Dartmouth—Cole Harbour (formerly Dartmouth and Dartmouth—Halifax East) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census, 2023 representation order
Languages: 90.5% English, 3.8% French, 1.0% Punjabi <br/>
Race: 82.4% White, 4.3% Indigenous, 5.5% Black, 3.0% South Asian, 1.2% Filipino<br/>
Religions: 55.8% Christian (25.5% Catholic, 8.8% Anglican, 6.9% United Church, 4.2% Baptist, 10.4% other), 1.2% Muslim, 1.1% Sikh, 39.7% none<br/>
Median income: $42,400 (2020)<br/>
Average income: $50,560 (2020)
Geography
The district includes the urban communities of Dartmouth and Cole Harbour in Halifax. The area is .
Political geography
The Liberals and the NDP were the two main parties in 2008. The NDP saw much of its support in West Dartmouth, around Topsail Lake, the northern part of Cole Harbour, and the communities of Imperoyal and Woodside as well as the Cole Harbour 30 Indian Reserve. The Conservatives won two polls, both in Cole Harbour. The Liberals dominated in Central, Eastern and Northern Dartmouth and in southern Cole Harbour. [http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding/?riding=960&pane=3]
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 electoral district of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour in 2004 was created from 86.8% of the population of the new riding came from Dartmouth, and 13.2% from Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore.
The 2012 federal electoral redistribution concluded that this riding will remain largely the same for the 42nd Canadian federal election. It lost a small fraction to the new riding of Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook and gained a small portion (2%) from what was Sackville—Eastern Shore.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained the Eastern Passage area from Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook, and lost all of the area north of Highways 111 and 118 plus the Lake Charles area to Sackville—Bedford—Preston.
Member of Parliament
These ridings have elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
2025
2021
{| 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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| Liberal ||align=right| 25,823 ||align=right| 51.50
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| New Democratic ||align=right| 16,529 ||align=right| 32.97
|-
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| People's ||align=right| 4,887 ||align=right| 9.75
|-
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| Green ||align=right| 1,457 ||align=right| 2.91
|-
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| Conservative ||align=right| 1,441 ||align=right| 2.87
|}
Note that the Conservatives did not run a candidate in Dartmouth—Cole Harbour in the 2021 election, as their nominee withdrew shortly before the registration deadline.
2019
2015
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="4" | 2011 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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| New Democratic ||align=right| 16,026 ||align=right| 36.42
|-
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| Liberal ||align=right| 15,278 ||align=right| 34.72
|-
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| Conservative ||align=right| 11,011 ||align=right| 25.03
|-
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| Green ||align=right| 1,684 ||align=right| 3.83
|}
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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| New Democratic || 13,805 || 35.32
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| Liberal || 13,246 || 33.89
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| Progressive Conservative || 8,413 || 21.52
|-
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| Alliance || 3,488 || 8.92
|-
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| Others || 135 || 0.35
|}
Dartmouth
2000
1997
1993
1988
Dartmouth—Halifax East
1984
1980
1979
1974
1972
1968
See also
- List of Canadian electoral districts
- Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
Notes
External links
- Riding history for Dartmouth—Halifax East (1966–1987) from the Library of Parliament
- Riding history for Dartmouth (1987–2003) from the Library of Parliament
- Riding history for Dartmouth—Cole Harbour (2003– ) from the Library of Parliament