Argyle (electoral district)

For the Australian district, see Electoral district of Argyle.

Argyle

Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
District created	1981
District abolished	2013
Last contested	2009
Demographics
Population (2011)	8,210
Electors	6,474
Area (km²)	1,527.1
Census divisions	Yarmouth County
Census subdivisions	Municipality of the District of Argyle

Argyle is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1981-2013. It elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the electoral district included the Municipality of the District of Argyle, an Acadian area occupying the eastern half of Yarmouth County.

The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral district of Argyle-Barrington.

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		Chris d'Entremont	Progressive Conservative
60th	2006-2009
59th	2003-2006
58th	1999-2003		Neil LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative
57th	1998-1999
56th	1993-1998		Allister Surette	Liberal
55th	1988-1993		Neil LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984-1988
53rd	1981-1984		Hugh Tinkham	Liberal

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Chris d'Entremont	2,817	64.14	-3.51
	New Democratic Party	Melvin Huskins	759	17.28	+5.90
	Liberal	Lionel Leblanc	742	16.89	-2.67
	Green	Barb Lake	74	1.68	+0.27

Nova Scotia general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Chris d'Entremont	3,158	67.65	+19.70
	Liberal	Christian Surette	913	19.56	-20.33
	New Democratic Party	Charles Muise	531	11.38	-0.79
	Green	Patty Doucet-Saunders	66	1.41	Ø

Nova Scotia general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Chris d'Entremont	2,345	47.95	-29.06
	Liberal	Aldric Benoit d'Entremont	1951	39.89	+24.34
	New Democratic Party	Charles Muise	595	12.17	+5.66

Nova Scotia general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Neil LeBlanc	4,060	77.01	+23.41
	Liberal	Karen Kravfe	820	15.55	-17.95
	New Democratic Party	Belinda Tucker	343	6.51	-4.99
	Nova Scotia Party	Oscar Harris	49	0.93	-0.47

Nova Scotia general election, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Neil LeBlanc	3,028	53.60	+9.32
	Liberal	Allister Surette	1,891	33.50	-18.48
	New Democratic Party	Dianne Crowell	651	11.50	+7.77
	Nova Scotia Party	Oscar Harris	80	1.40

Nova Scotia general election, 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allister Surette	3,091	51.98	+20.53
	Progressive Conservative	Neil LeBlanc	2,633	44.28	-19.86
	New Democratic Party	Dee Dee Daigle	222	3.73	-0.68

Nova Scotia general election, 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Neil LeBlanc	3,798	64.14	+11.63
	Liberal	Rick Murphy	1,862	31.45	-12.50
	New Democratic Party	Raymond Ethier	261	4.41	+0.87

Nova Scotia general election, 1984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Neil LeBlanc	2,894	52.51	+13.19
	Liberal	J. Donald Doucette	2,422	43.95	-10.02
	New Democratic Party	Lawrence Meuse	195	3.54	-3.17

Nova Scotia general election, 1981

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hugh Tinkham	2,872	53.97
	Progressive Conservative	Peter J. Boudreau	2,092	39.32
	New Democratic Party	Roy (Sonny) Murphy	357	6.71