Clare (electoral district)

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Clare
 Nova Scotia House of Assembly
electoral district
Member of the
Legislative Assembly		       Wayne Gaudet
Liberal
Population (2001)
Electors (2006)
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created
Census divisions Digby County
Subdivisions


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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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