Dartmouth East
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 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 1978 | ||
| First contested | 1978 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016[1]) | 23,264 | ||
| Electors | 13,788 | ||
| Area (km²) | 21.00 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1,107.8 | ||
| Census division | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
Dartmouth East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding is located in the community of Dartmouth, in the urban area of Halifax.
In 1978, the district was created to provide for an increase in representation of six members and in 2003, it lost a northern area to Waverley-Fall River and gained an area in Woodlawn. In 2013, following the recommendations of the Electoral Boundaries Commission report, it gained the Montebello area from Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank and lost the area east of Bell Lake to Cole Harbour-Portland Valley and lost the area north of Main Street and east of Caledonia Road until Geovex Court to Preston-Dartmouth.[2]
This riding is approximately 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) in landmass.[3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Dartmouth East | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Dartmouth North and Dartmouth South | ||||
| 52nd | 1978–1981 | Richard L. Weldon | Progressive Conservative | |
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | |||
| 54th | 1984–1988 | Jim Smith | Liberal | |
| 55th | 1988–1993 | |||
| 56th | 1993–1998 | |||
| 57th | 1998–1999 | |||
| 58th | 1999–2003 | |||
| 59th | 2003–2006 | Joan Massey | New Democratic | |
| 60th | 2006–2009 | |||
| 61st | 2009–2013 | Andrew Younger | Liberal | |
| 62nd | 2013–2015 | |||
| 2015–2017 | Independent | |||
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | Tim Halman | Progressive Conservative | |
| 64th | 2021–2024 | |||
| 65th | 2024–present | |||
Election results
2024
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Tim Halman | 3,167 | 44.17 | +5.18 | $34,460.73 | |||
| New Democratic | Holly Fraughton | 2,235 | 31.17 | +7.56 | $30,764.13 | |||
| Liberal | Stacy Chesnutt | 1,768 | 24.66 | -10.02 | $45,556.13 | |||
| Total valid votes | 7,170 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 42 | |||||||
| Turnout | 7,212 | 49.5% | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 14,577 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4] | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Tim Halman | 3,260 | 38.99 | -2.16 | $37,157.69 | |||
| Liberal | D'Arcy Poultney | 2,900 | 34.68 | -4.10 | $38,011.92 | |||
| New Democratic | Tyler J. Colbourne | 1,974 | 23.61 | +11.62 | $27,154.74 | |||
| Green | Sara Adams | 187 | 2.24 | -5.84 | $500.82 | |||
| Atlantica | Chris Bowie | 41 | 0.49 | $200.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 8,362 | 99.67 | – | $85,132.57 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 28 | 0.33 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,390 | 57.44 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 14,607 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +0.97 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5][6] | ||||||||
2017
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tim Halman | 3,309 | 41.15 | +27.52 | ||||
| Liberal | Edgar Burns | 3,118 | 38.78 | -25.07 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bill McEwen | 964 | 11.99 | -10.53 | ||||
| Green | Matthew Richey | 650 | 8.08 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,041 | 99.36 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 52 | 0.64 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,093 | 54.84 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 14,758 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +26.30 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[7][8] | ||||||||
2013
| 2013 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Andrew Younger | 5,469 | 63.85% | 18.43% | ||||
| New Democratic | Deborah M. Stover | 1,929 | 22.52% | -20.43% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike E. MacDonell | 1,167 | 13.63% | 4.03% | ||||
| Total | 8,565 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Dartmouth East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2013). 39th Provincial General Election, October 8, 2013: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2026. | ||||||||
2009
| 2009 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Andrew Younger | 4,133 | 45.43% | 24.58% | ||||
| New Democratic | Joan Massey | 3,908 | 42.95% | -0.31% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Thompson | 873 | 9.60% | -23.70% | ||||
| Green | Anna Mukpo | 184 | 2.02% | -0.57% | ||||
| Total | 9,098 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Dartmouth East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2006
| 2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Joan Massey | 3,822 | 43.26% | 6.61% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Cormier | 2,942 | 33.30% | -1.51% | ||||
| Liberal | Tracey Devereaux | 1,842 | 20.85% | -5.15% | ||||
| Green | Elizabeth Perry | 229 | 2.59% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,835 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Dartmouth East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2003
| 2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Joan Massey | 3,272 | 36.65% | 8.10% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Terry Degen | 3,107 | 34.80% | 0.75% | ||||
| Liberal | Debra Barlow | 2,321 | 26.00% | -11.39% | ||||
| Marijuana | Hugô St-Onge | 101 | 1.13% | – | ||||
| Nova Scotia Party | Scott Anderson | 98 | 1.10% | – | ||||
| Independent | Sebastien Theriault | 28 | 0.31% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,927 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Dartmouth East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1999
| 1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jim Smith | 2,975 | 37.39% | -3.53% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Terry Degen | 2,710 | 34.06% | 11.31% | ||||
| New Democratic | Heather Henderson | 2,272 | 28.55% | -7.79% | ||||
| Total | 7,957 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Dartmouth East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Fifth General Election (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. | ||||||||
1998
| 1998 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jim Smith | 3,326 | 40.92% | -14.62% | ||||
| New Democratic | Viola Huntington | 2,954 | 36.34% | 19.34% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ralph Hawley | 1,849 | 22.75% | -4.72% | ||||
| Total | 8,129 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Dartmouth East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1993
| 1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jim Smith | 4,912 | 55.53% | 12.56% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gwen Haliburton | 2,429 | 27.46% | -13.42% | ||||
| New Democratic | Owen Hertzman | 1,504 | 17.00% | 0.87% | ||||
| Total | 8,845 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Dartmouth East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018. | ||||||||
1988
| 1988 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jim Smith | 5,193 | 42.98% | -0.72% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Greenough | 4,940 | 40.88% | 7.04% | ||||
| New Democratic | Maureen Vine | 1,950 | 16.14% | -6.32% | ||||
| Total | 12,083 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Dartmouth 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
| 1984 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jim Smith | 4,004 | 43.70% | 10.20% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard L. Weldon | 3,101 | 33.84% | -8.67% | ||||
| New Democratic | Gerald Legere | 2,058 | 22.46% | -1.53% | ||||
| Total | 9,163 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Dartmouth 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
| 1981 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard L. Weldon | 4,253 | 42.51% | -10.50% | ||||
| Liberal | Jim Smith | 3,351 | 33.50% | -2.78% | ||||
| New Democratic | Gerald Legere | 2,400 | 23.99% | 13.28% | ||||
| Total | 10,004 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Dartmouth 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
| 1978 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard L. Weldon | 5,098 | 53.02% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Barbara Hart | 3,488 | 36.27% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Gabriel DesRochers | 1,030 | 10.71% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,616 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Dartmouth 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. | ||||||||