Kings West (Nova Scotia electoral district)

For the former New Brunswick provincial electoral district, see Kings West (New Brunswick electoral district).

Kings West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It includes the towns of Berwick and Kingston, and the village of Greenwood.

Kings West

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Chris Palmer Progressive Conservative
District created	1956
First contested	1956
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2011)	19,495
Electors	15,019
Area (km²)	1,143
Pop. density (per km²)	17.1
Census division(s)	Kings County

Geography

The electoral district of Kings West has 1,143 km² (441 sq mi) of land area.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
46th	1956-1960		Hiram Thomas	Progressive Conservative
47th	1960-1963		Edward D. MacArthur	Liberal
48th	1963-1967		Paul Kinsman	Progressive Conservative
49th	1967-1970		Gordon Tidman	Progressive Conservative
50th	1970-1971
	1971-1974		Frank Bezanson	Liberal
51st	1974-1978
52nd	1978-1981		George Moody	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981-1984
54th	1984-1988
55th	1988-1993
56th	1993-1998
57th	1998-1999
58th	1999-2003		Jon Carey	Progressive Conservative
59th	2003-2006		Leo Glavine	Liberal
60th	2006-2009
61st	2009–2013
62nd	2013–2017
63rd	2017–2021
64th	2021-present		Chris Palmer	Progressive Conservative

Election results

1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election: Kings West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Hiram Thomas	2,988	50.03%	–
	Liberal	C. D. McLean	2,985	49.97%	–
Total			5,973	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1960

1960 Nova Scotia general election: Kings West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward D. MacArthur	3,937	51.93%	1.96%
	Progressive Conservative	R. F. Hazel	3,425	45.18%	-4.85%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Turner	219	2.89%	–
Total			7,581	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1963

1963 Nova Scotia general election: Kings West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Kinsman	3,879	55.85%	10.67%
	Liberal	Edward D. MacArthur	3,067	44.15%	-7.78%
Total			6,946	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election: Kings West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Tidman	3,619	48.98%	-6.86%
	Liberal	Frank Bezanson	3,522	47.67%	3.52%
	New Democratic	Ralph Loomer	247	3.34%	–
Total			7,388	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election: Kings West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Tidman	3,735	48.95%	-0.03%
	Liberal	Frank Bezanson	3,735	48.95%	1.28%
	Independent	F. Keith Boates	160	2.10%	–
Total			7,630	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Due to a tie, the Returning Officer cast the tie-breaking vote for Gordon Tidman

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election: Kings West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Bezanson	5,031	58.43%	9.47%
	Progressive Conservative	Kay Howlett	3,206	37.23%	-11.72%
	New Democratic	Donald Wolsey	374	4.34%	–
Total			8,611	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election: Kings West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Moody	5,011	53.09%	15.86%
	Liberal	Frank Bezanson	3,559	37.71%	-20.72%
	New Democratic	William J. Dyer	869	9.21%	4.86%
Total			9,439	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election: Kings West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Moody	5,286	59.43%	6.35%
	Liberal	Dan Weir	2,259	25.40%	-12.31%
	New Democratic	Carolyn Queen	1,349	15.17%	5.96%
Total			8,894	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election: Kings West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Moody	5,273	60.45%	1.02%
	Liberal	Doug McKeil	2,546	29.19%	3.79%
	New Democratic	Ted Davis	904	10.36%	-4.80%
Total			8,723	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election: Kings West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Moody	5,899	59.61%	-0.84%
	Liberal	Frank Bezanson	3,114	31.47%	2.28%
	New Democratic	Ralph Lynch	883	8.92%	-1.44%
Total			9,896	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election: Kings West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Moody	4,895	53.08%	-6.53%
	Liberal	Baden Thurber	3,178	34.46%	2.99%
	New Democratic	Jacquie DeMestral	1,055	11.44%	2.52%
	Natural Law	Christopher MacLean	94	1.02%	–
Total			9,222	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election: Kings West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Moody	5,075	62.09%	9.02%
	Liberal	Baden Thurber	1,684	20.60%	-13.86%
	New Democratic	Jacquie DeMestral	1,414	17.30%	5.86%
Total			8,173	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election: Kings West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jon Carey	4,033	49.34%	-12.76%
	Liberal	Don Clarke	2,346	28.70%	8.10%
	New Democratic	Jacquie DeMestral	1,629	19.93%	2.63%
	Nova Scotia Party	Frances Adams	166	2.03%	–
Total			8,174	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election: Kings West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leo Glavine	3,045	36.91%	8.21%
	Progressive Conservative	Jon Carey	2,929	35.51%	-13.83%
	New Democratic	Greg Hubbert	2,275	27.58%	7.65%
Total			8,249	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election: Kings West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leo Glavine	3,940	46.67%	9.75%
	Progressive Conservative	John Prall	2,801	33.18%	-2.33%
	New Democratic	Greg Hubbert	1,590	18.83%	-8.75%
	Green	Nistal Prem de Boer	112	1.33%	–
Total			8,443	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election: Kings West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leo Glavine	5,015	60.77%	14.10%
	Progressive Conservative	Chris Palmer	1,667	20.20%	-12.98%
	New Democratic	Carol Tobin	1,422	17.23%	-1.60%
	Green	Nistal Prem de Boer	149	1.81%	0.48%
Total			8,253	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leo Glavine	5,890	74.31	+13.46
	Progressive Conservative	Jody Alan Frowley	1,275	16.09	-4.22
	New Democratic Party	Robert K. (Bob) Landry	603	7.61	-9.42
	Green	Barbara G. Lake	158	1.99	+0.18

2017

2017 provincial election redistributed results^[2]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	4,559	52.06
	Progressive Conservative	3,255	37.17
	New Democratic	653	7.46
	Green	270	3.08
	Atlantica	21	0.24

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election: Kings West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leo Glavine	4,190	52.45	-21.86
	Progressive Conservative	Chris Palmer	3,015	37.74	+21.65
	New Democratic	Cheryl Burbidge	536	6.71	-0.90
	Green	Madeline Taylor	247	3.09	+1.10
Total valid votes			7,988	100
Total rejected ballots			18	0.22
Turnout			8,006	53.30
Eligible voters			15,019
	Liberal hold		Swing		-21.76
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[3]^[4]

2021

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Chris Palmer	4,592	49.45	+12.28	$59,202.28
	Liberal	Emily Lutz	3,856	41.52	-10.53	$46,726.60
	New Democratic	Jason Langille	549	5.91	-1.54	$25,715.69
	Green	Sue Earle	216	2.33	-0.76	$460.95
	Atlantica	Rick Mehta	74	0.79	+0.55	$200.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			9,287	99.73	–	$95,352.07
Total rejected ballots			25	0.27
Turnout			9,312	56.65
Eligible voters			16,439
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.41
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[5]

References

1. "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
2. Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
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. . Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved October 7, 2021.