Bedford (provincial electoral district)

Bedford is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Kelly Regan.

The electoral district was created in 1978 as Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley from the redistribution of Halifax Cobequid. The name was changed to Bedford-Fall River in 1993 and the district lost the Musquodoboit Valley area to Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley.^[1]

In 2003, the district was renamed Bedford. It lost the Fall River and Waverley areas and gained one third of Halifax Bedford Basin, as well an as area along the Hammonds Plains Road. It comprises most of Bedford and all of the community southeast of the Bicentennial Highway.^[2]

The district is notable for the electoral loss of Liberal leader Francis MacKenzie, in the 2006 election. MacKenzie attempted to win the seat in 2006 for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. The party polled less than 24% across the province. He lost by more than 800 votes to Len Goucher.

On September 30, 2008 the name of the Bedford district was officially changed to Bedford-Birch Cove. With the 2012 electoral boundary changes, the area of Kearney Lake and Birch Cove moved to Clayton Park West and name of the district officially changed back to Bedford.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
63rd	2017-present		Kelly Regan	Liberal
62nd	2013-2017
61st	2009–2013
60th	2006–2009		Len Goucher	Progressive Conservative
59th	2003–2006	Peter Christie
58th	1999-2003	Peter Christie
57th	1998-1999		Francene Cosman	Liberal
56th	1993-1998		Francene Cosman	Liberal
55th	1988-1993		Ken Streatch	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984-1988
53rd	1981-1984
52nd	1978-1981

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Kelly Regan	5,831	52.69	-7.97
	Progressive Conservative	Valerie White	3,388	30.62	+10.41
	New Democratic	Blake Wright	1,362	12.31	-4.66
	Green	Michealle Hanshaw	485	4.38	+2.22
Total valid votes			11,066	100.0
Total rejected ballots			44	0.40
Turnout			11,110	51.85
Eligible voters			21,429

Nova Scotia general election, 2013
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Liberal	Kelly Regan	6,081	60.66	+16.18
Progressive Conservative	Joan Christie	2,026	20.21	-0.54
New Democratic Party	Mike Poworozynk	1,701	16.97	-15.53
Green	Ian Charles	217	2.16	-0.11

Nova Scotia general election, 2009
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Liberal	Kelly Regan	4,861	44.48	+10.56
New Democratic Party	Brian Mosher	3,552	32.50	+11.66
Progressive Conservative	Len Goucher	2,268	20.75	-21.47
Green	Neil Green	248	2.27	-0.74

Nova Scotia general election, 2006
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Progressive Conservative	Len Goucher	4,090	42.22	-1.63
Liberal	Francis MacKenzie	3,286	33.92	-0.27
New Democratic Party	John Buckland	2,019	20.84	-1.13
Green	Mary McLaughlan	292	3.01	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2003
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Progressive Conservative	Peter Christie	4,114	43.85	-
Liberal	Richard Zurawksi	3,208	34.19	-
New Democratic Party	Bob Watson	2,061	21.97	-

External links

References

↑ Riding History NS Legislature
↑ Bedford - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
↑ Elections Nova Scotia, Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report (September 12, 2012) Archived January 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved on March 11, 2013

Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (August 5, 2003). Retrieved Dec 14, 2007
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (June 13, 2006). Retrieved Dec 14, 2007

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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