Cole Harbour—Eastern Passage was a provincial

electoral district An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...

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, that elected one member of the

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. The district was created in 1992 from Cole Harbour. In 2003, the district lost an area south of the Circumferential Highway and the eastern side of Morris Lake to Dartmouth South, and lost an area south of Portland Street to Cole Harbour. In 2013, the district gained the area south of Russell Lake and east of Highway 111 from

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.Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage Riding History
Nova Scotia Legislature The district was abolished at the

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mostly into

Eastern Passage Eastern Passage is an unincorporated suburban community in Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia, Canada. Eastern Passage has historically been tied to the fishing industry. Its waterfront has several small wharves and piers. The constru ...

and parts of Cole Harbour-Dartmouth and Cole Harbour.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following

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Election results

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Joyce Treen Colleen Joyce TreenNew Democratic Party The New Democratic Party (NDP; french: Nouveau Parti démocratique, NPD) is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,The party is widely described as social democratic: * * * * * * * * * * * * t ...

Becky Kent Rebecca J. Kent is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2007 to 2013. She was a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. Kent, an early chi ...

, align="right", 2,914 , align="right", 38.72 , align="right", -26.45 , - , Progressive Conservative , Lloyd Jackson , align="right", 1,555 , align="right", 20.66 , align="right", +4.76 , - ,

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, align="right", 4,402 , align="right", 65.17 , align="right", +20.78 , - , Progressive Conservative , Lloyd Jackson , align="right", 1,074 , align="right", 15.90 , align="right", -17.73 , - ,

, Orest Ulan , align="right", 1,054 , align="right", 15.60 , align="right", -1.70 , - , - ,

, align="right", 2,459 , align="right", 44.39 , align="right", -20.01 , - , Progressive Conservative , Michael Eddy , align="right", 1,863 , align="right", 33.63 , align="right", +14.71 , - , - , - , New Democratic Party ,

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, align="right", 3,997 , align="right", 58.44 , align="right", +19.17 , - , Progressive Conservative , Harry McInroy , align="right", 1,641 , align="right", 23.99 , align="right", -13.36 , - , Liberal , Brian Churchill , align="right", 1,121 , align="right", 16.39 , align="right", -6.99 , - , New Democratic Party ,

, align="right", 3,721 , align="right", 39.27 , align="right", - , - , Progressive Conservative , Nadune Cooper Mont , align="right", 3,539 , align="right", 37.35 , align="right", - , - , Liberal , Colin MacEachern , align="right", 2,216 , align="right", 23.38 , align="right", - , - , New Democratic Party ,

, align="right", 4,411 , align="right", 45.73 , align="right", - , - , Progressive Conservative , Randy Anstey , align="right", 3,303 , align="right", 34.24 , align="right", - , - , Liberal , Linda DeGrace , align="right", 1,931 , align="right", 20.02 , align="right", - , - , Liberal , Dennis Richards , align="right", 4,702 , align="right", 48.13 , align="right", - , - , Progressive Conservative , John Gold , align="right", 3,409 , align="right", 34.89 , align="right", - , - , New Democratic Party , Ash Shaihk , align="right", 1,501 , align="right", 15.36 , align="right", - , - , Natural Law Party , Helen Creighton , align="right", 158 , align="right", 1.62 , align="right", -

References

External links

2003 riding profile2006 riding profileJune 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll By Poll Results
{{Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts Former provincial electoral districts of Nova Scotia Politics of Halifax, Nova Scotia