Sackville-Cobequid Explained

Prov-Status:active
Province:Nova Scotia
Prov-Rep-Party:NDP
Prov-Rep:Paul Wozney
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:19307
Prov-Election-First:1978
Prov-Election-Last:2024
Demo-Electors:15318
Demo-Area:19
Prov-Created:1978
Demo-Cd:Halifax RM
Demo-Csd:Halifax RM

Sackville—Cobequid is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

The riding was created in 1978 when the former district of Halifax Cobequid was redistributed. In 1993 the name was changed to Sackville-Cobequid and it gained the Lakeview area from Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley and lost an area north of Beaverbank Road to Sackville-Beaver Bank. In 2003, there were minor changes made to the ridings northern boundary along Second Lake. In 2013, this district lost a small area along its northwestern edge to the new constituency of Sackville-Beaver Bank.[1]

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since 2019 is Steve Craig of the Progressive Conservative party (PC), having succeeded longtime MLA Dave Wilson of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party (NDP), who served from 2003 until resigning[2] on November 16, 2018, triggering a by-election which Craig won.

Sackville-Cobequid became the only Progressive Conservative riding to be flipped away from the PCs in the 2024 election, instead electing the NDP candidate Paul Wozney.

Geography

The land area of Sackville-Cobequid is 19km2.[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Election results

2013

|-|New Democratic Party|Dave Wilson|align="right"|2,983|align="right"|38.45|align="right"|-26.89|-|Liberal|Graham Cameron|align="right"|2,898|align="right"|37.35|align="right"|+17.60|-|Progressive Conservative|Peter MacIsaac|align="right"|1,651|align="right"|21.28|align="right"|+8.82|-|}

1978

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/sackville-cobequid.pdf Sackville-Cobequid Riding History
  2. Web site: Dave Wilson steps down as MLA for Sackville-Cobequid . November 16, 2018. Jean . Laroche . CBC. en. 2019-02-16.
  3. Web site: Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election . enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca . Elections Nova Scotia . 22 July 2021.