Eastern Shore (electoral district)

Eastern Shore

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Kevin Murphy Liberal
District created	1993
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Population (2011)	15,720
Electors	11,765
Area (km²)	1,003.00
Pop. density (per km²)	15.7
Census divisions	Halifax County
Census subdivisions	Halifax Regional Municipality

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

• Keith Colwell, Liberal (1993–1999)
• Bill Dooks, Progressive Conservative (1999–2009)
• Sid Prest, NDP (2009–2013)
• Kevin Murphy, Liberal (2013–present)

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Sid Prest	3628	49.22
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Dooks	2557	34.69
	Liberal	Loretta Halleran	992	13.46
	Green	Michael Marshall	194	2.63

Nova Scotia general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Dooks	3232	45.93
	New Democratic Party	Sid Prest	2871	40.80
	Liberal	Judith Cabrita	746	10.6
	Green	Elizabeth van Dreunen	188	2.67	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Dooks	3073	45.02
	New Democratic Party	Sid Prest	2427	35.57
	Liberal	Randy Carter	1326	19.41

Nova Scotia general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Dooks	3637
	Liberal	Keith Colwell	2695
	New Democratic Party	Mary-Alice Tzagarakis	1970
	Nova Scotia Party	Jack Friis	388

External links

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