Annapolis East

Annapolis East
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
District created	1956
District abolished	1993
Last contested	1988

District created1956

District abolished1993

Last contested1988

Annapolis East was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and existed from 1956 to 1993. It was created by a division of the former district of Annapolis County into Annapolis East and Annapolis West. Annapolis East included the towns of Bridgetown and Middleton.^[1] On the recommendations of the 1992 Electoral Boundaries Commission, the district was abolished and merged into Digby-Annapolis.^[1]

Annapolis East
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
District created from Annapolis County (1867–1956)
46th	1956–1960		Henry Davies Hicks	Liberal
47th	1960–1963		Hanson Dowell	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963–1967		John Inglis Marshall
49th	1967–1970		John Inglis Marshall
50th	1970–1974		Gerald Earle Sheehy
51st	1974–1978
52nd	1978–1981
53rd	1981–1984
54th	1984–1988
55th	1988–1993		Earle Albert Rayfuse	Liberal
District dissolved into Digby-Annapolis (1993–2013)

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Earle Rafuse	3,519	48.93%	18.77%
	Progressive Conservative	Graham Smith	3,188	44.33%	-11.69%
	New Democratic	Margaret Wolfe	485	6.74%	-7.08%
Total			7,192	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Annapolis East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2018.

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Sheehy	3,736	56.02%	-0.38%
	Liberal	Nita M. Irvine	2,011	30.15%	-0.42%
	New Democratic	Joan M. Boutilier	922	13.83%	0.81%
Total			6,669	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Annapolis East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2017.

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Sheehy	3,700	56.40%	-0.48%
	Liberal	Hugh Laurence	2,006	30.58%	-5.79%
	New Democratic	Joan M. Boutilier	854	13.02%	6.27%
Total			6,560	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Annapolis East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirtieth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2017.

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Sheehy	3,863	56.88%	4.12%
	Liberal	Carl L. Bruce	2,470	36.37%	-7.11%
	New Democratic	Roger A. Boutilier	458	6.74%	2.99%
Total			6,791	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Annapolis East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018.

Election results