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Sackville-Uniacke 
Summary
Sackville-Uniacke is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada. It was created as Sackville-Beaver Bank in 2012 from parts of much of Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville and part of Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank. The riding also existed from 1993 to 2003. Following the 2019 riding boundary review, the riding changed names to Sackville-Uniacke, and gained parts of Hants East (Uniacke area) and a small section of Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank, while losing some territory to Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank (the Woodbine Mobile Home area).
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 2012 | ||
| First contested | 2013 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Area (km²) | 201 | ||
| Census division(s) | Halifax County, Hants County | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | East Hants, Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
Geography edit
Sackville-Uniacke covers 201 km2 (78 sq mi) of landmass.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly edit
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Sackville-Uniacke | ||||
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| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| Created from Sackville and Halifax-St. Margaret's | ||||
| 56th | 1993–1998 | Bill MacDonald | Liberal | |
| 57th | 1998–1999 | Rosemary Godin | New Democratic | |
| 58th | 1999–2003 | Barry Barnet | Progressive Conservative | |
| Merged into Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville & Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank |
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| Re-created from Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville | ||||
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | Stephen Gough | Liberal | |
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | Brad Johns | Progressive Conservative | |
| 64th | 2021–Present | |||
Election results edit
1993 edit
| 1993 Nova Scotia general election: Sackville-Beaver Bank | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Bill MacDonald | 3,620 | 41.43% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Frank Sutherland | 2,764 | 31.64% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Stephen Taylor | 2,353 | 26.93% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,737 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville-Beaver Bank" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1998 edit
| 1998 Nova Scotia general election: Sackville-Beaver Bank | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Rosemary Godin | 3,821 | 40.50% | 8.87% | ||||
| Liberal | Bill MacDonald | 3,128 | 33.16% | -8.28% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Stephen Taylor | 2,485 | 26.34% | -0.59% | ||||
| Total | 9,434 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville-Beaver Bank" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1999 edit
| 1999 Nova Scotia general election: Sackville-Beaver Bank | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Barry Barnet | 3,573 | 40.60% | 14.26% | ||||
| New Democratic | Rosemary Godin | 2,951 | 33.53% | -6.97% | ||||
| Liberal | Bill MacDonald | 2,276 | 25.86% | -7.29% | ||||
| Total | 8,800 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville-Beaver Bank" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2013 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Stephen Gough | 2,570 | 40.21 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Mat Whynott | 2,369 | 37.07 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Sarah Reeves | 1,452 | 22.72 | ||
2017 edit
| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | 2,851 | 43.17 | |
| Liberal | 2,191 | 33.18 | |
| New Democratic | 1,271 | 19.21 | |
| Green | 234 | 3.54 | |
| Atlantica | 57 | 0.86 | |
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brad Johns | 2,923 | 43.58 | +20.86 | ||||
| Liberal | Stephen Gough | 2,155 | 32.13 | -8.08 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dennis Kutchera | 1,332 | 19.86 | -17.21 | ||||
| Green | Michael Montgomery | 231 | 3.44 | |||||
| Atlantica | Rita Billington | 66 | 0.98 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,707 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 14 | 0.21 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,721 | 48.69 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 13,803 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | -3.12 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3][4] | ||||||||
2021 edit
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Brad Johns | 3,104 | 43.82 | +0.24 | $22,052.59 | |||
| Liberal | Donalda MacIsaac | 2,323 | 32.80 | +0.67 | $30,586.74 | |||
| New Democratic | Thomas Hill | 1,535 | 21.67 | +1.81 | $31,376.42 | |||
| Green | Carson LeQuesne | 121 | 1.71 | -1.73 | $200.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 7,083 | 99.72 | – | $81,042.78 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 20 | 0.28 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,103 | 51.44 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 13,809 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -0.22 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5] | ||||||||
References edit
- Elections Nova Scotia profile
- ^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
- ^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- ^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.