Dartmouth South-Portland Valley

Dartmouth South-Portland Valley

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
District created	2003
District abolished	2013
Last contested	2009
Demographics
Population (2011)	24,651
Electors	18,609
Area (km²)	11.00
Pop. density (per km²)	2,241
Census divisions	Halifax Regional Municipality

Dartmouth South-Portland Valley is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed from 2003-2013. It elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the electoral district included the southern part of Dartmouth in the Halifax Regional Municipality.

The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral districts of Dartmouth South and Cole Harbour-Portland Valley.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The electoral district was represented by the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
61st	2009–2013		Marilyn More	New Democratic
60th	2006-2009
59th	2003-2006
Dartmouth South and Cole Harbour—Eastern Passage prior to 2003

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Marilyn More	5579	54.57
	Liberal	Colin Hebb	2946	28.81
	Progressive Conservative	George Jordan	1389	13.59
	Green	David Croft	310	3.03	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Marilyn More	4493	48.05
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Olive	3041	32.52
	Liberal	Brian Hiltz	1509	16.14
	Green	Danny Melvin	308	3.29	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Marilyn More	3844	43.30
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Olive	2813	31.86
	Liberal	Colini MacEachern	2218	24.84

External links

• 2006 riding profile
• 2003 riding profile
• June 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll By Poll Results