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Bedford South 
Summary
Bedford South is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2019 | ||
| First contested | 2021 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Area (km²) | 31 | ||
| Census division(s) | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
This riding was created in 2019, following the recommendations of the 2018 Electoral Boundaries Commission.[1] This riding was first contested in the 2021 election.
Geography edit
The land area of Bedford South is 31 km2 (12 sq mi).[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly edit
This riding has elected the following MLAs:
| Bedford South | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created | ||||
| 64th | 2021–present | Braedon Clark | Liberal | |
Election results edit
2021 edit
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Braedon Clark | 3,568 | 45.37 | -5.93 | $64,408.42 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Sura Hadad | 2,338 | 29.73 | +0.25 | $29,251.32 | |||
| New Democratic | David Paterson | 1,763 | 22.43 | +8.29 | $33,813.45 | |||
| Green | Ron G. Parker | 140 | 1.78 | -2.94 | $200.00 | |||
| Atlantica | Alan Nightingale | 55 | 0.70 | +0.34 | $200.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 7,864 | 99.65 | – | $83,142.54 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 28 | 0.35 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,892 | 56.03 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 14,085 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | -3.09 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3][4] | ||||||||
2017 redistributed results edit
| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 3,029 | 51.30 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 1,741 | 29.48 | |
| New Democratic | 835 | 14.14 | |
| Green | 279 | 4.72 | |
| Atlantica Party | 21 | 0.36 | |
References edit
- ^ Dodds, Collin (April 2019). "Balancing effective representation with voter parity" (PDF). Nova Scotia Electoral Boundaries Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Electoral District Information". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "41st Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 12 April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.