Bedford (electoral district)
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Bedford is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
It includes the town of Bedford. The current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Progressive Convervative Len Goucher.
The electoral district was formed in 2003, and consists mostly of the previous district of Bedford-Fall River and one third of Halifax-Bedford Basin. It comprises most of Bedford - all of the community southeast of the Bicentennial Highway.
The district is notable for the electoral loss of Liberal leader Francis MacKenzie, in the 2006 election. MacKenzie attempted to win the seat in 2006 for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. The party polled less than 24% across the province. He lost by more than 800 votes to Len Goucher.
[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly
- Len Goucher, PC (2006 - present)
- Peter Christie, PC (1999 - 2006)
- Francene Cosman, Liberal (1993 - 1999)
[edit] Election results
| Nova Scotia general election, 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Len Goucher | 4090 | 42.22 | ||
| Liberal | Francis MacKenzie | 3286 | 33.92 | ||
| New Democratic Party | John Buckland | 2019 | 20.84 | ||
| Green | Mary McLaughlan | 292 | 3.01 | ||
| Nova Scotia general election, 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Christie | 4114 | 43.85 | ||
| Liberal | Richard Zurawksi | 3208 | 34.19 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Bob Watson | 2061 | 21.97 | ||
[edit] External links
- 2006 riding profile
- 2003 riding profile
- June 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll By Poll Results
