Yarmouth (provincial electoral district)

Yarmouth

Nova Scotia electoral district
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Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Zach Churchill Liberal
District created	1867
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Population (2011)	16,910
Electors	12,900
Area (km²)	596.15
Pop. density (per km²)	28.4
Census divisions	Yarmouth County
Census subdivisions	Town of Yarmouth, Municipality of Yarmouth

Yarmouth is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It consists of the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth and the town of Yarmouth. Fishing and fish processing continue to drive the economy here, although tourism and small manufacturing are now also employers. The largest town in the district is Yarmouth.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
61st	2010-		Zach Churchill	Liberal
	2009–2010		Richard Hurlburt	Progressive Conservative
60th	2006–2009
59th	2003–2006
58th	1999–2003
57th	1998–1999		John Deveau	New Democratic
56th	1993–1998		Richie Hubbard	Liberal
55th	1988–1993		Leroy Legere	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984–1988		Alex McIntosh	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981–1984		Fraser Mooney	Liberal
Yarmouth returned two members between 1949 and 1981
52nd	1978–1981		Fraser Mooney	Liberal		Hugh Tinkham	Liberal
51st	1974–1978
50th	1970–1974					George Snow	Progressive Conservative
49th	1967–1970		Benoit Robichaud	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963–1967		George Burridge	Progressive Conservative
47th	1960–1963					Willard O'Brien	Liberal
46th	1956–1960		Eric Spinney	Liberal
45th	1953–1956		William Brown	Progressive Conservative		Raymond Z. Bourque	Progressive Conservative
44th	1949–1953					Donald J. Fraser	Liberal
Yarmouth returned one member between 1933 and 1949
43rd	1945–1949		Henry A. Waterman	Liberal
42nd	1941–1945
41st	1937–1941		Lindsay Gardner	Liberal
40th	1933–1937
Yarmouth returned two members before 1933
39th	1928–1933		Lindsay Gardner	Liberal		Rene W. E. Landry	Liberal
38th	1925–1928		John Flint Cahan	Liberal-Conservative		Raymond Neri d'Entremont	Liberal-Conservative
37th	1920–1925		Howard Corning	Liberal-Conservative		Amédée Melanson	Liberal
36th	1916–1920		Ernest Howard Armstrong	Liberal		Henry Thomas d'Entremont	Liberal
35th	1911–1916					Howard Corning	Liberal-Conservative
34th	1906–1911					Henry LeBlanc	Liberal
33rd	1904–1906		George Sanderson	Liberal
	1901–1904		Augustus Stoneman	Liberal
32nd	1900–1901
	1897–1900		William Law	Liberal
31st	1894–1897					Albert A. Pothier	Liberal-Conservative
30th	1890–1894					Forman Hatfield	Liberal
	1890					Albert Gayton	Liberal
29th	1886–1890
28th	1882–1886		Thomas Corning	Conservative
27th	1878–1882		Joseph Robbins Kinney	Conservative
26th	1874–1878		John Lovitt	Liberal
25th	1872–1874		John K. Ryerson	Liberal
	1871–1872		William H. Townsend	Liberal
24th	1867–1871					John K. Ryerson	Liberal

Election results

2013 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Zach Churchill	6,975	82.08	+31.43
	Progressive Conservative	John Cunningham	1,216	14.31	-19.10
	New Democratic Party	Charles Webster	224	2.64	-3.88
	Green	Vanessa Goodwin-Clairmont	83	0.98	-0.36

2010 by-election

Byelection June 22, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Zach Churchill	3,984	50.65	+36.58
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Crosby	2,628	33.41	-27.93
	Independent	Belle Hatfield	673	8.56	Ø
	New Democratic Party	John Deveau	513	6.52	-16.41
	Green	John Percy	49	0.62	-1.04
	Atlantica	Jonathan Dean	19	0.24	Ø

2009 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Hurlburt	4,537	61.34	-2.96
	New Democratic Party	David Olie	1,696	22.93	+2.20
	Liberal	David Mooney	1,041	14.07	+1.00
	Green	Ronald Mills	123	1.66	-0.23

2006 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Hurlburt	5,170	64.30	+7.82
	New Democratic Party	John Deveau	1,667	20.73	-8.94
	Liberal	Dolores Atwood	1,051	13.07	+6.88
	Green	Matthew Granger	152	1.89	Ø

2003 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Hurlburt	4,656	56.48	+22.46
	Liberal	Phil DeMille	2,446	29.67	+1.46
	New Democratic Party	Gillian Rowley	1,142	13.85	-19.49

1999 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Hurlburt	3,141	34.02	+4.05
	New Democratic Party	John Deveau	3,079	33.34	-11.47
	Liberal	Phil DeMille	2,605	28.21	+2.99
	Nova Scotia Party	Brian Hurlburt	409	4.43

1998 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	John Deveau	3,931	44.81
	Progressive Conservative	Alex McIntosh	2,629	29.97
	Liberal	Richie Hubbard	2,212	25.22

External links

• 2006 riding profile
• 2003 riding profile