Hants East

Hants East

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Margaret Miller Liberal
District created	1949
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Population (2011)	23,266
Electors	17,303
Area (km²)	1,805
Pop. density (per km²)	12.9
Census divisions	Hants County

Hants East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2013 has been Margaret Miller of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.

The district has existed since 1949. Prior to that it, along with Hants West, were a part of the district of Hants County.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
62nd	2013–present		Margaret Miller	Liberal
61st	2009–2013		John MacDonell	New Democratic
60th	2006-2009
59th	2003-2006
58th	1999-2003
57th	1998-1999
56th	1993-1998		Bob Carruthers	Liberal
55th	1988-1993		Jack Hawkins	Liberal
54th	1984-1988		Cora Etter	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981-1984		Jack Hawkins	Liberal
52nd	1978-1981		G. Patrick Hunt	Progressive Conservative
51st	1974-1978		Jack Hawkins	Liberal
50th	1970-1974
49th	1967-1970		Albert J. Ettinger	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963-1967
47th	1962-1963
	1960-1962		Ernest M. Ettinger	Progressive Conservative
46th	1956-1960
45th	1953-1956		Alfred E. Reid	Liberal
44th	1949-1953		Ernest M. Ettinger	Progressive Conservative

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Margaret Miller	4512
	New Democratic Party	John MacDonell	3412
	Progressive Conservative	Kim Allan Williams	1597

Nova Scotia general election, 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	John MacDonell	6052	65.14
	Progressive Conservative	Todd Williams	1510	16.25
	Liberal	Maurice Rees	1498	16.12
	Green	Emerich Winkler	231	2.49	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	John MacDonell	4712	53.13
	Progressive Conservative	Wayne Fiander	2715	30.62
	Liberal	Malcolm A. MacKay	1237	13.95
	Green	Michael Hartian	204	2.3	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	John MacDonell	4783	56.97
	Liberal	Larry Matthews	1866	22.23
	Progressive Conservative	Mary Lou LeRoy	1640	19.54
	Nova Scotia Party	Ken Smith	106	1.26

Nova Scotia general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	John MacDonell	3985	43.25
	Progressive Conservative	Reese Morash	3079	33.42
	Liberal	Sara Stewart	2150	23.33

Nova Scotia general election, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	John MacDonell	4175	43.4
	Liberal	Jim W. Smith	3377	35.4
	Progressive Conservative	Lawrin Armstrong	2010	21.2

Nova Scotia general election, 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Carruthers	4295
	Progressive Conservative	Stephen MacKeil	3657
	New Democratic Party	Terry MacLean	1817

Nova Scotia general election, 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Jack Hawkins	4502
	Progressive Conservative	Cora H. Etter	3977
	New Democratic Party	Richard Preeper	1082

Nova Scotia general election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Cora H. Etter	3730
	Liberal	W. Jack Hawkins	3192
	New Democratic Party	Byron (Herbert) H. Radley	757

Nova Scotia general election, 1981

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Jack Hawkins	3041
	Progressive Conservative	G. Patrick (Pat) Hunt	2983
	New Democratic Party	Harry McNeil	1747

Nova Scotia general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	G. Patrick (Pat) Hunt	4035
	Liberal	W. Jack Hawkins	3294
	New Democratic Party	Clair White	486

Nova Scotia general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Jack Hawkins	3322
	Progressive Conservative	Avard Ettinger	2690
	New Democratic Party	Clare White	486
	Independent	John G. Stanhope Jr.	99

Nova Scotia general election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Jack Hawkins	3115
	Progressive Conservative	J. Albert Ettinger	2793

Nova Scotia general election, 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	J. Albert Ettinger	2697
	Liberal	Norman E. Casey	2482

Nova Scotia general election, 1963

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	J. Albert Ettinger	2739
	Liberal	George E. Fraser	2356
	Independent	Ralph Loomer	287

Nova Scotia general election, 1960

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest M. Ettinger	2426
	Liberal	Carl Spencer Grant	2207
	Independent	Alfred James Scothorn	268

Nova Scotia general election, 1956

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest M. Ettinger	2392
	Liberal	Arthur W. MacKenzie	2342
	Independent	Malcolm F. Wheadon	54

Nova Scotia general election, 1953

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Edward Reid	2251
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest M. Ettinger	2250

Nova Scotia general election, 1949

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest M. Ettinger	2097
	Liberal	Robert A. MacLellan	2069
	Independent	Johnson B. Hart	272

External links

• riding profile