | John Savage | Liberal | |
| 55th | 1988–1993 | Roland J. Thornhill | Progressive Conservative | |
| 54th | 1984–1988 | |||
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | |||
| 52nd | 1978–1981 | |||
| 51st | 1974–1978 | |||
| 50th | 1970–1974 | D. Scott MacNutt | Liberal | |
| 49th | 1967–1970 | Irvin William Akerley | Progressive Conservative | |
Election results
[edit]1967
[edit]| 1967 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Irvin William Akerley | 4,552 | 50.37% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Eileen Stubbs | 3,694 | 40.88% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Bruce Wallace | 791 | 8.75% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,037 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth South" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | D. Scott MacNutt | 5,304 | 50.43% | 9.56% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Irvin William Akerley | 5,213 | 49.57% | -0.80% | ||||
| Total | 10,517 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth South" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Roland J. Thornhill | 6,491 | 48.91% | -0.65% | ||||
| Liberal | Scott MacNutt | 5,871 | 44.24% | -6.19% | ||||
| New Democratic | Norman H. Dares | 908 | 6.84% | – | ||||
| Total | 13,270 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth South" (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 | Roland J. Thornhill | 5,530 | 59.35% | 10.43% | ||||
| Liberal | Norman Crawford | 2,365 | 25.38% | -18.86% | ||||
| New Democratic | Mike Marshall | 1,423 | 15.27% | 8.43% | ||||
| Total | 9,318 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth South" (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 | Roland J. Thornhill | 4,215 | 46.81% | -12.54% | ||||
| Liberal | Will Chisholm | 2,463 | 27.35% | 1.97% | ||||
| New Democratic | John Lewis Bregante | 2,327 | 25.84% | 10.57% | ||||
| Total | 9,005 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth South" (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 | Roland J. Thornhill | 4,534 | 58.20% | 11.40% | ||||
| Liberal | Don Walker | 1,666 | 21.39% | -5.97% | ||||
| New Democratic | Fred Lutley | 1,590 | 20.41% | -5.43% | ||||
| Total | 7,790 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth South" (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 | Roland J. Thornhill | 4,449 | 47.33% | -10.87% | ||||
| Liberal | Allan Peters | 2,987 | 31.78% | 10.39% | ||||
| New Democratic | Joanne Lamey | 1,963 | 20.89% | 0.47% | ||||
| Total | 9,399 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth South" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Savage | 4,346 | 44.25% | 12.47% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Colin May | 3,091 | 31.47% | -15.86% | ||||
| New Democratic | Don Chard | 2,221 | 22.61% | 1.73% | ||||
| Natural Law | Alexander J. Gillis | 163 | 1.66% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,821 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth South" (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 | Don Chard | 3,676 | 41.12% | 18.51% | ||||
| Liberal | Bruce Hetherington | 3,164 | 35.40% | -8.86% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Allan Billard | 2,099 | 23.48% | -7.99% | ||||
| Total | 8,939 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1999
[edit]| 1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tim Olive | 3,656 | 40.67% | 17.19% | ||||
| New Democratic | Don Chard | 3,011 | 33.50% | -7.63% | ||||
| Liberal | Audrey Goodyer | 2,322 | 25.83% | -9.56% | ||||
| Total | 8,989 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2003
[edit]| 2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Marilyn More | 3,844 | 43.31% | 9.82% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tim Olive | 2,813 | 31.70% | -8.98% | ||||
| Liberal | Collin A. MacEachern | 2,218 | 24.99% | -0.84% | ||||
| Total | 8,875 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2006
[edit]| 2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Marilyn More | 4,493 | 48.05% | 4.74% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tim Olive | 3,041 | 32.52% | 0.82% | ||||
| Liberal | Brian Hiltz | 1,509 | 16.14% | -8.85% | ||||
| Green | Danny Melvin | 308 | 3.29% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,351 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2009
[edit]| 2009 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Marilyn More | 5,583 | 54.59% | 6.54% | ||||
| Liberal | Colin Hebb | 2,946 | 28.80% | 12.67% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Jordan | 1,389 | 13.58% | -18.94% | ||||
| Green | David Croft | 310 | 3.03% | -0.26% | ||||
| Total | 10,228 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2013
[edit]| 2009 provincial election redistributed results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| New Democratic Party | 4,607 | 55.57 | |
| Liberal | 2,313 | 27.90 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 1,098 | 13.24 | |
| Green | 273 | 3.29 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Allan Rowe | 4,049 | 46.24 | +18.34 | |
| New Democratic Party | Mary Vingoe | 2,918 | 33.32 | -22.24 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Gord Gamble | 1,612 | 18.41 | +5.16 | |
| Independent | Jim Murray | 178 | 2.03 | ||
| Total valid votes | 8,757 | 99.02 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 87 | 0.98 | |||
| Turnout | 8,844 | 55.48 | |||
| Electors on the lists | 15,940 | – | |||
| Liberal notional gain from New Democratic | Swing | +20.29 | |||
2015 by-election
[edit]| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, July 14, 2015 On the death of Allan Rowe | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Marian Mancini | 2,274 | 35.25 | +1.93 | ||||
| Liberal | Tim Rissesco | 2,193 | 33.99 | -12.24 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gord Gamble | 1,494 | 23.16 | +4.75 | ||||
| Independent | Charlene M. Gagnon | 490 | 7.60 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,541 | 99.66 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 22 | 0.34 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,473 | 38.21 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 17,940 | – | ||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.09 | ||||||
2017
[edit]| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Claudia Chender | 3,545 | 39.65% | +4.40 | ||||
| Liberal | Vishal Bhardwaj | 3,348 | 37.45% | +3.46 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jad Crnogorac | 1,418 | 15.86% | -7.30 | ||||
| Green | June Trenholm | 506 | 5.66% | |||||
| Atlantica | Jim Murray | 123 | 1.38% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 9,007 | 99.26 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 67 | 0.74 | ||||||
| Turnout | 9,074 | 51.56 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 17,598 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +0.47 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4][5] | ||||||||
2021
[edit]| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Claudia Chender | 4,209 | 58.13 | +18.48 | $56,622.56 | |||
| Liberal | Lesley MacKay | 1,603 | 22.14 | -15.31 | $18,386.71 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Curtis | 1,262 | 17.43 | +1.57 | $31,677.39 | |||
| Green | Skylar Martini | 167 | 2.31 | -3.35 | $200.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 7,241 | 99.64 | – | $80,768.46 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 26 | 0.36 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,267 | 52.96 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 13,721 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +16.90 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[6] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Finding a Primary Care Provider in Nova Scotia; August 2019 Report" (PDF). nshealth.ca. Nova Scotia Health Authority. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ Dartmouth South – 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 19 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.
External links
[edit]- 2006 riding profile
- 2003 riding profile
- June 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll By Poll Results