Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville

Hammonds Plains—Upper Sackville
 Nova Scotia House of Assembly
provincial electoral district
Member of the
Legislative Assembly
      Mat Whynott
New Democrat
Population (2006)
Electors (2009) 17,937
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created 2003
Census divisions Halifax RM
Subdivisions

Hammonds Plains—Upper Sackville is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

The constituency was created in the 2003 boundary redistribution and consists of parts of Sackville-Beaver Bank (now defunct) and Timberlea-Prospect.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature Years Member Party
Sackville—Beaver Bank and Timberlea—Prospect prior to 2003
59th 2003-2006 Barry Barnet Progressive Conservative
60th 2006-2009
61st 2009-Present     Mat Whynott New Democratic

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2009
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     New Democratic Mat Whynott 4815 50.03 +13.98
     Liberal Patrick Doyle 2381 24.74 +4.71
     Progressive Conservative Barry Barnet 2218 23.05 -18.97
     Green Party Shawn Redmond 210 2.18 +0.29
Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Barry Barnet 3704 42.02
     New Democratic Party Mat Whynott 3178 36.05
     Liberal Pam Streeter 1766 20.03
     Green Party Scott Kleghorn 167 1.89
Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Barry Barnet 3322 41.14
     Liberal Pam Streeter 2419 29.96
     New Democratic Party Brenda Haley 2229 27.6
     Marijuana Party Melanie Patriquen 105 1.3

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