Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville
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 Nova Scotia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly |
| District created | 2003 |
| District abolished | 2013 |
| Last contested | 2009 |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2011) | 25,576 |
| Electors | 17,937 |
| Census division | Halifax Regional Municipality |
Hammonds Plains—Upper Sackville is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, which existed from 2003 to 2013. It elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the electoral district included those communities comprising the western suburbs of the Halifax Regional Municipality, namely Hammonds Plains, Yankeetown, Pockwock, Upper Sackville and Lucasville.
The electoral district was created in 2003, drawing parts of the electoral districts of Sackville-Beaver Bank (now defunct) and Timberlea-Prospect. The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral district of Hammonds Plains-Lucasville.[1]
The electoral district was represented by the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| District created from Sackville-Beaver Bank (1993–2003) and Timberlea-Prospect (1993–Present) | ||||
| 59th | 2003–2006 | Barry Barnet | Progressive Conservative | |
| 60th | 2006–2009 | |||
| 61st | 2009–2013 | Mat Whynott | New Democratic | |
| District dissolved into Hammonds Plains-Lucasville (2013–Present) | ||||
