Kings—Hants

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Kings—Hants

Nova Scotia electoral district
Kings—Hants in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Scott Brison Liberal
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	81,531
Electors (2006)	65,898
Area (km²)	4,440
Pop. density (per km²)	18.4
Census divisions	Hants, Kings
Census subdivisions	East Hants, West Hants, Kentville, Wolfville, Windsor

Kings—Hants (formerly Annapolis Valley—Hants) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979. Its population in 2001 was 79,286.

It is a largely rural and fairly conservative riding, but its conservatism is in the Red Tory tradition of the rest of the Maritimes, i.e., there is a strong concern for social programs.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 3.1 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 4.1 Kings—Hants 4.2 Annapolis Valley—Hants 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Demographics

Ethnic groups: 95.7% White, 2.1% Native Canadian, 1.5% Black
Languages: 96.4% English, 1.1% French, 2.1% Other
Religions: 63.8% Protestant, 18.3% Catholic, 1.2% Other Christian, 15.9% No affiliation
Average income: $23,425

[edit] Geography

The district includes all of Hants County and the eastern part of Kings. Communities include East Hants, West Hants, Kentville, Windsor and Wolfville. The area is 4,440 sq. km.

[edit] History

The electoral district was created as "Annapolis Valley—Hants" in 1976 from parts of Annapolis Valley and Halifax—East Hants ridings. It consisted of the Counties of Kings and Hants.

In 1996, it was renamed "Kings—Hants". In 2003, it was given its current boundaries.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Annapolis Valley and Halifax—East Hants prior to 1979
Annapolis Valley—Hants
31st	1979-1980		Pat Nowlan	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988
34th	1988-1993
35th	1993-1997		John Murphy	Liberal
Kings—Hants
36th	1997-2000		Scott Brison 1st term	Progressive Conservative
2000 By-election	2000		Joe Clark	Progressive Conservative
37th	2000-2003		Scott Brison 2nd term	Progressive Conservative
	2003-2004			Liberal
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-

[edit] Election results

[edit] Kings—Hants

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Scott Brison	19 492	45.57	-1.04
	Conservative	Bob Mullan	13 762	32.17	+2.05
	New Democrat	Mary Dewolfe	8138	19.03	+1.34
	Green	Sheila Richardson	947	2.21	-1.41
	Marijuana	Chummy Anthony	436	1.02	Ø
Total valid votes			42 775

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Scott Brison	17 555	46.61	+16.38
	Conservative	Bob Mullan	11 344	30.12	-20.73
	New Democrat	Skip Hambling	6663	17.69	+1.12
	Green	Kevin Stacey	1364	3.62	Ø
	Christian Heritage	Jim Hnatiuk	493	1.31	Ø
	Independent	Richard Hennigar	242	0.64	+0.34
Total valid votes			37 661

Changes for Liberal candidate Scott Brison from 2000 are based on the Liberal Party's results. He received +6.32% votes from his results as a Progressive Conservative.

Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

Change for Independent candidate Richard Hennigar are based on his 2000 results as a Natural Law candidate.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Scott Brison	17 612	40.29	-13.16
	Liberal	Claude O'Hara	13 213	30.23	-0.03
	New Democrat	Kaye Johnson	7244	16.57	-10.57
	Canadian Alliance	Gerry Fulton	4618	10.56	-5.58
	Marijuana	Jim King	669	1.53	Ø
	Independent	Kenneth MacEachern	140	0.32	Ø
	Natural Law	Richard Hennigar	133	0.30	-0.28
	Communist	Graham Jake MacDonald	85	0.19	-0.33
Total valid votes			43 714

All changes are based on the 2000 by-election, except the Liberal Party and the Natural Law Party, which did not field a candidate; and Communist Party candidate Graham Jake MacDonald, who ran as an Independent.

By-election on 11 September 2000 On the resignation of Scott Brison, 24 July 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Clark	14 525	53.45	+17.18
	New Democrat	Kaye Johnson	7375	27.14	+8.17
	Canadian Alliance	Gerry Fulton	4385	16.14	+2.75
	Not affiliated	Alex Neron	670	2.47	Ø
	Independent	John C. Turmel	221	0.81	Ø
Total valid votes			27 176

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

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Scott Brison	17 401	36.27	+16.04
	Liberal	John Murphy	14 515	30.26	-9.23
	New Democrat	Philip A. Brown	9101	18.97	+13.97
	Reform	Lloyd Schmidt	6424	13.39	+0.57
	Natural Law	James McLelland	278	0.58	-0.47
	Independent	Graham Jake MacDonald	251	0.52	Ø
Total valid votes			47 970

[edit] Annapolis Valley—Hants

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Murphy	18 238	39.49	-0.59
	Progressive Conservative	Jim White	9344	20.23	-23.94
	Independent	Pat Nowlan	8958	19.40	-24.77
	Reform	John Merriam	5919	12.82	Ø
	New Democrat	Dick Terfry	2308	5.00	-7.52
	Christian Heritage	Jack Enserink	614	1.33	-1.47
	National	Steve Mockford	484	1.05	Ø
	Natural Law	John Runkle	319	0.69	Ø
Total valid votes			46 184

Changes from the 1988 election for both Progressive Conservative candidate Jim White and Independent candidate Pat Nowlan are based on the same 1988 result, when Pat Nowlan ran as a Progressive Conservative.

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Nowlan	20 763	44.17	-9.68
	Liberal	John Murphy	18 840	40.08	+11.62
	New Democrat	Keith Collins	5886	12.52	-3.43
	Christian Heritage	Jack Enserink	1318	2.80	Ø
	Not affiliated	Rik Gates	200	0.43	Ø
Total valid votes			47 007

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Nowlan	23 580	53.85	+11.88
	Liberal	Howard Fuller	12 463	28.46	-2.87
	New Democrat	Peggy Hope-Simpson	6987	15.95	-9.34
	Rhino	Graham Macdermott	762	1.74	+0.90
Total valid votes			43 792

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Nowlan	17 152	41.97	-8.15
	Liberal	Jim Munro	12 804	31.33	+1.41
	New Democrat	Bob Levy	10 338	25.29	+5.33
	Rhino	Mark Moors	343	0.84	Ø
	Independent	Dick Killam	233	0.57	Ø
Total valid votes			40 870

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Nowlan	20 103	50.12	Ø
	Liberal	Frank C. Bezanson	12 001	29.92	Ø
	New Democrat	Bob Levy	8008	19.96	Ø
Total valid votes			40 112

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Annapolis Valley—Hants (1976–1996) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Kings—Hants (1996– ) from the Library of Parliament

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