Election Name: | 2023 Preston provincial by-election |
Country: | Nova Scotia |
Seats For Election: | Riding of Preston |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | no |
Party Name: | no |
Previous Election: | 2021 Nova Scotia general election |
Previous Year: | 2021 |
Next Election: | 65th Nova Scotia general election |
Next Year: | 65th |
Turnout: | 38.79% |
Image1: | PC |
Candidate1: | Twila Grosse |
Popular Vote1: | 1,950 |
Percentage1: | 45.2% |
Swing1: | 16.5 pp |
Candidate2: | Colter Simmonds |
Popular Vote2: | 1,145 |
Percentage2: | 26.6% |
Swing2: | 1.4 pp |
Image3: | LIB |
Candidate3: | Carlo Simmons |
Popular Vote3: | 1,021 |
Percentage3: | 23.7% |
Swing3: | 19.7 pp |
Posttitle: | Elected |
Before Election: | Angela Simmonds |
After Election: | Twila Grosse |
A by-election was held in the provincial riding of Preston in Nova Scotia on August 8, 2023, to elect a new member of the House of Assembly following the resignation of Liberal MLA Angela Simmonds.[1] [2]
Twila Grosse won the seat for the Progressive Conservatives.