Lunenburg West
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
|prov-status = active
|province = Nova Scotia
|image = Lunenburg West provincial electoral district.svg
|prov-rep-party = PC
|prov-rep = Becky Druhan
|demo-census-date = 2011
|demo-pop = 18017
|prov-election-first = 1956
|prov-election-last = 2024
|demo-electors = 16116
|demo-area = 1001
|prov-created = 1956
|demo-cd = Lunenburg
|demo-csd = Bridgewater, LaHave, Hebbville
}}
Lunenburg West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1956 from the riding of Lunenburg County.
The riding includes the town of Bridgewater, LaHave, and Hebbville.
Geography
Lunenburg West has {{convert|1001|km2|abbr=on}} of landmass.{{cite web |title=Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election |url=https://enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca/edinfo55/Default.aspx?ED=39 |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|Lunenburg West}}
{{NS-MLA nodata|Riding created from Lunenburg}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 1956
| ToYr = 1960
| Assembly# = 46
| RepName = Harley J. Spence
| NSParty = PC
| RepTerms# = 4
| PartyTerms# = 4
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 1960
| ToYr = 1963
| Assembly# = 47
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 1963
| ToYr = 1967
| Assembly# = 48
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 1967
| ToYr = 1970
| Assembly# = 49
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 1970
| ToYr = 1974
| Assembly# = 50
| RepName = Maurice DeLorey
| 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 = Mel Pickings
| NSParty = PC
| RepTerms# = 3
| PartyTerms# = 4
}}
{{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
| RepName = Marie Dechman
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 1993
| ToYr = 1998
| Assembly# = 56
| RepName = Don Downe
| NSParty = Liberal
| RepTerms# = 3
| PartyTerms# = 3
}}
{{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
| RepName = Carolyn Bolivar-Getson
| NSParty = PC
| RepTerms# = 2
| PartyTerms# = 2
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 2006
| ToYr = 2009
| Assembly# = 60
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 2009
| ToYr = 2013
| Assembly# = 61
| RepName = Gary Ramey
| NSParty = NDP
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 2013
| ToYr = 2017
| Assembly# = 62
| RepName = Mark Furey
| NSParty = Liberal
| RepTerms# = 2
| PartyTerms# = 2
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 2017
| ToYr = 2021
| Assembly# = 63
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 2021
| ToYr = 2024
| Assembly# = 64
| RepName = Becky Druhan
| NSParty = PC
| RepTerms# = 2
| PartyTerms# = 2
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 2024
| ToYr =
| Assembly# = 65
}}
{{NS-MLA end}}
Election results
=2024=
{{2024 Nova Scotia general election/Lunenburg West}}
=2021=
{{2021 Nova Scotia general election/Lunenburg West}}
=2017=
{{2017 Nova Scotia general election/Lunenburg West}}
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|Liberal|background}} |
| Liberal | align=right| 3,829 | align=right| 47.09 |
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}} | | align=right| 2,255 | align=right| 27.73 |
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}} | | align=right| 1,687 | align=right| 20.75 |
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Green|background}} |
| Green | align=right| 360 | align=right| 4.43 |
=2013=
{{Election box begin | title=2013 Nova Scotia general election}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
|align="right"|3,931
|align="right"|43.10
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|align="right"|2,885
|align="right"|31.00
|align="right"|
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|David Mitchell
|align="right"|2,143
|align="right"|23.50
|align="right"|
|}
= 2009 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|2009|Lunenburg West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Gary Ramey|3,600|39.60%|0.41%}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Carolyn Bolivar-Getson|3,045|33.50%|-9.71%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Mark Furey|2,297|25.27%|9.54%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Green|Emily Richardson|148|1.63%|-0.24%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|9,090|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/lunenburg_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Lunenburg West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
= 2006 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|2006|Lunenburg West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Carolyn Bolivar-Getson|3,637|43.21%|3.53%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Bill Smith|3,299|39.19%|11.39%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Martin Bell|1,324|15.73%|-16.79%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Green|Brendan MacNeill|157|1.87%|–}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|8,417|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/lunenburg_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Lunenburg West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
= 2003 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|2003|Lunenburg West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Carolyn Bolivar-Getson|3,111|39.68%|4.89%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|John MacDonald|2,550|32.52%|-12.94%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|David Ferguson|2,180|27.80%|8.05%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|7,841|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/lunenburg_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Lunenburg West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
= 1999 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1999|Lunenburg West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Don Downe|4,248|45.46%|-2.49%}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Jerry Swain|3,251|34.79%|12.52%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Eric Hustvedt|1,846|19.75%|-10.03%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|9,345|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/lunenburg_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Lunenburg West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
= 1998 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1998|Lunenburg West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Don Downe|4,364|47.95%|-12.65%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Eric Hustvedt|2,711|29.78%|18.47%}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Lou Centa|2,027|22.27%|-5.82%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|9,102|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/lunenburg_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Lunenburg West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
= 1993 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1993|Lunenburg West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Don Downe|6,276|60.59%|21.49%}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Marie Dechman|2,910|28.09%|-14.24%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Karen Reinhardt|1,172|11.31%|-7.24%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|10,358|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/lunenburg_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Lunenburg West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
= 1988 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1988|Lunenburg West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Marie Dechman|3,511|42.34%|-8.91%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Jack Logan|3,243|39.11%|6.85%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|John Scott|1,539|18.56%|2.06%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|8,293|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/lunenburg_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Lunenburg West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
= 1984 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1984|Lunenburg West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Mel Pickings|3,435|51.25%|-2.42%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Caroll W. Young|2,162|32.25%|0.14%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Martha Laurence|1,106|16.50%|2.28%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|6,703|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/lunenburg_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Lunenburg West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
= 1981 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1981|Lunenburg West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Mel Pickings|3,875|53.66%|2.52%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Pauline Himmelman|2,319|32.11%|-4.42%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Carl E. Sampson|1,027|14.22%|1.90%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|7,221|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/lunenburg_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Lunenburg West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
= 1978 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1978|Lunenburg West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Mel Pickings|3,907|51.15%|11.21%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Maurice DeLory|2,791|36.54%|-18.38%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|G. M. Dean|941|12.32%|7.17%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|7,639|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/lunenburg_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Lunenburg West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
= 1974 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1974|Lunenburg West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Maurice DeLory|3,635|54.92%|1.74%}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Edward Aston|2,643|39.93%|-6.89%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|William Roger Griswold|341|5.15%|–}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|6,619|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/lunenburg_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Lunenburg West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
= 1970 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1970|Lunenburg West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Maurice DeLory|3,086|53.18%|6.46%}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|R. Clifford Levy|2,717|46.82%|-3.18%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|5,803|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/lunenburg_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Lunenburg West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
= 1967 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1967|Lunenburg West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Harley J. Spence|2,564|50.00%|-8.12%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Carroll Young|2,396|46.72%|4.85%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Wilson Touchie|168|3.28%|–}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|5,128|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/lunenburg_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Lunenburg West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
= 1963 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1963|Lunenburg West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Harley J. Spence|2,937|58.12%|5.19%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Joye F. Davison|2,116|41.88%|-5.19%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|5,053|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/lunenburg_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Lunenburg West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
= 1960 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1960|Lunenburg West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Harley J. Spence|2,858|52.94%|2.27%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Frederick E. L. Fowke|2,541|47.06%|-2.27%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|5,399|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/lunenburg_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Lunenburg West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
= 1956 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1956|Lunenburg West|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Harley J. Spence|2,567|50.66%|–}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Frederick E. L. Fowke|2,500|49.34%|–}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|5,067|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/lunenburg_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Lunenburg West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.cbc.ca/nsvotes2003/riding/039/ CBC riding profile (2003)]
{{Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts}}
{{coord missing|Nova Scotia}}