Digby—Annapolis is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1993 and 2013 and since 2021. It elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The electoral district includes the Municipality of the District of Digby, which is the northeastern half of Digby County as well as the western part of Annapolis County.
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 1993, 2019 | ||
| District abolished | 2013 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 12,829 | ||
| Electors | 9,883 | ||
| Area (km²) | 2,624 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 4.9 | ||
| Census division(s) | Annapolis County, Digby County | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Annapolis, Sudb. A, Annapolis, Subd. D, Bear River 6, Bear River 6B, Municipality of the District of Digby, Digby (town) | ||
The electoral district was created in 1993 by merging sections from Annapolis East, Annapolis West and Digby. It was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral districts of Clare-Digby and Annapolis. It was re-created out of those districts following the 2019 electoral boundary review.
Geography
editDigby-Annapolis covers 2,624 km2 (1,013 sq mi) of land.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
editThe electoral district was represented by the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Digby-Annapolis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Annapolis East, Annapolis West and Digby | ||||
| 56th | 1993–1998 | Joseph H. Casey | Liberal | |
| 57th | 1998–1999 | Gordon Balser | Progressive Conservative | |
| 58th | 1999–2003 | |||
| 59th | 2003–2006 | Harold Theriault | Liberal | |
| 60th | 2006–2009 | |||
| 61st | 2009–2013 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Clare-Digby and Annapolis | ||||
| Riding recreated from Clare-Digby and Annapolis | ||||
| 64th | 2021–present | Jill Balser | Progressive Conservative | |
Election results
edit1993
edit| 1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Joseph H. Casey | 5,805 | 71.46% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Walter MacAlpine | 1,521 | 18.72% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Susan Jamieson | 797 | 9.81% | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,123 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 69 | 0.84 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,192 | 73.79 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,178 | |||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby-Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1998
edit| 1998 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon Balser | 2,465 | 37.22% | 18.50% | ||||
| Liberal | John Drish | 2,232 | 33.71% | -37.76% | ||||
| New Democratic | Steve Downes | 1,925 | 29.07% | 19.26% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,622 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 51 | 0.76 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,673 | 64.90 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,281 | |||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby-Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1999
edit| 1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon Balser | 3,780 | 58.74% | 21.52% | ||||
| Liberal | Vivian O'Neil | 1,550 | 24.09% | -9.62% | ||||
| New Democratic | Steve Downes | 1,105 | 17.17% | -11.90% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,435 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 43 | 0.66 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,478 | 63.57 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,191 | |||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby-Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2003
edit| 2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Harold Theriault | 2,666 | 45.56% | 21.48% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon Balser | 2,339 | 39.98% | -18.77% | ||||
| New Democratic | Deborah Trask | 755 | 12.90% | -4.27% | ||||
| Nova Scotia Party | Gordon D. Reid | 91 | 1.56% | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,851 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 34 | 0.58 | ||||||
| Turnout | 5,885 | 64.92 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 9,065 | |||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby-Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2006
edit| 2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Harold Theriault | 3,034 | 50.91% | 5.35% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jimmy MacAlpine | 2,170 | 36.42% | -3.56% | ||||
| New Democratic | Andrew Oliver | 663 | 11.13% | -1.78% | ||||
| Green | Namron Bean | 92 | 1.54% | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,959 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 12 | 0.20 | ||||||
| Turnout | 5,971 | 59.27 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,075 | |||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby-Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2009
edit| 2009 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Harold Theriault | 3,514 | 63.48% | 12.56% | ||||
| New Democratic | Sherri Oliver | 1,092 | 19.73% | 8.60% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Cindy Nesbitt | 852 | 15.39% | -21.03% | ||||
| Green | Namron Bean | 78 | 1.41% | -0.13% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,536 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 22 | 0.40 | ||||||
| Turnout | 5,558 | 56.24 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 9,983 | |||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby-Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2017 (transposed)
edit| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 2,854 | 51.77 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 1,297 | 23.53 | |
| New Democratic | 1,289 | 23.38 | |
| Green | 57 | 1.03 | |
| Atlantica | 16 | 0.29 | |
2021
edit| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Jill Balser | 2,636 | 49.55 | +26.02 | $18,174.72 | |||
| Liberal | Jimmy MacAlpine | 1,865 | 35.06 | -16.71 | $31,375.32 | |||
| New Democratic | Michael Carty | 626 | 11.77 | -11.61 | $21,949.92 | |||
| Green | Jessica Walker | 113 | 2.12 | +1.09 | $200.00 | |||
| Atlantica | Tyler Ducharme | 80 | 1.50 | +1.21 | $200.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 5,320 | 99.66 | – | $62,588.83 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 18 | 0.34 | ||||||
| Turnout | 5,338 | 52.98 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,075 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal | Swing | +21.37 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
- ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
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