Yarmouth (provincial electoral district)

Yarmouth is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It consists of the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth and the town of Yarmouth. From 1867 to 1981, the district included all of Yarmouth County.[1] In 1981, the riding was redistributed and the Municipality of Argyle received its own electoral district.

Yarmouth
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Zach Churchill
Liberal
District created1867
Last contested2013
Demographics
Population (2016)16,363
Electors (2017)13,862
Area (km²)596.15
Pop. density (per km²)27.4
Census divisionsYarmouth County
Census subdivisionsTown of Yarmouth, Municipality of Yarmouth

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature Years Member Party
63rd 2017–Present Zach Churchill Liberal
62nd 2013–2017
61st 2010-2013
2009–2010 Richard Hurlburt Progressive Conservative
60th 2006–2009
59th 2003–2006
58th 1999–2003
57th 1998–1999     John Deveau New Democratic
56th 1993–1998     Richie Hubbard Liberal
55th 1988–1993 Leroy Legere Progressive Conservative
54th 1984–1988 Alex McIntosh Progressive Conservative
53rd 1981–1984     Fraser Mooney Liberal
Yarmouth returned two members between 1949 and 1981
52nd 1978–1981     Fraser Mooney Liberal     Hugh Tinkham Liberal
51st 1974–1978
50th 1970–1974 George Snow Progressive Conservative
49th 1967–1970     Benoit Robichaud Progressive Conservative
48th 1963–1967     George Burridge Progressive Conservative
47th 1960–1963     Willard O'Brien Liberal
46th 1956–1960     Eric Spinney Liberal
45th 1953–1956     William Brown Progressive Conservative     Raymond Z. Bourque Progressive Conservative
44th 1949–1953     Donald J. Fraser Liberal
Yarmouth returned one member between 1933 and 1949
43rd 1945–1949     Henry A. Waterman Liberal
42nd 1941–1945
41st 1937–1941     Lindsay Gardner Liberal
40th 1933–1937
Yarmouth returned two members before 1933
39th 1928–1933     Lindsay Gardner Liberal     René W.E. Landry Liberal
38th 1925–1928     John Flint Cahan Liberal-Conservative     Raymond Neri d'Entremont Liberal-Conservative
37th 1920–1925     Howard Corning Liberal-Conservative     Amédée Melanson Liberal
36th 1916–1920     Ernest Howard Armstrong Liberal     Henry Thomas d'Entremont Liberal
35th 1911–1916     Howard Corning Liberal-Conservative
34th 1906–1911     Henry S. LeBlanc Liberal
33rd 1904–1906     George Sanderson Liberal
1901–1904     Augustus Stoneman Liberal
32nd 1900–1901
1897–1900     William Law Liberal
31st 1894–1897     Albert A. Pothier Liberal-Conservative
30th 1890–1894     Forman Hatfield Liberal
1890     Albert Gayton Liberal
29th 1886–1890
28th 1882–1886     Thomas Corning Conservative
27th 1878–1882     Joseph Robbins Kinney Conservative
26th 1874–1878     John Lovitt Liberal
25th 1872–1874     John K. Ryerson Liberal
1871–1872     William H. Townsend Liberal
24th 1867–1871     John K. Ryerson Liberal

Election results

2017 general election
2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalZach Churchill5,36468.17-13.91
Progressive ConservativeMitch Bonnar2,00725.50+11.19
GreenJim Laverie2553.24+2.26
New DemocraticDavid Olie2433.08+0.44
Total valid votes 7,869100.0
Total rejected ballots 440.56-0.23
Turnout 7,91357.66-7.04
Eligible voters 13,724

2013 general election
2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
LiberalZach Churchill6,97582.08+31.43
  Progressive Conservative John Cunningham 1,216 14.31 -19.10
  New Democratic Party Charles Webster 224 2.64 -3.88
GreenVanessa Goodwin-Clairmont830.98+0.36
Total valid votes 8,663100.0  
Total rejected ballots 290.33
Turnout 8,69264.70
Eligible voters 13,868

2010 by-election
By-election June 22, 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±
LiberalZach Churchill3,98650.67+36.60
  Progressive Conservative Charles Crosby 2,628 33.40 -27.94
  Independent Belle Hatfield 673 8.55 Ø
  New Democratic Party John Deveau 513 6.52 -16.41
GreenJohn Percy480.61-1.05
AtlanticaJonathan Dean190.24Ø
Total valid votes 7,867100.00
Total rejected ballots 500.63
Turnout 7,91759.25
Eligible voters 13,361

2009 general election
2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Progressive Conservative Richard Hurlburt 4,537 61.34 -2.96
  New Democratic Party David Olie 1,696 22.93 +2.20
LiberalDavid Mooney1,04114.07+1.00
GreenRonald Mills1231.66-0.23
Total valid votes 7,397100.00
Total rejected ballots 380.51
Turnout 7,43556.34
Eligible voters 13,197

2006 general election
2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Progressive Conservative Richard Hurlburt 5,170 64.30 +7.82
  New Democratic Party John Deveau 1,667 20.73 -8.94
LiberalDolores Atwood1,05113.07+6.88
GreenMatthew Granger1521.89Ø
Total valid votes 8,040100.00
Total rejected ballots 200.25
Turnout 8,06068.33
Eligible voters 12,849

2003 general election
2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Progressive Conservative Richard Hurlburt 4,656 56.48 +22.46
LiberalPhil DeMille2,44629.67+1.46
  New Democratic Party Gillian Rowley 1,142 13.85 -19.49
Total valid votes 8,244100.00
Total rejected ballots 350.42
Turnout 8,27970.18
Eligible voters 11,797

1999 general election
1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Progressive Conservative Richard Hurlburt 3,141 34.02 +4.05
  New Democratic Party John Deveau 3,079 33.34 -11.47
LiberalPhil DeMille2,60528.21+2.99
Nova Scotia PartyBrian Hurlburt4094.43
Total valid votes 9,234100.00
Total rejected ballots 580.62
Turnout 9,29274.54
Eligible voters 12,465

1998 general election
1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  New Democratic Party John Deveau 3,931 44.81
  Progressive Conservative Alex McIntosh 2,629 29.97
  Liberal Richie Hubbard 2,212 25.22
Total valid votes 8,772100.00
Total rejected ballots 530.60
Turnout 8,82571.16
Eligible voters 12,402

1993 general election
1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal Richie Hubbard 5,193 53.11
  Progressive Conservative Leroy Legere 3,138 32.09
  New Democratic Party John Deveau 1,447 14.80
Total valid votes 9,782100.00
Total rejected ballots 880.89
Turnout 9,87074.47
Eligible voters 13,253

1988 general election
1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Progressive Conservative Leroy Legere 4,479 44.86
  Liberal Fraser Mooney 4,138 41.44
  New Democratic Party Brian Noble 1,368 13.70

1984 general election
1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Progressive Conservative Alex McIntosh 4,400 49.16
  Liberal Fraser Mooney 3,755 41.96
  New Democratic Party Brian Doucette 795 8.88

1981 general election
1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal Fraser Mooney 3,868 46.10
  Progressive Conservative Benoit Robichaud 3,389 40.39
  New Democratic Party Hartley Wickens 1,134 13.51

1978 general election
1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal Fraser Mooney 7,568 55.16
  Liberal Hugh Tinkham 7,339 53.49
  Progressive Conservative Dorothy Crosby 4,389 31.99
  Progressive Conservative Harold Hanf 4,122 30.04
  New Democratic Party Hartley Wickens 1,268 9.24
  New Democratic Party Charles Paddock 1,190 8.67

1974 general election
1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal Fraser Mooney 8,098 62.60
  Liberal Hugh Tinkham 7,068 54.64
  Progressive Conservative George A. Snow 4,300 33.24
  Progressive Conservative Martin Cottreau 4,029 31.14
  New Democratic Party Lawrence Dukeshire 637 4.92
  New Democratic Party Leslie Babin 504 3.90

1970 general election
1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal Fraser Mooney 5,039 47.65
  Progressive Conservative George A. Snow 4,929 46.61
  Progressive Conservative Benoit Robichaud 4,896 46.30
  Liberal Jack Rogers 4,592 43.43

1967 general election
1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Progressive Conservative George A. Snow 5,345 50.46
  Progressive Conservative Benoit Robichaud 5,003 47.23
  Liberal Fraser Mooney 4,463 42.13
  Liberal Earle Maberley 3,699 34.92
  Independent Willard Allen 329 3.10

1963 general election
1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Progressive Conservative George A. Snow 5,077 46.69
  Progressive Conservative George A. Burridge 4,884 44.91
  Liberal Willard O'Brien 4,719 43.90
  Liberal Irving Pink 4,345 39.96
  New Democratic Party Angus MacGillivary 358 3.29

1960 general election
1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal Willard O'Brien 5,037 47.45
  Progressive Conservative George A. Burridge 4,811 45.32
  Progressive Conservative George A. Snow 4,578 43.13
  Liberal Eric Spinney 4,345 40.93
  Independent Willard Allen 650 6.12

1956 general election
1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal Willard O'Brien 5,438 54.54
  Liberal Eric Spinney 4,876 48.91
  Progressive Conservative William Brown 4,007 40.19
  Progressive Conservative Raymond Bourque 3,953 39.65

1953 general election
1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Progressive Conservative William Brown 4,859 48.34
  Progressive Conservative Raymond Bourque 4,524 45.01
  Liberal Allan d'Entremont 4,067 40.46
  Liberal Donald J. Fraser 3,790 37.71

1949 general election
1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Progressive Conservative William Brown 5,322 50.08
  Liberal Donald Fraser 4,751 44.71
  Liberal Joseph Pothier 4,601 43.30
  Progressive Conservative Alfred d'Entremont 4,197 39.49

References
  1. Electoral History for Yarmouth Nova Scotia Legislature

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