Preston (electoral district)

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Preston
 Nova Scotia House of Assembly
electoral district
Member of the
Legislative Assembly		       Keith Colwell
Liberal
Population (2006) 19,657
Electors (2006)
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created
Census divisions Halifax RM
Subdivisions

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

The riding was created in 1993 to provide representation to the area's rural black community. About one third of the riding is black, mostly living in the communities of North Preston, East Preston and Cherrybrook.

In 1998, Yvonne Atwell ran in Preston for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party and became the first black woman to be elected to the provincial legislature.

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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