Dartmouth East

Dartmouth East

Nova Scotia House of Assembly provincial electoral district
Member of the Legislative Assembly		Andrew Younger Liberal
Population (2006)	17,695
Electors (2009)	15,240
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created	1978
Census divisions	Halifax RM
Subdivisions	Halifax RM

Dartmouth East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding is located in the Dartmouth region of the Halifax RM.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
52nd	1978–1981		Richard L. Weldon	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981–1984
54th	1984–1988		James Smith	Liberal
55th	1988–1993
56th	1993–1998
57th	1998–1999
58th	1999–2003
59th	2003–2006		Joan Massey	New Democratic
60th	2006–2009
61st	2009–present		Andrew Younger	Liberal

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Younger	4073	45.09	+24.26
	New Democratic Party	Joan Massey	3903	43.21	-0.01
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Thompson	873	9.66	-23.61
	Green Party	Anna Mukpo	184	2.04	-0.65

Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Joan Massey	3822	43.22	+4.49
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Cormier	2942	33.27	-3.51
	Liberal	Tracey Devereaux	1842	20.83	-0.97
	Green Party	Elizabeth Perry	238	2.69

Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Joan Massey	3272	38.73	+10.18
	Progressive Conservative	Terry Degen	3107	36.78	+2.72
	Liberal	Debra Barlow	1842	21.80	-15.59
	Marijuana Party	Hugô St-Onge	101	1.20
	Nova Scotia Party	Scott Anderson	98	1.16
	Independent	Sebastien Theriault	28	0.33

Nova Scotia general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Smith	2975	37.39
	Progressive Conservative	Terry Degen	2710	34.06
	New Democratic Party	Heather Henderson	2272	28.55

Nova Scotia general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Smith	3326	40.9
	New Democratic Party	Viola Huntington	2954	36.3
	Progressive Conservative	Ralph Hawley	1849	22.7

Nova Scotia general election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Smith	4912
	Progressive Conservative	Gwen Haliburton	2429
	New Democratic Party	Owen Hertzman	1504

Nova Scotia general election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Smith	5193
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Greenough	4940
	New Democratic Party	Maureen Vine	1950

Nova Scotia general election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Smith	4004
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Weldon	3101
	New Democratic Party	Gerry Legere	2058

Nova Scotia general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Weldon	4253
	Liberal	Jim Smith	3351
	New Democratic Party	Gerry Legere	2400

Nova Scotia general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Weldon	5098
	Liberal	Barbara Hart	3488
	New Democratic Party	Gabriel Des Rochers	1030

External links

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