Pictou East
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
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| District created | 1949 | ||
| Last contested | 2013 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 15,155 | ||
| Electors | 11,803 | ||
| Area (km²) | 1,649 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 9.2 | ||
| Census divisions | Pictou County | ||
Pictou East 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 the 2013 election is Tim Houston of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia who replaced Clarrie MacKinnon of the New Democratic Party of Nova Scotia.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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| 62nd | 2013–Present | Tim Houston | Progressive Conservative | |
| 61st | 2009–2013 | Clarrie MacKinnon | New Democratic | |
| 60th | 2006-2009 | |||
| 59th | 2003-2006 | Jim DeWolfe | Progressive Conservative | |
| 58th | 1999-2003 | |||
| 57th | 1998-1999 | |||
| 56th | 1993-1998 | Wayne Fraser | Liberal | |
| 1993 | Don Cameron | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 55th | 1988-1993 | |||
| 54th | 1984-1988 | |||
| 53rd | 1981-1984 | |||
| 52nd | 1978-1981 | |||
| 51st | 1974-1978 | |||
| 50th | 1970-1974 | A. Lloyd MacDonald | Liberal | |
| 49th | 1967-1970 | Thomas MacQueen | Progressive Conservative | |
| 48th | 1963-1967 | A. Lloyd MacDonald | Liberal | |
| 47th | 1960-1963 | John W. MacDonald | Liberal | |
| 46th | 1956-1960 | William A. MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | |
| 45th | 1953-1956 | John W. MacDonald | Liberal | |
| 44th | 1949-1953 | |||
Election results
| Nova Scotia general election, 2013 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Tim Houston | 3713 | 48.04 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Clarrie MacKinnon | 2788 | 36.07 | ||
| Liberal | Francois Rochon | 1228 | 15.89 | ||
| Nova Scotia general election, 2009 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Democratic Party | Clarrie MacKinnon | 4894 | 63.98 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | J. Ed. MacDonald | 1984 | 25.94 | ||
| Liberal | Francois Rochon | 642 | 8.39 | ||
| Green | Robbie White | 129 | 1.69 | – | |
| Nova Scotia general election, 2006 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Democratic Party | Clarrie MacKinnon | 2761 | 36.73 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Sue Uhren | 2654 | 35.31 | ||
| Liberal | Danny Walsh | 2000 | 26.61 | ||
| Green | John A. Clark | 102 | 1.36 | – | |
| Nova Scotia general election, 2003 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim DeWolfe | 3295 | 44.15 | ||
| Liberal | John Fraser | 2239 | 30.00 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Bob Matheson | 1929 | 25.85 | ||
| Nova Scotia general election, 1999 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim DeWolfe | 4478 | 54.94 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Andy Thompson | 2388 | 29.30 | ||
| Liberal | Lynn Macdonald | 1285 | 15.76 | ||
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