Richmond (Nova Scotia provincial electoral district)

Richmond
Nova Scotia electoral district

Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
District created	1933
District abolished	2013
Last contested	2009
Demographics
Population (2011)	9,287
Electors	7,954
Census divisions	Richmond County

Richmond is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1933-2013. It elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the electoral district included Richmond County in its entirety.

The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral district of Cape Breton-Richmond.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The electoral district was represented by the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years		Party
61st	2009–2013	Michel Samson	Liberal
60th	2006-2009
59th	2003-2006
58th	1999-2003
57th	1998-1999
56th	1993-1998	Richie Mann	Liberal
55th	1988-1993	Richie Mann	Liberal
54th	1984-1988	Greg MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981-1984	Greg MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative
52nd	1980-1981	John E. LeBrun	Liberal
52nd	1978-1980	Gaston T. LeBlanc	Liberal
51st	1974-1978	Gaston T. LeBlanc	Liberal
50th	1970-1974	Gerald Doucet	Progressive Conservative
49th	1967-1970
48th	1963-1967
47th	1960-1963	Earl W. Urquhart	Liberal
46th	1956-1960
45th	1953-1956
44th	1949-1953
44th	1949	Lauchlin Currie	Liberal
43rd	1945-1949
42nd	1941-1945
42nd	1941	Donald David Boyd	Liberal
41st	1937-1941	Donald David Boyd	Liberal
40th	1933-1937	George R. Deveau	Liberal

Election results

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	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	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

External links

Riding Profile

Coordinates: 45°38′21″N 60°55′15″W / 45.6393°N 60.9208°W / 45.6393; -60.9208

Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts

Current

Historic

to 2013:	Argyle Cape Breton North Cape Breton Nova Cape Breton South Cape Breton West Clare Cole Harbour Dartmouth South-Portland Valley Digby-Annapolis Guysborough-Sheet Harbour Halifax Clayton Park Halifax Fairview Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville Preston Queens Richmond Shelburne Truro-Bible Hill

to 2003:	Bedford-Fall River 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:	Kings

to 1949:	Cumberland Hants Pictou

to 1933:	Halifax Richmond and Cape Breton West

to 1925:	Cape Breton

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