Queens is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1867 and 2013 and since 2021. It elects one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The electoral district includes the entirety of Queens County and a small part of Annapolis.
The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral district of Queens-Shelburne. Following the 2019 electoral boundary review, the electoral district was re-created out of Queens-Shelburne.
Geography
Queens covers of land area.
Demographics
- Unemployment: 11%
- Population: 13,750
- Average income: $22,610
- University educated: 7%
Members of the Legislative Assembly
The electoral district was represented by the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
{| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
|- bgcolor="CCCCCC"
! Legislature
! Years
! colspan="2" | Member
! Party
|-
| colspan=8 align=center | Queens returned two members before 1933
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 39th
| 1928–1933
| rowspan="1" |
| rowspan="1" |Donald W. MacKay
| rowspan="1" |Liberal-Conservative
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |William Lorimer Hall
| rowspan="2" |Liberal-Conservative
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 38th
| 1925–1928
| rowspan="1" |
| rowspan="1" |Frank J.D. Barnjum
| rowspan="1" |Conservative
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 37th
| 1920–1925
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |Jordan W. Smith
| rowspan="3" |Liberal
| rowspan="1" |
| rowspan="1" |George Spurr McClearn
| rowspan="1" |Liberal
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 36th
| 1916–1920
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |William Lorimer Hall
| rowspan="3" |Liberal-Conservative
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 35th
| 1911–1916
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan="2" | 34th
| 1910–1911
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |Charles F. Cooper
| rowspan="3" |Liberal
|-
| 1906–1910
| rowspan="4" |
| rowspan="4" |Edward Matthew Farrell
| rowspan="4" |Liberal
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 33rd
| 1901–1906
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 32nd
| 1897–1901
| rowspan="1" |
| rowspan="1" |Thomas Keillor
| rowspan="1" |Liberal
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan="2" | 31st
| 1896–1897
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |Richard Hunt
| rowspan="3" |Liberal
|-
| 1894–1896
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |Albert M. Hemeon
| rowspan="3" |Liberal
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 30th
| 1890–1894
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan="2" | 29th
| 1887–1890
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |Joseph H. Cook
| rowspan="3" |Liberal
|-
| 1886–1887
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |Jason M. Mack
| rowspan="2" |Liberal
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 28th
| 1882–1886
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 27th
| 1878–1882
| rowspan="1" |
| rowspan="1" |Leander Ford
| rowspan="1" |Conservative
| rowspan="1" |
| rowspan="1" |James C. Bartling
| rowspan="1" |Conservative
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 26th
| 1874–1878
| rowspan="1" |
| rowspan="1" |Isaac N. Mack
| rowspan="1" |Liberal
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |Samuel Freeman
| rowspan="3" |Liberal
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 25th
| 1871–1874
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |William Henry Smith
| rowspan="2" |Liberal
|-
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 24th
| 1867–1871
|}
Election results
2024
2021
2017 (transposed)
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | 2017 provincial election redistributed results
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
| |
| Progressive Conservative ||align=right| 2,332 ||align=right| 50.41
|-
| |
| Liberal ||align=right| 1,269 ||align=right| 27.43
|-
| |
| New Democratic ||align=right| 858 ||align=right| 18.55
|-
| |
| Green ||align=right| 167 ||align=right| 3.61
|}
2009
2006
2003
1999
1998
1993
1988
1984
1981
1978
1974
1971
1970
1967
1963
1960
1956
1953
1949
1945
1941
1937
1933
1928
1926
1925
1920
1916
1911
1909
1906
1901
1897
1896
1894
1890
1887
1886
1882
1878
1874
1871
1867
See also
- List of Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts
- Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
External links
- riding map
- 2006 riding profile