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Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank

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Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Brian Wong
Progressive Conservative
District created2003
First contested2003
Last contested2021
Demographics
Population (2011)22,348
Electors13,309
Area (km²)299
Pop. density (per km²)74.7
Census division(s)Halifax County
Census subdivision(s)Halifax Regional Municipality

Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

It was created in 2003 from Bedford-Fall River and Sackville-Beaver Bank. In 2013, it lost a portion of Beaver Bank to Sackville and the Portobello area to Dartmouth East.[1]

Geography

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Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank covers 299 km2 (115 sq mi) of land.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank
Legislature Years Member Party
Riding created from Bedford-Fall River and Sackville-Beaver Bank
59th 2003–2006     Gary Hines Progressive Conservative
60th 2006–2009     Percy Paris New Democratic
61st 2009–2013
62nd 2013–2017     Bill Horne Liberal
63rd 2017–2021
64th 2021–present     Brian Wong Progressive Conservative

Election results

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2021

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2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Brian Wong 3,938 40.38 +3.02 $33,476.85
Liberal Marni Tuttle 3,546 36.36 -0.74 $36,707.22
New Democratic Christina McCarron 1,581 16.21 -2.86 $35,608.26
Green Anthony Edmonds 617 6.33 -0.06 $5,170.04
Atlantica Shawn Whitford 71 0.73 +0.63 $200.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 9,753 99.86 $98,713.68
Total rejected ballots 14 0.14
Turnout 9,767 56.55
Eligible voters 17,272
Progressive Conservative notional hold Swing +1.88
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3]

2017

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2017 provincial election redistributed results[4]
Party Vote %
  Progressive Conservative 3,453 37.51
  Liberal 3,429 37.26
  New Democratic 1,763 19.15
  Green 590 5.98
  Atlantica 9 0.10


2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Horne 3,160 37.94 -5.15
Progressive Conservative Dan McNaughton 3,095 37.16 +5.45
New Democratic Trevor Sanipass 1,567 18.82 -6.20
Green Anthony Edmonds 506 6.08
Total valid votes 8,328 100
Total rejected ballots 43 0.51
Turnout 8,371 56.02
Eligible voters 14,944
Liberal hold Swing -5.30
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5][6]

2013

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2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Bill Horne 3,588 43.09 +18.18
  Progressive Conservative Brian Wong 2,640 31.71 +13.26
  New Democratic Party Percy Paris 2,098 25.02 -29.45

2009

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2009 Nova Scotia general election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  New Democratic Party Percy Paris 5,007 54.47 +8.08
  Liberal Bill Horne 2,290 24.91 +13.76
  Progressive Conservative Gary Hines 1,696 18.45 -21.72
Green Damon Loomer 199 2.16 -0.12

2006

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2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  New Democratic Party Percy Paris 3,782 46.39 +12.86
  Progressive Conservative Gary Hines 3,275 40.17 +2.26
  Liberal Thomas Deal 909 11.15 -15.28
Green William Lang 186 2.28

2003

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2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Progressive Conservative Gary Hines 3,141 37.91
  New Democratic Party Percy Paris 2,778 33.53
  Liberal David Merrigan 2,240 26.43
Marijuana Alex Neron 91 1.1
Nova Scotia Party Heather Sawers 86 1.04

References

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  1. ^ Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
  2. ^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  4. ^ Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
  5. ^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  6. ^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  7. ^ http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist51.pdf [dead link]
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