Eastern Shore is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
In 1967, the district was created as Halifax Eastern Shore out of Halifax East and part of Halifax County Dartmouth. Upon the recommendations of the 1992 Electoral Boundaries Commission report, the district name was changed to Eastern Shore and it gained the Upper Lawrencetown area from Cole Harbour. In 2003, it gained an area on its western boundary from Dartmouth-Cole Harbour and lost an area on its eastern boundary to Guysborough-Sheet Harbour. In 2013, the district lost the Ross Road area to Preston-Dartmouth.
It is known as a bellwether district, having elected a government representative in every election since 1970.
Geography The land area of Eastern Shore is .
Members of the Legislative Assembly This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
Election results
2024
2021
2017 2017 provincial election redistributed results Party Vote % Liberal 3,345 39.75 Progressive Conservative 2,618 31.11 New Democratic 2,075 24.66 Green 233 2.77 Independent 145 1.72
2013
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1967
See also List of Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
External links CBC riding profile