Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville Explained

Prov-Status:defunct
Province:Nova Scotia
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:25576
Prov-Election-Last:2009
Demo-Electors:17937
Prov-Created:2003
Prov-Abolished:2013
Demo-Cd:Halifax Regional Municipality

Hammonds Plains—Upper Sackville is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, which existed from 2003 to 2013. It elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the electoral district included those communities comprising the western suburbs of the Halifax Regional Municipality, namely Hammonds Plains, Yankeetown, Pockwock, Upper Sackville and Lucasville.

The electoral district was created in 2003, drawing parts of the electoral districts of Sackville-Beaver Bank (now defunct) and Timberlea-Prospect. The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral district of Hammonds Plains-Lucasville.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The electoral district was represented by the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
59th2003-2006Barry BarnetProgressive Conservative
60th2006-2009
61st2009–2013   Mat WhynottNew Democratic

Election results

2009

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