Eastern Shore (electoral district)

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

In 1967, the district was created as Halifax Eastern Shore out of Halifax East and part of Halifax County Dartmouth. Upon the recommendations of the 1992 Electoral Boundaries Commission report, the district name was changed to Eastern Shore and it gained the Upper Lawrencetown area from Cole Harbour. In 2003, it gained an area on its western boundary from Dartmouth-Cole Harbour and lost an area on its eastern boundary to Guysborough-Sheet Harbour. In 2013, the district lost the Ross Road area to Preston-Dartmouth.

It is known as a bellwether district, having elected a government representative in every election since 1970.

Geography

The land area of Eastern Shore is .

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Election results

2017

2017 provincial election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	3,345	39.75
Template:Canadian party colour |	Progressive Conservative	2,618	31.11
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	2,075	24.66
Template:Canadian party colour |	Green	233	2.77
Template:Canadian party colour |	Independent	145	1.72

2013

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2013 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Kevin Murphy	3,770	52.99	-39.53
New Democratic Party	Sid Prest	1,922	27.01	-22.21
Progressive Conservative	Steve Brine	1,423	20.00	-14.69

2009

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2006

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2003

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1999

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1998

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1993

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1988

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1984

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1981

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1978

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1974

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1970

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1967

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External links

• CBC riding profile
• June 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll By Poll Results