Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River
Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member to 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 | 1978 | ||
| First contested | 1978 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 20,144 | ||
| Electors | 15,656 | ||
| Area (km²) | 57 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 353.4 | ||
| Census division | Colchester County | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Colchester, Subd. B, Colchester, Subd. C, Millbrook 27, Truro | ||
The electoral district was created in 1978 and was named Truro-Bible Hill until it was renamed in the 2012 electoral boundary review; there were no boundary changes.
The present name for the electoral district was used beginning with the 2013 provincial election.[1]
Geography
Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River covers 57 km2 (22 sq mi) of land area.[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
The electoral district has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Truro-Bible Hill Riding created from Colchester |
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| 52nd | 1978–1981 | Ron Giffin | Progressive Conservative | |
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | |||
| 54th | 1984–1988 | |||
| 55th | 1988–1993 | |||
| 56th | 1993–1998 | Eleanor Norrie | Liberal | |
| 57th | 1998–1999 | Jamie Muir | Progressive Conservative | |
| 58th | 1999–2003 | |||
| 59th | 2003–2005 | |||
| 60th | 2006–2009 | |||
| 61st | 2009–2013 | Lenore Zann | New Democratic | |
| Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River | ||||
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | Lenore Zann | New Democratic | |
| 63rd | 2017–2019 | |||
| 2019–2019 | Independent | |||
| 2020–2021 | Dave Ritcey | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 64th | 2021–2024 | |||
| 65th | 2024–present | |||
Election results
2024
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dave Ritcey | 4,034 | 67.76 | +19.92 | ||||
| New Democratic | Cailen Pygott | 1,067 | 17.92 | +1.30 | ||||
| Liberal | Frank Johnston | 852 | 14.31 | -15.89 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,953 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 38 | |||||||
| Turnout | 5,994 | 35.27 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 16,996 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3] | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Dave Ritcey | 4,025 | 47.85 | -3.55 | $47,929.58 | |||
| Liberal | Tamara Tynes Powell | 2,541 | 30.21 | +5.85 | $34,982.43 | |||
| New Democratic | Darlene DeAdder | 1,398 | 16.62 | +0.35 | $40,088.14 | |||
| Green | Shaun Trainor | 448 | 5.33 | -1.67 | $9,331.42 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 8,412 | 99.68 | – | $94,459.30 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 27 | 0.32 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,439 | 51.11 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 16,510 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -4.70 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4][5] | ||||||||
2020 by-election
| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, March 10, 2020 Resignation of Lenore Zann | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Dave Ritcey | 2,922 | 51.40 | +19.44 | $43,758.75 | |||
| Liberal | Allan Kennedy | 1,385 | 24.36 | +0.27 | $36,895.84 | |||
| New Democratic | Kathleen Kevany | 925 | 16.27 | -27.68 | $36,318.72 | |||
| Green | Ivan Drouin | 398 | 7.00 | – | $5,285.02 | |||
| Atlantica | Matthew Rushton | 55 | 0.97 | – | $70.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 5,685 | 99.61 | – | $90,509.74 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 22 | 0.39 | -0.35 | |||||
| Turnout | 5,707 | 35.72 | -12.71 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 15,975 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | +23.56 | ||||||
2017
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Lenore Zann | 3,455 | 43.95 | +5.90 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Keltie Jones | 2,512 | 31.96 | +2.26 | ||||
| Liberal | Craig Johnson | 1,894 | 24.09 | -8.15 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,861 | 99.27 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 58 | 0.73 | -0.05 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,919 | 48.43 | -5.45 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 16,350 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +1.82 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[6][7] | ||||||||
2013
| 2013 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Lenore Zann | 3,165 | 38.05 | -10.32 | ||||
| Liberal | Barry J. Mellish | 2,682 | 32.25 | +17.73 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Cox | 2,470 | 29.70 | -0.53 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,317 | 99.21 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 66 | 0.79 | +0.41 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,383 | 53.89 | -0.10 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 15,557 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -11.52 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[8] Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2009
| 2009 Nova Scotia general election: Truro-Bible Hill | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Lenore Zann | 4,070 | 48.37 | +20.00 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Hughie MacIsaac | 2,544 | 30.23 | -17.18 | ||||
| Liberal | Bob Hagell | 1,643 | 19.52 | -1.93 | ||||
| Green | Kaleigh Brinkhurst | 158 | 1.88 | -0.89 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,415 | 99.62 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 32 | 0.38 | +0.05 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,447 | 53.98 | +0.92 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 15,647 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +18.39 | ||||||
| Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Truro-Bible Hill" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2006
| 2006 Nova Scotia general election: Truro-Bible Hill | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jamie Muir | 3,711 | 47.41 | +0.30 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim A. Harpell | 2,220 | 28.36 | +0.13 | ||||
| Liberal | Ron Chisholm | 1,679 | 21.45 | -3.20 | ||||
| Green | Barton Cutten | 217 | 2.77 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,850 | 99.67 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 26 | 0.33 | -0.18 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,876 | 53.06 | -4.15 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 14,843 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -0.12 | ||||||
| Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Truro-Bible Hill" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2003
| 2003 Nova Scotia general election: Truro-Bible Hill | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jamie Muir | 3,862 | 47.11 | -6.47 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim A. Harpell | 2,314 | 28.23 | +0.02 | ||||
| Liberal | Jeff Yuill | 2,021 | 24.66 | +6.45 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,197 | 99.49 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 42 | 0.51 | -0.07 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,239 | 57.21 | -7.80 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 14,401 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -3.25 | ||||||
| Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Truro-Bible Hill" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1999
| 1999 Nova Scotia general election: Truro-Bible Hill | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jamie Muir | 4,747 | 53.58 | +11.55 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ibel Scammell | 2,499 | 28.21 | -1.82 | ||||
| Liberal | Matthew Graham | 1,613 | 18.21 | -9.73 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,859 | 99.42 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 52 | 0.58 | +0.18 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,911 | 65.01 | +1.42 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 13,707 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +6.69 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[9] Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Truro-Bible Hill" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1998
| 1998 Nova Scotia general election: Truro-Bible Hill | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jamie Muir | 3,852 | 42.03 | +3.67 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ibel Scammell | 2,752 | 30.03 | +8.49 | ||||
| Liberal | Eleanor Norrie | 2,560 | 27.94 | -12.16 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 9,164 | 99.60 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 37 | 0.40 | -0.33 | |||||
| Turnout | 9,201 | 63.60 | -9.87 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 14,468 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.92 | ||||||
| Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Truro-Bible Hill" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1993
| 1993 Nova Scotia general election: Truro-Bible Hill | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Eleanor Norrie | 4,321 | 40.10 | +0.80 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Coupar | 4,134 | 38.36 | -12.07 | ||||
| New Democratic | Rick Bowden | 2,321 | 21.54 | +11.27 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,776 | 99.27 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 79 | 0.73 | -0.31 | |||||
| Turnout | 10,855 | 73.46 | +0.86 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 14,776 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +6.44 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[10] Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Truro-Bible Hill" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1988
| 1988 Nova Scotia general election: Truro-Bible Hill | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Giffin | 4,479 | 50.43 | -10.60 | ||||
| Liberal | Kirby Grant | 3,490 | 39.30 | +11.84 | ||||
| New Democratic | Carol Martin | 912 | 10.27 | -1.25 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,881 | 99.59 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 37 | 0.41 | -0.01 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,918 | 72.60 | +9.30 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 12,283 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -11.22 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[11] Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Truro-Bible Hill" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1984
| 1984 Nova Scotia general election: Truro-Bible Hill | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Giffin | 5,008 | 61.03 | -0.53 | ||||
| Liberal | Kirby Grant | 2,253 | 27.46 | +1.76 | ||||
| New Democratic | Andy Belliveau | 945 | 11.52 | -1.24 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,206 | 99.58 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 35 | 0.42 | -0.09 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,241 | 63.30 | -5.87 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 13,019 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -1.14 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[12] /Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Truro-Bible Hill" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1981
| 1981 Nova Scotia general election: Truro-Bible Hill | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Giffin | 5,024 | 61.55 | +6.31 | ||||
| Liberal | Sylvia Roy | 2,097 | 25.69 | -11.34 | ||||
| New Democratic | Thomas Barron | 1,041 | 12.75 | +5.85 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,162 | 99.49 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 42 | 0.51 | +0.01 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,204 | 69.17 | -5.74 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 11,861 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +8.83 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[13] Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Truro-Bible Hill" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1978
| 1978 Nova Scotia general election: Truro-Bible Hill | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Giffin | 4,713 | 55.24 | |||||
| Liberal | Peter Wilson | 3,160 | 37.04 | |||||
| New Democratic | Thomas Barron | 589 | 6.90 | |||||
| Independent | Bob Kirk | 70 | 0.82 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,532 | 99.50 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 43 | 0.50 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,575 | 74.90 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,448 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[14] Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Truro-Bible Hill" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||