Bedford South

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{{Use Canadian English|date=July 2021}}

{{Infobox Canada electoral district

| name = Bedford South

| province = Nova Scotia

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| prov-election-first = 2024

| prov-rep = Damian Stoilov

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| prov-rep-party = PC

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| demo-cd = Halifax Regional Municipality

| demo-csd = Halifax Regional Municipality

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Bedford South is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

This riding was created in 2019, following the recommendations of the 2018 Electoral Boundaries Commission.{{Cite web|last=Dodds|first=Collin|date=April 2019|title=Balancing effective representation with voter parity|url=https://nselectoralboundaries.ca/sites/default/files/electoral_boundaries_2019_english_web.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=29 July 2021|website=Nova Scotia Electoral Boundaries Commission|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719170124/https://nselectoralboundaries.ca/sites/default/files/electoral_boundaries_2019_english_web.pdf |archive-date=19 July 2021 }} This riding was first contested in the 2021 election.

Geography

The land area of Bedford South is {{convert|31|km2|abbr=on}}.{{Cite web|title=Electoral District Information|url=https://enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca/edinfo55/Default.aspx?ED=05|access-date=29 July 2021|website=Elections Nova Scotia}}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

{{NS-MLA|Bedford South}}

{{NS-MLA nodata|Riding created from Bedford, Clayton Park West and Hammonds Plains-Lucasville}}

{{NS-MLA row

| Assembly# = 64

| FromYr = 2021

| ToYr = 2024

| RepName = Braedon Clark

| NSParty = Liberal

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| Assembly# = 64

| FromYr = 2024

| ToYr =

| RepName = Damian Stoilov

| NSParty = PC

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{NS-MLA end}}

Election results

=2024=

{{2024 Nova Scotia general election/Bedford South}}

= 2021 =

{{2021 Nova Scotia general election/Bedford South}}

= 2017 redistributed results =

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" | 2017 provincial election redistributed results{{Cite web|date=12 April 2021|title=Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/TranspositionofVotesReport_2017PGE_2019ElectoralDirstricts_reportApril2021.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=1 August 2021|website=Elections Nova Scotia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717154626/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/TranspositionofVotesReport_2017PGE_2019ElectoralDirstricts_reportApril2021.pdf |archive-date=17 July 2021 }}

colspan="2" | Party

! Vote

! %

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}} |  

| Liberal

align=right | 3,029align=right | 51.30
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}} |  

| Progressive Conservative

align=right | 1,741align=right | 29.48
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}} |  

| New Democratic

align=right | 835align=right | 14.14
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Green|background}} |  

| Green

align=right | 279align=right | 4.72
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Atlantica|background}} |  

| Atlantica Party

align=right | 21align=right | 0.36

References

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