Kings South
Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Kings South is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It includes the town of Wolfville, the village of New Minas, the community of Coldbrook, and Glooscap First Nation.
 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) | 21,252 | ||
| Electors | 17,377 | ||
| Area (km²) | 576 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 36.9 | ||
| Census division | Kings County | ||
Geography
Kings South has a landmass of 576 km2 (222 sq mi).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Kings South | ||||
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| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Kings | ||||
| 46th | 1956–1960 | Edward Haliburton | Progressive Conservative | |
| 47th | 1960–1963 | |||
| 48th | 1963–1967 | |||
| 49th | 1967–1970 | |||
| 50th | 1970–1974 | Harry How | ||
| 51st | 1974–1978 | |||
| 52nd | 1978–1981 | |||
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | |||
| 1984–1984 | Paul Kinsman | |||
| 54th | 1984–1988 | Bob Levy | New Democratic | |
| 55th | 1988–1993 | Derrick Kimball | Progressive Conservative | |
| 56th | 1993–1998 | Robbie Harrison | Liberal | |
| 57th | 1998–1999 | |||
| 58th | 1999–2003 | David Morse | Progressive Conservative | |
| 59th | 2003–2005 | |||
| 60th | 2006–2009 | |||
| 61st | 2009–2013 | Ramona Jennex | New Democratic | |
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | Keith Irving | Liberal | |
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
| 64th | 2021–2024 | |||
| 65th | 2024–present | Julie Vanexan | Progressive Conservative | |
Election results
2024
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Julie Vanexan | 3,372 | 41.77 | +8.59 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ramona Jennex | 2,326 | 28.82 | +9.12 | ||||
| Liberal | Mike Hamm | 2,230 | 27.63 | -16.49 | ||||
| Green | Sheila G. Richardson | 144 | 1.78 | -1.22 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,072 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 35 | |||||||
| Turnout | 8,109 | 45.89 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 17,671 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2] | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Keith Irving | 4,049 | 44.11 | -2.48 | $40,527.47 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Derrick Kimball | 3,046 | 33.18 | +6.21 | $68,832.87 | |||
| New Democratic | Mercedes Brian | 1,808 | 19.70 | -1.84 | $54,103.54 | |||
| Green | Barry Leslie | 276 | 3.01 | -0.75 | $1,669.27 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 9,179 | 99.70 | – | $94,818.40 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 28 | 0.30 | ||||||
| Turnout | 9,207 | 55.20 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 16,680 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -4.35 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3][4] | ||||||||
2017
| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 3,902 | 46.59 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 2,259 | 26.97 | |
| New Democratic | 1,804 | 21.54 | |
| Green | 315 | 3.76 | |
| Atlantica | 95 | 1.13 | |
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Keith Irving | 4,269 | 46.71 | +7.46 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Harrison | 2,496 | 27.31 | +4.61 | ||||
| New Democratic | Steve Schneider | 1,921 | 21.02 | -14.53 | ||||
| Green | Sheila Richardson | 337 | 3.69 | -0.07 | ||||
| Atlantica | Joel Hirtle | 116 | 1.27 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 9,139 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 29 | 0.32 | ||||||
| Turnout | 9,168 | 52.76 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 17,377 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.43 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[6][7] | ||||||||
2013
| 2013 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Keith Irving | 3,878 | 39.16 | 12.24 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ramona Jennex | 3,511 | 35.45 | -5.73 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Shane Buchan | 2,263 | 22.85 | -5.29 | ||||
| Green | Sheila G. Richardson | 252 | 2.54 | -1.22 | ||||
| Total | 9,904 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings South" (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 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ramona Jennex | 4,038 | 41.18 | 6.18 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Morse | 2,759 | 28.14 | -14.72 | ||||
| Liberal | Paula Kinley Howatt | 2,639 | 26.91 | 7.31 | ||||
| Green | Brendan MacNeill | 369 | 3.76 | 1.24 | ||||
| Total | 9,805 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2006
| 2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Morse | 3,832 | 42.86 | 5.21 | ||||
| New Democratic | David Mangle | 3,130 | 35.01 | 3.58 | ||||
| Liberal | Ray Savage | 1,753 | 19.61 | -10.56 | ||||
| Green | Steve McGowan | 226 | 2.53 | – | ||||
| Total | 8,941 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2003
| 2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Morse | 3,347 | 37.65 | -2.58 | ||||
| New Democratic | David Mangle | 2,794 | 31.43 | 4.88 | ||||
| Liberal | Maura Ryan | 2,682 | 30.17 | -3.06 | ||||
| Nova Scotia Party | Victor Harris | 67 | 0.75 | – | ||||
| Total | 8,890 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1999
| 1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Morse | 3,890 | 40.23 | 9.57 | ||||
| Liberal | Robbie Harrison | 3,213 | 33.23 | -3.23 | ||||
| New Democratic | Mary DeWolfe | 2,567 | 26.55 | -6.34 | ||||
| Total | 9,670 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings South" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robbie Harrison | 3,650 | 36.46 | 7.00 | ||||
| New Democratic | Mary DeWolfe | 3,292 | 32.88 | 13.07 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Morse | 3,069 | 30.66 | 2.42 | ||||
| Total | 10,011 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1993
| 1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robbie Harrison | 3,069 | 29.46 | 8.91 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harry How | 2,941 | 28.24 | -14.20 | ||||
| Independent | Derrick Kimball | 2,240 | 21.51 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Steve Mattson | 2,064 | 19.82 | -17.19 | ||||
| Natural Law | Peter Cameron | 102 | 0.98 | – | ||||
| Total | 10,416 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings South" (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 | Derrick Kimball | 3,531 | 42.44 | -2.87 | ||||
| New Democratic | Steve Mattson | 3,079 | 37.01 | -8.56 | ||||
| Liberal | Perry Wallace | 1,710 | 20.55 | 12.84 | ||||
| Total | 8,320 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings South" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Bob Levy | 3,694 | 45.57 | 11.04 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Kinsman | 3,673 | 45.31 | -1.50 | ||||
| Liberal | Alan Sponagle | 625 | 7.71 | -10.95 | ||||
| Independent | Doug Milligan | 114 | 1.41 | – | ||||
| Total | 8,106 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings South" (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. | ||||||||
1984 by-election
| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1984-02-12 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Kinsman | 3,497 | 46.81 | -18.67 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bob Levy | 2,580 | 34.53 | 14.03 | ||||
| Liberal | Henry Hicks | 1,394 | 18.66 | 4.64 | ||||
| Total | 7,471 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings South" (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 | Harry How | 4,356 | 65.47 | 2.90 | ||||
| New Democratic | Evelyn Garbary | 1,364 | 20.50 | 5.74 | ||||
| Liberal | Betty Deal | 933 | 14.02 | -8.64 | ||||
| Total | 6,653 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings South" (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 | Harry How | 4,214 | 62.58 | 3.35 | ||||
| Liberal | Wilbur H. Starratt | 1,526 | 22.66 | -10.45 | ||||
| New Democratic | Donald F. Archibald | 994 | 14.76 | 7.09 | ||||
| Total | 6,734 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings South" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harry How | 3,576 | 59.22 | 1.68 | ||||
| Liberal | Edgar K. Aston | 1,999 | 33.11 | -9.35 | ||||
| New Democratic | John P. O'Meara | 463 | 7.67 | – | ||||
| Total | 6,038 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings South" (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 | Harry How | 2,722 | 57.55 | -5.34 | ||||
| Liberal | Edgar K. Aston | 2,008 | 42.45 | 5.34 | ||||
| Total | 4,730 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings South" (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 | Edward Haliburton | 2,515 | 62.89 | -1.54 | ||||
| Liberal | Bruce Trenholm | 1,484 | 37.11 | 1.54 | ||||
| Total | 3,999 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings South" (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 | Edward Haliburton | 2,505 | 64.43 | 7.14 | ||||
| Liberal | Bruce Trenholm | 1,383 | 35.57 | -2.36 | ||||
| Total | 3,888 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings South" (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 | Edward Haliburton | 2,388 | 57.29 | -2.47 | ||||
| Liberal | Bruce Trenholm | 1,581 | 37.93 | -2.30 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | George R. Goucher | 199 | 4.77 | – | ||||
| Total | 4,168 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings South" (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 | Edward Haliburton | 2,368 | 59.77 | – | ||||
| Liberal | MacIntosh MacLeod | 1,594 | 40.23 | – | ||||
| Total | 3,962 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings South" (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. | ||||||||
