Cole Harbour-Dartmouth
Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Cole Harbour-Dartmouth is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 2019 | ||
| First contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Area (km²) | 14 | ||
| Census division | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
| Census subdivision | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
This riding was created in 2019, following the recommendations of the 2018 Electoral Boundaries Commission.[1] This riding was first contested in the 2021 election.
Geography
The land area of Cole Harbour-Dartmouth is 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi).[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following MLAs:
| Cole Harbour-Dartmouth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage, Cole Harbour-Portland Valley and Dartmouth South | ||||
| 64th | 2021–2024 | Lorelei Nicoll | Liberal | |
| 65th | 2024–present | Brad McGowan | Progressive Conservative | |
Election results
2024
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brad McGowan | 4,243 | 51.64 | +21.90 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kayley Dixon | 2,079 | 25.30 | +9.48 | ||||
| Liberal | Vishal Bhardwaj | 1,894 | 23.05 | -29.19 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,216 | 99.46 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 45 | 0.54 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,261 | 49.45 | -11.58 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 16,707 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +25.54 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3] | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Lorelei Nicoll | 5,144 | 52.24 | +11.16 | $34,630.97 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Karina Sanford | 2,929 | 29.75 | -1.43 | $29,376.03 | |||
| New Democratic | Melody Pentland | 1,558 | 15.82 | -7.97 | $28,869.80 | |||
| Green | Rana Zaman | 215 | 2.18 | -1.37 | $3,686.54 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 9,846 | 99.62 | – | $92,404.43 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 38 | 0.38 | ||||||
| Turnout | 9,884 | 61.03 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 16,196 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | +6.30 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4][5] | ||||||||
2017 redistributed results
| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 2,743 | 41.08 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 2,082 | 31.18 | |
| New Democratic | 1,589 | 23.80 | |
| Green | 237 | 3.55 | |
| Atlantica | 26 | 0.39 | |
