Kings West (Nova Scotia electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Kings West 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 Berwick and the villages of Aylesford, Kingston, and Greenwood.
 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) | 19,495 | ||
| Electors | 15,019 | ||
| Area (km²) | 1,143 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 17.1 | ||
| Census division | Kings County | ||
Geography
The electoral district of Kings West has 1,143 km2 (441 sq mi) of land area.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Kings West | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Kings | ||||
| 46th | 1956–1960 | Hiram Thomas | Progressive Conservative | |
| 47th | 1960–1963 | Edward D. MacArthur | Liberal | |
| 48th | 1963–1967 | Paul Kinsman | Progressive Conservative | |
| 49th | 1967–1970 | Gordon Tidman | ||
| 50th | 1970–1971 | |||
| 1971–1974 | Frank Bezanson | Liberal | ||
| 51st | 1974–1978 | |||
| 52nd | 1978–1981 | George Moody | Progressive Conservative | |
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | |||
| 54th | 1984–1988 | |||
| 55th | 1988–1993 | |||
| 56th | 1993–1998 | |||
| 57th | 1998–1999 | |||
| 58th | 1999–2003 | Jon Carey | ||
| 59th | 2003–2006 | Leo Glavine | Liberal | |
| 60th | 2006–2009 | |||
| 61st | 2009–2013 | |||
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | |||
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
| 64th | 2021–2024 | Chris Palmer | Progressive Conservative | |
| 65th | 2024–present | |||
Election results
2024
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Palmer | 5,226 | 72.78 | +23.33 | ||||
| Liberal | Brad Beardsley | 1,074 | 14.96 | -26.56 | ||||
| New Democratic | Paul Doerr | 714 | 9.94 | +4.03 | ||||
| Green | Madeleine Taylor | 167 | 2.33 | 0.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,181 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 22 | |||||||
| Turnout | 7,207 | 39.68 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 18,164 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2] | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Palmer | 4,592 | 49.45 | +12.28 | $59,202.28 | |||
| Liberal | Emily Lutz | 3,856 | 41.52 | -10.53 | $46,726.60 | |||
| New Democratic | Jason Langille | 549 | 5.91 | -1.54 | $25,715.69 | |||
| Green | Sue Earle | 216 | 2.33 | -0.76 | $460.95 | |||
| Atlantica | Rick Mehta | 74 | 0.79 | +0.55 | $200.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 9,287 | 99.73 | – | $95,352.07 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 25 | 0.27 | ||||||
| Turnout | 9,312 | 56.65 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 16,439 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.41 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3][4] | ||||||||
2017
| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 4,559 | 52.06 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 3,255 | 37.17 | |
| New Democratic | 653 | 7.46 | |
| Green | 270 | 3.08 | |
| Atlantica | 21 | 0.24 | |
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election: Kings West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Leo Glavine | 4,190 | 52.45 | -21.86 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Palmer | 3,015 | 37.74 | +21.65 | ||||
| New Democratic | Cheryl Burbidge | 536 | 6.71 | -0.90 | ||||
| Green | Madeline Taylor | 247 | 3.09 | +1.10 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,988 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 18 | 0.22 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,006 | 53.30 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 15,019 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -21.76 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[6][7] | ||||||||
2013
| 2013 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Leo Glavine | 5,585 | 73.29 | 12.53 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jody A. Frowley | 1,275 | 16.73 | -3.47 | ||||
| New Democratic | Robert K. (Bob) Landry | 603 | 7.91 | -9.32 | ||||
| Green | Barbera G. Lake | 157 | 2.06 | 0.25 | ||||
| Total | 7,620 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings 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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Leo Glavine | 5,015 | 60.77 | 14.10 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Palmer | 1,667 | 20.20 | -12.98 | ||||
| New Democratic | Carol Tobin | 1,422 | 17.23 | -1.60 | ||||
| Green | Nistal Prem de Boer | 149 | 1.81 | 0.48 | ||||
| Total | 8,253 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2006
| 2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Leo Glavine | 3,940 | 46.67 | 9.75 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Prall | 2,801 | 33.18 | -2.33 | ||||
| New Democratic | Greg Hubbert | 1,590 | 18.83 | -8.75 | ||||
| Green | Nistal Prem de Boer | 112 | 1.33 | – | ||||
| Total | 8,443 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2003
| 2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Leo Glavine | 3,045 | 36.91 | 8.21 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jon Carey | 2,929 | 35.51 | -13.83 | ||||
| New Democratic | Greg Hubbert | 2,275 | 27.58 | 7.65 | ||||
| Total | 8,249 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1999
| 1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jon Carey | 4,033 | 49.34 | -12.76 | ||||
| Liberal | Don Clarke | 2,346 | 28.70 | 8.10 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jacquie DeMestral | 1,629 | 19.93 | 2.63 | ||||
| Nova Scotia Party | Frances Adams | 166 | 2.03 | – | ||||
| Total | 8,174 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings 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 | George Moody | 5,075 | 62.09 | 9.02 | ||||
| Liberal | Baden Thurber | 1,684 | 20.60 | -13.86 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jacquie DeMestral | 1,414 | 17.30 | 5.86 | ||||
| Total | 8,173 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1993
| 1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Moody | 4,895 | 53.08 | -6.53 | ||||
| Liberal | Baden Thurber | 3,178 | 34.46 | 2.99 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jacquie DeMestral | 1,055 | 11.44 | 2.52 | ||||
| Natural Law | Christopher MacLean | 94 | 1.02 | – | ||||
| Total | 9,222 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings 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 | George Moody | 5,899 | 59.61 | -0.84 | ||||
| Liberal | Frank Bezanson | 3,114 | 31.47 | 2.28 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ralph Lynch | 883 | 8.92 | -1.44 | ||||
| Total | 9,896 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings 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 | George Moody | 5,273 | 60.45 | 1.02 | ||||
| Liberal | Doug McKeil | 2,546 | 29.19 | 3.79 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ted Davis | 904 | 10.36 | -4.80 | ||||
| Total | 8,723 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings 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 | George Moody | 5,286 | 59.43 | 6.35 | ||||
| Liberal | Dan Weir | 2,259 | 25.40 | -12.31 | ||||
| New Democratic | Carolyn Queen | 1,349 | 15.17 | 5.96 | ||||
| Total | 8,894 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings 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 | George Moody | 5,011 | 53.09 | 15.86 | ||||
| Liberal | Frank Bezanson | 3,559 | 37.71 | -20.72 | ||||
| New Democratic | William J. Dyer | 869 | 9.21 | 4.86 | ||||
| Total | 9,439 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings 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 | Frank Bezanson | 5,031 | 58.43 | 6.50 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kathleen E. Howlett | 3,206 | 37.23 | -10.84 | ||||
| New Democratic | Donald Wolsey | 374 | 4.34 | – | ||||
| Total | 8,611 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings 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. | ||||||||
1971
| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1971-10-13 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Frank Bezanson | 4,350 | 51.93 | 2.98 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Fred Chisholm | 4,027 | 48.07 | -0.88 | ||||
| Total | 8,377 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1970
| 1970 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Frank Bezanson | 3,735 | 48.95 | 1.28 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon Tidman | 3,735 | 48.95 | -0.03 | ||||
| Independent | F. Keith Boates | 160 | 2.10 | – | ||||
| Total | 7,630 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings 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 | Gordon Tidman | 3,619 | 48.98 | -6.86 | ||||
| Liberal | Frank Bezanson | 3,522 | 47.67 | 3.52 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ralph Loomer | 247 | 3.34 | – | ||||
| Total | 7,388 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings 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 | Paul Kinsman | 3,879 | 55.85 | 10.67 | ||||
| Liberal | Edward D. MacArthur | 3,067 | 44.15 | -7.78 | ||||
| Total | 6,946 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings 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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Edward D. MacArthur | 3,937 | 51.93 | 1.96 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | R. F. Hazel | 3,425 | 45.18 | -4.85 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | George Turner | 219 | 2.89 | – | ||||
| Total | 7,581 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings 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 | Hiram Thomas | 2,988 | 50.03 | – | ||||
| Liberal | C. D. McLean | 2,985 | 49.97 | – | ||||
| Total | 5,973 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Kings 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. | ||||||||
