Dartmouth—Cole Harbour

Encyclopedia : D : DA : DAR : Dartmouth—Cole Harbour

Dartmouth—Cole Harbour in relation to the other Nova Scotia ridings

Dartmouth—Cole Harbour (formerly Dartmouth and Dartmouth—Halifax East) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 88,507.

Michael Savage, a Liberal, represents the riding.

Contents

1 Demographics
2 Geography
3 History

3.1 Member of Parliament

4 Election results

4.1 Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
4.2 Dartmouth
4.3 Dartmouth—Halifax East

5 See also
6 External links

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 91.6% White, 4.3% Black, 1.3% Native Canadian
Languages: 92.8% English, 3.5% French, 3.2% Other
Religions: 45.8% Protestant, 38.1% Catholic, 1.4% Other Christian, 12.9% no affiliation
Average income: $28,217

Geography

The district includes the Dartmouth and Cole Harbour areas of the Halifax Regional Municipality. The area is 89 sq. km.

History

The riding of Dartmouth—Halifax East was created in 1966 when the former dual-member Halifax riding was split into two. The district consisted of the Dartmouth area, Bedford and most of eastern Halifax County. Bedford was moved to the riding of Halifax West in a 1976 redistribution. In 1987, the Dartmouth riding was created, taking in nearly all of the former territory of Dartmouth—Halifax East.

The current electoral district of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour was created in 2004: 86.8% of the population of the new riding came from Dartmouth, and 13.2% from Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore. The riding experienced its first election on June 28, 2004. The incumbent from the majority of the district was Wendy Lill of the New Democratic Party. Michael Savage of the Liberal Party won the election, and continues to be the riding's sitting MP.

Member of Parliament

These ridings have elected the following Members of Parliament:

Dartmouth—Halifax East

Mike Forrestall, Progressive Conservative (1968-1988)

Dartmouth

Ron Macdonald, Liberal (1988-1997)
Wendy Lill, New Democratic Party (1997-2004)

Dartmouth—Cole Harbour

Michael Savage, Liberal (2004-)

Election results