Bedford was a provincial

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, that elected one member of the

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. Its current Member of the Legislative Assembly is

Kelly Regan Kelly Maureen Regan (née Smith) MLA (born 4 February 1961) is a Canadian politician who has served in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly since 2009, most recently as the MLA for Bedford Basin. She was first elected as the Member for Bedford-Bi ...

. The electoral district was created in 1978 as Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley from the redistribution of

Halifax Cobequid Halifax Cobequid was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1956 as Halifax Northwest from part of the former district of Halifax West. In 1966, the dist ...

. The name was changed to Bedford-Fall River in 1993 and the district lost the Musquodoboit Valley area to

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. In 2003, the district was renamed Bedford. It lost the Fall River and Waverley areas and gained one third of Halifax Bedford Basin, as well as an area along the Hammonds Plains Road. It comprises most of Bedford and all of the community southeast of the Bicentennial Highway.Bedford - Constituency History
Nova Scotia Legislature The district is notable for the electoral loss of Liberal leader

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, in the 2006 election. MacKenzie attempted to win the seat in 2006 for the

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. The party polled less than 24% across the province. He lost by more than 800 votes to Len Goucher. On September 30, 2008 the name of the Bedford district was officially changed to Bedford-Birch Cove. With the 2012 electoral boundary changes, the area of Kearney Lake and Birch Cove moved to

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and name of the district officially changed back to Bedford.Elections Nova Scotia
Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report (September 12, 2012)
. Retrieved on March 11, 2013 In the

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, the riding was abolished into

Bedford South Bedford South is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (french: Assemblée législative de la Nouvelle-Écosse; gd, Taigh Seanaid ...

and

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following

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Election results

1978 general election

1981 general election

1984 general election

1988 general election

1993 general election

1998 general election

1999 general election

2003 general election

2006 general election

2009 general election

2013 general election

, - , Nova Scotia Liberal Party, Liberal ,

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, Mike Poworozynk , align="right", 1,701 , align="right", 16.97 , align="right", -15.53 , -

2017 general election

External links

2006 riding profile

2003 riding profile

Kelly Regan

References

*Elections Nova Scotia
Complete Results and Statistics (August 5, 2003)
Retrieved Dec 14, 2007 *Elections Nova Scotia
Complete Results and Statistics (June 13, 2006)
Retrieved Dec 14, 2007 {{coord missing, Nova Scotia Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts Politics of Halifax, Nova Scotia