Central Nova

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Central Nova

Nova Scotia electoral district
Central Nova in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Peter MacKay Conservative
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	72,966
Electors (2006)	61,137
Area (km²)	8,439
Pop. density (per km²)	8.6
Census divisions	Antigonish Guysborough Halifax Pictou
Census subdivisions	Halifax, New Glasgow, Stellarton, Antigonish, Pictou, Westville, Trenton, St. Mary's

Central Nova (French: Nova-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1997 and since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 73,722.

The most well-known person to represent this riding is Peter MacKay, the current Minister of National Defence.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 4 Members of Parliament 5 Election results 5.1 2004- present 5.2 1968 - 1997 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Demographics

Ethnic groups: 96.8% White, 1.6% Native Canadian, 1.0% Black
Languages: 96.0% English, 1.7% French, 2.0% Other
Religions: 47.1% Protestant, 42.3% Catholic, 9.2% No affiliation
Average income: $52,911

[edit] Geography

The district includes the counties of Pictou, and Antigonish, the District Municipality of St. Mary's and the extreme eastern part of theastern part of the Regional Municipality of Halifax. Communities include Halifax (part), New Glasgow, Stellarton, Antigonish, Westville, Pictou, St. Mary's and Trenton. The Area is 8,439 sq. km.

[edit] History

The district was created in 1966 from Antigonish—Guysborough, Colchester—Hants, and Pictou. In 1966, it consisted of Pictou County, southern Colchester County, eastern Halifax County, and western Guysborough County. In 1976, it gained some territory in Halifax County (eastern central portion), and it lost its territory in Colchester County. In 1987, it lost most of Guysborough County except for the most extreme western point, and gained all of central and central western Halifax County. In 1996, it was merged into Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough, and Sackville-Eastern Shore.

The electoral district was re-created in 2003: 93.3% of the riding came from Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough riding, and 6.7% came from Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore. In the 2004 election, Conservative Party candidate Peter MacKay, who had represented Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough, was returned to the House of Commons from Central Nova. He was re-elected in the 2006 election.

Green Party leader Elizabeth May is planning to contest the seat in the next federal election. In a move that startled political observers, Liberal leader Stephane Dion announced on April 13, 2007 that his party would not contest the seat in order to give May a better chance of winning, a move that will mark the first time in decades that the Liberals do not field a full slate of candidates in a general election. In return, the Greens (who also fielded a full slate in the last election) will not contest Dion's Montreal riding.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Antigonish—Guysborough, Colchester—Hants and Pictou prior to 1968
28th	1968-1971		Russell MacEwan	Progressive Conservative
	1971	vacant
1971 By-election	1971-1972		Elmer MacKay 1st term	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1983
	1983	vacant
1983 By-election	1983-1984		Brian Mulroney	Progressive Conservative
33rd	1984-1988		Elmer MacKay 2nd term	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1993
35th	1993-1997		Roseanne Skoke	Liberal
see Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough and Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore for 1997-2004
38th	2004-2006		Peter MacKay	Conservative
39th	2006-

[edit] Election results

[edit] 2004- present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter MacKay	17 134	40.66	-2.61
	New Democrat	Alexis MacDonald	13 861	32.89	+5.23
	Liberal	Dan Walsh	10 349	24.56	-1.83
	Green	David Orton	671	1.59	-1.09
	Marxist-Leninist	Allan H. Bezanson	124	0.29	Ø
Total valid votes			42 139

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter MacKay	16 376	43.27	-12.1
	New Democrat	Alexis MacDonald	10 470	27.66	+14.9
	Liberal	Susan Green	9986	26.39	-3.9
	Green	Rebecca Mosher	1015	2.68	Ø
Total valid votes			37 847

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

[edit] 1968 - 1997

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roseanne Skoke	16 399	43.61	+5.22
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Streatch	11 916	31.69	-16.89
	Reform	Howard Mackinnon	6068	16.14	Ø
	New Democrat	Hugh Mackenzie	2446	6.50	-6.52
	National	Gerard W. Horgan	511	1.36	Ø
	Natural Law	Pulkesh Lakhanpal	266	0.71	Ø
Total valid votes			37 606

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Elmer MacKay	19 065	48.58	-12.42
	Liberal	Marion Anderson	15 066	38.39	+12.39
	New Democrat	Gloria Murphy	5110	13.02	+0.02
Total valid votes			39 241

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Elmer MacKay	21 462	61.00	+0.81
	Liberal	Al Lomas	9148	26.00	+0.95
	New Democrat	Gloria E. Murphy	4572	13.00	-0.39
Total valid votes			35 182

By-election on 29 August 1983 On the resignation of Hon. Elmer MacKay, 15 June 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Mulroney	18 882	60.19	+12.16
	Liberal	Alvin Sinclair	7858	25.05	-9.21
	New Democrat	Roy G. Demarsh	4202	13.39	-4.32
	Independent	Anne McBride	287	0.91	Ø
	Independent	Bob Robert Kirk	97	0.31	Ø
	Independent	John C. Turmel	46	0.15	Ø
Total valid votes			31 372

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Elmer MacKay	15 576	48.03	-8.55
	Liberal	Alvin Sinclair	11 111	34.26	+4.37
	New Democrat	Gary A. Chambers	5743	17.71	+4.18
Total valid votes			32 430

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Elmer MacKay	18 907	56.58	+2.65
	Liberal	Lloyd P. Mackay	9988	29.89	-6.41
	New Democrat	Gary A. Chambers	4521	13.53	+4.67
Total valid votes			33 416

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Elmer MacKay	17 459	53.93	-3.02
	Liberal	Fern Dunn	11 753	36.30	+7.33
	New Democrat	John Rod Brown	2869	8.86	-3.98
	Social Credit	John J. Henderson	292	0.90	-0.34
Total valid votes			32 373

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Elmer MacKay	18 259	56.95	+4.37
	Liberal	D. Laurence Mawhinney	9288	28.97	-9.37
	New Democrat	John Rod Brown	4117	12.84	+6.20
	Social Credit	John J. Henderson	397	1.24	-1.20
Total valid votes			32 061

By-election on 31 May 1971 On the resignation of Russell MacEwan, 14 January 1971
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Elmer MacKay	15 359	52.58	-5.99
	Liberal	Clarrie Mackinnon	11 200	38.34	+5.07
	New Democrat	Allan M. Marchbank	1940	6.64	-1.52
	Social Credit	John J. Henderson	714	2.44	Ø
Total valid votes			29 213

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Russell MacEwan	16 720	58.57	Ø
	Liberal	Donald F. Stewart	9499	33.27	Ø
	New Democrat	Leo F. McKay	2330	8.16	Ø
Total valid votes			28 549

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Central Nova (1966–1996) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Central Nova (2003– ) from the Library of Parliament

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