Sackville-Cobequid Explained

Prov-Status:active
Province:Nova Scotia
Prov-Rep-Party:PC
Prov-Rep:Steve Craig
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:19307
Prov-Election-First:1978
Prov-Election-Last:2021
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.

Geography

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
52nd1978–1981Malcolm A. MacKayProgressive Conservative
53rd1981–1984
54th1984–1988John HolmNew Democratic Party
55th1988–1993
56th1993–1998
57th1998–1999
58th1999–2003
59th2003–2006Dave Wilson
60th2006–2009
61st2009–2013
62nd2013–2017
63rd2017–2018
2019–2021Steve CraigProgressive Conservative
64th2021-Present

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|-|}

2021

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.