Prov-Status: | active |
Province: | Nova Scotia |
Prov-Rep-Party: | PC |
Prov-Rep: | John Lohr |
Demo-Census-Date: | 2011 |
Demo-Pop: | 19842 |
Prov-Election-First: | 1956 |
Prov-Election-Last: | 2024 |
Demo-Electors: | 15,848 |
Demo-Area: | 483.00 |
Prov-Created: | 1956 |
Demo-Cd: | Kings County |
Kings North is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
The electoral district was formed through redistribution in 1956. It was previously part of the district of Kings.
Agriculture is a major industry in Kings North. The district has many geographical features of note, including Cape Blomidon, Cape Split, and the Minas Basin. Also in the district is Blomidon Provincial Park.
Communities within Kings North include:
Kings North has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
64th | 2021–present | John Lohr | Progressive Conservative | |||
63rd | 2017–2021 | |||||
62nd | 2013–2017 | |||||
61st | 2009–2013 | Jim Morton | New Democrat | |||
60th | 2006–2009 | Mark Parent | Progressive Conservative | |||
59th | 2003–2006 | |||||
58th | 1999–2003 | |||||
57th | 1998–1999 | George Archibald | Progressive Conservative | |||
56th | 1993–1998 | |||||
55th | 1988–1993 | |||||
54th | 1984–1988 | |||||
53rd | 1981–1984 | Edward Twohig | Progressive Conservative | |||
52nd | 1978–1981 | |||||
51st | 1974–1978 | Glenn Ells | Liberal | |||
50th | 1970–1974 | Victor Thorpe | Progressive Conservative | |||
49th | 1967–1970 | |||||
48th | 1963–1967 | Gladys Porter | Progressive Conservative | |||
47th | 1960–1963 | |||||
46th | 1956–1960 | Eric Balcom | Liberal |
|-|Progressive Conservative|John Lohr|align="right"|2,903|align="right"|32.49|align="right"||-|New Democrat|Jim Morton|align="right"|2,882|align="right"|32.26|align="right"||-|Liberal|Stephen Wayne Pearl|align="right"|2,787|align="right"|31.20|align="right"||-|}
2017 provincial election redistributed results[1] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Vote | % | |||
3,819 | 45.94 | ||||
2,781 | 33.45 | ||||
1,346 | 16.19 | ||||
295 | 3.55 | ||||
72 | 0.87 |