Yarmouth (provincial electoral district)

Yarmouth is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It consists of the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth and the town of Yarmouth. Fishing and fish processing continue to drive the economy here, although tourism and small manufacturing are now also employers. The largest town in the district is Yarmouth.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years		Party
61st	2010-	Zach Churchill	Liberal
61st	2009–2010	Richard Hurlburt	Progressive Conservative
60th	2006–2009
59th	2003–2006
58th	1999–2003
57th	1998–1999	John Deveau	New Democratic
56th	1993–1998	Richie Hubbard	Liberal
55th	1988–1993	Leroy Legere	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984–1988	Alex McIntosh	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981–1984	Fraser Mooney	Liberal
Yarmouth returned two members between 1949 and 1981
52nd	1978–1981	Fraser Mooney	Liberal		Hugh Tinkham	Liberal
51st	1974–1978				Hugh Tinkham	Liberal
50th	1970–1974			George Snow	Progressive Conservative
49th	1967–1970	Benoit Robichaud	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963–1967	George Burridge	Progressive Conservative
47th	1960–1963	George Burridge	Progressive Conservative	Willard O'Brien	Liberal
46th	1956–1960	Eric Spinney	Liberal	Willard O'Brien	Liberal
45th	1953–1956	William Brown	Progressive Conservative		Raymond Z. Bourque	Progressive Conservative
44th	1949–1953	William Brown	Progressive Conservative	Donald J. Fraser	Liberal
Yarmouth returned one member between 1933 and 1949
43rd	1945–1949	Henry A. Waterman	Liberal
42nd	1941–1945	Henry A. Waterman	Liberal
41st	1937–1941	Lindsay Gardner	Liberal
40th	1933–1937	Lindsay Gardner	Liberal
Yarmouth returned two members before 1933
39th	1928–1933	Lindsay Gardner	Liberal		Rene W. E. Landry	Liberal
38th	1925–1928	John Flint Cahan	Liberal-Conservative		Raymond Neri d'Entremont	Liberal-Conservative
37th	1920–1925	Howard Corning	Liberal-Conservative		Amédée Melanson	Liberal
36th	1916–1920	Ernest Howard Armstrong	Liberal		Henry Thomas d'Entremont	Liberal
35th	1911–1916			Howard Corning	Liberal-Conservative
34th	1906–1911			Henry LeBlanc	Liberal
33rd	1904–1906	George Sanderson	Liberal
33rd	1901–1904	Augustus Stoneman	Liberal
32nd	1900–1901	Augustus Stoneman	Liberal
32nd	1897–1900	William Law	Liberal
31st	1894–1897			Albert A. Pothier	Liberal-Conservative
30th	1890–1894			Forman Hatfield	Liberal
30th	1890			Albert Gayton	Liberal
29th	1886–1890
28th	1882–1886	Thomas Corning	Conservative
27th	1878–1882	Joseph Robbins Kinney	Conservative
26th	1874–1878	John Lovitt	Liberal
25th	1872–1874	John K. Ryerson	Liberal
25th	1871–1872	William H. Townsend	Liberal
24th	1867–1871	William H. Townsend	Liberal	John K. Ryerson	Liberal

Election results

2013 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Zach Churchill	6,975	82.08	+31.43
	Progressive Conservative	John Cunningham	1,216	14.31	-19.10
	New Democratic Party	Charles Webster	224	2.64	-3.88
	Green	Vanessa Goodwin-Clairmont	83	0.98	-0.36

2010 by-election

Byelection June 22, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Zach Churchill	3,984	50.65	+36.58
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Crosby	2,628	33.41	-27.93
	Independent	Belle Hatfield	673	8.56	Ø
	New Democratic Party	John Deveau	513	6.52	-16.41
	Green	John Percy	49	0.62	-1.04
	Atlantica	Jonathan Dean	19	0.24	Ø

2009 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Hurlburt	4,537	61.34	-2.96
	New Democratic Party	David Olie	1,696	22.93	+2.20
	Liberal	David Mooney	1,041	14.07	+1.00
	Green	Ronald Mills	123	1.66	-0.23

2006 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Hurlburt	5,170	64.30	+7.82
	New Democratic Party	John Deveau	1,667	20.73	-8.94
	Liberal	Dolores Atwood	1,051	13.07	+6.88
	Green	Matthew Granger	152	1.89	Ø

2003 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Hurlburt	4,656	56.48	+22.46
	Liberal	Phil DeMille	2,446	29.67	+1.46
	New Democratic Party	Gillian Rowley	1,142	13.85	-19.49

1999 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Hurlburt	3,141	34.02	+4.05
	New Democratic Party	John Deveau	3,079	33.34	-11.47
	Liberal	Phil DeMille	2,605	28.21	+2.99
	Nova Scotia Party	Brian Hurlburt	409	4.43

1998 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	John Deveau	3,931	44.81
	Progressive Conservative	Alex McIntosh	2,629	29.97
	Liberal	Richie Hubbard	2,212	25.22

References

External links

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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