Kings North
Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Kings North is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 1956 | ||
| First contested | 1956 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 19,842 | ||
| Electors | 15,848 | ||
| Area (km²) | 483.00 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 41.1 | ||
| Census division | Kings County | ||
The electoral district was formed through redistribution in 1956. It was previously part of the district of Kings.
District profile
Agriculture is a major industry in Kings North. The district has many geographical features of note, including Cape Blomidon, Cape Split, and the Minas Basin. Also in the district is Blomidon Provincial Park.
Communities within Kings North include:
- Aldershot
- Baxters Harbour
- Billtown
- Blomidon
- Buckleys Corner
- Canada Creek
- Canard
- Canning
- Centreville
- Chipman Brook
- Glenmont
- Habitant
- Halls Harbour
- Town of Kentville
- Kingsport
- Kinsmans Corner
- Lakeville
- Lower Canard
- Medford
- Port Williams
- Ross Corner
- Scots Bay
- Sheffield Mills
- Starr's Point
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Kings North has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Kings North | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Kings | ||||
| 46th | 1956–1960 | Eric Balcom | Liberal | |
| 47th | 1960–1963 | Gladys Porter | Progressive Conservative | |
| 48th | 1963–1967 | |||
| 49th | 1967–1970 | Victor Thorpe | ||
| 50th | 1970–1974 | |||
| 51st | 1974–1978 | Glenn Ells | Liberal | |
| 52nd | 1978–1981 | Edward Twohig | Progressive Conservative | |
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | |||
| 54th | 1984–1988 | George Archibald | ||
| 55th | 1988–1993 | |||
| 56th | 1993–1998 | |||
| 57th | 1998–1999 | |||
| 58th | 1999–2003 | Mark Parent | ||
| 59th | 2003–2006 | |||
| 60th | 2006–2009 | |||
| 61st | 2009–2013 | Jim Morton | New Democratic | |
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | John Lohr | Progressive Conservative | |
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
| 64th | 2021–2024 | |||
| 65th | 2024–present | |||
Election results
2024
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Lohr | 4,047 | 53.67 | +8.96 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gillian Yorke | 2,095 | 27.78 | +6.66 | ||||
| Liberal | Richelle Brown Redden | 1,260 | 16.71 | -12.58 | ||||
| Green | Dave Lowe | 139 | 1.84 | -2.56 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,541 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 33 | |||||||
| Turnout | 7,575 | 44.17 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 17,151 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[1] | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | John Lohr | 3,971 | 44.70 | -1.24 | $45,336.80 | |||
| Liberal | Geof Turner | 2,602 | 29.29 | -4.17 | $44,819.91 | |||
| New Democratic | Erin Patterson | 1,876 | 21.12 | +4.93 | $45,345.49 | |||
| Green | Doug Hickman | 391 | 4.40 | +0.86 | $16,083.69 | |||
| Atlantica | Paul Dunn | 43 | 0.48 | -0.38 | $200.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 8,833 | 99.69 | – | $92,838.34 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 28 | 0.31 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,911 | 55.30 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 16,115 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +1.47 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2][3] | ||||||||
2017
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Lohr | 3,823 | 45.94 | +13.45 | ||||
| Liberal | Geof Turner | 2,784 | 33.46 | +2.26 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ted Champion | 1,347 | 16.19 | -16.07 | ||||
| Green | Mary Lou Harley | 295 | 3.54 | -0.51 | ||||
| Atlantica | Bryden Deadder | 72 | 0.86 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,321 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 32 | 0.38 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,353 | 52.71 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 15,848 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +11.19 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | 3,819 | 45.94 | |
| Liberal | 2,781 | 33.45 | |
| New Democratic | 1,346 | 16.19 | |
| Green | 295 | 3.55 | |
| Atlantica | 72 | 0.87 | |
2013
| 2013 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Lohr | 2,904 | 32.55 | -3.53 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim Morton | 2,872 | 32.19 | -9.24 | ||||
| Liberal | Sephen W. Pearl | 2,784 | 31.20 | 13.14 | ||||
| Green | Mary Lou Harley | 362 | 4.06 | -0.37 | ||||
| Total | 8,922 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings North" (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 | Jim Morton | 3,535 | 41.43 | 15.15 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mark Parent | 3,079 | 36.08 | -14.00 | ||||
| Liberal | Shirley Fisher | 1,541 | 18.06 | -3.22 | ||||
| Green | Anna-Maria Galante-Ward | 378 | 4.43 | 2.07 | ||||
| Total | 8,533 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2006
| 2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mark Parent | 4,138 | 50.08 | -0.12 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim Morton | 2,171 | 26.28 | -2.64 | ||||
| Liberal | Madonna Spinazola | 1,758 | 21.28 | 2.34 | ||||
| Green | Chris Alders | 195 | 2.36 | – | ||||
| Total | 8,262 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2003
| 2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mark Parent | 4,063 | 50.20 | 1.15 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim Morton | 2,340 | 28.91 | 0.39 | ||||
| Liberal | Michael Landry | 1,533 | 18.94 | -3.48 | ||||
| Marijuana | Ben Friesen | 157 | 1.94 | – | ||||
| Total | 8,093 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1999
| 1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mark Parent | 4,321 | 49.05 | 7.60 | ||||
| New Democratic | Neil H. McNeil | 2,513 | 28.53 | -2.94 | ||||
| Liberal | Peter Hill | 1,975 | 22.42 | -4.67 | ||||
| Total | 8,809 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings North" (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 | George Archibald | 3,760 | 41.45 | -1.17 | ||||
| New Democratic | Neil H. McNeil | 2,854 | 31.46 | 15.96 | ||||
| Liberal | Jennifer Foster | 2,457 | 27.09 | -13.92 | ||||
| Total | 9,071 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1993
| 1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Archibald | 4,137 | 42.62 | -2.80 | ||||
| Liberal | Jennifer Foster | 3,980 | 41.01 | 4.42 | ||||
| New Democratic | Cameron Jess | 1,505 | 15.51 | -2.48 | ||||
| Natural Law | Anne Dow | 84 | 0.87 | – | ||||
| Total | 9,706 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings North" (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 | George Archibald | 3,868 | 45.42 | -4.15 | ||||
| Liberal | Glenn Ells | 3,116 | 36.59 | 11.39 | ||||
| New Democratic | Donald C. Fraser | 1,532 | 17.99 | -7.24 | ||||
| Total | 8,516 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings North" (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 | George Archibald | 3,655 | 49.57 | 5.97 | ||||
| New Democratic | Donald C. Fraser | 1,860 | 25.23 | -4.75 | ||||
| Liberal | Bob Wilson | 1,858 | 25.20 | -1.22 | ||||
| Total | 7,373 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings North" (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 | Edward Twohig | 3,369 | 43.61 | -5.17 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bob Levy | 2,316 | 29.98 | 21.52 | ||||
| Liberal | Lennie White | 2,041 | 26.42 | -16.35 | ||||
| Total | 7,726 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings North" (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 | Edward Twohig | 3,744 | 48.78 | 5.14 | ||||
| Liberal | Glenn Ells | 3,283 | 42.77 | -6.62 | ||||
| New Democratic | Donald C. Fraser | 649 | 8.45 | 1.47 | ||||
| Total | 7,676 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings North" (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 | Glenn Ells | 3,536 | 49.39 | 0.63 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David J. Waterbury | 3,124 | 43.63 | -7.61 | ||||
| New Democratic | George W. Graves | 500 | 6.98 | – | ||||
| Total | 7,160 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings North" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Victor Thorpe | 3,234 | 51.24 | -4.01 | ||||
| Liberal | Glenn Ells | 3,077 | 48.76 | 4.01 | ||||
| Total | 6,311 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings North" (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 | Victor Thorpe | 3,407 | 55.25 | -4.18 | ||||
| Liberal | Victor Cleyle | 2,759 | 44.75 | 5.78 | ||||
| Total | 6,166 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings North" (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 | Gladys Porter | 3,668 | 59.43 | 8.24 | ||||
| Liberal | David Russell Sutton | 2,405 | 38.97 | -7.57 | ||||
| New Democratic | George Turner | 99 | 1.60 | -0.68 | ||||
| Total | 6,172 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings North" (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 | Gladys Porter | 3,060 | 51.19 | 1.56 | ||||
| Liberal | Eric Balcom | 2,782 | 46.54 | -3.83 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Levitte Joseph Melanson | 136 | 2.28 | – | ||||
| Total | 5,978 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings North" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Eric Balcom | 3,054 | 50.37 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Arthur Boggs | 3,009 | 49.63 | – | ||||
| Total | 6,063 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings North" (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. | ||||||||