Clare (electoral district)

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

The Member of the Legislative Assembly since 1993 has been Wayne Gaudet of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.

The riding consists of the District Municipality of Clare which includes the communities of Church Point, Saulnierville, Meteghan River and Meteghan.

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly

[edit] Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Wayne Gaudet 2803 48.53
     Progressive Conservative Arnold LeBlanc 1622 28.08
     New Democratic Party Paul Comeau 1269 21.97
     Green Diane Doucet-Bean 82 1.42
Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Wayne Gaudet 3547 61.55
     Progressive Conservative Marc Boudreau 1456 25.26
     New Democratic Party Don Melanson 760 13.19

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Historic Electoral Districts

to 2003: Cape Breton East | Cape Breton The Lakes | Dartmouth South | Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Halifax Bedford Basin | Sackville-Beaver Bank | Victoria | to 1993: Annapolis East | Annapolis West | Colchester South | Cumberland Centre | Cumberland East | Cumberland West | Digby | Guysborough | Halifax Cornwallis | Halifax Eastern Shore | Halifax St. Margarets | Inverness North | Inverness South | Lunenburg Centre | Lunenburg East | Sackville | to 1978: Colchester | Halifax Cobequid | to 1967: Halifax Centre | Halifax County Dartmouth | Halifax East | Halifax North | Halifax Northwest | Halifax South | Halifax West | to 1956: Kings | to 1949: Cumberland | Hants | Pictou | to 1933: Halifax | Richmond and Cape Breton West | to 1925: Cape Breton