Bedford Basin (electoral district) explained

Bedford Basin
Province:Nova Scotia
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Created:2019
Prov-Election-First:2021
Prov-Rep:Kelly Regan
Prov-Rep-Party:Liberal
Demo-Electors:13,113
Demo-Electors-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area:23
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Cd:Halifax Regional Municipality
Demo-Csd:Halifax Regional Municipality
Warning:no

Bedford Basin is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia that came into effect for the 2021 Nova Scotia general election. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia.

The riding was created by the 2019 provincial redistribution out of parts of Bedford and Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank .

The riding contains the neighbourhoods of Oakmount, Bedford Common, Glen Moir, Paper Mill Lake and part of Millview in the community of Bedford, Nova Scotia, part of the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Election results

2017 redistributed results

2017 provincial election redistributed results[3]
PartyVote%
 align=right 3,596 align=right 52.74
 align=right 2,104 align=right 30.86
 align=right 803 align=right 11.78
 align=right 315 align=right 4.62

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Balancing effective representation with voter parity. 15 August 2021. Elections Nova Scotia.
  2. Web site: Electoral District Information. 15 August 2021. Elections Nova Scotia.
  3. Web site: 12 April 2021. Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries. live. 15 August 2021. Elections Nova Scotia. https://web.archive.org/web/20210717154626/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/TranspositionofVotesReport_2017PGE_2019ElectoralDirstricts_reportApril2021.pdf . 17 July 2021 .