Kings North

Kings North
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	John Lohr; Progressive Conservative
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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

District created1956

First contested1956

Kings North is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

The electoral district was formed through redistribution in 1956. It was previously part of the district of Kings.

v t e 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]

v t e 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]

v t e 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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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.

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.

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 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.