Colchester North (provincial electoral district)

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 electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Karen Casey Liberal
District created	1978
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Population (2011)	18,238
Electors	13,879
Area (km²)	2,235
Pop. density (per km²)	8.2
Census division(s)	Colchester County

Colchester North is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1978 when the former district of Colchester was redistributed.

The Member of the Legislative Assembly has been Karen Casey of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia from 2006-2011 and the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia from 2011–present.

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
63rd	2017–present		Karen Casey	Liberal
62nd	2013–2017
61st	2011–2013
	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		Bill Campbell	Progressive Conservative
Colchester prior to 1978

Election results

2017 general election

2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Karen Casey	3,654	46.49	-14.46
	Progressive Conservative	Rebecca Taylor	3,225	41.04	+14.65
	New Democratic	James Finnie	980	12.47	-0.19
Total valid votes			7,859	100.0
Total rejected ballots			41
Turnout			7,900	54.6
Eligible voters			14,476

2013 general election

2013 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Karen Casey	5,005	60.95
	Progressive Conservative	John Kendrick MacDonald	2,167	26.39
	New Democratic Party	Jim Wyatt	1,040	12.66

2009 general election

2009 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Karen Casey	3,784	50.16
	New Democratic Party	Arthur Hartlen	2,354	31.20
	Liberal	Lorenda Ebbett	1,243	16.48
	Green	Judy Davis	163	2.16

2006 general election

2006 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Karen Casey	3,809	50.96
	Liberal	Bob Taylor	1,979	26.47
	New Democratic Party	Rob Assels	1,511	20.21
	Green	Judy Davis	176	2.35

2003 general election

2003 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Langille	3,324	45.22
	Liberal	John Davidson	2,183	29.70
	New Democratic Party	Garfield Forrest	1,843	25.07

1999 general election

1999 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Langille	3,728	44.31
	New Democratic Party	Ralph Martin	2,411	28.66
	Liberal	John Davidson	2,274	27.03

External links

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