Eastern Shore is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
In 1967, the district was created as Halifax Eastern Shore out of Halifax East and part of Halifax County Dartmouth. Upon the recommendations of the 1992 Electoral Boundaries Commission report, the district name was changed to Eastern Shore and it gained the Upper Lawrencetown area from Cole Harbour. In 2003, it gained an area on its western boundary from Dartmouth-Cole Harbour and lost an area on its eastern boundary to Guysborough-Sheet Harbour. In 2013, the district lost the Ross Road area to Preston-Dartmouth.
It is known as a bellwether district, having elected a government representative in every election since 1970.
Geography
The land area of Eastern Shore is .
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
Election results
1967 general election
1970 general election
1974 general election
1978 general election
1981 general election
1984 general election
1988 general election
1993 general election
1998 general election
1999 general election
2003 general election
2006 general election
2009 general election
2013 general election
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|Liberal
|Kevin Murphy
|align="right"|3,770
|align="right"|52.99
|align="right"|-39.53
|-
|New Democratic Party
|Sid Prest
|align="right"|1,922
|align="right"|27.01
|align="right"|-22.21
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|Steve Brine
|align="right"|1,423
|align="right"|20.00
|align="right"|-14.69
|}
2017 general election
2021 general election
References
External links
CBC riding profile
June 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll By Poll Results
Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts
Politics of Halifax, Nova Scotia