Bedford-Birch Cove

The electoral district was formed in 2003, and consists mostly of the previous district of Bedford-Fall River and one third of Halifax Bedford Basin. It comprises most of Bedford - all of the community southeast of the Bicentennial Highway.

The district is notable for the electoral loss of Liberal leader Francis MacKenzie, in the 2006 election. MacKenzie attempted to win the seat in 2006 for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. The party polled less than 24% across the province. He lost by more than 800 votes to Len Goucher.

With the electoral boundary changes announced on September 12, 2012, Bedford-Birch Cove will be renamed 'Bedford'. The area of Kearney Lake and Birch Cove move to 'Halifax-Clayton Park'.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years		Party
61st	2009–present	Kelly Regan	Liberal
60th	2006–2009	Len Goucher	Progressive Conservative
59th	2003–2006	Peter Christie	Progressive Conservative

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kelly Regan	4,861	44.48
	New Democratic Party	Brian Mosher	3,552	32.50
	Progressive Conservative	Len Goucher	2,268	20.75
	Green	Neil Green	248	2.27	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Len Goucher	4,090	42.22
	Liberal	Francis MacKenzie	3,286	33.92
	New Democratic Party	John Buckland	2,019	20.84
	Green	Mary McLaughlan	292	3.01	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Christie	4,114	43.85
	Liberal	Richard Zurawksi	3,208	34.19
	New Democratic Party	Bob Watson	2,061	21.97

External links

References

↑ Elections Nova Scotia, Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report (September 12, 2012). Retrieved on March 11, 2013

Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (August 5, 2003). Retrieved Dec 14, 2007
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (June 13, 2006). Retrieved Dec 14, 2007

Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts

Current

Historic

to 2013:	Argyle Cape Breton North Cape Breton Nova Cape Breton South Cape Breton West Clare Cole Harbour Dartmouth South-Portland Valley Digby-Annapolis Guysborough-Sheet Harbour Halifax Clayton Park Halifax Fairview Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville Preston Queens Richmond Shelburne Truro-Bible Hill

to 2003:	Bedford-Fall River Cape Breton East Cape Breton The Lakes Dartmouth South Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Halifax Bedford Basin Sackville-Beaver Bank Victoria

to 1993:	Annapolis East Annapolis West Colchester South Cumberland Centre Cumberland East Cumberland West Digby Guysborough Halifax Cornwallis Halifax Eastern Shore Halifax St. Margarets Inverness North Inverness South Lunenburg Centre Lunenburg East Sackville

to 1978:	Colchester Halifax Cobequid

to 1967:	Halifax Centre Halifax County Dartmouth Halifax East Halifax North Halifax Northwest Halifax South Halifax West

to 1956:	Kings

to 1949:	Cumberland Hants Pictou

to 1933:	Halifax Richmond and Cape Breton West

to 1925:	Cape Breton

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