Dartmouth South

Dartmouth South

Nova Scotia electoral district
Dartmouth South in relation to other ridings in the Metro Halifax area
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Claudia Chender New Democratic
District created	1967
Last contested	2015 (by)
Demographics
Population (2016)	27,284
Electors	17,940
Area (km²)	12
Pop. density (per km²)	2,273.7
Census division(s)	Halifax County
Census subdivision(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality

Dartmouth South is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding is currently represented by Claudia Chender of the NDP.

The district was created in 1966, under the name Dartmouth City South, when Halifax County Dartmouth was divided into two electoral districts. In 1967, the district was renamed Dartmouth South. In 2003, the district was renamed Dartmouth South – Portland Valley. In 2013 following the Nova Scotia Electoral Boundaries Commission review, the district returned to its earlier name of Dartmouth South and lost the area south of Russell Lake and east of Highway 111 to Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
63rd	2017–Present		Claudia Chender	New Democratic
62nd	2015–2017		Marian Mancini	New Democratic
	2013–2015		Allan Rowe	Liberal
61st	2009–2013		Marilyn More	New Democratic
60th	2006–2009
59th	2003–2006
58th	1999–2003		Tim Olive	Progressive Conservative
57th	1998–1999		Don Chard	New Democratic
56th	1993–1998		John Savage	Liberal
55th	1988–1993		Roland J. Thornhill	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984–1988
53rd	1981–1984
52nd	1978–1981
51st	1974–1978
50th	1970–1974		D. Scott MacNutt	Liberal
49th	1967–1970		Irvin William Akerley	Progressive Conservative

Election results

2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Claudia Chender	3,545	39.7%	+4.45
	Liberal	Vishal Bhardwaj	3,348	37.4%	+3.41
	Progressive Conservative	Jad Crnogorac	1,418	15.9%	-7.26
	Green	June Trenholm	506	5.7%	--
	Atlantica	Jim Murray	123	1.4%
Total valid votes				100.0

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, July 14, 2015 On the death of Allan Rowe
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Marian Mancini	2,274	35.25	+1.93
	Liberal	Tim Rissesco	2,193	33.99	-12.24
	Progressive Conservative	Gord Gamble	1,494	23.16	+4.75
	Independent	Charlene M. Gagnon	490	7.60
Total valid votes			6,541	99.66
Total rejected ballots			22	0.34
Turnout			6,473	38.21
Electors on the lists			17,940	–
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.09

2013 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allan Rowe	4,049	46.24	+18.34
	New Democratic Party	Mary Vingoe	2,918	33.32	-22.24
	Progressive Conservative	Gord Gamble	1,612	18.41	+5.16
	Independent	Jim Murray	178	2.03
Total valid votes			8,757	99.02
Total rejected ballots			87	0.98
Turnout			8,844	55.48
Electors on the lists			15,940	–
	Liberal notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+20.29

2009 provincial election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic Party	4,607	55.57
	Liberal	2,313	27.90
	Progressive Conservative	1,098	13.24
	Green	273	3.29

2009 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Marilyn More	5579	54.57
	Liberal	Colin Hebb	2946	28.81
	Progressive Conservative	George Jordan	1389	13.59
	Green	David Croft	310	3.03	–

2006 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Marilyn More	4493	48.05
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Olive	3041	32.52
	Liberal	Brian Hiltz	1509	16.14
	Green	Danny Melvin	308	3.29	–

2003 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Marilyn More	3844	43.30
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Olive	2813	31.86
	Liberal	Colini MacEachern	2218	24.84

External links

• 2006 riding profile
• 2003 riding profile
• June 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll By Poll Results