Hants 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 | 1949 | ||
| First contested | 1949 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 23,266 | ||
| Electors | 17,303 | ||
| Area (km²) | 1,653 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 14.1 | ||
| Census division | Hants County | ||
Hants East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2021 has been John A. MacDonald of the Progressive Conservative Party.
The district has existed since 1949. Earlier, it and Hants West were together in Hants.[1]
The land area of Hants East is 1,653 km2 (638 sq mi).[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Hants East | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Hants | ||||
| 44th | 1949–1953 | Ernest Ettinger | Progressive Conservative | |
| 45th | 1953–1956 | Alfred E. Reid | Liberal | |
| 46th | 1956–1960 | Ernest Ettinger | Progressive Conservative | |
| 47th | 1960–1962 | |||
| 1962–1963 | Albert Ettinger | |||
| 48th | 1963–1967 | |||
| 49th | 1967–1970 | |||
| 50th | 1970–1974 | Jack Hawkins | Liberal | |
| 51st | 1974–1978 | |||
| 52nd | 1978–1981 | G. Patrick Hunt | Progressive Conservative | |
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | Jack Hawkins | Liberal | |
| 54th | 1984–1988 | Cora Etter | Progressive Conservative | |
| 55th | 1988–1993 | Jack Hawkins | Liberal | |
| 56th | 1993–1998 | Bob Carruthers | ||
| 57th | 1998–1999 | John MacDonell | New Democratic | |
| 58th | 1999–2003 | |||
| 59th | 2003–2006 | |||
| 60th | 2006–2009 | |||
| 61st | 2009–2013 | |||
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | Margaret Miller | Liberal | |
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
| 64th | 2021–2024 | John A. MacDonald | Progressive Conservative | |
| 65th | 2024–present | |||
Election results
2024
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John A. MacDonald | 4,614 | 62.69 | +25.33 | ||||
| New Democratic | Abby Cameron | 1,696 | 23.04 | -1.01 | ||||
| Liberal | Shannon MacWilliam | 1,050 | 14.27 | -22.09 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,360 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 40 | |||||||
| Turnout | 7,403 | 38.66 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 19,148 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3] | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | John A. MacDonald | 3,328 | 37.36 | +2.92 | $28,841.01 | |||
| Liberal | Michael Blois | 3,239 | 36.36 | -7.52 | $39,363.22 | |||
| New Democratic | Abby Cameron | 2,142 | 24.05 | +7.18 | $33,859.54 | |||
| Green | Simon Greenough | 199 | 2.23 | -2.58 | $506.76 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 8,908 | 99.64 | – | $99,761.07 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 32 | 0.36 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,940 | 51.19 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 17,464 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.22 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4][5] | ||||||||
2017
| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 3,500 | 43.88 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 2,747 | 34.44 | |
| New Democratic | 1,345 | 16.86 | |
| Green | 384 | 4.81 | |
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Margaret Miller | 3,923 | 43.66 | -3.73 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John A. MacDonald | 3,104 | 34.55 | +17.78 | ||||
| New Democratic | Liam Crouse | 1,508 | 16.79 | -19.05 | ||||
| Green | Jenn Kang | 449 | 4.99 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,984 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 42 | |||||||
| Turnout | 9,026 | 48.10 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 18,765 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -10.76 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[7][8] | ||||||||
2013
| 2013 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Margaret Miller | 4,512 | 47.39 | 31.64 | ||||
| New Democratic | John MacDonell | 3,412 | 35.84 | -29.12 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kim Allan Williams | 1,597 | 16.77 | -0.05 | ||||
| Total | 9,521 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants 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 | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | John MacDonell | 6,052 | 64.96 | 11.82 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Todd Williams | 1,567 | 16.82 | -13.80 | ||||
| Liberal | Maurice Rees | 1,467 | 15.75 | 1.80 | ||||
| Green | Emerich Winkler | 231 | 2.48 | 0.18 | ||||
| Total | 9,317 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2006
| 2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | John MacDonell | 4,712 | 53.13 | -3.84 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wayne Fiander | 2,715 | 30.62 | 11.08 | ||||
| Liberal | Malcolm MacKay | 1,237 | 13.95 | -8.28 | ||||
| Green | Michael Hartlen | 204 | 2.30 | – | ||||
| Total | 8,868 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2003
| 2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | John MacDonell | 4,783 | 56.97 | 13.72 | ||||
| Liberal | Larry Matthews | 1,866 | 22.23 | -1.11 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mary Lou LeRoy | 1,640 | 19.54 | -13.88 | ||||
| Nova Scotia Party | Ken Smith | 106 | 1.26 | – | ||||
| Total | 8,395 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1999
| 1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | John MacDonell | 3,985 | 43.25 | -0.41 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Reese Morash | 3,079 | 33.42 | 12.40 | ||||
| Liberal | Sara Stewart | 2,150 | 23.33 | -11.98 | ||||
| Total | 9,214 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants 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 | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | John MacDonell | 4,175 | 43.66 | 25.06 | ||||
| Liberal | Jim W. Smith | 3,377 | 35.32 | -8.65 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lawrin Armstrong | 2,010 | 21.02 | -16.41 | ||||
| Total | 9,562 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1993
| 1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Bob Carruthers | 4,295 | 43.97 | -3.12 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Stephen MacKeil | 3,657 | 37.43 | -4.16 | ||||
| New Democratic | Terry MacLean | 1,817 | 18.60 | 7.28 | ||||
| Total | 9,769 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants 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 | Jack Hawkins | 4,502 | 47.09 | 5.52 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Cora Etter | 3,977 | 41.60 | -6.98 | ||||
| New Democratic | Richard Preeper | 1,082 | 11.32 | 1.46 | ||||
| Total | 9,561 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants 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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Cora Etter | 3,730 | 48.57 | 10.19 | ||||
| Liberal | Jack Hawkins | 3,192 | 41.57 | 2.44 | ||||
| New Democratic | Byron Radley | 757 | 9.86 | -12.62 | ||||
| Total | 7,679 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants 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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jack Hawkins | 3,041 | 39.13 | -3.02 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | G. Patrick Hunt | 2,983 | 38.39 | -13.25 | ||||
| New Democratic | Harry McNeil | 1,747 | 22.48 | 16.26 | ||||
| Total | 7,771 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants 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 | G. Patrick Hunt | 4,035 | 51.63 | 11.24 | ||||
| Liberal | Jack Hawkins | 3,294 | 42.15 | -7.73 | ||||
| New Democratic | Clair White | 486 | 6.22 | -2.02 | ||||
| Total | 7,815 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants 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. | ||||||||
1974
| 1974 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jack Hawkins | 3,322 | 49.88 | -2.85 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Avard Ettinger | 2,690 | 40.39 | -6.88 | ||||
| New Democratic | Clare White | 549 | 8.24 | – | ||||
| Independent | John G. Stanhope, Sr. | 99 | 1.49 | – | ||||
| Total | 6,660 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018. | ||||||||
1970
| 1970 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jack Hawkins | 3,115 | 52.73 | 4.80 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | J. Albert Ettinger | 2,793 | 47.27 | -4.80 | ||||
| Total | 5,908 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Legislative Assembly (1970). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, 1970 (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. | ||||||||
1967
| 1967 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | J. Albert Ettinger | 2,697 | 52.08 | -0.78 | ||||
| Liberal | Norman E. Casey | 2,482 | 47.92 | 2.46 | ||||
| Total | 5,179 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. | ||||||||
1963
| 1963 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | J. Albert Ettinger | 2,739 | 52.86 | 2.11 | ||||
| Liberal | George E. Fraser | 2,356 | 45.47 | -3.79 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ralph Loomer | 87 | 1.68 | – | ||||
| Total | 5,182 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. | ||||||||
1962
| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1962-08-27 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | J. Albert Ettinger | 2,620 | 50.75 | 1.25 | ||||
| Liberal | Gerald Regan | 2,543 | 49.25 | 4.22 | ||||
| Total | 5,163 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1960
| 1960 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ernest M. Ettinger | 2,426 | 49.50 | -0.46 | ||||
| Liberal | Carl Spencer Grant | 2,207 | 45.03 | -3.88 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Alfred James Scothorn | 268 | 5.47 | 4.34 | ||||
| Total | 4,901 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. | ||||||||
1956
| 1956 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ernest M. Ettinger | 2,392 | 49.96 | 1.37 | ||||
| Liberal | Arthur W. MacKenzie | 2,342 | 48.91 | 0.30 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Malcolm F. Wheadon | 54 | 1.13 | -1.67 | ||||
| Total | 4,788 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018. | ||||||||
1954
| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1954-11-16 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alfred E. Reid | 2,257 | 48.61 | -1.40 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ernest M. Ettinger | 2,256 | 48.59 | -1.40 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Malcolm F. Wheadon | 130 | 2.80 | – | ||||
| Total | 4,643 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1953
| 1953 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alfred E. Reid | 2,251 | 50.01 | 3.39 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ernest M. Ettinger | 2,250 | 49.99 | 2.74 | ||||
| Total | 4,501 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018. | ||||||||
1949
| 1949 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ernest M. Ettinger | 2,097 | 47.25 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Robert A. MacLellan | 2,069 | 46.62 | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Johnston B. Hart | 272 | 6.13 | – | ||||
| Total | 4,438 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018. | ||||||||