Argyle-Barrington

Argyle-Barrington is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding was created in 2012 with 100 per cent of the former district of Argyle and 52 per cent of the former district of Shelburne. It consists of the Municipality of Argyle, the town of Clark's Harbour, and the Municipality of Barrington. Fishing is the economic mainstay of the area, although manufacturing and the service sector are significant employers.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
63rd	2017–present		Chris d'Entremont	Progressive Conservative
62nd	2013–2017		Chris d'Entremont	Progressive Conservative

Nova Scotia general election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Chris d'Entremont	4,031	65.08	+10.39
	Liberal	Louis d'Entremont	1,840	29.71	-10.67
	New Democratic	Greg Foster	323	5.21	+0.28
Total valid votes			6,194	100.00
Total rejected ballots			28	0.45	-0.36
Turnout			6,222	50.17	-9.17
Eligible voters			12,401
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+10.53

Nova Scotia general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Chris d'Entremont	3,935	54.69	N/A
	Liberal	Kent Blades	2,905	40.38	N/A
	New Democratic Party	Kenn Baynton	355	4.93	N/A
Total valid votes			7,195	100.00
Total rejected ballots			59	0.81
Turnout			7,254	59.35
Eligible voters			12,223

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 Guysborough–Port Hawkesbury 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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