Colchester North

This article is about the Canadian electoral district. For the UK railway station, see Colchester railway station. For the defunct UK Parliament Constituency, see Colchester North (UK Parliament constituency).

Colchester North

Nova Scotia House of Assembly provincial electoral district
Member of the Legislative Assembly		Karen Casey Liberal
Population (2006)	17,804
Electors (2009)	13,686
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created	1978
Census divisions	Colchester County
Subdivisions

Colchester North is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

The Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2006 has been Karen Casey of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.

The riding includes the northern half of Colchester County. Communities include Debert, Great Village, and Tatamagouche.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
61st	2011–Present		Karen Casey	Liberal
	2009–2011			Progressive Conservative
60th	2006–2009
59th	2003–2006		Bill Langille	Progressive Conservative
58th	1999–2003
57th	1998–1999		Ed Lorraine	Liberal
56th	1993–1998
55th	1988–1993
54th	1984–1988		Jack Coupar	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981–1984		Ed Lorraine	Liberal
52nd	1978–1981		William L. Campbell	Progressive Conservative
Colchester prior to 1978

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Karen Casey	3784	50.16
	New Democratic Party	Arthur Hartlen	2354	31.20
	Liberal	Lorenda Ebbett	1243	16.48
	Green	Judy Davis	163	2.16

Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Karen Casey	3809	50.96
	Liberal	Bob Taylor	1979	26.47
	New Democratic Party	Rob Assels	1511	20.21
	Green	Judy Davis	176	2.35

Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Langille	3324	45.22
	Liberal	John Davidson	2183	29.70
	New Democratic Party	Garfield Forrest	1843	25.07

Nova Scotia general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Langille	3728	44.31
	New Democratic Party	Ralph Martin	2411	28.66
	Liberal	John Davidson	2274	27.03

External links

• riding profile
• June 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll by Poll Results