| Prov-Status: | active |
| Province: | Nova Scotia |
| Prov-Rep-Party: | Progressive Conservative |
| Prov-Rep: | Tim Halman |
| Demo-Census-Date: | 2016[1] |
| Demo-Pop: | 23264 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1978 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2021 |
| Demo-Electors: | 13788 |
| Demo-Area: | 21.00 |
| Prov-Created: | 1978 |
| Demo-Cd: | Halifax Regional Municipality |
Dartmouth East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding is located in the community of Dartmouth, in the urban area of Halifax.
In 1978, the district was created to provide for an increase in representation of six members and in 2003, it lost a northern area to Waverley-Fall River and gained an area in Woodlawn. In 2013, following the recommendations of the Electoral Boundaries Commission report, it gained the Montebello area from Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank and lost the area east of Bell Lake to Cole Harbour-Portland Valley and lost the area north of Main Street and east of Caledonia Road until Geovex Court to Preston-Dartmouth.[2]
This riding is approximately 21km2 in landmass.[3]
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64th | 2021–present | Tim Halman | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | ||||
| 62nd | 2015-2017 | Andrew Younger | Independent | ||
| 2013-2015 | Liberal | ||||
| 61st | 2009–2013 | ||||
| 60th | 2006–2009 | Joan Massey | New Democratic | ||
| 59th | 2003–2006 | ||||
| 58th | 1999–2003 | Jim Smith | Liberal | ||
| 57th | 1998–1999 | ||||
| 56th | 1993–1998 | ||||
| 55th | 1988–1993 | ||||
| 54th | 1984–1988 | ||||
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | Richard L. Weldon | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 52nd | 1978–1981 | ||||
|- |Liberal|Andrew Younger|align="right"|5,469|align="right"|63.85|align="right"|+18.76 |- |New Democratic Party|Deborah M. Stover|align="right"|1,929|align="right"|22.52|align="right"|-20.69|- |Progressive Conservative|Mike M. MacDonnell|align="right"|1,167|align="right"|13.63|align="right"|+3.97|}