Clare-Digby
Clare-Digby was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding was created in 2012 with 100 per cent of the former district of Clare and 76 per cent of the former district of Digby-Annapolis. It encompasses all of Digby County and consists of the Municipality of Clare, the Town of Digby, and the Municipality of the District of Digby.[1] The riding is home to the province's only French-language university, Université Sainte-Anne at Church Point, and North America's oldest Acadian festival. Lobster and scallop catches in St. Mary's Bay and along the Fundy coast are critical to the economy.
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly |
| District created | 2012 |
| Last contested | 2017 |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2016) | 17,323 |
| Electors (2017) | 14,486 |
| Area (km²) | 2,521.00 |
| Census division(s) | Digby County |
| Census subdivision(s) | Municipality of Clare, Town of Digby, Municipality of the District of Digby |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding dissolved into Clare and Digby-Annapolis | ||||
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | Gordon Wilson | Liberal | |
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | |||
| Riding created from Clare and Digby-Annapolis | ||||
Election results
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gordon Wilson | 4,044 | 50.49 | -4.19 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Normand Cormier | 2,283 | 28.50 | -2.58 | ||||
| New Democratic | Harold Neil | 1,682 | 21.00 | +12.01 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,009 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 116 | 1.43 | +0.43 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,125 | 56.54 | -10.34 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 14,370 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -0.81 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2][3] | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Gordon Wilson | 5,122 | 54.68 | N/A | |
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Emile LeBlanc | 2,911 | 31.08 | N/A | |
| New Democratic Party | Dean Kenley | 842 | 8.99 | N/A | |
| Independent | Ian Thurber | 492 | 5.25 | N/A | |
| Total valid votes | 9,367 | 100.0 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 95 | 1.00 | |||
| Turnout | 9,462 | 66.88 | |||
| Eligible voters | 14,148 | ||||
References
- Clare-Digby Constituency History
- "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.