Clare-Digby

Clare-Digby 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 Clare and 76 per cent of the former district of Digby-Annapolis. It encompasses all of Digby County and consists of the Municipality of Clare, the Town of Digby, and the Municipality of the District of Digby.^[1] The riding is home to the province's only French-language university, Université Sainte-Anne at Church Point, and North America's oldest Acadian festival. Lobster and scallop catches in St. Mary's Bay and along the Fundy coast are critical to the economy.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
63rd	2017–present		Gordon Wilson	Liberal
62nd	2013–2017		Gordon Wilson	Liberal

Nova Scotia general election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Gordon Wilson	4,044	50.49	-4.19
	Progressive Conservative	Normand Cormier	2,283	28.50	-2.58
	New Democratic	Harold Neil	1,682	21.00	+12.01
Total valid votes			8,009	100.0
Total rejected ballots			116	1.43	+0.43
Turnout			8,125	56.54	-10.34
Eligible voters			14,370

Nova Scotia general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gordon Wilson	5,122	54.68	N/A
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Emile LeBlanc	2,911	31.08	N/A
	New Democratic Party	Dean Kenley	842	8.99	N/A
	Independent	Ian Thurber	492	5.25	N/A
Total valid votes			9,367	100.0
Total rejected ballots			95	1.00
Turnout			9,462	66.88
Eligible voters			14,148

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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