Central Nova
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 1966 | ||
First contested | 1968 | ||
Last contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016)[1] | 71,962 | ||
Electors (2015) | 59,585 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 9,308 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 7.7 | ||
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 House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997 and since 2004.
From 1983 to 1984, the riding's then Member of Parliament, Brian Mulroney, was Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition. Mulroney was later Prime Minister while representing a riding in Quebec.
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Demographics[edit]
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Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
2001 | 74,445 | — |
2006 | 72,966 | −2.0% |
2011 (2003 redist.) | 72,114 | −1.2% |
2011 (2015 redist.) | 74,597 | +3.4% |
2016 | 71,962 | −3.5% |
From the 2006 census[2]
Ethnic groups:
- White: 96.8%
- First Nations: 1.6%
- Black: 1.0%
Languages:
Religions:
- Protestant: 47.1%
- Catholic: 42.3%
- No religious affiliation: 9.2%
Education:
- No certificate, diploma or degree: 28.9%
- High school certificate: 22.2%
- Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma: 13.2%
- Community college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma: 20.0%
- University certificate or diploma: 16.1%
Median Age:
- 43.4
Median total income:
- $20,994
Average total income:
- $28,242
Median household income:
- $43,851
Average household income:
- $53,880
Median family income:
- $54,013
Average family income:
- $63,917
Unemployment:
- 9.8%
Geography[edit]
The district covers all or part of the following counties:
Specifically, it includes the following municipal corporations:
- Municipality of the County of Pictou
- The towns of New Glasgow, Stellarton, Pictou, Westville and Trenton
- Municipality of the County of Antigonish
- Municipality of the District of St. Mary's
- Halifax Regional Municipality (east of Jeddore Oyster Pond and Marinette).
Communities include:
- Pictou County
- Antigonish County
- Guysborough County
- Halifax County
The electoral district has an area of 8,439 km2.
Political geography[edit]
In 2008, the riding had the unusual scenario of having Green Party leader Elizabeth May run without any Liberal opposition. Thus, the race was mostly between Conservative candidate Peter MacKay and May. May's support was concentrated in the community of Antigonish. Outside this area, she won just a few pockets of support. She was nearly shut out in the New Glasgow metropolitan area, where she won just one poll. McKay won most of the rest of the riding, and the NDP picked up three polls.[3]
History[edit]
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 contested the seat in the 2008 federal election. In a move that startled political observers, Liberal leader Stéphane 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 marked the first time in decades that the Liberals did 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) did not contest Dion's Montreal riding. After coming in second to Peter MacKay, May announced she would not run in Central Nova in the next federal election.
Its new boundaries, determined during 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, have been legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It will encompass most of the current riding as well as a portion of Nova Scotia represented in the current electoral districts of Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley and Sackville—Eastern Shore. It will lose 9% of its current territory to Cape Breton—Canso.[4] It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015.[5]
Members of Parliament[edit]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Central Nova Riding created from Antigonish—Guysborough, Colchester—Hants and Pictou |
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28th | 1968–1971 | Russell MacEwan | Progressive Conservative | |
1971–1972 | Elmer MacKay | |||
29th | 1972–1974 | |||
30th | 1974–1979 | |||
31st | 1979–1980 | |||
32nd | 1980–1983 | |||
1983–1984 | Brian Mulroney | |||
33rd | 1984–1988 | Elmer MacKay | ||
34th | 1988–1993 | |||
35th | 1993–1997 | Roseanne Skoke | Liberal | |
Riding dissolved into Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough and Sackville—Eastern Shore |
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Riding re-created from Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough and Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore |
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38th | 2004–2006 | Peter MacKay | Conservative | |
39th | 2006–2008 | |||
40th | 2008–2011 | |||
41st | 2011–2015 | |||
42nd | 2015–present | Sean Fraser | Liberal |
Election results[edit]
Central Nova, 2015 Representation Order[edit]
2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Sean Fraser | |||||||
New Democratic | Betsy MacDonald | |||||||
Conservative | Roger MacKay | |||||||
Green | Barry Randle | |||||||
Total valid votes | ||||||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | ||||||||
Eligible voters |
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Sean Fraser | 25,909 | 58.53 | +44.58 | $113,362.49 | |||
Conservative | Fred DeLorey | 11,418 | 25.80 | –29.49 | $109,137.26 | |||
New Democratic | Ross Landry | 4,532 | 10.24 | –16.57 | $63,038.54 | |||
Green | David Hachey | 1,834 | 4.14 | +0.34 | $11,206.15 | |||
Independent | Alexander J. MacKenzie | 570 | 1.29 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 44,263 | 100.00 | $204,540.28 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 233 | 0.52 | ||||||
Turnout | 44,496 | 74.68 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 59,585 | |||||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +37.04 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6][7] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[8] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 21,494 | 55.29 | |
New Democratic | 10,422 | 26.81 | |
Liberal | 5,424 | 13.95 | |
Green | 1,479 | 3.80 | |
Others | 57 | 0.15 |
Central Nova, 2003 Representation Order[edit]
2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Peter MacKay | 21,593 | 56.79 | +10.19 | $66,993.75 | |||
New Democratic | David Parker | 9,412 | 24.75 | +5.19 | $22,391.41 | |||
Liberal | John Hamilton | 5,614 | 14.76 | – | $38,162.02 | |||
Green | Matthew Chisholm | 1,406 | 3.70 | -28.54 | $3,941.29 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 38,025 | 100.0 | $83,138.94 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 226 | 0.59 | -0.18 | |||||
Turnout | 38,251 | 65.00 | -2.01 | |||||
Eligible voters | 57,963 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.50 | ||||||
Sources:[9][10] |
2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Peter MacKay | 18,240 | 46.60 | +5.94 | $61,468.89 | |||
Green | Elizabeth May | 12,620 | 32.24 | +30.65 | $57,490.60 | |||
New Democratic | Louise Lorifice | 7,659 | 19.56 | -13.33 | $39,917.36 | |||
Christian Heritage | Michael Harris MacKay | 427 | 1.09 | – | none listed | |||
Canadian Action | Paul Kemp | 196 | 0.50 | – | $87.79 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 39,142 | 100.0 | $80,462 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 304 | 0.77 | +0.42 | |||||
Turnout | 39,446 | 67.01 | -2.16 | |||||
Eligible voters | 58,863 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -24.71 |
2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Peter MacKay | 17,134 | 40.66 | -2.61 | $55,938.56 | |||
New Democratic | Alexis MacDonald | 13,861 | 32.89 | +5.23 | $28,582.28 | |||
Liberal | Dan Walsh | 10,349 | 24.56 | -1.83 | $43,064.69 | |||
Green | David Orton | 671 | 1.59 | -1.09 | $901.04 | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Allan H. Bezanson | 124 | 0.29 | – | none listed | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 42,139 | 100.0 | $75,651 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 147 | 0.35 | -0.17 | |||||
Turnout | 42,286 | 69.17 | +3.85 | |||||
Eligible voters | 61,137 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.92 |
2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Peter MacKay | 16,376 | 43.27 | -8.13 | $53,745.97 | |||
New Democratic | Alexis MacDonald | 10,470 | 27.66 | +14.84 | $25,231.91 | |||
Liberal | Susan Green | 9,986 | 26.39 | -3.95 | $44,229.04 | |||
Green | Rebecca Mosher | 1,015 | 2.68 | – | $222.50 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 37,847 | 100.0 | $73,053 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 198 | 0.52 | ||||||
Turnout | 38,045 | 65.32 | -0.92 | |||||
Eligible voters | 58,240 | |||||||
Conservative notional gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -11.48 | ||||||
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals. |
2000 federal election redistributed results | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Progressive Conservative | 17,969 | 47.53 | |
Liberal | 11,471 | 30.34 | |
New Democratic | 4,845 | 12.82 | |
Alliance | 2,976 | 7.87 | |
Others | 541 | 1.43 |
1968–1997[edit]
1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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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 | 6,068 | 16.14 | |||||
New Democratic | Hugh Mackenzie | 2,446 | 6.50 | -6.52 | ||||
National | Gerard W. Horgan | 511 | 1.36 | |||||
Natural Law | Pulkesh Lakhanpal | 266 | 0.71 | |||||
Total valid votes | 37,606 | 100.00 |
1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Elmer MacKay | 19,065 | 48.58 | -12.42 | ||||
Liberal | Marion Anderson | 15,066 | 38.39 | +12.39 | ||||
New Democratic | Gloria Murphy | 5,110 | 13.02 | +0.02 | ||||
Total valid votes | 39,241 | 100.00 |
1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Elmer MacKay | 21,462 | 61.00 | +0.81 | ||||
Liberal | Al Lomas | 9,148 | 26.00 | +0.95 | ||||
New Democratic | Gloria E. Murphy | 4,572 | 13.00 | -0.39 | ||||
Total valid votes | 35,182 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal by-election, 29 August 1983 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Due to the resignation Elmer MacKay on 15 June 1983 | ||||||||
Progressive Conservative | Brian Mulroney | 18,882 | 60.19 | +12.16 | ||||
Liberal | Alvin Sinclair | 7,858 | 25.05 | -9.21 | ||||
New Democratic | Roy G. Demarsh | 4,202 | 13.39 | -4.32 | ||||
Independent | Anne McBride | 287 | 0.91 | |||||
Independent | Bob Robert Kirk | 97 | 0.31 | |||||
Independent | John Turmel | 46 | 0.15 | |||||
Total valid votes | 31,372 | 100.00 |
1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Elmer MacKay | 15,576 | 48.03 | -8.55 | ||||
Liberal | Alvin Sinclair | 11,111 | 34.26 | +4.37 | ||||
New Democratic | Gary A. Chambers | 5,743 | 17.71 | +4.18 | ||||
Total valid votes | 32,430 | 100.00 |
1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Elmer MacKay | 18,907 | 56.58 | +2.65 | ||||
Liberal | Lloyd P. Mackay | 9,988 | 29.89 | -6.41 | ||||
New Democratic | Gary A. Chambers | 4,521 | 13.53 | +4.67 | ||||
Total valid votes | 33,416 | 100.00 |
1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Elmer MacKay | 17,459 | 53.93 | -3.02 | ||||
Liberal | Fern Dunn | 11,753 | 36.30 | +7.33 | ||||
New Democratic | John Rod Brown | 2,869 | 8.86 | -3.98 | ||||
Social Credit | John J. Henderson | 292 | 0.90 | -0.34 | ||||
Total valid votes | 32,373 | 100.00 |
1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Elmer MacKay | 18,259 | 56.95 | +4.37 | ||||
Liberal | D. Laurence Mawhinney | 9,288 | 28.97 | -9.37 | ||||
New Democratic | John Rod Brown | 4,117 | 12.84 | +6.20 | ||||
Social Credit | John J. Henderson | 397 | 1.24 | -1.20 | ||||
Total valid votes | 32,061 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal by-election, 31 May 1971 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Due to the resignation of Russell MacEwan on 14 January 1971 | ||||||||
Progressive Conservative | Elmer MacKay | 15,359 | 52.58 | -5.99 | ||||
Liberal | Clarrie Mackinnon | 11,200 | 38.34 | +5.07 | ||||
New Democratic | Allan M. Marchbank | 1,940 | 6.64 | -1.52 | ||||
Social Credit | John J. Henderson | 714 | 2.44 | |||||
Total valid votes | 29,213 | 100.00 |
1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Russell MacEwan | 16,720 | 58.57 | |||||
Liberal | Donald F. Stewart | 9,499 | 33.27 | |||||
New Democratic | Leo F. McKay | 2,330 | 8.16 | |||||
Total valid votes | 28,549 | 100.00 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- "(Code 12002) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2012
- ^ http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen06/profiles/detail_b/FED12002.pdf Cental Nova census profile
- ^ http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding/?riding=959&pane=3
- ^ Commission's Report – Nova Scotia
- ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Central Nova (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
- ^ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
- ^ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election
External links[edit]
- Riding history for Central Nova (1966–1996) from the Library of Parliament
- Riding history for Central Nova (2003– ) from the Library of Parliament