Dartmouth—Cole Harbour

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Dartmouth—Cole Harbour

Nova Scotia electoral district
Dartmouth—Cole Harbour in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Michael Savage Liberal
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	87,886
Electors (2006)	72,264
Area (km²)	89
Pop. density (per km²)	987.5
Census divisions	Halifax
Census subdivisions	Halifax

Dartmouth—Cole Harbour (formerly Dartmouth and Dartmouth—Halifax East) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 88,507.

Michael Savage, a Liberal, represents the riding.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 3.1 Member of Parliament 4 Election results 4.1 Dartmouth—Cole Harbour 4.2 Dartmouth 4.3 Dartmouth—Halifax East 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Demographics

Ethnic groups: 91.6% White, 4.3% Black, 1.3% Native Canadian
Languages: 92.8% English, 3.5% French, 3.2% Other
Religions: 45.8% Protestant, 38.1% Catholic, 1.4% Other Christian, 12.9% no affiliation
Average income: $28,217

[edit] Geography

The district includes the Dartmouth and Cole Harbour areas of the Halifax Regional Municipality. The area is 89 km².

[edit] History

The riding of Dartmouth—Halifax East was created in 1966 when the former dual-member Halifax riding was split into two. The district consisted of the Dartmouth area, Bedford and most of eastern Halifax County. Bedford was moved to the riding of Halifax West in a 1976 redistribution. In 1987, the Dartmouth riding was created, taking in nearly all of the former territory of Dartmouth—Halifax East.

The current electoral district of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour was created in 2004: 86.8% of the population of the new riding came from Dartmouth, and 13.2% from Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore. The riding experienced its first election on June 28, 2004. The incumbent from the majority of the district was Wendy Lill of the New Democratic Party. Michael Savage of the Liberal Party won the election, and continues to be the riding's sitting MP.

[edit] Member of Parliament

These ridings have elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Halifax prior to 1968
Dartmouth—Halifax East
28th	1968-1972		Michael Forrestall	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988
Dartmouth
34th	1988-1993		Ron MacDonald	Liberal
35th	1993-1997
36th	1997-2000		Wendy Lill	New Democrat
37th	2000-2004
Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
38th	2004-2006		Michael Savage	Liberal
39th	2006-

[edit] Election results

[edit] Dartmouth—Cole Harbour

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Savage	18 659	42.30	+0.23
	New Democrat	Peter Mancini	14 396	32.64	+0.14
	Conservative	Robert A. Campbell	9998	22.67	+1.57
	Green	Elizabeth Perry	1003	2.27	-0.89
	Marxist-Leninist	Charles Spurr	56	0.13	-0.04
Total valid votes			44 112

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Savage	17 425	42.07	+8.93
	New Democrat	Susan MacAlpine-Gillis	13 463	32.50	-3.78
	Conservative	Michael MacDonald	8739	21.10	-9.25
	Green	Michael Marshall	1311	3.16	Ø
	Progressive Canadian	Tracy Parsons	415	1.00	Ø
	Marxist-Leninist	Charles Spurr	70	0.17	-0.06
Total valid votes			41 423

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

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Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Wendy Lill	13 585	36.28	+3.71
	Liberal	Bernie Boudreau	12 408	33.14	+5.93
	Progressive Conservative	Tom McInnis	8085	21.59	-5.32
	Canadian Alliance	Jordi Morgan	3282	8.76	-2.99
	Marxist-Leninist	Charles Spurr	86	0.23	Ø
Total valid votes			37 446

Change for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Wendy Lill	12 326	32.57	+25.48
	Liberal	Michael Savage	10 298	27.21	-23.60
	Progressive Conservative	Rob McCleave	10 183	26.91	+3.33
	Reform	John Cody	4446	11.75	-3.87
	Independent	Cliff Williams	438	1.16	-0.63
	Natural Law	Claude Viau	156	0.41	-0.71
Total valid votes			37 847

Change for Independent candidate Cliff Williams is shown based on his results as a National Party candidate in 1993.

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron MacDonald	23 368	50.81	+4.62
	Progressive Conservative	Judith Gass	10 843	23.58	-18.20
	Reform	Orest Ulan	7182	15.62	Ø
	New Democrat	Marty Zelenietz	3261	7.09	-3.77
	National	Cliff Williams	823	1.79	Ø
	Natural Law	Claude Viau	515	1.12	Ø
Total valid votes			45 992

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron MacDonald	21 958	46.19	+20.09
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Forrestall	19 863	41.78	-13.17
	New Democrat	Marty Zelenietz	5162	10.86	-8.09
	Libertarian	Stanley Hodder	447	0.94	Ø
	Independent	Charles Spurr	109	0.23	Ø
Total valid votes			47 539

[edit] Dartmouth—Halifax East

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Forrestall	27 549	54.95	+13.10
	Liberal	Rae Austin	13 084	26.10	-11.63
	New Democrat	Ken Hale	9503	18.95	-1.46
Total valid votes			50 136

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Forrestall	17 968	41.85	-6.87
	Liberal	Rae Austin	16 200	37.73	+2.62
	New Democrat	Nelson Reed	8764	20.41	+4.24
Total valid votes			42 932

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Forrestall	21 441	48.72	-2.74
	Liberal	John Savage	15 453	35.11	-5.53
	New Democrat	Frederick Turley	7116	16.17	+9.00
Total valid votes			44 010

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Forrestall	22 090	51.46	-6.02
	Liberal	Arnold Patterson	17 444	40.64	+8.93
	New Democrat	Alfred Nieforth	3076	7.17	-3.03
	Social Credit	Anthony Morbee	181	0.42	-0.19
	Marxist-Leninist	Mike Malloch	135	0.31	Ø
Total valid votes			42 926

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Forrestall	24 553	57.48	+2.31
	Liberal	John Savage	13 543	31.71	-8.71
	New Democrat	Norman Dares	4358	10.20	+5.80
	Social Credit	Brian Pitcairn	261	0.61	Ø
Total valid votes			42 715

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Forrestall	19 694	55.17	Ø
	Liberal	Arnie Patterson	14 429	40.42	Ø
	New Democrat	Edward Newell	1572	4.40	Ø
Total valid votes			35 695

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Dartmouth—Halifax East (1966–1987) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Dartmouth (1987–2003) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Dartmouth—Cole Harbour (2003– ) from the Library of Parliament

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