Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley Explained

Prov-Status:active
Province:Nova Scotia
Prov-Rep-Party:PC
Prov-Rep:Scott Armstrong
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:17979
Prov-Election-First:1978
Prov-Election-Last:2024
Demo-Electors:13,640
Demo-Area:3096
Prov-Created:1978
Demo-Cd:Colchester County,
Halifax RM

Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

The district was created in 1978 from Colchester, and was called Colchester South until 1993. In 1993, the name was changed to Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley and it gained the Salmon River and Musquodoboit Valley areas from Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley, and Millbrook 27 from Truro-Bible Hill.[1] It includes the southern half of Colchester County (not including the Truro area) plus the Musquodoboit Valley region of the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Geography

The landmass of Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley is 3096km2.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Election results

2017

2017 provincial election redistributed results[3]
PartyVote%
 3,650 50.58
 1,944 26.94
 1,623 22.49

2013

|- |Progressive Conservative|Larry Harrison |align="right"|3,304 |align="right"|42.27|align="right"|+13.28|- |New Democratic Party|Gary Burrill|align="right"|2,293 |align="right"|29.33 |align="right"|-18.76|- |Liberal| Tom Martin|align="right"|2,220 |align="right"|28.40 |align="right"|+7.79|}

1978

References

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Notes and References

  1. http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/colchester-musquodoboit%20valley.pdf Riding History
  2. Web site: Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election . enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca . Elections Nova Scotia . 22 July 2021.
  3. https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/TranspositionofVotesReport_2017PGE_2019ElectoralDirstricts_reportApril2021.pdf Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries