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Dartmouth South

Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada


Summary

Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada

FieldValue
prov-statusactive
provinceNova Scotia
imageDartmouth South provincial electoral district.svg
captionDartmouth South in relation to other ridings in the Metro Halifax area
prov-rep-partyNDP
prov-repClaudia Chender
demo-census-date2016
demo-pop27284
prov-election-first1967
prov-election-last2024
demo-electors17,940
demo-area8.00
prov-created1967
demo-cdHalifax Regional Municipality

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Geography

The electoral district of Dartmouth South is about 8 km2 in landmass.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly: | Assembly# = 49 | Assembly# = 50 | Assembly# = 51 | RepTerms# = 5 | PartyTerms# = 5 | Assembly# = 52 | Assembly# = 53 | Assembly# = 54 | Assembly# = 55 | Assembly# = 56 | Assembly# = 57 | Assembly# = 58 | Assembly# = 59 | RepTerms# = 3 | PartyTerms# = 3 | Assembly# = 60 | Assembly# = 61 | Assembly# = 62 | #ByElections = 1 | PartyTerms# = 4 | Assembly# = 63 | RepTerms# = 3 | Assembly# = 64 | Assembly# = 65

Election results

1967

1970

1974

1978

1981

1984

1988

1993

1998

1999

2003

2006

2009

2013

2009 provincial election redistributed resultsPartyVote%
New Democratic Party4,60755.57
Liberal2,31327.90
Progressive Conservative1,09813.24
Green2733.29
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New Democratic Party
Mary Vingoe
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Progressive Conservative
Gord Gamble
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2015 by-election

2017

2021

2024

References

References

  1. "Finding a Primary Care Provider in Nova Scotia; August 2019 Report". Nova Scotia Health Authority.
  2. [http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/dartmouth%20south%20(2013).pdf Dartmouth South – Constituency History] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-08-23 Nova Scotia Legislature)
  3. "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia.
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