Pictou Centre
Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
District created | 1949 | ||
First contested | 1949 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 16,100 | ||
Electors | 12,860 | ||
Area (km²) | 26 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 619.2 | ||
Census division(s) | Pictou County | ||
Census subdivision(s) | New Glasgow, Stellarton, Trenton |
Pictou Centre is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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64th | 2021–present | Pat Dunn | Progressive Conservative | |
63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
62nd | 2013–2017 | |||
61st | 2009-2013 | Ross Landry | New Democratic | |
60th | 2006–2009 | Pat Dunn | Progressive Conservative | |
59th | 2003–2006 | John Hamm | Progressive Conservative | |
58th | 1999–2003 | |||
57th | 1998–1999 | |||
56th | 1993–1998 | |||
55th | 1988–1993 | Jack MacIsaac | Progressive Conservative | |
54th | 1984–1988 | |||
53rd | 1981–1984 | |||
52nd | 1978–1981 | |||
51st | 1977–1978 | |||
1974–1977 | Fraser MacLean | Progressive Conservative | ||
50th | 1970–1974 | Ralph F. Fiske | Liberal | |
49th | 1967–1970 | Donald R. MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | |
48th | 1963–1967 | |||
47th | 1960–1963 | |||
46th | 1956–1960 | |||
45th | 1953–1956 | Alfred B. DeWolfe | Liberal | |
44th | 1949–1953 |
Election results
1949
1949 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Alfred B. DeWolfe | 5,283 | 47.49% | – | ||||
Liberal–Conservative | John A. MacGregor | 4,499 | 40.44% | – | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Alvin M. Stewart | 1,343 | 12.07% | – | ||||
Total | 11,125 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. |
1953
1953 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Alfred B. DeWolfe | 5,155 | 45.58% | -1.91% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Robert D. MacDonald | 4,534 | 40.08% | -0.36% | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Donald L. Nicholson | 1,622 | 14.34% | 2.27% | ||||
Total | 11,311 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. |
1956
1956 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Donald R. MacLeod | 5,639 | 51.54% | 11.45% | ||||
Liberal | A. T. Logan | 5,303 | 48.46% | 2.89% | ||||
Total | 10,942 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. |
1960
1960 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Donald R. MacLeod | 4,755 | 43.92% | -7.61% | ||||
Liberal | James H. Power | 3,615 | 33.39% | -15.07% | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Doris Nicholson | 2,456 | 22.69% | – | ||||
Total | 10,826 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. |
1963
1963 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Donald R. MacLeod | 5,752 | 60.21% | 16.29% | ||||
Liberal | Thomas H. Frazer | 3,801 | 39.79% | 6.40% | ||||
Total | 9,553 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. |
1967
1967 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Donald R. MacLeod | 5,416 | 53.90% | -6.31% | ||||
Liberal | John (Brother) MacDonald | 3,846 | 38.28% | -1.51% | ||||
New Democratic | John Markie | 786 | 7.82% | – | ||||
Total | 10,048 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. |
1970
1970 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Ralph F. Fiske | 5,356 | 47.61% | 9.33% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Donald R. MacLeod | 4,922 | 43.75% | -10.15% | ||||
New Democratic | Derrick P. Kearley | 972 | 8.64% | 0.82% | ||||
Total | 11,250 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. |
1974
1974 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Fraser MacLean | 5,100 | 43.80% | 0.04% | ||||
Liberal | Lawrence Yud MacKinnon | 4,954 | 42.54% | -5.07% | ||||
New Democratic | Dave MacKenzie | 1,591 | 13.66% | 5.02% | ||||
Total | 11,645 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. |
1978
1978 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Jack MacIsaac | 6,056 | 52.36% | 8.56% | ||||
New Democratic | Austin Sutton | 3,068 | 26.52% | 12.86% | ||||
Liberal | Erskine Cumming | 2,313 | 20.00% | -22.55% | ||||
Independent | Jim Beck | 130 | 1.12% | – | ||||
Total | 11,567 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. |
1981
1981 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Jack MacIsaac | 6,673 | 59.62% | 7.27% | ||||
Liberal | Tom DeWolfe | 2,634 | 23.53% | 3.54% | ||||
New Democratic | Kim Murray | 1,885 | 16.84% | -9.68% | ||||
Total | 11,192 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. |
1984
1984 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Jack MacIsaac | 6,596 | 67.11% | 7.48% | ||||
Liberal | Bob Leahy | 2,103 | 21.40% | -2.14% | ||||
New Democratic | Kim Murray | 1,130 | 11.50% | -5.35% | ||||
Total | 9,829 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. |
1988
1988 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Jack MacIsaac | 6,566 | 57.80% | -9.30% | ||||
Liberal | Bob Leahy | 3,116 | 27.43% | 6.04% | ||||
New Democratic | Gerard Currie | 1,677 | 14.76% | 3.27% | ||||
Total | 11,359 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. |
1993
1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | John Hamm | 4,840 | 47.40% | -10.41% | ||||
Liberal | Mary Daley | 4,364 | 42.73% | 15.30% | ||||
New Democratic | Chuck MacNeil | 1,008 | 9.87% | -4.89% | ||||
Total | 10,212 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. |
1998
1998 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | John Hamm | 5,037 | 56.42% | 9.03% | ||||
Liberal | Roseanne Skoke | 2,114 | 23.68% | -19.05% | ||||
New Democratic | Judy Hughes | 1,776 | 19.89% | 10.02% | ||||
Total | 8,927 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1999
1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | John Hamm | 5,479 | 64.46% | 8.03% | ||||
New Democratic | Jeff Callaghan | 1,850 | 21.76% | 1.87% | ||||
Liberal | Marie Maxwell | 1,171 | 13.78% | -9.90% | ||||
Total | 8,500 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
2003
2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | John Hamm | 4,262 | 54.70% | -9.76% | ||||
Liberal | Tim Daley | 1,789 | 22.96% | 9.18% | ||||
New Democratic | Alexander MacIsaac | 1,571 | 20.16% | -1.60% | ||||
Marijuana | Darryl Gallivan | 170 | 2.18% | – | ||||
Total | 7,792 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
2006
2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Pat Dunn | 3,901 | 52.54% | -2.16% | ||||
New Democratic | Danny MacGillivray | 2,354 | 31.70% | 11.54% | ||||
Liberal | Troy MacCulloch | 1,057 | 14.24% | -8.72% | ||||
Green | Samuel Clark | 93 | 1.25% | – | ||||
Independent | Dennis Tate | 20 | 0.27% | – | ||||
Total | 7,425 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
2009
2009 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Ross Landry | 3,650 | 46.30% | 14.60% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Pat Dunn | 3,519 | 44.64% | -7.90% | ||||
Liberal | Neil MacIsaac | 567 | 7.19% | -7.04% | ||||
Green | Jim Lindsey | 147 | 1.86% | 0.61% | ||||
Total valid votes | 7,883 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 64 | 0.80 | ||||||
Turnout | 7,999 | 61.34 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 13,040 | |||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Conservative | Pat Dunn | 4,147 | 52.26 | ||
New Democratic Party | Ross Landry | 2,373 | 29.91 | ||
Liberal | Bill Muirhead | 1,415 | 17.83 |
2017
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Pat Dunn | 3,773 | 52.43 | +0.17 | ||||
Liberal | Jeff Davis | 2,027 | 28.17 | +10.34 | ||||
New Democratic | Henderson Paris | 1,396 | 19.40 | -10.51 | ||||
Total valid votes | 7,196 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 28 | 0.39 | -0.41 | |||||
Turnout | 7,224 | 55.86 | -5.48 | |||||
Eligible voters | 12,932 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -5.08 | ||||||
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[1][2] |
2021
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Pat Dunn | 4,092 | 55.77 | +3.34 | $42,138.84 | |||
Liberal | Jim McKenna | 2,269 | 30.93 | +2.76 | $42,741.61 | |||
New Democratic | Vernon Theriault | 862 | 11.75 | -7.65 | $24,983.08 | |||
Green | Laura Moore | 114 | 1.55 | $200.00 | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 7,337 | 99.54 | – | $76,534.03 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 34 | 0.46 | ||||||
Turnout | 7,371 | 57.07 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 12,916 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +0.29 | ||||||
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3] |
References
- ^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- ^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
- Government of Nova Scotia. "Election Summary From 1867 - 2006" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
- Canadian Press (September 7, 1977). "Tories keep Pictou seat in N.S. vote". p. 8. The Globe and Mail.
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