Argyle (electoral district)

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Argyle
 Nova Scotia House of Assembly
electoral district
Member of the
Legislative Assembly		       Chris d'Entremont
PC
Population (2001)
Electors (2006)
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created
Census divisions Yarmouth County
Subdivisions


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

Its current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Chris d'Entremont of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.

The riding is situated on the southern-most tip of Nova Scotia. The population is mostly French-speaking Acadians. It consists of the District of the Municipality of Argyle which contains the communities of Wedgeport, Argyle, and a number of Pubnicos. Its main business is the fisheries along with manufacturing and services. The riding was created in 1981 and was originally part of Yarmouth.

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[edit] Statistics

  • Unemployment: 10% (2003)
  • Average income: $25,000 (2003)

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly

  • Chris d'Entremont, PC (2003 - present)
  • Neil LeBlanc, PC (1998 - 2003)
  • Allister Surette, Liberal (1993 - 1998)
  • Neil LeBlanc, PC (1988 - 1993)

[edit] Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Chris d'Entremont 3158 67.65
     Liberal Christian Surette 913 19.56
     New Democratic Party Charles M. Muise 531 11.38
     Green Patty Doucet-Saunders 66 1.41
Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Chris d'Entremont 2345 47.95
     Liberal Aldric Benoit d'Entremont 1951 39.89
     New Democratic Party Charles M. Muise 595 12.17

[edit] References

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Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts
Current
Annapolis • Antigonish • Argyle • Bedford • Cape Breton Centre • Cape Breton North • Cape Breton Nova • Cape Breton South • Cape Breton West • Chester-St. Margaret's • Clare • Colchester North • Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley • Cole Harbour • Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage • Cumberland North • Cumberland South • Dartmouth East • Dartmouth North • Dartmouth South-Portland Valley • Digby-Annapolis • Eastern Shore • Glace Bay • Guysborough-Sheet Harbour • Halifax Atlantic • Halifax Chebucto • Halifax Citadel • Halifax Clayton Park • Halifax Fairview • Halifax Needham • Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville • Hants East • Hants West • Inverness • Kings North • Kings South • Kings West • Lunenburg • Lunenburg West • Pictou Centre • Pictou East • Pictou West • Preston • Queens • Richmond • Sackville-Cobequid • Shelburne • Timberlea-Prospect • Truro-Bible Hill • Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank • Yarmouth • Victoria-The Lakes
Historic
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: Annapolis County • Kings
to 1949: Cumberland • Hants • Pictou
to 1933: Halifax • Richmond and Cape Breton West
to 1925: Cape Breton
See also: 2006 election • List of elections • Politics of Nova Scotia