Kings North

Kings North
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
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District created	1956
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Population (2011)	19,842
Electors	15,096
Area (km²)	483.00
Pop. density (per km²)	41.1
Census divisions	Kings County

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

The electoral district was formed through redistribution in 1956. It was previously part of the district of Kings.

District profile

Agriculture is a major industry in Kings North. The district has many geographical features of note, including Cape Blomidon, Cape Split, and the Minas Basin. Also in the district is Blomidon Provincial Park.

Communities within Kings North include:

Kings North has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years		Party
46th	1956–1960	Eric Balcom	Liberal
47th	1960–1963	Gladys Porter	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963–1967	Gladys Porter	Progressive Conservative
49th	1967–1970	Victor Thorpe	Progressive Conservative
50th	1970–1974	Victor Thorpe	Progressive Conservative
51st	1974–1978	Glenn Ells	Liberal
52nd	1978–1981	Edward Twohig	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981–1984	Edward Twohig	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984–1988	George Archibald	Progressive Conservative
55th	1988–1993
56th	1993–1998
57th	1998–1999
58th	1999–2003	Mark Parent	Progressive Conservative
59th	2003–2006
60th	2006–2009
61st	2009–2013	Jim Morton	New Democrat
62nd	2013–present	John Lohr	Progressive Conservative

Nova Scotia general election, 2013^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	John Lohr	2903
New Democrat	Jim Morton	2882
Liberal	Stephen Wayne Pearl	2787

Nova Scotia general election, 2009^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
New Democrat	Jim Morton	3,535	41.43
Progressive Conservative	Mark Parent	3,079	36.08
Liberal	Shirley Fisher	1,541	18.06
Green	Anna-Maria Galante-Ward	378	4.43	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Parent	4153	50.07
	New Democrat	Jim Morton	2190	26.4
	Liberal	Madonna Spinazola	1757	21.18
	Green	Chris Alders	195	2.35

Nova Scotia general election, 2003
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive Conservative	Mark Parent	4063	50.2
New Democrat	Jim Morton	2340	29.91
Liberal	Michael Landry	1533	18.94
Marijuana	Ben "Budman" Friesen	157	1.94

Nova Scotia general election, 1999
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive Conservative	Mark Parent	4321	49.05
New Democrat	Neil H. McNeil	2513	28.53
Liberal	Peter Hill	1975	22.42

Nova Scotia general election, 1998
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive Conservative	George Archibald	3760	41.5
New Democrat	Neil H. McNeil	2854	31.5
Liberal	Jennifer Foster	2457	27.1

Nova Scotia general election, 1993
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	George Archibald	4137
Liberal	Jennifer Foster	3980
New Democrat	Cameron Jess	1505
Natural Law	Anne Dow	84

Nova Scotia general election, 1988
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	George Archibald	3868
Liberal	Glenn S. Ellis	3116
New Democrat	Don Fraser	1532

Nova Scotia general election, 1984
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	George Archibald	3655
New Democrat	Don Fraser	1860
Liberal	Bob Wilson	1858

Nova Scotia general election, 1981
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Edd Twohig	3369
New Democrat	Bob Levy	2316
Liberal	Lennie White	2041

Nova Scotia general election, 1978
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Edd Twohig	3744
Liberal	Glenn S. Ellis	3283
New Democrat	Donald C. Fraser	649

Nova Scotia general election, 1974
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Glenn S. Ellis	3536
Progressive Conservative	David J. Waterbury	3124
New Democrat	George W. Graves	500

Nova Scotia general election, 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Victor N. Thorpe	3234
	Liberal	Glenn S. Ellis	3077

Nova Scotia general election, 1967
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Victor N. Thorpe	3407
	Liberal	Victor Cleyle	2759

Nova Scotia general election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Wilfred Balcom	3054
	Progressive Conservative	George A. Boggs	3009

Elections Nova Scotia, Election Summary From 1867-2007. Retrieved December 14, 2009
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (October 6, 1981). Retrieved December 14, 2009
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (November 6, 1984). Retrieved December 14, 2009
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (September 6, 1988). Retrieved December 14, 2009
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (May 25, 1993). Retrieved December 14, 2009
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll By Poll Results - Kings North (March 9, 1998). Retrieved on December 15, 2009
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll By Poll Results - Kings North (July 27, 1999). Retrieved on December 15, 2009
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll By Poll Results - Kings North (August 5, 2003). Retrieved on December 15, 2009
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll By Poll Results - Kings North (June 13, 2006). Retrieved on December 15, 2009
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll By Poll Results - Kings North (June 9, 2009). Retrieved on December 15, 2009