Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
Federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Dartmouth—Cole Harbour (formerly Dartmouth and Dartmouth—Halifax East) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 1966 | ||
| First contested | 1968 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 96,165 | ||
| Electors (2025)[2] | 83,157 | ||
| Area (km²)[3] | 89.99 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1,068.6 | ||
| Census division | Halifax | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Halifax (part), Cole Harbour | ||
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Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census, 2023 representation order[4]
Languages: 90.5% English, 3.8% French, 1.0% Punjabi
Race: 82.4% White, 4.3% Indigenous, 5.5% Black, 3.0% South Asian, 1.2% Filipino
Religions: 55.8% Christian (25.5% Catholic, 8.8% Anglican, 6.9% United Church, 4.2% Baptist, 10.4% other), 1.2% Muslim, 1.1% Sikh, 39.7% none
Median income: $42,400 (2020)
Average income: $50,560 (2020)
Geography
The district includes the urban communities of Dartmouth and Cole Harbour in Halifax. The area is 89.99 km2 (34.75 sq mi).[5]
Political geography
The Liberals and the NDP were the two main parties in 2008. The NDP saw much of its support in West Dartmouth, around Topsail Lake, the northern part of Cole Harbour, and the communities of Imperoyal and Woodside as well as the Cole Harbour 30 Indian Reserve. The Conservatives won two polls, both in Cole Harbour. The Liberals dominated in Central, Eastern and Northern Dartmouth and in southern Cole Harbour.
History
The riding of Dartmouth—Halifax East was created in 1966 when the former dual-member Halifax riding was split into two. The district consisted of the Dartmouth area, Bedford and most of eastern Halifax County. Bedford was moved to the riding of Halifax West in a 1976 redistribution. In 1987, the Dartmouth riding was created, taking in nearly all of the former territory of Dartmouth—Halifax East.
The electoral district of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour in 2004 was created from 86.8% of the population of the new riding came from Dartmouth, and 13.2% from Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore.
The 2012 federal electoral redistribution concluded that this riding will remain largely the same for the 42nd Canadian federal election. It lost a small fraction to the new riding of Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook and gained a small portion (2%) from what was Sackville—Eastern Shore.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained the Eastern Passage area from Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, and lost all of the area north of Highways 111 and 118 plus the Lake Charles area to Sackville—Bedford—Preston.
Member of Parliament
These ridings have elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dartmouth—Halifax East Riding created from Halifax |
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| 28th | 1968–1972 | Michael Forrestall | Progressive Conservative | |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | |||
| 30th | 1974–1979 | |||
| 31st | 1979–1980 | |||
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | |||
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | |||
| Dartmouth | ||||
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Ron MacDonald | Liberal | |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | |||
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Wendy Lill | New Democratic | |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | |||
| Dartmouth—Cole Harbour | ||||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Michael Savage | Liberal | |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2011 | |||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Robert Chisholm | New Democratic | |
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Darren Fisher | Liberal | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 45th | 2025–present | |||
Election results
Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
2025
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Darren Fisher | 40,367 | 67.69 | +16.19 | ||||
| Conservative | Isabelle Obeid | 13,557 | 22.73 | +19.86 | ||||
| New Democratic | Keith Morrison | 4,201 | 7.04 | -25.93 | ||||
| People's | Michelle Lindsay | 750 | 1.26 | -8.49 | ||||
| Green | Rana Zaman | 628 | 1.05 | -1.86 | ||||
| Libertarian | Joseph Shea | 131 | 0.22 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 59,634 | 99.49 | +1.2 | 129,625.65 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 305 | 0.51 | -1.2 | |||||
| Turnout | 59,939 | 71.50 | +10.3 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 83,825 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.84 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 25,823 | 51.50 | |
| New Democratic | 16,529 | 32.97 | |
| People's | 4,887 | 9.75 | |
| Green | 1,457 | 2.91 | |
| Conservative | 1,441 | 2.87 | |
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Darren Fisher | 24,209 | 53.06 | +7.71 | $57,490.92 | |||
| New Democratic | Kevin Payne | 15,267 | 33.46 | +6.48 | $22,178.20 | |||
| People's | Michelle Lindsay | 4,781 | 10.48 | +8.82 | $17,988.11 | |||
| Green | Rana Zaman | 1,371 | 3.00 | -6.86 | $2,272.30 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,628 | 98.29 | $109,028.39 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 796 | 1.71 | +0.97 | |||||
| Turnout | 46,424 | 61.17 | -8.48 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 75,898 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.62 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9][10][11] | ||||||||
Note that the Conservatives did not run a candidate in Dartmouth—Cole Harbour in the 2021 election, as their nominee withdrew shortly before the registration deadline.
2019
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Darren Fisher | 24,259 | 45.34 | -11.89 | $67,276.38 | |||
| New Democratic | Emma Norton | 14,435 | 26.98 | +2.57 | $39,533.04 | |||
| Conservative | Jason Cole | 8,638 | 16.15 | +2.12 | $41,695.00 | |||
| Green | Lil MacPherson | 5,280 | 9.87 | +6.47 | none listed | |||
| People's | Michelle Lindsay | 887 | 1.66 | $2,485.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,499 | 99.25 | – | $104,062.96 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 404 | 0.75 | ||||||
| Turnout | 53,903 | 69.65 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 77,390 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -7.26 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[12] | ||||||||
2015
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Darren Fisher | 30,407 | 58.17 | +23.45 | $64,958.30 | |||
| New Democratic | Robert Chisholm | 12,757 | 24.41 | –12.02 | $137,358.97 | |||
| Conservative | Jason Cole | 7,331 | 14.03 | –11.00 | $52,263.31 | |||
| Green | Brynn Nheiley | 1,775 | 3.40 | –0.43 | $723.31 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 52,270 | 99.62 | $205,945.13 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 201 | 0.38 | ||||||
| Turnout | 52,471 | 71.81 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 73,066 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +17.73 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[13][14] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[15] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| New Democratic | 16,026 | 36.42 | |
| Liberal | 15,278 | 34.72 | |
| Conservative | 11,011 | 25.03 | |
| Green | 1,684 | 3.83 | |
2011
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Robert Chisholm | 15,678 | 36.27 | +4.73 | $51,111.67 | |||
| Liberal | Mike Savage | 15,181 | 35.12 | -4.37 | $70,147.67 | |||
| Conservative | Wanda Webber | 10,702 | 24.76 | +2.30 | $51,126.57 | |||
| Green | Paul Shreenan | 1,662 | 3.85 | -2.11 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 43,223 | 99.41 | $83,954.73 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 255 | 0.59 | -0.01 | |||||
| Turnout | 43,478 | 61.45 | +2.72 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 70,756 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.55 | ||||||
2008
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mike Savage | 16,016 | 39.49 | -2.83 | $63,901.48 | |||
| New Democratic | Brad Pye | 12,793 | 31.55 | -0.95 | $56,900.80 | |||
| Conservative | Wanda Webber | 9,109 | 22.46 | -0.36 | $64,746.58 | |||
| Green | Paul Shreenan | 2,417 | 5.96 | +3.69 | $444.09 | |||
| Christian Heritage | George Campbell | 219 | 0.54 | – | $351.78 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 40,554 | 100.0 | $80,942 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 245 | 0.60 | +0.23 | |||||
| Turnout | 40,799 | 58.73 | -3.71 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 69,469 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -0.94 | ||||||
2006
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mike Savage | 19,027 | 42.32 | +0.25 | $67,910.96 | |||
| New Democratic | Peter Mancini | 14,612 | 32.50 | ±0 | $60,717.57 | |||
| Conservative | Robert A. Campbell | 10,259 | 22.82 | +1.72 | $41,775.58 | |||
| Green | Elizabeth Perry | 1,005 | 2.24 | -0.92 | $582.70 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Charles Spurr | 56 | 0.12 | -0.05 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 44,959 | 100.0 | $76,265 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 166 | 0.37 | -0.07 | |||||
| Turnout | 45,125 | 62.44 | +0.51 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 72,264 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.12 | ||||||
2004
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mike Savage | 17,425 | 42.07 | +8.18 | $62,046.28 | |||
| New Democratic | Susan MacAlpine-Gillis | 13,463 | 32.50 | -2.82 | $59,335.19 | |||
| Conservative | Michael L. MacDonald | 8,739 | 21.10 | -9.34 | $54,707.19 | |||
| Green | Michael Marshall | 1,311 | 3.16 | – | $200.00 | |||
| Progressive Canadian | Tracy Parsons | 415 | 1.00 | – | $1,140.15 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Charles Spurr | 70 | 0.17 | – | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,423 | 100.0 | $73,009 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 181 | 0.44 | ||||||
| Turnout | 41,604 | 61.93 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 67,176 | |||||||
| Liberal notional gain from New Democratic | Swing | +5.50 | ||||||
| Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals. | ||||||||
| 2000 federal election redistributed results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| New Democratic | 13,805 | 35.32 | |
| Liberal | 13,246 | 33.89 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 8,413 | 21.52 | |
| Alliance | 3,488 | 8.92 | |
| Others | 135 | 0.35 | |
Dartmouth
2000
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Wendy Lill | 13,585 | 36.28 | +3.71 | ||||
| Liberal | Bernie Boudreau | 12,408 | 33.14 | +5.93 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tom McInnis | 8,085 | 21.59 | -5.32 | ||||
| Alliance | Jordi Morgan | 3,282 | 8.76 | -2.99 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Charles Spurr | 86 | 0.23 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,446 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Change for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party. | ||||||||
1997
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Wendy Lill | 12,326 | 32.57 | +25.48 | ||||
| Liberal | Mike Savage | 10,298 | 27.21 | -23.60 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rob McCleave | 10,183 | 26.91 | +3.33 | ||||
| Reform | John Cody | 4,446 | 11.75 | -3.87 | ||||
| Independent | Cliff Williams | 438 | 1.16 | -0.63 | ||||
| Natural Law | Claude Viau | 156 | 0.41 | -0.71 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 37,847 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Change for Independent candidate Cliff Williams is shown based on his results as a National Party candidate in 1993. | ||||||||
1993
| 1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Ron MacDonald | 23,368 | 50.81 | +4.62 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Judith Gass | 10,843 | 23.58 | -18.20 | ||||
| Reform | Orest Ulan | 7,182 | 15.62 | |||||
| New Democratic | Marty Zelenietz | 3,261 | 7.09 | -3.77 | ||||
| National | Cliff Williams | 823 | 1.79 | |||||
| Natural Law | Claude Viau | 515 | 1.12 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 45,992 | 100.00 | ||||||
1988
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Ron MacDonald | 21,958 | 46.19 | +20.09 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Forrestall | 19,863 | 41.78 | -13.17 | ||||
| New Democratic | Marty Zelenietz | 5,162 | 10.86 | -8.09 | ||||
| Libertarian | Stanley Hodder | 447 | 0.94 | |||||
| Independent | Charles Spurr | 109 | 0.23 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 47,539 | 100.00 | ||||||
Dartmouth—Halifax East
1984
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Forrestall | 27,549 | 54.95 | +13.10 | ||||
| Liberal | Rae Austin | 13,084 | 26.10 | -11.63 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ken Hale | 9,503 | 18.95 | -1.46 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 50,136 | 100.00 | ||||||
1980
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Forrestall | 17,968 | 41.85 | -6.87 | ||||
| Liberal | Rae Austin | 16,200 | 37.73 | +2.62 | ||||
| New Democratic | Nelson Reed | 8,764 | 20.41 | +4.24 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 42,932 | 100.00 | ||||||
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1979
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Forrestall | 21,441 | 48.72 | -2.74 | ||||
| Liberal | John Savage | 15,453 | 35.11 | -5.53 | ||||
| New Democratic | Frederick Turley | 7,116 | 16.17 | +9.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 44,010 | 100.00 | ||||||
1974
| 1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Forrestall | 22,090 | 51.46 | -6.02 | ||||
| Liberal | Arnold Patterson | 17,444 | 40.64 | +8.93 | ||||
| New Democratic | Alfred Nieforth | 3,076 | 7.17 | -3.03 | ||||
| Social Credit | Anthony Morbee | 181 | 0.42 | -0.19 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Mike Malloch | 135 | 0.31 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 42,926 | 100.00 | ||||||
1972
| 1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Forrestall | 24,553 | 57.48 | +2.31 | ||||
| Liberal | John Savage | 13,543 | 31.71 | -8.71 | ||||
| New Democratic | Norman Dares | 4,358 | 10.20 | +5.80 | ||||
| Social Credit | Brian Pitcairn | 261 | 0.61 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 42,715 | 100.00 | ||||||
1968
| 1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Forrestall | 19,694 | 55.17 | |||||
| Liberal | Arnie Patterson | 14, 429 | 40.42 | |||||
| New Democratic | Edward Newell | 1,572 | 4.40 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 35,695 | 100.00 | ||||||