Hants West

{{Infobox Canada electoral district

|prov-status = active

|province = Nova Scotia

|image = Hants West provincial electoral district.svg

|prov-rep-party = Progressive Conservative

|prov-rep = Melissa Sheehy-Richard

|demo-census-date = 2011

|demo-pop = 19058

|prov-election-first = 1949

|prov-election-last = 2024

|demo-electors = 15352

|demo-area = 1319

|prov-created = 1949

|demo-cd = Hants County

|demo-csd =

}}

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

The district has existed since 1949. Earlier, it and Hants East were together in Hants.

Geography

Hants West has a {{convert|1319|km2|abbr=on}} landmass.{{cite web |title=Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election |url=https://enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca/edinfo55/Default.aspx?ED=33 |website=enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |access-date=22 July 2021}}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1949

| ToYr = 1953

| Assembly# = 44

| RepName = George B. Cole

| NSParty = Liberal

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1953

| ToYr = 1956

| Assembly# = 45

| RepName = George Henry Wilson

| NSParty = PC

| RepTerms# = 3

| PartyTerms# = 5

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1956

| ToYr = 1960

| Assembly# = 46

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1960

| ToYr = 1963

| Assembly# = 47

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1963

| ToYr = 1967

| Assembly# = 48

| RepName = Norman T. Spence

| RepTerms# = 2

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1967

| ToYr = 1970

| Assembly# = 49

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1970

| ToYr = 1974

| Assembly# = 50

| RepName = Robert D. Lindsay

| NSParty = Liberal

| RepTerms# = 2

| PartyTerms# = 2

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1974

| ToYr = 1978

| Assembly# = 51

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1978

| ToYr = 1981

| Assembly# = 52

| RepName = Ron Russell

| NSParty = PC

| RepTerms# = 8

| PartyTerms# = 11

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1981

| ToYr = 1984

| Assembly# = 53

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1984

| ToYr = 1988

| Assembly# = 54

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1988

| ToYr = 1993

| Assembly# = 55

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1993

| ToYr = 1998

| Assembly# = 56

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1998

| ToYr = 1999

| Assembly# = 57

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1999

| ToYr = 2003

| Assembly# = 58

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2003

| ToYr = 2006

| Assembly# = 59

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2006

| ToYr = 2009

| Assembly# = 60

| RepName = Chuck Porter

| RepLink = Chuck Porter (politician)

| RepTerms# = 6

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2009

| ToYr = 2013

| Assembly# = 61

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2013

| ToYr = 2014

| Assembly# = 62

| #ByElections = 2

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2014

| ToYr = 2016

| NSParty = Independent

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2016

| ToYr = 2017

| NSParty = Liberal

| PartyTerms# = 2

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2017

| ToYr = 2021

| Assembly# = 63

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2021

| ToYr = 2024

| Assembly# = 64

| RepName = Melissa Sheehy-Richard

| NSParty = PC

| RepTerms# = 2

| PartyTerms# = 2

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2024

| ToYr =

| Assembly# = 65

}}

Election results

= 2024 =

= 2021 =

= 2017 =

colspan="4" \| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/TranspositionofVotesReport_2017PGE_2019ElectoralDirstricts_reportApril2021.pdf Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries]
class="wikitable"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" \| Party ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" \| Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" \| %
{{Canadian party colour\|NS\|Liberal\|background}} \| \| Liberal	align=right\| 4,708	align=right\| 54.74
{{Canadian party colour\|NS\|PC\|background}} \| \| Progressive Conservative	align=right\| 2,488	align=right\| 28.93
{{Canadian party colour\|NS\|NDP\|background}} \| \| New Democratic	align=right\| 1,071	align=right\| 12.45
{{Canadian party colour\|NS\|Green\|background}} \| \| Green	align=right\| 261	align=right\| 3.03
{{Canadian party colour\|NS\|Atlantica\|background}} \| \| Atlantica	align=right\| 73	align=right\| 0.85

= 2013 =

|-

|Progressive Conservative

|Chuck Porter

|align="right"|4,468

|align="right"|50.75

|align="right"|

|-

|Liberal

|Claude Sherman O'Hara

|align="right"|3,279

|align="right"|37.24

|align="right"|

|-

|New Democratic Party

| Brian Stephens

|align="right"|888

|align="right"|10.28

|align="right"|

|}