Hants West
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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) | 19,058 | ||
| Electors | 15,352 | ||
| Area (km²) | 1,319 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 14.4 | ||
| Census division | Hants County | ||
Hants West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
The district has existed since 1949. Earlier, it and Hants East were together in Hants.[1]
Hants West has a 1,319 km2 (509 sq mi) landmass.[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Hants West | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Hants | ||||
| 44th | 1949–1953 | George B. Cole | Liberal | |
| 45th | 1953–1956 | George Henry Wilson | Progressive Conservative | |
| 46th | 1956–1960 | |||
| 47th | 1960–1963 | |||
| 48th | 1963–1967 | Norman T. Spence | ||
| 49th | 1967–1970 | |||
| 50th | 1970–1974 | Robert D. Lindsay | Liberal | |
| 51st | 1974–1978 | |||
| 52nd | 1978–1981 | Ron Russell | Progressive Conservative | |
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | |||
| 54th | 1984–1988 | |||
| 55th | 1988–1993 | |||
| 56th | 1993–1998 | |||
| 57th | 1998–1999 | |||
| 58th | 1999–2003 | |||
| 59th | 2003–2006 | |||
| 60th | 2006–2009 | Chuck Porter | ||
| 61st | 2009–2013 | |||
| 62nd | 2013–2014 | |||
| 2014–2016 | Independent | |||
| 2016–2017 | Liberal | |||
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
| 64th | 2021–2024 | Melissa Sheehy-Richard | Progressive Conservative | |
| 65th | 2024–present | |||
Election results
2024
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Melissa Sheehy-Richard | 4,253 | 52.59 | +9.48 | ||||
| Liberal | Brian Casey | 2,621 | 32.41 | -9.17 | ||||
| New Democratic | Simon Greenough | 1,120 | 13.85 | +2.82 | ||||
| Independent | James Omand | 93 | 1.15 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,087 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 43 | |||||||
| Turnout | 8,130 | 45.91 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 17,707 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3] | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Melissa Sheehy-Richard | 3,968 | 43.11 | +14.18 | $40,454.11 | |||
| Liberal | Brian Casey | 3,827 | 41.58 | -13.16 | $40,039.34 | |||
| New Democratic | Caet Moir | 1,015 | 11.03 | -1.42 | $31,621.71 | |||
| Green | Jenn Kang | 273 | 2.97 | -0.07 | $200.00 | |||
| Atlantica | Gordon J. Berry | 121 | 1.31 | +0.47 | $200.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 9,204 | 99.73 | – | $94,843.34 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 25 | 0.27 | ||||||
| Turnout | 9,229 | 55.98 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 16,485 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +13.67 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4][5] | ||||||||
2017
| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 4,708 | 54.74 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 2,488 | 28.93 | |
| New Democratic | 1,071 | 12.45 | |
| Green | 261 | 3.03 | |
| Atlantica | 73 | 0.85 | |
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Chuck Porter | 4,589 | 54.87 | +17.63 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Janice Munroe Dodge | 2,416 | 28.89 | -21.86 | ||||
| New Democratic | Lalia Kerr | 1,042 | 12.46 | +10.54 | ||||
| Green | Torin Buzek | 243 | 2.90 | |||||
| Atlantica | Edward Boucher | 73 | 0.87 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,363 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 37 | 0.44 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,400 | 54.72 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 15,352 | |||||||
| Liberal gain | Swing | +19.75 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[7][8] | ||||||||
2013
| 2013 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chuck Porter | 4,468 | 50.75 | 13.51 | ||||
| Liberal | Claude O'Hara | 3,279 | 37.24 | 3.32 | ||||
| New Democratic | Brian D. Stephens | 888 | 10.09 | -16.49 | ||||
| Green | Torin Buzek | 169 | 1.92 | -0.34 | ||||
| Total | 8,804 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants West" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chuck Porter | 3,364 | 37.24 | 2.60 | ||||
| Liberal | Paula Lunn | 3,065 | 33.93 | -0.09 | ||||
| New Democratic | Barbara Gallagher | 2,401 | 26.58 | -2.37 | ||||
| Green | Sheila G. Richardson | 204 | 2.26 | -0.14 | ||||
| Total | 9,034 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2006
| 2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chuck Porter | 2,974 | 34.63 | -11.52 | ||||
| Liberal | Paula Lunn | 2,921 | 34.02 | 8.77 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sean Bennett | 2,486 | 28.95 | 2.72 | ||||
| Green | Sam Schurman | 206 | 2.40 | – | ||||
| Total | 8,587 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2003
| 2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Russell | 3,871 | 46.15 | -12.12 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sean Bennett | 2,200 | 26.23 | 6.75 | ||||
| Liberal | Randy Matheson | 2,118 | 25.25 | 3.00 | ||||
| Marijuana | Chummy Anthony | 148 | 1.76 | – | ||||
| Nova Scotia Party | Connie Brauer | 51 | 0.61 | – | ||||
| Total | 8,388 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1999
| 1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Russell | 5,276 | 58.27 | 10.79 | ||||
| Liberal | Joe Robertson | 2,015 | 22.25 | -5.09 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dick Terfry | 1,764 | 19.48 | -5.70 | ||||
| Total | 9,055 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants West" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Russell | 4,507 | 47.48 | 7.07 | ||||
| Liberal | Debbi Bowes | 2,596 | 27.35 | -12.61 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dana Harvey | 2,390 | 25.18 | 6.87 | ||||
| Total | 9,493 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1993
| 1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Russell | 4,152 | 40.41 | -12.43 | ||||
| Liberal | Mike Doyle | 4,106 | 39.96 | 10.60 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dana Harvey | 1,881 | 18.31 | 0.51 | ||||
| Independent | Donald L. McKay | 136 | 1.32 | – | ||||
| Total | 10,275 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants West" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Russell | 5,091 | 52.84 | -2.81 | ||||
| Liberal | Donzell A. Ross | 2,829 | 29.36 | -1.08 | ||||
| New Democratic | Penny Reid | 1,715 | 17.80 | 3.89 | ||||
| Total | 9,635 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants West" (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 | Ron Russell | 4,634 | 55.65 | 4.14 | ||||
| Liberal | Dewer Lindsay | 2,535 | 30.44 | 0.34 | ||||
| New Democratic | Alan St. C. Squires | 1,158 | 13.91 | -4.49 | ||||
| Total | 8,327 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants West" (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 | Ron Russell | 4,554 | 51.51 | -1.72 | ||||
| Liberal | Daniel J. McGrath | 2,661 | 30.10 | -7.98 | ||||
| New Democratic | Alan St. C. Squires | 1,626 | 18.39 | 9.70 | ||||
| Total | 8,841 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants West" (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 | Ron Russell | 4,872 | 53.23 | 10.27 | ||||
| Liberal | Robert D. Lindsay | 3,485 | 38.08 | -9.99 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bill Shiers | 795 | 8.69 | -0.28 | ||||
| Total | 9,152 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants West" (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 | Robert D. Lindsay | 4,148 | 48.07 | -3.66 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Russell | 3,707 | 42.96 | -5.31 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gary E. Tonks | 774 | 8.97 | – | ||||
| Total | 8,629 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants West" (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 | Robert D. Lindsay | 3,974 | 51.73 | 3.69 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Norman T. Spence | 3,708 | 48.27 | -3.69 | ||||
| Total | 7,682 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants West" (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 | Norman T. Spence | 3,765 | 51.96 | -6.24 | ||||
| Liberal | Robert D. Lindsay | 3,481 | 48.04 | 8.62 | ||||
| Total | 7,246 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants West" (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 | Norman T. Spence | 4,193 | 58.20 | 8.94 | ||||
| Liberal | W. Whitney Spicer | 2,840 | 39.42 | -6.97 | ||||
| New Democratic | Arthur William Benedict | 171 | 2.37 | -1.97 | ||||
| Total | 7,204 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants West" (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. | ||||||||
1960
| 1960 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Henry Wilson | 3,623 | 49.27 | 0.05 | ||||
| Liberal | Gerald Regan | 3,412 | 46.40 | -1.30 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Howard B. Wile | 319 | 4.34 | 1.24 | ||||
| Total | 7,354 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants West" (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 | George Henry Wilson | 3,405 | 49.21 | -4.41 | ||||
| Liberal | Gerald Regan | 3,300 | 47.69 | 1.32 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Ralph Loomer | 214 | 3.09 | – | ||||
| Total | 6,919 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants West" (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. | ||||||||
1953
| 1953 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Henry Wilson | 3,608 | 53.63 | -2.49 | ||||
| Liberal | Ken Eisner | 3,120 | 46.37 | 2.49 | ||||
| Total | 6,728 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants West" (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. | ||||||||
1950 by-election
| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1950-11-27 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Henry Wilson | 3,698 | 56.12 | 27.68 | ||||
| Liberal | William C. Dunlop | 2,892 | 43.88 | -3.17 | ||||
| Total | 6,590 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1949
| 1949 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George B. Cole | 2,530 | 47.05 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Henry Wilson | 1,529 | 28.44 | – | ||||
| Independent | Gordon B. Crossley | 749 | 13.93 | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Ralph Loomer | 569 | 10.58 | – | ||||
| Total | 5,377 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Hants West" (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. | ||||||||