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Legislature
  
House of Commons

District created
  
1966

Last contested
  
2015

Province
  
Nova Scotia

MP
  
Darren Fisher Liberal

First contested
  
1968

District webpage
  
profile, map

Elector
  
73,066

Dartmouth—Cole Harbour

Census division
  
Halifax Regional Municipality

Dartmouth—Cole Harbour (formerly Dartmouth and Dartmouth—Halifax East) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

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Demographics

From the 2006 census

Ethnic groups:

  • White: 91.6%
  • Black: 4.3%
  • First Nations: 1.3%
  • Other: 2.8%

    • Languages:

  • English: 92.7%
  • French: 3.1%
  • Arabic: 0.6%
  • Chinese: 0.5%
  • Other: 3.1%

    • Religions:

  • Protestant: 45.8%
  • Catholic: 38.1%
  • Other Christian: 1.4%
  • No religious affiliation: 12.9%

    • Education:

  • No certificate, diploma or degree: 20.7%
  • High school certificate: 24.5%
  • Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma: 10.2%
  • Community college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma: 20.4%
  • University certificate or diploma: 24.1%

    • Median Age:

  • 40.5

    • Median total income:

  • $27,005

    • Average total income:

  • $34,363

    • Median household income:

  • $53,222

    • Average household income:

  • $64,493

    • Median family income:

  • $68,047

    • Average family income:

  • $77,776

    • Unemployment:

  • 5.9%

    • Geography

    The district includes the Dartmouth and Cole Harbour areas of the Halifax Regional Municipality. The area is 89 km2.

    Political geography

    The Liberals and the NDP were the two main parties in 2008. The NDP saw much of its support in West Dartmouth, around Topsail Lake, the northern part of Cole Harbour, and the communities of Imperoyal and Woodside as well as the Cole Harbour 30 Indian Reserve. The Conservatives won two polls, both in Cole Harbour. The Liberals dominated in Central, Eastern and Northern Dartmouth and in southern Cole Harbour. [1]

    History

    The riding of Dartmouth—Halifax East was created in 1966 when the former dual-member Halifax riding was split into two. The district consisted of the Dartmouth area, Bedford and most of eastern Halifax County. Bedford was moved to the riding of Halifax West in a 1976 redistribution. In 1987, the Dartmouth riding was created, taking in nearly all of the former territory of Dartmouth—Halifax East.

    The electoral district of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour in 2004 was created from 86.8% of the population of the new riding came from Dartmouth, and 13.2% from Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore.

    The 2012 federal electoral redistribution concluded that this riding will remain largely the same for the 42nd Canadian federal election. It lost a small fraction to the new riding of Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook and gained a small portion (2%) from what was Sackville—Eastern Shore.

    Member of Parliament

    These ridings have elected the following Members of Parliament:

    Dartmouth

    Change for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.

    Change for Independent candidate Cliff Williams is shown based on his results as a National Party candidate in 1993.

    References

    Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Wikipedia
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