West Nova

West Nova (French: Nova-Ouest; formerly South West Nova) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.

The district is rural with a few small towns and communities located along the coast. The riding has been called a microcosm of rural Canada because it includes fishing, farming, tourism, small business and an English-French mix.^[2] The riding is noted as having the highest Baptist proportion in Canada at 28%.^[3]

The riding tends to have socially conservative views. In the 1990s, Harry Verran was able to win the district as a Liberal in part because of his socially conservative views, including campaigning against same-sex marriage.^[4]

History

The electoral district was created in 1966 from Digby—Annapolis—Kings and Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare ridings. In 1996, Seal Island was added and the name was changed from South West Nova to West Nova. In 2004, 20 percent of Kings—Hants was added to the district. The boundaries of this riding will remain unchanged as per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2001	88,257	—
2006	86,393	−2.1%
2011	83,654	−3.2%

From the 2006 census ^[5]

Ethnic groups:

White: 97.9%
Black: 1.5%
Other: 0.6%

Languages:

English: 83.0%
French: 15.1%
German: 0.8%
Other: 1.1%

Religions:

Protestant: 48.4%
Catholic: 35.1%
Other Christian: 1.2%
No religious affiliation: 14.5%

Education:

No certificate, diploma or degree: 35.4%
High school certificate: 20.5%
Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma: 13.6%
Community college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma: 18.4%
University certificate or diploma: 12.1%

Income:

Per capita income: $19,450
Median household income: $40,290
Median family income: $48,969
Average house value: $133,217

Median Age:

43.6

Unemployment:

11.3%

Geography

It reaches from Berwick in Kings County (it only includes the western part of Kings County) down through Annapolis County, Digby County and Yarmouth County, ending at the Yarmouth-Shelburne border.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
South Western Nova Riding created from Digby—Annapolis—Kings and Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare
28th	1968–1972	Louis-Roland Comeau	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974	Charles Haliburton	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979	Coline Campbell	Liberal
South West Nova
31st	1979–1980	Charles Haliburton	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984	Coline Campbell	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Gerald Comeau	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Coline Campbell	Liberal
35th	1993–1997	Harry Verran	Liberal
West Nova
36th	1997–2000	Mark Muise	Progressive Conservative
37th	2000–2004	Robert Thibault	Liberal
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011	Greg Kerr	Conservative
41st	2011–2015	Greg Kerr	Conservative
42nd	2015–Present	Colin Fraser	Liberal

Election results

West Nova, 2013 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Colin Fraser	28,775	62.99	+26.60	–
	Conservative	Arnold LeBlanc	11,916	26.09	–20.95	–
	New Democratic	Greg Foster	3,084	6.75	–6.36	–
	Green	Clark Walton	1,904	4.17	+0.71	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,679	100.00		$209,175.69
Total rejected ballots			271	0.59
Turnout			45,950	68.79
Eligible voters			66,796
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+23.78
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

West Nova, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Greg Kerr	20,204	47.04	+7.10	$82,563.21
	Liberal	Robert Thibault	15,632	36.39	+0.24	$62,177.30
	New Democratic	George Barron	5,631	13.11	-3.78	$12,244.90
	Green	Ross Johnson	1,487	3.46	-1.55	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,954	100.0		$86,810.95
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			356	0.82	+0.10
Turnout			43,310	63.75	+1.27
Eligible voters			67,938
	Conservative hold		Swing		+3.43
Sources:^[8]^[9]

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Greg Kerr	16,779	39.94	+1.83	$69,467.56
	Liberal	Robert Thibault	15,185	36.15	-3.09	$57,096.02
	New Democratic	George Barron	7,097	16.89	-1.95	$12,741.38
	Green	Ronald Mills	2,106	5.01	+2.71	$123.04
	Independent	Cindy M. Nesbitt	844	2.01	–	$10,570.22
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,011	100.0		$83,932
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			304	0.72	+0.12
Turnout			42,315	62.48	-1.20
Eligible voters			67,722
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+2.46

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Robert Thibault	17,734	39.24	-3.42	$53,606.19
	Conservative	Greg Kerr	17,222	38.11	+5.06	$54,945.96
	New Democratic	Arthur Bull	8,512	18.84	-2.29	$25,148.83
	Green	Matthew Granger	1,040	2.30	-0.92	$74.10
	Independent	Ken Griffiths	681	1.51	–	$2,576.48
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,190	100.0		$79,451
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			274	0.60	-0.21
Turnout			45,464	63.68	-2.26
Eligible voters			71,393
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.24

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Robert Thibault	18,343	42.66	+8.06	$48,703.53
	Conservative	Jon Charles Carey	14,209	33.05	-20.44	$70,393.83
	New Democratic	Arthur Bull	9,086	21.13	+9.67	$24,310.23
	Green	Matthew Granger	1,385	3.22	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,996	100.0		$76,207
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			352	0.81
Turnout			43,348	65.94	+1.04
Eligible voters			65,736
	Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+14.25
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined totals of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Progressive Conservative	15,154	35.52
	Liberal	14,760	34.60
	Alliance	7,667	17.97
	New Democratic	4,887	11.46
	Others	193	0.45

West Nova, 1996 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Robert Thibault	12,783	36.09	+10.39	$57,653
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Muise	12,080	34.11	-0.20	$34,692
	Alliance	Mike Donaldson	6,581	18.58	-0.23	$32,417
	New Democratic	Phil Roberts	3,976	11.23	-9.23	$14,118
Total valid votes			35,420	100.00

Results for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Muise	13,187	34.31	+11.64	$37,592
	Liberal	Harry Verran	9,877	25.70	-29.19	$47,082
	New Democratic	Brian Noble	7,862	20.46	+14.87	$4,426
	Reform	Betty Cox	7,229	18.81	+3.66	$25,210
	Natural Law	Neeraj Lakhanpal	275	0.72	-0.98	$0.00
Total valid votes			38,430	100.00

South West Nova

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Harry Verran	20,530	54.89	+4.88
	Progressive Conservative	Yvon Joseph Thibault	8,478	22.67	-18.84
	Reform	Louis Mason	5,667	15.15
	New Democratic	Peter Zavitz	2,090	5.59	-0.10
	Natural Law	Gregg Murphy	636	1.70
Total valid votes			37,401	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Coline Campbell	21,062	50.01	+8.16
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Comeau	17,482	41.51	-9.08
	New Democratic	Peter Zavitz	2,396	5.69	-1.86
	Christian Heritage	Angus M. McLean	1,172	2.78
Total valid votes			42,112	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Comeau	20,604	50.59	+13.78
	Liberal	Coline Campbell	17,044	41.85	-7.97
	New Democratic	Bob Ritchie	3,076	7.55	-5.25
Total valid votes			40,724	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Coline Campbell	19,151	49.82	+5.65
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Haliburton	14,151	36.81	-7.66
	New Democratic	John Lee	4,922	12.80	+1.44
	Independent	Anne Trudell	216	0.56
Total valid votes			38,440	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Haliburton	16,512	44.47	-0.64
	Liberal	Coline Campbell	16,398	44.17	-4.93
	New Democratic	Ian MacPherson	4,217	11.36	+6.11
Total valid votes			37,127	100.00

South Western Nova

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Coline Campbell	15,066	49.10	7.49
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Haliburton	13,841	45.11	-5.07
	New Democratic	Yvonne Coe	1,610	5.25	-1.77
	Social Credit	Cecilia Zwicker	164	0.53	-0.67
Total valid votes			30,681	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Haliburton	15,039	50.18	-2.15
	Liberal	Fulton Logan	12,471	41.61	-2.61
	New Democratic	Lawrence Meuse	2,104	7.02	+4.66
	Social Credit	Charles Paddock	359	1.20
Total valid votes			29,973	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Louis-Roland Comeau	14,543	52.33
	Liberal	John Stewart	12,290	44.22
	New Democratic	Rae Gilman	655	2.36
	Independent PC	N. Evan Atkinson	293	1.05
Total valid votes			27,791	100.00

References

Notes

1 2 Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ CBC riding profile
↑ Tony Hill (2002). Canadian politics, riding by riding: an in-depth analysis of Canada's 301 federal electoral districts. Winnipeg: Prospect Park Press. ISBN 0-9723436-0-1.
↑ Petition openparliament.ca
↑ http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen06/profiles/detail_b/FED12011.pdf West Nova's census profile
↑ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — West Nova (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
↑ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
↑ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

Federal ridings in Nova Scotia

Liberal	Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Cumberland—Colchester Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook South Shore—St. Margarets Sydney—Victoria West Nova

Historical federal ridings in Nova Scotia

Federal ridings in Atlantic Canada

Newfoundland and Labrador	Avalon Bonavista—Burin—Trinity Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame Labrador Long Range Mountains St. John's East St. John's South—Mount Pearl

Nova Scotia	Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Cumberland—Colchester Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook South Shore—St. Margarets Sydney—Victoria West Nova

Prince Edward Island	Cardigan Charlottetown Egmont Malpeque

New Brunswick	Acadie—Bathurst Beauséjour Fredericton Fundy Royal Madawaska—Restigouche Miramichi—Grand Lake Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe New Brunswick Southwest Saint John—Rothesay Tobique—Mactaquac

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