| Nova Scotia House of Assembly provincial electoral district |
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|---|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly |
Michel Samson Liberal |
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| Population (2006) | 10,225 | |
| Electors (2009) | 7,954 | |
| Area (km²) | 1,244.28 km² | |
| Pop. density (per km²) | 8.2/km² | |
| Riding created | 1933 | |
| Census divisions | Richmond County | |
| Subdivisions | ||
Richmond 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 1998 has been Michel Samson of the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia.
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61st | 2009-Present | Michel Samson | Liberal | |
| 60th | 2006-2009 | |||
| 59th | 2003-2006 | |||
| 58th | 1999-2003 | |||
| 57th | 1998-1999 | |||
| 56th | 1993-1998 | Richie Mann | Liberal | |
| 55th | 1988-1993 | |||
| 54th | 1984-1988 | Greg MacIsaac | Progressive Conservative | |
| 53rd | 1981-1984 | |||
| 52nd | 1980-1981 | John E. LeBrun | Liberal | |
| 1978-1980 | Gaston T. LeBlanc | Liberal | ||
| 51st | 1974-1978 | |||
| 50th | 1970-1974 | Gerald Doucet | Progressive Conservative | |
| 49th | 1967-1970 | |||
| 48th | 1963-1967 | |||
| 47th | 1960-1963 | Earl W. Urguhart | Liberal | |
| 46th | 1956-1960 | |||
| 45th | 1953-1956 | |||
| 44th | 1949-1953 | |||
| 1949 | Lauchlin Currie | Liberal | ||
| 43rd | 1945-1949 | |||
| 42nd | 1941-1945 | |||
| 1941 | Donald David Boyd | Liberal | ||
| 41st | 1937-1941 | |||
| 40th | 1933-1937 | George R. Deveau | Liberal | |
| Nova Scotia general election, 2009 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Michel Samson | 3228 | 55.31 | +6.76 | |
| New Democratic Party | Clair Rankin | 1477 | 25.31 | +15.88 | |
| Progressive Conservative | John Greene | 1045 | 17.91 | -22.65 | |
| Green Party | John Percy | 86 | 1.47 | -0.1 | |
| Nova Scotia general election, 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Michel Samson | 2722 | 48.55 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | John Greene | 2268 | 40.56 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Mary Pat Cude | 529 | 9.43 | ||
| Green Party | Noreen Hartlen | 88 | 1.57 | ||
| Nova Scotia general election, 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Michel Samson | 3047 | 51.36 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Richie Cotton | 1850 | 31.18 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Clair Rankin | 1036 | 17.46 | ||
| Nova Scotia general election, 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Michel Samson | 3105 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Joseph MacPhee | 1905 | |||
| New Democratic Party | Wilma Conrod | 1595 | |||