Timberlea-Prospect

Timberlea-Prospect
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Iain Rankin
Liberal
District created1967
First contested1967
Last contested2021
Demographics
Population (2011)22,278
Electors14,854
Area (km²)342
Pop. density (per km²)65.1
Census division(s)Halifax RM

Timberlea—Prospect is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since 2013 has been Iain Rankin of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.

The district was created in 1967 from the former electoral district of Halifax West, under the name Halifax-St. Margaret's. Upon the recommendations of the 1992 Electoral Boundaries Commission report, it was renamed Timberlea-Prospect. At this same time, it lost the St. Margaret's Bay area to Chester-St. Margaret's, the Hammonds Plains, Lucasville, and Pockwock Road area to Sackville-Beaver Bank, and the Bedford area to Bedford-Fall River. In 2003, it lost the Bayside and West Dover areas to Chester-St. Margaret's. In 2013, on the recommendations of the 2012 Electoral Boundaries Commission, it lost the Stillwater Lake area to Hammonds Plains-Lucasville and a small number of streets in the Williamswood and Harrietsfield areas to Halifax Atlantic. It gained the Susies Lake and Quarrie Lake areas from Halifax Clayton Park.[1]

Geography

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Timberlea-Prospect has 342 km2 (132 sq mi) of land area.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature Years Member Party
64th 2021-Present     Iain Rankin Liberal
63rd 2017–2021
62nd 2013–2017
61st 2009–2013 Bill Estabrooks New Democratic
60th 2006-2009
59th 2003-2006
58th 1999-2003
57th 1998-1999
56th 1993-1998     Bruce Holland Liberal
55th 1988-1993     Jerry Lawrence Progressive Conservative
54th 1984-1988
53rd 1981-1984
52nd 1978-1981
51st 1974-1978     Leonard L. Pace Liberal
50th 1970-1974
49th 1967-1970     D. C. McNeil Progressive Conservative

Election results

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1967

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1967 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax-St. Margaret's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative D. C. McNeil 5,030 53.48%
Liberal Alex McKinnon 3,910 41.57%
New Democratic Peggy Prowse 466 4.95%
Total 9,406
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970

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1970 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax-St. Margaret's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Leonard L. Pace 6,152 51.69% 10.12%
Progressive Conservative Donald C. MacNeil 4,729 39.74% -13.74%
New Democratic Keith B. Jobson 1,020 8.57% 3.62%
Total 11,901
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1974

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1974 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax-St. Margaret's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Leonard L. Pace 7,338 48.21% -3.48%
Progressive Conservative George Piercey 6,084 39.97% 0.24%
New Democratic Richard Rogers 1,798 11.81% 3.24%
Total 15,220
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1978

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1978 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax-St. Margaret's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jerry Lawrence 5,277 54.38% 14.41%
Liberal Terry Tingley 3,149 32.45% -15.76%
New Democratic Gerry Richard Craig 1,278 13.17% 1.36%
Total 9,704
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1981

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1981 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax-St. Margaret's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jerry Lawrence 4,860 50.26% -4.12%
Liberal Helena Poirier 2,617 27.06% -5.39%
New Democratic Lillian Viau 2,193 22.68% 9.51%
Total 9,670
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1984

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1984 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax-St. Margaret's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jerry Lawrence 5,141 57.39% 7.13%
New Democratic Lillian Viau 2,258 25.21% 2.53%
Liberal Michael N. Kelly 1,559 17.40% -9.66%
Total 8,958
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1988

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1988 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax-St. Margaret's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jerry Lawrence 4,574 37.31% -20.08%
Liberal Kevin Burke 4,061 33.13% 15.73%
New Democratic Bill Estabrooks 3,623 29.56% 4.35%
Total 12,258
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax St. Margaret's" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1993

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1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bruce Holland 3,470 38.62% 5.49%
New Democratic Bill Estabrooks 2,772 30.85% 1.29%
Progressive Conservative Debi Forsyth-Smith 2,744 30.54% -6.78%
Total 8,986
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Timberlea-Prospect" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1998

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1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Bill Estabrooks 4,762 47.99% 17.15%
Liberal Bruce Holland 3,308 33.34% -5.28%
Progressive Conservative Tom Robertson 1,852 18.67% -11.87%
Total 9,922
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Timberlea-Prospect" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

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1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Bill Estabrooks 4,356 46.83% -1.16%
Progressive Conservative Ken Fralick 2,600 27.95% 9.29%
Liberal Vicki Brown 2,171 23.34% -10.00%
Nova Scotia Party Ken Bumstead 174 1.87%
Total 9,301
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Timberlea-Prospect" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

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2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Bill Estabrooks 5,049 60.01% 13.18%
Liberal Bruce Holland 1,829 21.74% -1.60%
Progressive Conservative Barry Fraser 1,535 18.25% -9.71%
Total 8,413
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Timberlea-Prospect" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

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2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Bill Estabrooks 5,317 63.15% 3.14%
Progressive Conservative Juanita Cirtwill 2,034 24.16% 5.91%
Liberal Lisa Mullin 851 10.11% -11.63%
Green Thomas Trappenberg 217 2.58%
Total 8,419
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Timberlea-Prospect" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

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2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Bill Estabrooks 6,174 70.70% 7.54%
Liberal Lisa Mullin 1,535 17.58% 7.47%
Progressive Conservative Gina Byrne 795 9.10% -15.06%
Green Thomas Trappenberg 229 2.62% 0.04%
Total 8,733
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Timberlea-Prospect" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2013

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2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Iain Rankin 4,471 51.93 +33.78
  New Democratic Party Linda Moxsom-Skinner 2,230 25.90 -44.31
  Progressive Conservative Dr. Bruce Pretty 1,608 18.86 +10.17
Green Thomas Trappenberg 300 3.50 +0.55

2017

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2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Iain Rankin 4,272 49.90 -2.03
Progressive Conservative Tim Kohoot 2,030 23.71 +4.85
New Democratic Linda Moxsom-Skinner 1,804 21.07 -4.83
Green Kai Trappenberg 337 3.94 +0.44
Atlantica Matt Mansfield 118 1.38 +1.38
Total valid votes 8,561 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 37 0.43
Turnout 8,598 53.87
Eligible voters 15,962
Liberal hold Swing +0.31
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3][4]

2021

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2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Iain Rankin 5,181 54.38 +4.48 $43,327.12
Progressive Conservative Bill Healy 2,320 24.35 +0.64 $30,730.87
New Democratic Raymond Theriault 1,647 17.29 -3.78 $27,578.78
Green Harry Ward 250 2.62 -1.32 $200.00
Independent Dawn Edith Penney 90 0.94 $243.25
Atlantica Dessire G. Miari 40 0.42 -0.96 $200.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 9,528 99.69 $98,060.31
Total rejected ballots 30 0.31
Turnout 9,558 55.68
Eligible voters 17,165
Liberal hold Swing +1.92
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5]

References

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  1. ^ Timberlea-Prospect constituency history Nova Scotia Legislature
  2. ^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  4. ^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  5. ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
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