Cole Harbour is a provincial
electoral district
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in
Nova Scotia
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Most of the population are native Eng ...
,
Canada
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, that elects one member of the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly
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.
In 1978,
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 ...
was divided into four separate ridings, one of which was named Cole Harbour. Upon the recommendations of the 1992 Electoral Boundaries Report, the riding was split into
Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
Cole Harbour—Eastern Passage was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
The district was created in 1992 from Cole Harbour.
In 2003, the district lost an area sou ...
and
Dartmouth-Cole Harbour. The district of Cole Harbour was re-created in the 2003 redistribution and was composed of 78 percent of Dartmouth-Cole Harbour and 29 percent of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage. In 2012, following the Electoral Boundaries Commission review, this district was renamed Cole Harbour-Portland Valley and it lost a portion of the Westphal area to
Preston-Dartmouth
Preston-Dartmouth was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding was created in 2012 as Dartmouth-Preston, with 100 per cent of the former district of Preston, ...
and gained the area east of Bell Lake from
Dartmouth East
Dartmouth East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding is located in the community of Dartmouth, in the urban area of Halifax.
In 1978, the district was ...
and the Portland Hills area from
Dartmouth South-Portland Valley
Dartmouth South is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding is currently represented by Claudia Chender of the NDP.
The district was created in 1966, under the ...
. Following the 2019 electoral boundary review, the riding reverted back to its former name of Cole Harbour, while losing territory to the new riding of
Cole Harbour-Dartmouth, exchanging some territory with
Preston-Dartmouth
Preston-Dartmouth was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding was created in 2012 as Dartmouth-Preston, with 100 per cent of the former district of Preston, ...
(re-named
Preston
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) and gaining territory from
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and
Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
Cole Harbour—Eastern Passage was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
The district was created in 1992 from Cole Harbour.
In 2003, the district lost an area sou ...
.
Geography
The land area of Cole Harbour is .
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following
Members of the Legislative Assembly
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Election results
1978 general election
1981 general election
1984 general election
1988 general election
2003 general election
2006 general election
2009 general election
2013 general election
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Liberal
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Tony Ince
Tony Ince (born 1958) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election, representing the electoral district of Cole Harbour for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party where he defeated the in ...
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New Democratic Party
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Darrell Dexter
Darrell Elvin Dexter (born 1957) is a Canadian lawyer, journalist and former naval officer who served as the 27th premier of Nova Scotia from 2009 to 2013. A member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party, he served as party leader from 2001 to ...
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Progressive Conservative
, Greg Frampton
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2017 general election
2021 general election
References
External links
October 8, 2013 Nova Scotia General Election Results - Cole harbour-Portland Valley2006 riding profileJune 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll by Poll Results2003 riding profile
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Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts
Politics of Halifax, Nova Scotia