Kings North

Kings North is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

Kings North

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	John Lohr Progressive Conservative
District created	1956
First contested	1956
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2011)	19,842
Electors	15,848
Area (km²)	483.00
Pop. density (per km²)	41.1
Census division(s)	Kings County

The electoral district was formed through redistribution in 1956. It was previously part of the district of Kings.

District profile

Agriculture is a major industry in Kings North. The district has many geographical features of note, including Cape Blomidon, Cape Split, and the Minas Basin. Also in the district is Blomidon Provincial Park.

Communities within Kings North include:

• Aldershot
• Baxters Harbour
• Billtown
• Blomidon
• Buckleys Corner
• Canada Creek
• Canard
• Canning
• Centreville
• Chipman Brook
• Glenmont
• Habitant
• Halls Harbour
• Town of Kentville
• Kingsport
• Kinsmans Corner
• Lakeville
• The Lookoff
• Lower Canard
• Medford
• Port Williams
• Ross Corner
• Scot's Bay
• Sheffield Mills
• Starr's Point

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Kings North has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
64th	2021–present		John Lohr	Progressive Conservative
63rd	2017–2021
62nd	2013–2017
61st	2009–2013		Jim Morton	New Democrat
60th	2006–2009		Mark Parent	Progressive Conservative
59th	2003–2006
58th	1999–2003
57th	1998–1999		George Archibald	Progressive Conservative
56th	1993–1998
55th	1988–1993
54th	1984–1988
53rd	1981–1984		Edward Twohig	Progressive Conservative
52nd	1978–1981
51st	1974–1978		Glenn Ells	Liberal
50th	1970–1974		Victor Thorpe	Progressive Conservative
49th	1967–1970
48th	1963–1967		Gladys Porter	Progressive Conservative
47th	1960–1963
46th	1956–1960		Eric Balcom	Liberal

Election results

1956 general election

1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Balcom	3,054	50.37%	–
	Progressive Conservative	George Arthur Boggs	3,009	49.63%	–
Total			6,063	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1960 general election

1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gladys Porter	3,060	51.19%	1.56%
	Liberal	Eric Balcom	2,782	46.54%	-3.83%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Levitte Joseph Melanson	136	2.28%	–
Total			5,978	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1963 general election

1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gladys Porter	3,668	59.43%	8.24%
	Liberal	David Durell Sutton	2,405	38.97%	-7.57%
	New Democratic	George Turner	99	1.60%	–
Total			6,172	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1967 general election

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Victor Thorpe	3,407	55.25%	-4.18%
	Liberal	Victor Cleyle	2,759	44.75%	5.78%
Total			6,166	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1970 general election

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Victor Thorpe	3,234	51.24%	-4.01%
	Liberal	Glenn Ells	3,077	48.76%	4.01%
Total			6,311	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1974 general election

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Glenn Ells	3,536	49.39%	0.63%
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Waterbury	3,124	43.63%	-7.61%
	New Democratic	George W. Graves	500	6.98%	–
Total			7,160	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1978 general election

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Edward Twohig	3,744	48.78%	5.14%
	Liberal	Glenn Ells	3,283	42.77%	-6.62%
	New Democratic	Donald C. Fraser	649	8.45%	1.47%
Total			7,676	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1981 general election

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Edward Twohig	3,369	43.61%	-5.17%
	New Democratic	Bob Levy	2,316	29.98%	21.52%
	Liberal	Lennie White	2,041	26.42%	-16.35%
Total			7,726	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1984 general election

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Archibald	3,655	49.57%	5.97%
	New Democratic	Don Fraser	1,860	25.23%	-4.75%
	Liberal	Bob Wilson	1,858	25.20%	-1.22%
Total			7,373	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1988 general election

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Archibald	3,868	45.42%	-4.15%
	Liberal	Glenn Ells	3,116	36.59%	11.39%
	New Democratic	Don Fraser	1,532	17.99%	-7.24%
Total			8,516	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993 general election

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Archibald	4,137	42.62%	-2.80%
	Liberal	Jennifer Foster	3,980	41.01%	4.42%
	New Democratic	Cameron Jess	1,505	15.51%	-2.48%
	Natural Law	Anne Dow	84	0.87%	–
Total			9,706	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1998 general election

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Archibald	3,760	41.45%	-1.17%
	New Democratic	Neil H. McNeil	2,854	31.46%	15.96%
	Liberal	Jennifer Foster	2,457	27.09%	-13.92%
Total			9,071	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999 general election

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Parent	4,321	49.05%	7.60%
	New Democratic	Neil H. McNeil	2,513	28.53%	-2.94%
	Liberal	Philip Carteret Hill	1,975	22.42%	-4.67%
Total			8,809	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003 general election

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Parent	4,063	50.20%	1.15%
	New Democratic	Jim Morton	2,340	28.91%	0.39%
	Liberal	Michael Landry	1,533	18.94%	-3.48%
	Marijuana	Ben Friesen	157	1.94%	–
Total			8,093	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006 general election

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Parent	4,153	50.07%	-0.14%
	New Democratic	Jim Morton	2,190	26.40%	-2.51%
	Liberal	Madonna Spinazola	1,757	21.18%	2.24%
	Green	Chris Alders	195	2.35%	–
Total			8,295	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009 general election

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Morton	3,535	41.43%	15.03%
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Parent	3,079	36.08%	-13.98%
	Liberal	Shirley Fisher	1,541	18.06%	-3.12%
	Green	Anna-Maria Galante-Ward	378	4.43%	2.08%
Total			8,533	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2013 general election

2013 Nova Scotia general election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Lohr	2,903	32.49
	New Democrat	Jim Morton	2,882	32.26
	Liberal	Stephen Wayne Pearl	2,787	31.20
	Green	Mary Lou Hartley	362	4.05	–

2017 general election

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Lohr	3,823	45.94	+13.45
	Liberal	Geof Turner	2,784	33.46	+2.26
	New Democratic	Ted Champion	1,347	16.19	-16.07
	Green	Mary Lou Harley	295	3.54	-0.51
	Atlantica	Bryden Deadder	72	0.86
Total valid votes			8,321	100
Total rejected ballots			32	0.38
Turnout			8,353	52.71
Eligible voters			15,848
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+11.19
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[2]^[3]

2021 general election

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Lohr	3,971	44.70	-1.24
	Liberal	Geof Turner	2,602	29.29	-4.17
	New Democratic	Erin Patterson	1,876	21.12	+4.93
	Green	Doug Hickman	391	4.40	+0.86
	Atlantica	Paul Dunn	43	0.48	-0.38
Total valid votes			8,883	99.69
Total rejected ballots			28	0.31
Turnout			8,911	55.30
Eligible voters			16,115
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+1.47
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[4]

References

1. "Recount confirms John A. Lohr Elected in Kings North". Elections Nova Scotia, October 21, 2013.
2. "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
3. "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
4. "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

• Elections Nova Scotia, . Retrieved December 14, 2009
• Elections Nova Scotia, . Retrieved December 14, 2009
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• Elections Nova Scotia, . Retrieved December 14, 2009
• Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll By Poll Results - Kings North (March 9, 1998)^{[permanent dead link]}. Retrieved on December 15, 2009
• Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll By Poll Results - Kings North (July 27, 1999)^{[permanent dead link]}. Retrieved on December 15, 2009
• Elections Nova Scotia, . Retrieved on December 15, 2009
• Elections Nova Scotia, . Retrieved on December 15, 2009
• Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll By Poll Results - Kings North (June 9, 2009)^{[permanent dead link]}. Retrieved on December 15, 2009

External links

• CBC 2006 District Profile