Lunenburg West

Lunenburg West

Nova Scotia electoral district

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Mark Furey
Liberal

District created

1956

Last contested

Demographics

Population (2011)

18,017

16,116

Area (km²)

955.00

Pop. density (per km²)

18.9

Census divisions

Census subdivisions

Bridgewater, LaHave, Hebbville

Lunenburg West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1956 from the riding of Lunenburg County.

The riding includes the town of Bridgewater, LaHave, and Hebbville.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
63rd	2017-present		Mark Furey	Liberal
62nd	2013–2017		Mark Furey	Liberal
61st	2009–2013		Gary Ramey	New Democratic
60th	2006-2009		Carolyn Bolivar-Getson	Progressive Conservative
59th	2003-2006		Carolyn Bolivar-Getson	Progressive Conservative
58th	1999-2003		Don Downe	Liberal
57th	1998-1999
56th	1993-1998
55th	1988-1993		Marie Dechman	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984-1988		Mel Pickings	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981-1984
52nd	1978-1981
51st	1974-1978		Maurice DeLorey	Liberal
50th	1970-1974		Maurice DeLorey	Liberal
49th	1967-1970		Harley J. Spence	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963-1967
47th	1960-1963
46th	1956-1960

Election results

2017 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Mark Furey	3,839	47.10	+4.00
	Progressive Conservative	Carole Hipwell	2,261	27.74	+4.24
	New Democratic	Lisa Norman	1,690	20.73	-10.27
	Green	Michael Sheppard	361	4.43	N/A
Total valid votes			8,151	100.0
Total rejected ballots			46	0.56
Turnout			8,197	50.86
Eligible voters			16,116

2013 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Mark Furey	3,931	43.10
	New Democratic Party	Gary Ramey	2,885	31.00
	Progressive Conservative	David Mitchell	2,143	23.50

2009 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2009^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	New Democratic Party	Gary Ramey	3,600	39.60
	Progressive Conservative	Carolyn Bolivar-Getson	3,045	33.50
	Liberal	Mark Furey	2,297	25.27
	Green	Emily Richardson	148	1.63	–

2006 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Carolyn Bolivar-Getson	3,637	43.21
	New Democratic Party	Bill Smith	3,299	39.19
	Liberal	Martin Bell	1,324	15.73
	Green	Brendan MacNeill	157	1.87	–

2003 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Carolyn Bolivar-Getson	3,111	39.65
	Liberal	John MacDonald	2,550	32.55
	New Democratic Party	David Ferguson	2,180	27.80

1999 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Don Downe	4,248	45.46
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Swain	3,251	34.79
	New Democratic Party	Eric Hustvedt	1,846	19.75

1998 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Don Downe	4,364	47.94
	New Democratic Party	Eric Hustvedt	2,711	29.78
	Progressive Conservative	Lou Centa	2,027	22.27

1993 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Don Downe	6,276	60.59
	Progressive Conservative	Marie Dechman	2,910	28.09
	New Democratic Party	Karen Reinhardt	1,172	11.31

References

↑ http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist39.pdf

External links

CBC riding profile (2003)

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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