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Kings North

{{Infobox Canada electoral district

|prov-status = active

|province = Nova Scotia

|image = Kings North provincial electoral district.svg

|prov-rep-party = PC

|prov-rep = John Lohr

|demo-census-date = 2011

|demo-pop = 19842

|prov-election-first = 1956

|prov-election-last = 2024

|demo-electors = 15,848

|demo-area = 483.00

|prov-created = 1956

|demo-cd = Kings County

|demo-csd =

}}

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

The electoral district was formed through redistribution in 1956. It was previously part of the district of Kings.

District profile

Agriculture is a major industry in Kings North. The district has many geographical features of note, including Cape Blomidon, Cape Split, and the Minas Basin. Also in the district is Blomidon Provincial Park.

Communities within Kings North include:{{div col|colwidth=22em}}

{{div col end}}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Kings North has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

{{NS-MLA|Kings North}}

{{NS-MLA nodata|Riding created from Kings}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1956

| ToYr = 1960

| Assembly# = 46

| RepName = Eric Balcom

| NSParty = Liberal

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1960

| ToYr = 1963

| Assembly# = 47

| RepName = Gladys Porter

| NSParty = PC

| RepTerms# = 2

| PartyTerms# = 4

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1963

| ToYr = 1967

| Assembly# = 48

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1967

| ToYr = 1970

| Assembly# = 49

| RepName = Victor Thorpe

| RepTerms# = 2

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1970

| ToYr = 1974

| Assembly# = 50

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1974

| ToYr = 1978

| Assembly# = 51

| RepName = Glenn Ells

| NSParty = Liberal

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1978

| ToYr = 1981

| Assembly# = 52

| RepName = Edward Twohig

| NSParty = PC

| RepTerms# = 2

| PartyTerms# = 9

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1981

| ToYr = 1984

| Assembly# = 53

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1984

| ToYr = 1988

| Assembly# = 54

| RepName = George Archibald

| RepLink = George Archibald (politician)

| RepTerms# = 4

}}

{{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

| RepName = Mark Parent

| RepTerms# = 3

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2003

| ToYr = 2006

| Assembly# = 59

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2006

| ToYr = 2009

| Assembly# = 60

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2009

| ToYr = 2013

| Assembly# = 61

| RepName = Jim Morton

| RepLink = Jim Morton (politician)

| NSParty = NDP

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2013

| ToYr = 2017

| Assembly# = 62

| RepName = John Lohr

| NSParty = PC

| RepTerms# = 4

| PartyTerms# = 4

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2017

| ToYr = 2021

| Assembly# = 63

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2021

| ToYr = 2024

| Assembly# = 64

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2024

| ToYr =

| Assembly# = 65

}}

{{NS-MLA end}}

Election results

= 1956 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1956|Kings North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Eric Balcom|3,054|50.37%|–}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|George Arthur Boggs|3,009|49.63%|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|6,063|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/kings_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Kings North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 1960 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1960|Kings North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Gladys Porter|3,060|51.19%|1.56%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Eric Balcom|2,782|46.54%|-3.83%}}

{{CANelec|NS|CCF|Levitte Joseph Melanson|136|2.28%|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|5,978|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/kings_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Kings North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 1963 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1963|Kings North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Gladys Porter|3,668|59.43%|8.24%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|David Durell Sutton|2,405|38.97%|-7.57%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|George Turner|99|1.60%|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|6,172|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/kings_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Kings North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 1967 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1967|Kings North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Victor Thorpe|3,407|55.25%|-4.18%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Victor Cleyle|2,759|44.75%|5.78%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|6,166|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/kings_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Kings North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 1970 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1970|Kings North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Victor Thorpe|3,234|51.24%|-4.01%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Glenn Ells|3,077|48.76%|4.01%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|6,311|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/kings_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Kings North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 1974 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1974|Kings North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Glenn Ells|3,536|49.39%|0.63%}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Dave Waterbury|3,124|43.63%|-7.61%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|George W. Graves|500|6.98%|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|7,160|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/kings_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Kings North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 1978 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1978|Kings North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Edward Twohig|3,744|48.78%|5.14%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Glenn Ells|3,283|42.77%|-6.62%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Donald C. Fraser|649|8.45%|1.47%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|7,676|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/kings_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Kings North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 1981 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1981|Kings North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Edward Twohig|3,369|43.61%|-5.17%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Bob Levy|2,316|29.98%|21.52%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Lennie White|2,041|26.42%|-16.35%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|7,726|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/kings_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Kings North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 1984 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1984|Kings North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|George Archibald|3,655|49.57%|5.97%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Don Fraser|1,860|25.23%|-4.75%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Bob Wilson|1,858|25.20%|-1.22%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|7,373|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/kings_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Kings North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 1988 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1988|Kings North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|George Archibald|3,868|45.42%|-4.15%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Glenn Ells|3,116|36.59%|11.39%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Don Fraser|1,532|17.99%|-7.24%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|8,516|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/kings_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Kings North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 1993 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1993|Kings North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|George Archibald|4,137|42.62%|-2.80%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Jennifer Foster|3,980|41.01%|4.42%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Cameron Jess|1,505|15.51%|-2.48%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Natural Law|Anne Dow|84|0.87%|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|9,706|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/kings_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Kings North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 1998 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1998|Kings North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|George Archibald|3,760|41.45%|-1.17%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Neil H. McNeil|2,854|31.46%|15.96%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Jennifer Foster|2,457|27.09%|-13.92%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|9,071|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/kings_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Kings North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 1999 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1999|Kings North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Mark Parent|4,321|49.05%|7.60%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Neil H. McNeil|2,513|28.53%|-2.94%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Philip Carteret Hill|1,975|22.42%|-4.67%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|8,809|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/kings_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Kings North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 2003 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|2003|Kings North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Mark Parent|4,063|50.20%|1.15%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Jim Morton|2,340|28.91%|0.39%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Michael Landry|1,533|18.94%|-3.48%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Marijuana|Ben Friesen|157|1.94%|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|8,093|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/kings_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Kings North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 2006 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|2006|Kings North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Mark Parent|4,153|50.07%|-0.14%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Jim Morton|2,190|26.40%|-2.51%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Madonna Spinazola|1,757|21.18%|2.24%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Green|Chris Alders|195|2.35%|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|8,295|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/kings_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Kings North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 2009 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|2009|Kings North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Jim Morton|3,535|41.43%|15.03%}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Mark Parent|3,079|36.08%|-13.98%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Shirley Fisher|1,541|18.06%|-3.12%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Green|Anna-Maria Galante-Ward|378|4.43%|2.08%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|8,533|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/kings_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Kings North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 2013 =

{{Election box begin | title=2013 Nova Scotia general election[http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/For%20immediate%20Releaseadd%20KN%20Recount.pdf "Recount confirms John A. Lohr Elected in Kings North"]. Elections Nova Scotia, October 21, 2013.}}

|-

{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}

|Progressive Conservative

|John Lohr

|align="right"|2,903

|align="right"|32.49

|align="right"|

|-

{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}

|New Democrat

|Jim Morton

|align="right"|2,882

|align="right"|32.26

|align="right"|

|-

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

|Liberal

|Stephen Wayne Pearl

|align="right"|2,787

|align="right"|31.20

|align="right"|

|-

{{CANelec|NS|Green|Mary Lou Hartley|362|4.05|–}}

|}

= 2017 =

{{Nova Scotia provincial election, 2017/Kings North}}

class="wikitable"
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]
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

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

| Progressive Conservative

align=right| 3,819align=right| 45.94
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}} |  

| Liberal

align=right| 2,781align=right| 33.45
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}} |  

| New Democratic

align=right| 1,346align=right| 16.19
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Green|background}} |  

| Green

align=right| 295align=right| 3.55
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Atlantica|background}} |  

| Atlantica

align=right| 72align=right| 0.87

= 2021 =

{{2021 Nova Scotia general election/Kings North}}

= 2024 =

{{2024 Nova Scotia general election/Kings North}}

References

  • Elections Nova Scotia, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080912061452/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/ele_summary.pdf Election Summary From 1867-2007]. Retrieved December 14, 2009
  • Elections Nova Scotia, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091758/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/Elections/General%20Election%201981.pdf Complete Results and Statistics (October 6, 1981)]. Retrieved December 14, 2009
  • Elections Nova Scotia, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235151/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/Elections/General%20Election%201984.pdf Complete Results and Statistics (November 6, 1984)]. Retrieved December 14, 2009
  • Elections Nova Scotia, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235242/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/Elections/General%20Election%201988.pdf Complete Results and Statistics (September 6, 1988)]. Retrieved December 14, 2009
  • Elections Nova Scotia, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235507/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/Elections/General%20Election%201993.pdf Complete Results and Statistics (May 25, 1993)]. Retrieved December 14, 2009
  • Elections Nova Scotia, [http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/98Results/Dist35.pdf Complete Poll By Poll Results - Kings North (March 9, 1998)]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved on December 15, 2009
  • Elections Nova Scotia, [http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/99Results/99KINGSN.pdf Complete Poll By Poll Results - Kings North (July 27, 1999)]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved on December 15, 2009
  • Elections Nova Scotia, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110807074328/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/03results/03dist35.pdf Complete Poll By Poll Results - Kings North (August 5, 2003)]. Retrieved on December 15, 2009
  • Elections Nova Scotia, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110807074514/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/06results/dist35.pdf Complete Poll By Poll Results - Kings North (June 13, 2006)]. Retrieved on December 15, 2009
  • Elections Nova Scotia, [http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/09results/dist35.pdf Complete Poll By Poll Results - Kings North (June 9, 2009)]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved on December 15, 2009

External links

  • [http://www.cbc.ca/nsvotes2006/riding/035/ CBC 2006 District Profile]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110807073305/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/edf/maps/35_kingsnorth_district.pdf District Map]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311020341/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/edf/EDF.aspx?dist=35 Elections Nova Scotia description of district]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110807074001/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/pdf/Statement%20of%20Votes/Result%20Map/2009%20General%20Election%20Results%20Map.pdf 2009 Map of General Election Results]

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{{Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts}}

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