Pictou East
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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) | 15,155 | ||
| Electors | 11,803 | ||
| Area (km²) | 1,644 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 9.2 | ||
| Census division | Pictou County | ||
Pictou East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since the 2013 election is Tim Houston of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia who replaced Clarrie MacKinnon of the New Democratic Party of Nova Scotia.
Pictou East covers 1,644 km2 (635 sq mi) of land area.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Pictou East | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| 44th | 1949–1953 | John W. MacDonald | Liberal | |
| 45th | 1953–1956 | |||
| 46th | 1956–1960 | William A. MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | |
| 47th | 1960–1963 | John W. MacDonald | Liberal | |
| 48th | 1963–1967 | A. Lloyd MacDonald | ||
| 49th | 1967–1970 | Thomas MacQueen | Progressive Conservative | |
| 50th | 1970–1974 | A. Lloyd MacDonald | Liberal | |
| 51st | 1974–1978 | Donald Cameron | Progressive Conservative | |
| 52nd | 1978–1981 | |||
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | |||
| 54th | 1984–1988 | |||
| 55th | 1988–1993 | |||
| 56th | 1993–1993 | |||
| 1993–1998 | Wayne Fraser | Liberal | ||
| 57th | 1998–1999 | James DeWolfe | Progressive Conservative | |
| 58th | 1999–2003 | |||
| 59th | 2003–2006 | |||
| 60th | 2006–2009 | Clarrie MacKinnon | New Democratic | |
| 61st | 2009–2013 | |||
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | Tim Houston | Progressive Conservative | |
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
| 64th | 2021–2024 | |||
| 65th | 2024–present | |||
Election results
2024
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tim Houston | 4,424 | 78.89 | +9.21 | ||||
| New Democratic | Vernon Theriault | 656 | 11.70 | +4.61 | ||||
| Liberal | Stephanie Quinn | 528 | 9.42 | -13.04 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,608 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 39 | |||||||
| Turnout | 5,647 | 46.40 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 12,170 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2] | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Tim Houston | 4,918 | 69.68 | -4.20 | $36,667.66 | |||
| Liberal | Joe MacDonald | 1,585 | 22.46 | +4.24 | $24,555.29 | |||
| New Democratic | Joy Polley | 500 | 7.08 | -0.82 | $18,372.66 | |||
| Atlantica | Jonathan Geoffrey Dean | 55 | 0.78 | $200.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 7,058 | 99.62 | – | $70,149.96 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 27 | 0.38 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,085 | 61.44 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,532 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -4.22 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3][4] | ||||||||
2017
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tim Houston | 5,275 | 73.88 | +25.83 | ||||
| Liberal | John Fraser | 1,301 | 18.22 | +2.33 | ||||
| New Democratic | Deborah Stiles | 564 | 7.90 | -28.17 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,140 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 34 | 0.47 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,174 | 59.9 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,976 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +11.75 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5][6] | ||||||||
2013
| 2013 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tim Houston | 3,714 | 48.05 | 22.11 | ||||
| New Democratic | Clarrie MacKinnon | 2,788 | 36.07 | -27.91 | ||||
| Liberal | François (Frank) M. Rochon | 1,228 | 15.89 | 7.49 | ||||
| Total | 7,730 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 | Clarrie MacKinnon | 4,893 | 63.98 | 27.25 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | J. Ed MacDonald | 1,984 | 25.94 | -9.37 | ||||
| Liberal | François (Frank) M. Rochon | 642 | 8.39 | -18.21 | ||||
| Green | Robbie Loftus White | 129 | 1.69 | 0.33 | ||||
| Total | 7,648 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2006
| 2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Clarrie MacKinnon | 2,761 | 36.73 | 10.88 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sue Uhren | 2,654 | 35.31 | -8.84 | ||||
| Liberal | Danny Walsh | 2,000 | 26.61 | -3.39 | ||||
| Green | John A. Clark | 102 | 1.36 | – | ||||
| Total | 7,517 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2003
| 2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | James DeWolfe | 3,295 | 44.15 | -10.79 | ||||
| Liberal | John Fraser | 2,239 | 30.00 | 14.24 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bob Matheson | 1,929 | 25.85 | -3.45 | ||||
| Total | 7,463 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1999
| 1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | James DeWolfe | 4,478 | 54.94 | 9.11 | ||||
| New Democratic | Andy Thompson | 2,388 | 29.30 | 1.65 | ||||
| Liberal | Lynn MacDonald | 1,285 | 15.76 | -10.75 | ||||
| Total | 8,151 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 | James DeWolfe | 3,816 | 45.83 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | David MacKenzie | 2,302 | 27.65 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Wayne Fraser | 2,208 | 26.52 | – | ||||
| Total | 8,326 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1993 by-election
| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1993-08-03 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Wayne Fraser | 4,417 | 59.60 | 20.14 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mel MacLean | 1,902 | 25.66 | -21.38 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dave Peters | 935 | 12.62 | -0.88 | ||||
| Independent | Alexander James MacKenzie | 111 | 1.50 | – | ||||
| Natural Law | Peter H. Cameron | 46 | 0.62 | – | ||||
| Total | 7,411 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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. | ||||||||
1993
| 1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Cameron | 4,446 | 47.05 | -2.80 | ||||
| Liberal | Wayne Fraser | 3,729 | 39.46 | -0.99 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dave Peters | 1,275 | 13.49 | 3.79 | ||||
| Total | 9,450 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 | Donald Cameron | 3,996 | 49.84 | -13.91 | ||||
| Liberal | Wayne Fraser | 3,243 | 40.45 | 14.85 | ||||
| New Democratic | Cecil MacNeil | 778 | 9.70 | -0.94 | ||||
| Total | 8,017 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 | Donald Cameron | 4,367 | 63.75 | 2.87 | ||||
| Liberal | Scott Johnston | 1,754 | 25.61 | -0.07 | ||||
| New Democratic | Larry Duchesne | 729 | 10.64 | -2.80 | ||||
| Total | 6,850 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 | Donald Cameron | 4,347 | 60.88 | 1.92 | ||||
| Liberal | Harold Lowe | 1,833 | 25.67 | -6.63 | ||||
| New Democratic | Hasse Lindblad | 960 | 13.45 | 4.71 | ||||
| Total | 7,140 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 | Donald Cameron | 4,315 | 58.96 | 12.99 | ||||
| Liberal | W. G. (Bill) Munro | 2,364 | 32.30 | -9.79 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bill Mitton | 639 | 8.73 | -3.20 | ||||
| Total | 7,318 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 | Donald Cameron | 3,217 | 45.98 | -1.20 | ||||
| Liberal | J. Lester MacLellan | 2,945 | 42.09 | -5.39 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joanne E. Kohout | 835 | 11.93 | 6.58 | ||||
| Total | 6,997 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 | A. Lloyd MacDonald | 3,000 | 47.48 | -1.39 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas MacQueen | 2,981 | 47.18 | -3.96 | ||||
| New Democratic | Charles E. Arbuckle | 338 | 5.35 | – | ||||
| Total | 6,319 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 | Thomas MacQueen | 2,876 | 51.14 | 1.24 | ||||
| Liberal | A. Lloyd MacDonald | 2,748 | 48.86 | -1.24 | ||||
| Total | 5,624 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | A. Lloyd MacDonald | 2,660 | 50.10 | 2.91 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Andrew MacLean | 2,649 | 49.90 | 5.35 | ||||
| Total | 5,309 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 | John W. MacDonald | 2,568 | 47.20 | -2.76 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | William A. MacLeod | 2,424 | 44.55 | -5.49 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Barrie M. Hould | 449 | 8.25 | – | ||||
| Total | 5,441 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 | William A. MacLeod | 2,754 | 50.05 | 2.88 | ||||
| Liberal | John W. MacDonald | 2,749 | 49.95 | 1.17 | ||||
| Total | 5,503 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John W. MacDonald | 2,681 | 48.78 | 2.23 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | William A. MacLeod | 2,592 | 47.16 | 5.14 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Joseph D. Ryan | 223 | 4.06 | -7.38 | ||||
| Total | 5,496 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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. | ||||||||
1949
| 1949 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John W. MacDonald | 2,455 | 46.55 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | William A. MacLeod | 2,216 | 42.02 | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Collie G. Ross | 603 | 11.43 | – | ||||
| Total | 5,274 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (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. | ||||||||