Clare-Digby
Clare-Digby 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 2012 with 100 per cent of the former district of Clare and 76 per cent of the former district of Digby-Annapolis. It encompasses all of Digby County and consists of the Municipality of Clare, the Town of Digby, and the Municipality of the District of Digby.[1] The riding is home to the province's only French-language university, Université Sainte-Anne at Church Point, and North America's oldest Acadian festival. Lobster and scallop catches in St. Mary's Bay and along the Fundy coast are critical to the economy.
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2012 | ||
| Last contested | 2013 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016) | 17,323 | ||
| Electors (2017) | 14,486 | ||
| Area (km²) | 2,521.00 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 6.9 | ||
| Census divisions | Digby County | ||
| Census subdivisions | Municipality of Clare, Town of Digby, Municipality of the District of Digby | ||
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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| 63rd | 2017–present | Gordon Wilson | Liberal | |
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | |||
Election results
2017 general election
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gordon Wilson | 4,044 | 50.49 | -4.19 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Normand Cormier | 2,283 | 28.50 | -2.58 | ||||
| New Democratic | Harold Neil | 1,682 | 21.00 | +12.01 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,009 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 116 | 1.43 | +0.43 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,125 | 56.54 | -10.34 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 14,370 | |||||||
2013 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Liberal | Gordon Wilson | 5,122 | 54.68 | N/A | |
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Emile LeBlanc | 2,911 | 31.08 | N/A | |
| New Democratic Party | Dean Kenley | 842 | 8.99 | N/A | |
| Independent | Ian Thurber | 492 | 5.25 | N/A | |
| Total valid votes | 9,367 | 100.0 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 95 | 1.00 | |||
| Turnout | 9,462 | 66.88 | |||
| Eligible voters | 14,148 | ||||
References
- Clare-Digby Constituency History
External links
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