Bedford South Explained

Bedford South
Province:	Nova Scotia
Prov-Status:	active
Prov-Created:	2019
Prov-Election-First:	2021
Prov-Rep:	Braedon Clark
Prov-Rep-Party:	Liberal
Demo-Area:	31
Demo-Cd:	Halifax Regional Municipality
Demo-Csd:	Halifax Regional Municipality

Bedford South is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

This riding was created in 2019, following the recommendations of the 2018 Electoral Boundaries Commission.^[1] This riding was first contested in the 2021 election.

Geography

The land area of Bedford South is 31km2.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Election results

2017 redistributed results

2017 provincial election redistributed results^[3]
Party	Vote	%
		align=right	3,029	align=right	51.30
		align=right	1,741	align=right	29.48
		align=right	835	align=right	14.14
		align=right	279	align=right	4.72
		align=right	21	align=right	0.36

Notes and References

Web site: Dodds. Collin. April 2019. Balancing effective representation with voter parity. live. 29 July 2021. Nova Scotia Electoral Boundaries Commission. https://web.archive.org/web/20210719170124/https://nselectoralboundaries.ca/sites/default/files/electoral_boundaries_2019_english_web.pdf . 19 July 2021 .
Web site: Electoral District Information. 29 July 2021. Elections Nova Scotia.
Web site: 12 April 2021. Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries. live. 1 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 .