Lunenburg West Explained

Prov-Status:active
Province:Nova Scotia
Prov-Rep-Party:PC
Prov-Rep:Becky Druhan
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:18017
Prov-Election-First:1956
Prov-Election-Last:2021
Demo-Electors:16116
Demo-Area:1001
Prov-Created:1956
Demo-Cd:Lunenburg
Demo-Csd:Bridgewater, LaHave, Hebbville

Lunenburg West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1956 from the riding of Lunenburg County.

The riding includes the town of Bridgewater, LaHave, and Hebbville.

Geography

Lunenburg West has 1001km2 of landmass.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
46th1956-1960Harley J. SpenceProgressive Conservative
47th1960-1963
48th1963-1967
49th1967-1970
50th1970-1974   Maurice DeLoreyLiberal
51st1974-1978
52nd1978-1981Mel PickingsProgressive Conservative
53rd1981-1984
54th1984-1988
55th1988-1993Marie DechmanProgressive Conservative
56th1993-1998   Don DowneLiberal
57th1998-1999
58th1999-2003
59th2003-2006Carolyn Bolivar-GetsonProgressive Conservative
60th2006-2009
61st2009–2013Gary RameyNew Democratic
62nd2013–2017Mark FureyLiberal
63rd2017–2021
64th2021–presentBecky DruhanProgressive Conservative

Election results

2013

|-|Liberal|Mark Furey|align="right"|3,931|align="right"|43.10|align="right"||-|New Democratic Party|Gary Ramey|align="right"|2,885|align="right"|31.00|align="right"||-|Progressive Conservative|David Mitchell|align="right"|2,143|align="right"|23.50|align="right"||}

2017

2017 provincial election redistributed results[2]
PartyVote%
 3,829 47.09
 2,255 27.73
 1,687 20.75
 360 4.43

2021

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election . enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca . Elections Nova Scotia . 22 July 2021.
  2. 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