Pictou Centre

Pictou Centre

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Pat Dunn Progressive Conservative
District created	1949
Last contested	2017
Demographics
Population (2011)	16,100
Electors	12,860
Area (km²)	26
Pop. density (per km²)	619.2
Census division(s)	Pictou County
Census subdivision(s)	New Glasgow, Stellarton, Trenton

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
63rd	2017–present		Pat Dunn	Progressive Conservative
62nd	2013–2017
61st	2009-2013		Ross Landry	New Democratic
60th	2006–2009		Pat Dunn	Progressive Conservative
59th	2003–2006		John Hamm	Progressive Conservative
58th	1999–2003
57th	1998–1999
56th	1993–1998
55th	1988–1993		Jack MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984–1988
53rd	1981–1984
52nd	1978–1981
51st	1977–1978
	1974–1977		Fraser MacLean	Progressive Conservative
50th	1970–1974		Ralph F. Fiske	Liberal
49th	1967–1970		Donald R. MacLeod	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963–1967
47th	1960–1963
46th	1956–1960
45th	1953–1956		Alfred B. DeWolfe	Liberal
44th	1949–1953

Election results

2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Dunn	3,773	52.43	+0.17
	Liberal	Jeff Davis	2,027	28.17	+10.34
	New Democratic	Henderson Paris	1,396	19.40	-10.51
Total valid votes			7,196	100.00
Total rejected ballots			28	0.39	-0.41
Turnout			7,224	55.86	-5.48
Eligible voters			12,932
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-5.08

Nova Scotia general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Dunn	4,147	52.26
	New Democratic Party	Ross Landry	2,373	29.91
	Liberal	Bill Muirhead	1,415	17.83

Nova Scotia general election, 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Ross Landry	3,650	46.30
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Dunn	3,519	44.64
	Liberal	Neil MacIsaac	567	7.19
	Green	Jim Lindsey	147	1.86	–
Total valid votes			7,935	100.00
Total rejected ballots			64	0.80
Turnout			7,999	61.34
Eligible voters			13,040

Nova Scotia general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Dunn	3,901	52.60
	New Democratic Party	Danny MacGillivray	2,344	31.61
	Liberal	Troy MacCulloch	1,057	14.25
	Green	Samuel M. Clark	93	1.25	–
	Independent	Dennis Tate	20	0.27

Nova Scotia general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Hamm	4,262	54.70
	Liberal	Tim Daley	1,789	22.96
	New Democratic Party	Alexander MacIsaac	1,571	20.16
	Marijuana	Darryl Gallivan	170	2.18

Nova Scotia general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Hamm	5,479	64.46
	New Democratic Party	Jeff Callaghan	1,850	21.76
	Liberal	Marie Maxwell	1,171	13.78

References

• Government of Nova Scotia. "Election Summary From 1867 - 2006" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-03-01. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• Canadian Press (September 7, 1977). "Tories keep Pictou seat in N.S. vote". p. 8. The Globe and Mail.

External links

• riding profile