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Pictou Centre

{{Infobox Canada electoral district

|prov-status = active

|province = Nova Scotia

|image = Pictou Centre provincial electoral district.svg

|prov-rep-party = PC

|prov-rep = Danny MacGillivray

|demo-census-date = 2011

|demo-pop = 16100

|prov-election-first = 1949

|prov-election-last = 2024

|demo-electors = 12,860

|demo-area = 26

|prov-created = 1949

|demo-cd = Pictou County

|demo-csd = New Glasgow, Stellarton, Trenton

}}

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

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! Legislature

! Years

! colspan="2" | Member

! Party

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 65th

| 2024–Present

| rowspan=1 {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}} |

| rowspan=1| Danny MacGillivray

| rowspan=1| Progressive Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 64th

| 2021–2024

| rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}} |

| rowspan=3| Pat Dunn

| rowspan=3| Progressive Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 63rd

| 2017–2021

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 62nd

| 2013–2017

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 61st

| 2009–2013

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

| Ross Landry

| New Democratic

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 60th

| 2006–2009

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

| Pat Dunn

| Progressive Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 59th

| 2003–2006

| rowspan="4" {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}} |    

| rowspan="4" |John Hamm

| rowspan="4" |Progressive Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 58th

| 1999–2003

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 57th

| 1998–1999

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 56th

| 1993–1998

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 55th

| 1988–1993

| rowspan="5" {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}} |    

| rowspan="5" |Jack MacIsaac

| rowspan="5" |Progressive Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 54th

| 1984–1988

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 53rd

| 1981–1984

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 52nd

| 1978–1981

bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan="2" | 51st

| 1977–1978

1974–1977

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

| Fraser MacLean

| Progressive Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 50th

| 1970–1974

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

| Ralph F. Fiske

| Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 49th

| 1967–1970

| rowspan="4" {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}} |    

| rowspan="4" |Donald R. MacLeod

| rowspan="4" |Progressive Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 48th

| 1963–1967

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 47th

| 1960–1963

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 46th

| 1956–1960

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 45th

| 1953–1956

| rowspan="2" {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}} |    

| rowspan="2" |Alfred B. DeWolfe

| rowspan="2" |Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 44th

| 1949–1953

Election results

= 1949 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1949|Pictou Centre|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Alfred B. DeWolfe|5,283|47.49%|–}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal-Conservative|John A. MacGregor|4,499|40.44%|–}}

{{CANelec|NS|CCF|Alvin M. Stewart|1,343|12.07%|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|11,125|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/pictou_centre.pdf|title=Electoral History for Pictou Centre|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}
{{cite book|title=Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201949.pdf|date=1949|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}

{{end}}

= 1953 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1953|Pictou Centre|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Alfred B. DeWolfe|5,155|45.58%|-1.91%}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Robert D. MacDonald|4,534|40.08%|-0.36%}}

{{CANelec|NS|CCF|Donald L. Nicholson|1,622|14.34%|2.27%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|11,311|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/pictou_centre.pdf|title=Electoral History for Pictou Centre|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}
{{cite book|title=Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201953.pdf|date=1953|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}

{{end}}

= 1956 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1956|Pictou Centre|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Donald R. MacLeod|5,639|51.54%|11.45%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|A. T. Logan|5,303|48.46%|2.89%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|10,942|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/pictou_centre.pdf|title=Electoral History for Pictou Centre|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}
{{cite book|title=Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201956.pdf|date=1956|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}

{{end}}

= 1960 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1960|Pictou Centre|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Donald R. MacLeod|4,755|43.92%|-7.61%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|James H. Power|3,615|33.39%|-15.07%}}

{{CANelec|NS|CCF|Doris Nicholson|2,456|22.69%|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|10,826|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/pictou_centre.pdf|title=Electoral History for Pictou Centre|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}
{{cite book|title=Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201960.pdf|date=1960|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}

{{end}}

= 1963 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1963|Pictou Centre|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Donald R. MacLeod|5,752|60.21%|16.29%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Thomas H. Frazer|3,801|39.79%|6.40%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|9,553|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/pictou_centre.pdf|title=Electoral History for Pictou Centre|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}
{{cite book|title=Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201963.pdf|date=1963|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}

{{end}}

= 1967 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1967|Pictou Centre|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Donald R. MacLeod|5,416|53.90%|-6.31%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|John (Brother) MacDonald|3,846|38.28%|-1.51%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|John Markie|786|7.82%|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|10,048|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/pictou_centre.pdf|title=Electoral History for Pictou Centre|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}
{{cite book|title=Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201967.pdf|date=1967|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}

{{end}}

= 1970 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1970|Pictou Centre|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Ralph F. Fiske|5,356|47.61%|9.33%}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Donald R. MacLeod|4,922|43.75%|-10.15%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Derrick P. Kearley|972|8.64%|0.82%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|11,250|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/pictou_centre.pdf|title=Electoral History for Pictou Centre|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}
{{cite book|title=Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201970.pdf|date=1970|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}

{{end}}

= 1974 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1974|Pictou Centre|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Fraser MacLean|5,100|43.80%|0.04%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Lawrence Yud MacKinnon|4,954|42.54%|-5.07%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Dave MacKenzie|1,591|13.66%|5.02%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|11,645|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/pictou_centre.pdf|title=Electoral History for Pictou Centre|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}
{{cite book|title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201974.pdf|date=1974|author=Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}

{{end}}

= 1978 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1978|Pictou Centre|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Jack MacIsaac|6,056|52.36%|8.56%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Austin Sutton|3,068|26.52%|12.86%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Erskine Cumming|2,313|20.00%|-22.55%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Independent|Jim Beck|130|1.12%|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|11,567|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/pictou_centre.pdf|title=Electoral History for Pictou Centre|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}
{{cite book|title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201978.pdf|date=1978|author=Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}

{{end}}

= 1981 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1981|Pictou Centre|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Jack MacIsaac|6,673|59.62%|7.27%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Tom DeWolfe|2,634|23.53%|3.54%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Kim Murray|1,885|16.84%|-9.68%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|11,192|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/pictou_centre.pdf|title=Electoral History for Pictou Centre|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}
{{cite book|title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201981.pdf|date=1981|author=Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}

{{end}}

= 1984 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1984|Pictou Centre|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Jack MacIsaac|6,596|67.11%|7.48%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Bob Leahy|2,103|21.40%|-2.14%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Kim Murray|1,130|11.50%|-5.35%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|9,829|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/pictou_centre.pdf|title=Electoral History for Pictou Centre|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}
{{cite book|title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201984.pdf|date=1984|author=Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}

{{end}}

= 1988 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1988|Pictou Centre|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Jack MacIsaac|6,566|57.80%|-9.30%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Bob Leahy|3,116|27.43%|6.04%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Gerard Currie|1,677|14.76%|3.27%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|11,359|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/pictou_centre.pdf|title=Electoral History for Pictou Centre|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}
{{cite book|title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf|date=1988|author=Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}

{{end}}

= 1993 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1993|Pictou Centre|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|John Hamm|4,840|47.40%|-10.41%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Mary Daley|4,364|42.73%|15.30%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Chuck MacNeil|1,008|9.87%|-4.89%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|10,212|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/pictou_centre.pdf|title=Electoral History for Pictou Centre|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}
{{cite book|title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf|date=1993|author=Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}

{{end}}

= 1998 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1998|Pictou Centre|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|John Hamm|5,037|56.42%|9.03%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Roseanne Skoke|2,114|23.68%|-19.05%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Judy Hughes|1,776|19.89%|10.02%}}

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

{{end}}

= 1999 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1999|Pictou Centre|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|John Hamm|5,479|64.46%|8.03%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Jeff Callaghan|1,850|21.76%|1.87%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Marie Maxwell|1,171|13.78%|-9.90%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|8,500|–}}

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

{{end}}

= 2003 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|2003|Pictou Centre|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|John Hamm|4,262|54.70%|-9.76%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Tim Daley|1,789|22.96%|9.18%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Alexander MacIsaac|1,571|20.16%|-1.60%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Marijuana|Darryl Gallivan|170|2.18%|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|7,792|–}}

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

{{end}}

= 2006 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|2006|Pictou Centre|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Pat Dunn|3,901|52.54%|-2.16%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Danny MacGillivray|2,354|31.70%|11.54%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Troy MacCulloch|1,057|14.24%|-8.72%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Green|Samuel Clark|93|1.25%|–}}

{{CANelec|NS|Independent|Dennis Tate|20|0.27%|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|7,425|–}}

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

{{end}}

= 2009 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|2009|Pictou Centre|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Ross Landry|3,650|46.30%|14.60%}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Pat Dunn|3,519|44.64%|-7.90%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Neil MacIsaac|567|7.19%|-7.04%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Green|Jim Lindsey|147|1.86%|0.61%}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|7,883|100.00}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|64|0.80|}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|7,999|61.34|}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|13,040}}

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

{{end}}

= 2013 =

{{Election box begin | title=2013 Nova Scotia general election}}

|-

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

|Progressive Conservative

|Pat Dunn

|align="right"| 4,147

|align="right"| 52.26

|align="right"|

|-

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

|New Democratic Party

|Ross Landry

|align="right"| 2,373

|align="right"| 29.91

|align="right"|

|-

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

|Liberal

|Bill Muirhead

|align="right"| 1,415

|align="right"| 17.83

|align="right"|

|}

= 2017 =

{{2017 Nova Scotia general election/Pictou Centre}}

= 2021 =

{{2021 Nova Scotia general election/Pictou Centre}}

= 2024 =

{{2024 Nova Scotia general election/Pictou Centre}}

References

Further reading

  • {{cite web |author=Government of Nova Scotia |url=http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/ele_summary.pdf |title=Election Summary From 1867 - 2006 |access-date=2008-03-01 |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |work=Elections Statistics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912061452/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/ele_summary.pdf |archive-date=2008-09-12 }}
  • {{cite news

| author = Canadian Press

| title = Tories keep Pictou seat in N.S. vote

| id = The Globe and Mail

| page = 8

| date = September 7, 1977

}}

External links

  • [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nsvotes2009/ridings/040/ riding profile]

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