Kings West (Nova Scotia electoral district)

Kings West
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Leo Glavine; Liberal
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District created	1956
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Population (2011)	19,495
Electors	14,614
Area (km²)	1,063
Pop. density (per km²)	18.3
Census division(s)	Kings County

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

Major towns include Berwick and Kingston.

Demographics

Population: 20,970 (2003)
Avg. Income: $23,743 (2003)
Unemployment rate: 7.9% (2003)

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

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
46th	1956-1960	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives\|	Hiram Thomas	Progressive Conservative
47th	1960-1963	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal\|	Edward D. MacArthur	Liberal
48th	1963-1967	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives\|	Paul Kinsman	Progressive Conservative
49th	1967-1970	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives\|	Gordon Tidman	Progressive Conservative
50th	1970-1971		Gordon Tidman	Progressive Conservative
50th	1971-1974	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal\|	Frank Bezanson	Liberal
51st	1974-1978		Frank Bezanson	Liberal
52nd	1978-1981	rowspan="6" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives\|	George Moody	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981-1984
54th	1984-1988
55th	1988-1993
56th	1993-1998
57th	1998-1999
58th	1999-2003	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives\|	Jon Carey	Progressive Conservative
59th	2003-2006	rowspan="4" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Leo Glavine	Liberal
60th	2006-2009
61st	2009–2013
62nd	2013–present

Nova Scotia general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Leo Glavine	5,890	74.31	+13.46
Progressive Conservative	Jody Alan Frowley	1,275	16.09	-4.22
New Democratic Party	Robert K. (Bob) Landry	603	7.61	-9.42
	Green	Barbara G. Lake	158	1.99	+0.18

Nova Scotia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Leo Glavine	4,996	60.85
Progressive Conservative	Chris Palmer	1,668	20.31
New Democratic Party	Carol Tobin	1,398	17.03
	Green	Nistal Prem de Boer	149	1.81	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Leo Glavine	3940	46.67
Progressive Conservative	John Prall	2801	33.18
New Democratic Party	Greg Hubbert	1590	18.83
	Green	Nistal Prem de Boer	112	1.33	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Leo Glavine	3045	36.91
Progressive Conservative	Jon Carey	2935	35.58
New Democratic Party	Greg Hubbert	2269	27.51

Nova Scotia general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Jon Carey	4,033
Liberal	Don Clarke	2,346
New Democratic Party	Jacquie DeMestral	1,629
	Nova Scotia Party	Frances Adams	166

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