| Nova Scotia House of Assembly provincial electoral district |
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|---|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly |
Clarrie MacKinnon NDP |
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| Population (2006) | ||
| Electors (2009) | 11,673 | |
| Area (km²) | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | ||
| Riding created | 1949 | |
| Census divisions | Pictou County | |
| Subdivisions | ||
Pictou East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since the 2006 election is Clarrie MacKinnon of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party who replaced the retiring Jim DeWolfe of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61st | 2009-Present | Clarrie MacKinnon | New Democratic | |
| 60th | 2006-2009 | |||
| 59th | 2003-2006 | Jim DeWolfe | Progressive Conservative | |
| 58th | 1999-2003 | |||
| 57th | 1998-1999 | |||
| 56th | 1993-1998 | Wayne Fraser | Liberal | |
| 1993 | Don Cameron | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 55th | 1988-1993 | |||
| 54th | 1984-1988 | |||
| 53rd | 1981-1984 | |||
| 52nd | 1978-1981 | |||
| 51st | 1974-1978 | |||
| 50th | 1970-1974 | Alexander Lloyd MacDonald | Liberal | |
| 49th | 1967-1970 | Thomas MacQueen | Progressive Conservative | |
| 48th | 1963-1967 | Alexander Lloyd MacDonald | Liberal | |
| 47th | 1960-1963 | John W. MacDonald | Liberal | |
| 46th | 1956-1960 | William A. MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | |
| 45th | 1953-1956 | John W. MacDonald | Liberal | |
| 44th | 1949-1953 | |||
| Nova Scotia general election, 2009 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Democratic Party | Clarrie MacKinnon | 4894 | 63.98 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | J. Ed. MacDonald | 1984 | 25.94 | ||
| Liberal | Francois Rochon | 642 | 8.39 | ||
| Green Party | Robbie White | 129 | 1.69 | ||
| Nova Scotia general election, 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Democratic Party | Clarrie MacKinnon | 2761 | 36.73 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Sue Uhren | 2654 | 35.31 | ||
| Liberal | Danny Walsh | 2000 | 26.61 | ||
| Green Party | John A. Clark | 102 | 1.36 | ||
| Nova Scotia general election, 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim DeWolfe | 3295 | |||
| New Democratic Party | Andy Thompson | 2388 | |||
| Liberal | Lynn MacDonald | 1285 | |||
| Nova Scotia general election, 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim DeWolfe | 3295 | |||
| Liberal | John Fraser | 2239 | |||
| New Democratic Party | Bob Matheson | 1929 | |||