Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Explained

Province:	Nova Scotia
Fed-Status:	active
Fed-District-Number:	12004
Fed-Created:	1966
Fed-Election-First:	1968
Fed-Election-Last:	2021
Fed-Rep:	Darren Fisher
Fed-Rep-Party:	Liberal
Demo-Pop-Ref:	^[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:	^[2]
Demo-Census-Date:	2021
Demo-Pop:	96165
Demo-Electors:	75825
Demo-Electors-Date:	2021
Demo-Area:	89.99
Demo-Cd:	Halifax
Demo-Csd:	Halifax

Dartmouth—Cole Harbour (formerly Dartmouth and Dartmouth—Halifax East) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Demographics

From the 2021 census ^[3]

Ethnic groups:

European

86.2%

African descent

4.5%

Indigenous

4.5%

South Asian

1.1%

Other: 3.7%

Languages:

English

92.7%

French

3.1%

Arabic

0.6%

Chinese

0.5%

Other: 3.1%

Religions:

Protestant

45.8%

Catholic

38.1%

Other Christian: 1.4%
No religious affiliation: 12.9%

Education:

No certificate, diploma or degree: 20.7%
High school certificate: 24.5%
Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma: 10.2%
Community college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma: 20.4%
University certificate or diploma: 24.1%

Median Age:

40.5

Median total income:

$27,005

Average total income:

$34,363

Median household income:

$53,222

Average household income:

$64,493

Median family income:

$68,047

Average family income:

$77,776

Unemployment:

5.9%

Geography

The district includes the urban communities of Dartmouth and Cole Harbour in Halifax. The area is 89.99km2.^[4]

Political geography

The Liberals and the NDP were the two main parties in 2008. The NDP saw much of its support in West Dartmouth, around Topsail Lake, the northern part of Cole Harbour, and the communities of Imperoyal and Woodside as well as the Cole Harbour 30 Indian Reserve. The Conservatives won two polls, both in Cole Harbour. The Liberals dominated in Central, Eastern and Northern Dartmouth and in southern Cole Harbour. http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding/?riding=960&pane=3

History

The riding of Dartmouth—Halifax East was created in 1966 when the former dual-member Halifax riding was split into two. The district consisted of the Dartmouth area, Bedford and most of eastern Halifax County. Bedford was moved to the riding of Halifax West in a 1976 redistribution. In 1987, the Dartmouth riding was created, taking in nearly all of the former territory of Dartmouth—Halifax East.

The electoral district of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour in 2004 was created from 86.8% of the population of the new riding came from Dartmouth, and 13.2% from Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore.

The 2012 federal electoral redistribution concluded that this riding will remain largely the same for the 42nd Canadian federal election. It lost a small fraction to the new riding of Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook and gained a small portion (2%) from what was Sackville—Eastern Shore.

Member of Parliament

These ridings have elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results