Sackville-Cobequid
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Steve Craig
Progressive Conservative
District created1978
First contested1978
Last contested2021
Demographics
Population (2011)19,307
Electors15,318
Area (km²)19
Pop. density (per km²)1,016.2
Census division(s)Halifax RM
Census subdivision(s)Halifax RM

Sackville—Cobequid is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

The riding was created in 1978 when the former district of Halifax Cobequid was redistributed. In 1993 the name was changed to Sackville-Cobequid and it gained the Lakeview area from Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley and lost an area north of Beaverbank Road to Sackville-Beaver Bank. In 2003, there were minor changes made to the ridings northern boundary along Second Lake. In 2013, this district lost a small area along its northwestern edge to the new constituency of Sackville-Beaver Bank.[1]

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since 2019 is Steve Craig of the Progressive Conservative party (PC), having succeeded longtime MLA Dave Wilson of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party (NDP), who served from 2003 until resigning[2] on November 16, 2018, triggering a by-election which Craig won.

Geography

The land area of Sackville-Cobequid is 19 km2 (7.3 sq mi).[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Legislature Years Member Party
52nd 1978–1981 Malcolm A. MacKay Progressive Conservative
53rd 1981–1984
54th 1984–1988 John Holm New Democratic Party
55th 1988–1993
56th 1993–1998
57th 1998–1999
58th 1999–2003
59th 2003–2006 Dave Wilson
60th 2006–2009
61st 2009–2013
62nd 2013–2017
63rd 2017–2018
2019–2021 Steve Craig Progressive Conservative
64th 2021-Present

Election results

1978 general election

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeMalcolm A. MacKay5,24750.89%–
LiberalGeorge Doucet3,55434.47%–
New DemocraticDoug MacDonald9909.60%–
IndependentEvan Morgan5195.03%–
Total 10,310–
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1981 general election

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeMalcolm A. MacKay4,68742.55%-8.34%
LiberalMurdock MacKay3,47831.58%-2.89%
New DemocraticJohn Holm2,84925.87%16.26%
Total 11,014–
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1984 general election

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticJohn Holm4,55540.26%14.39%
LiberalBill MacDonald3,76333.26%1.68%
Progressive ConservativeMalcolm A. MacKay2,99726.49%-16.07%
Total valid votes 11,31599.37
Total rejected ballots 720.63
Turnout 11,38763.75
Eligible voters 17,862
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1988 general election

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticJohn Holm5,43036.15%-4.10%
LiberalBruce Stephen4,81632.06%-1.19%
Progressive ConservativeDave Grace4,77431.78%5.30%
Total valid votes 15,02099.62
Total rejected ballots 570.38-0.25
Turnout 15,07775.06 +11.31
Eligible voters 20,086
New Democratic hold Swing -1.46
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1993 general election

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticJohn Holm5,04447.97%11.81%
LiberalDon Boutilier3,15930.04%-2.02%
Progressive ConservativeGeorge Mansfield2,31322.00%-9.79%
Total valid votes 10,51699.53
Total rejected ballots 500.47
Turnout 10,56673.88
Eligible voters 14,301
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville-Cobequid" (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 general election

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticJohn Holm5,90962.71%14.74%
LiberalJack Brill2,13122.61%-7.43%
Progressive ConservativeRob Batherson1,38314.68%-7.32%
Total valid votes 9,42399.71
Total rejected ballots 270.29-0.19
Turnout 9,45067.26-6.62
Eligible voters 14,050
New Democratic hold Swing +11.08
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville-Cobequid" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999 general election

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticJohn Holm4,78756.57%-6.14%
Progressive ConservativeWade Marshall2,44028.83%14.16%
LiberalKevin Perkins1,23514.59%-8.02%
Total valid votes 8,46299.31
Total rejected ballots 590.69+0.41
Turnout 8,52163.93-3.33
Eligible voters 13,329
New Democratic hold Swing -10.15
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville-Cobequid" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003 general election

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticDave Wilson3,88145.39%-11.18%
Progressive ConservativeJohn Giannakos2,42628.37%-0.46%
LiberalBob Harvey2,14725.11%10.51%
MarijuanaMichael D. Patriquen971.13%–
Total valid votes 8,55199.74
Total rejected ballots 220.26-0.44
Turnout 8,57359.11-4.82
Eligible voters 14,504
New Democratic hold Swing -5.36
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville-Cobequid" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006 general election

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticDave Wilson4,47754.50%9.12%
Progressive ConservativeSteve Craig2,49930.42%2.05%
LiberalDavid Major1,05112.80%-12.31%
GreenElizabeth Nicolson1872.28%–
Total valid votes 8,21499.74
Total rejected ballots 210.26-0.00
Turnout 8,23557.40-1.71
Eligible voters 14,347
New Democratic hold Swing +3.53
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville-Cobequid" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009 general election

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticDave Wilson5,12065.34%10.83%
LiberalScott Hemming1,54819.75%6.96%
Progressive ConservativeJessica Alexander97612.46%-17.97%
GreenIan Charles1922.45%0.17%
Total valid votes 7,83699.57
Total rejected ballots 340.43+0.18
Turnout 7,87052.88-4.52
Eligible voters 14,882
New Democratic hold Swing +1.94
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville-Cobequid" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2013 general election

2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
  New Democratic Party Dave Wilson 2,983 38.45 -26.89
  Liberal Graham Cameron 2,898 37.35 +17.60
  Progressive Conservative Peter MacIsaac 1,651 21.28 +8.82
GreenJohn Percy2272.93+0.48
Total valid votes 7,75999.26
Total rejected ballots 580.74+0.31
Turnout 7,81752.63-0.25
Eligible voters 14,853
New Democratic hold Swing -22.24

2017 general election

2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticDave Wilson3,46544.17+5.73
LiberalMichel Hindlet2,03825.98-11.37
Progressive ConservativeJohn Giannakos1,99125.38+4.10
GreenTanner Montgomery2623.34+0.41
AtlanticaCathy Morgan881.12
Total valid votes 7,84499.59
Total rejected ballots 320.41-0.34
Turnout 7,87650.95-1.67
Eligible voters 15,457
New Democratic hold Swing +8.55
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4][5]

2019 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, June 18, 2019
Resignation of Dave Wilson
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeSteve Craig2,65542.04+16.65
New DemocraticLara Fawthrop2,47239.14-5.04
LiberalMichel Hindlet65810.42-15.56
GreenAnthony Edmonds4887.73+4.39
AtlanticaDavid F. Boyd430.68-0.44
Total valid votes 6,31699.68
Total rejected ballots 200.32-0.09
Turnout 6,33641.75-9.21
Eligible voters 15,177
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +10.84

2021 general election

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeSteve Craig3,42643.33+1.29
New DemocraticLara Fawthrop2,57732.59-6.55
LiberalMary LeRoy1,70121.51+11.09
GreenIan Dawson2032.57-5.16
Total valid votes 7,90799.76
Total rejected ballots 190.24
Turnout 7,92651.74
Eligible voters 15,318
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +3.92
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[6]

References

  1. ↑ Sackville-Cobequid Riding History Nova Scotia Legislature
  2. ↑ Laroche, Jean (November 16, 2018). "Dave Wilson steps down as MLA for Sackville-Cobequid". CBC. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  3. ↑ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  5. ↑ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

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