Acadie—Annapolis (formerly West Nova) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.
South Western Nova and South West Nova were ridings that covered roughly the same geographic area and were represented in the House of Commons from 1968 to 1979 and 1979 to 1997, respectively.
The district is rural with a few small towns and communities located along the coast. The riding has been called a microcosm of rural Canada because it includes fishing, farming, tourism, small business and an English-French mix.
History
The electoral district was created in 1966 from "Digby—Annapolis—Kings" and "Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare" ridings. It was composed of Yarmouth County, Digby County, and the western portion of Annapolis County.
In 1978, it gained the eastern portion of Annapolis County from "Annapolis Valley".
In 1996, Seal Island was added and the name was changed from "South West Nova" to "West Nova".
In 2004, 20 percent of "Kings—Hants" was added to the district. The boundaries remained unchanged as per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution. From 1968 until 2004, the Riding was notable for never having elected a single person to a second consecutive term until Robert Thibault won in 2004.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding was renamed Acadie—Annapolis. It lost some territory (Berwick area) in Kings County to Kings—Hants. These changes came into effect upon the calling of the 2025 Canadian federal election.
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census, 2023 representation order
Languages: 85.4% English, 14.4% French <br/>
Race: 85.5% White, 11.0% Indigenous, 1.8% Black<br/>
Religions: 59.0% Christian (25.3% Catholic, 13.7% Baptist, 4.4% Anglican, 3.4% United Church, 1.5% Methodist, 1.1% Pentecostal, 9.5% other), 39.7% none<br/>
Median income: $33,200 (2020)<br/>
Average income: $40,320 (2020)
Geography
It reaches from Aylesford in Kings County (it only includes the western part of Kings County) down through Annapolis County, Digby County and Yarmouth County, ending at the Yarmouth-Shelburne border.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
Acadie—Annapolis
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="4" | 2021 federal election redistributed results
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
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| Conservative ||align=right| 20,634 ||align=right| 51.31
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| Liberal ||align=right| 12,342 ||align=right| 30.69
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| New Democratic ||align=right| 5,104 ||align=right| 12.69
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| People's ||align=right| 2,133 ||align=right| 5.30
|}
West Nova
2021
2019
2015
2011
2008
2006
2004
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="4" | 2000 federal election redistributed results
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="230px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
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| Progressive Conservative || 15,154 || 35.52
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| Liberal || 14,760 || 34.60
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| Alliance || 7,667 || 17.97
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| New Democratic || 4,887 || 11.46
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| Others || 193 || 0.45
|}
2000
1997
South West Nova
1993
1988
1984
1980
1979
South Western Nova
1974
1972
1968
See also
- List of Canadian electoral districts
- Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
Sources
- Riding history for South West Nova (1976–1996) from the Library of Parliament
- Riding history for West Nova (1996–1998) from the Library of Parliament
- Riding history for West Nova (1998–2003) from the Library of Parliament
- Riding history for West Nova (2003– ) from the Library of Parliament
- results