Yarmouth (provincial electoral district)

Yarmouth
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 		 

Zach Churchill
Liberal

District created 1867
Last contested 2013
Demographics
Population (2011) 16,910
Electors 12,900
Area (km²) 596.15
Pop. density (per km²) 28.4
Census divisions Yarmouth County
Census subdivisions Town of Yarmouth, Municipality of Yarmouth

Yarmouth is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It consists of the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth and the town of Yarmouth. Prior to 1981, the district included all of Yarmouth County.[1] In 1981, the riding was redistributed and the Municipality of Argyle received its own electoral district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature Years Member Party
62nd 2013-Present Zach Churchill Liberal
61st 2010-2013
2009–2010 Richard Hurlburt Progressive Conservative
60th 2006–2009
59th 2003–2006
58th 1999–2003
57th 1998–1999     John Deveau New Democratic
56th 1993–1998     Richie Hubbard Liberal
55th 1988–1993 Leroy Legere Progressive Conservative
54th 1984–1988 Alex McIntosh Progressive Conservative
53rd 1981–1984     Fraser Mooney Liberal
Yarmouth returned two members between 1949 and 1981
52nd 1978–1981     Fraser Mooney Liberal     Hugh Tinkham Liberal
51st 1974–1978
50th 1970–1974 George Snow Progressive Conservative
49th 1967–1970     Benoit Robichaud Progressive Conservative
48th 1963–1967     George Burridge Progressive Conservative
47th 1960–1963     Willard O'Brien Liberal
46th 1956–1960     Eric Spinney Liberal
45th 1953–1956     William Brown Progressive Conservative     Raymond Z. Bourque Progressive Conservative
44th 1949–1953     Donald J. Fraser Liberal
Yarmouth returned one member between 1933 and 1949
43rd 1945–1949     Henry A. Waterman Liberal
42nd 1941–1945
41st 1937–1941     Lindsay Gardner Liberal
40th 1933–1937
Yarmouth returned two members before 1933
39th 1928–1933     Lindsay Gardner Liberal     Rene W. E. Landry Liberal
38th 1925–1928     John Flint Cahan Liberal-Conservative     Raymond Neri d'Entremont Liberal-Conservative
37th 1920–1925     Howard Corning Liberal-Conservative     Amédée Melanson Liberal
36th 1916–1920     Ernest Howard Armstrong Liberal     Henry Thomas d'Entremont Liberal
35th 1911–1916     Howard Corning Liberal-Conservative
34th 1906–1911     Henry S. LeBlanc Liberal
33rd 1904–1906     George Sanderson Liberal
1901–1904     Augustus Stoneman Liberal
32nd 1900–1901
1897–1900     William Law Liberal
31st 1894–1897     Albert A. Pothier Liberal-Conservative
30th 1890–1894     Forman Hatfield Liberal
1890     Albert Gayton Liberal
29th 1886–1890
28th 1882–1886     Thomas Corning Conservative
27th 1878–1882     Joseph Robbins Kinney Conservative
26th 1874–1878     John Lovitt Liberal
25th 1872–1874     John K. Ryerson Liberal
1871–1872     William H. Townsend Liberal
24th 1867–1871     John K. Ryerson Liberal

Election results

2013 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ±
LiberalZach Churchill 6,975 82.08 +31.43
     Progressive Conservative John Cunningham 1,216 14.31 -19.10
     New Democratic Party Charles Webster 224 2.64 -3.88
GreenVanessa Goodwin-Clairmont 83 0.98 -0.36

2010 by-election

Byelection June 22, 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±
LiberalZach Churchill 3,984 50.65 +36.58
     Progressive Conservative Charles Crosby 2,628 33.41 -27.93
     Independent Belle Hatfield 673 8.56 Ø
     New Democratic Party John Deveau 513 6.52 -16.41
GreenJohn Percy 49 0.62 -1.04
AtlanticaJonathan Dean 19 0.24 Ø

2009 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2009
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     Progressive Conservative Richard Hurlburt 4,537 61.34 -2.96
     New Democratic Party David Olie 1,696 22.93 +2.20
LiberalDavid Mooney 1,041 14.07 +1.00
GreenRonald Mills 123 1.66 -0.23

2006 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     Progressive Conservative Richard Hurlburt 5,170 64.30 +7.82
     New Democratic Party John Deveau 1,667 20.73 -8.94
LiberalDolores Atwood 1,051 13.07 +6.88
GreenMatthew Granger 152 1.89 Ø

2003 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     Progressive Conservative Richard Hurlburt 4,656 56.48 +22.46
LiberalPhil DeMille 2,446 29.67 +1.46
     New Democratic Party Gillian Rowley 1,142 13.85 -19.49

1999 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     Progressive Conservative Richard Hurlburt 3,141 34.02 +4.05
     New Democratic Party John Deveau 3,079 33.34 -11.47
LiberalPhil DeMille 2,605 28.21 +2.99
Nova Scotia PartyBrian Hurlburt 409 4.43

1998 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     New Democratic Party John Deveau 3,931 44.81
     Progressive Conservative Alex McIntosh 2,629 29.97
     Liberal Richie Hubbard 2,212 25.22

1993 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     Liberal Richie Hubbard 5,193 53.11
     Progressive Conservative Joseph Leroy Legere 3,138 32.09
     New Democratic Party John Deveau 1,447 14.80

1988 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     Progressive Conservative Joseph Leroy Legere 4,479 44.86
     Liberal Joseph Fraser Mooney 4,138 41.44
     New Democratic Party Brian Noble 1,368 13.70

1984 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     Progressive Conservative Alex McIntosh 4,400 49.16
     Liberal Joseph Fraser Mooney 3,755 41.96
     New Democratic Party Brian Doucette 795 8.88

1981 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     Liberal Joseph Fraser Mooney 3,868 46.10
     Progressive Conservative Benoit Robichaud 3,389 40.39
     New Democratic Party Hartley Wickens 1,134 13.51

References

  1. ↑ Electoral History for Yarmouth Nova Scotia Legislature

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