Pictou East

Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada

Pictou East Nova Scotia electoral district

Provincial electoral district
Legislature| Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA| |

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Tim Houston
Progressive Conservative
District created| 1949
First contested| 1949
Last contested| 2021
Demographics
Population (2011)| 15,155
Electors| 11,803
Area (km²)| 1,644
Pop. density (per km²)| 9.2
Census division(s)| 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.

## Geography

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Pictou East covers 1,644 km2 (635 sq mi) of land area.[1]

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature  | Years  | Member  | Party

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64th | 2021–present  |  | Tim Houston | Progressive Conservative
63rd | 2017–2021
62nd | 2013–2017
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

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### 1949

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1949 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | John W. MacDonald | 2,455 | 46.55% | -
| Liberal–Conservative | William A. MacLeod | 2,216 | 42.02% | -
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Collie G. Ross | 603 | 11.43% | -
Total  | 5,274 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

### 1953

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1953 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | John W. MacDonald | 2,681 | 48.78% | 2.23%
| Progressive Conservative | William A. MacLeod | 2,592 | 47.16% | 5.14%
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Joseph D. Ryan | 223 | 4.06% | -7.38%
Total  | 5,496 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

### 1956

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1956 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | William A. MacLeod | 2,754 | 50.05% | 2.88%
| Liberal | John W. MacDonald | 2,749 | 49.95% | 1.17%
Total  | 5,503 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

### 1960

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1960 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | John W. MacDonald | 2,568 | 47.20% | -2.76%
| Progressive Conservative | William A. MacLeod | 2,424 | 44.55% | -5.49%
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Barrie M. Hould | 449 | 8.25% | -
Total  | 5,441 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

### 1963

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1963 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | A. Lloyd MacDonald | 2,660 | 50.10% | 2.91%
| Progressive Conservative | John Andrew McLean | 2,649 | 49.90% | 5.35%
Total  | 5,309 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

### 1967

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1967 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas MacQueen | 2,876 | 51.14% | 1.24%
| Liberal | A. Lloyd MacDonald | 2,748 | 48.86% | -1.24%
Total  | 5,624 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

### 1970

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1970 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | A. Lloyd MacDonald | 3,000 | 47.48% | -1.39%
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas MacQueen | 2,981 | 47.18% | -3.96%
| New Democratic | Charles E. Arbuckle | 338 | 5.35% | -
Total  | 6,319 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

### 1974

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1974 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Cameron | 3,217 | 45.98% | -1.20%
| Liberal | Lester MacLean | 2,945 | 42.09% | -5.39%
| New Democratic | Joanne Kohout | 835 | 11.93% | 6.58%
Total  | 6,997 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

### 1978

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1978 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Cameron | 4,315 | 58.96% | 12.99%
| Liberal | W. G. (Bill) Munro | 2,364 | 32.30% | -9.79%
| New Democratic | Bill Mitton | 639 | 8.73% | -3.20%
Total  | 7,318 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

### 1981

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1981 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Cameron | 4,347 | 60.88% | 1.92%
| Liberal | Harold Lowe | 1,833 | 25.67% | -6.63%
| New Democratic | Hasse Lindblad | 960 | 13.45% | 4.71%
Total  | 7,140 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

### 1984

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1984 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Cameron | 4,367 | 63.75% | 2.87%
| Liberal | Scott Johnston | 1,754 | 25.61% | -0.07%
| New Democratic | Larry Duchesne | 729 | 10.64% | -2.80%
Total  | 6,850 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

### 1988

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1988 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Cameron | 3,996 | 49.84% | -13.91%
| Liberal | Wayne Fraser | 3,243 | 40.45% | 14.85%
| New Democratic | Cecil MacNeil | 778 | 9.70% | -0.94%
Total  | 8,017 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

### 1993

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1993 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Cameron | 4,446 | 47.05% | -2.80%
| Liberal | Wayne Fraser | 3,729 | 39.46% | -0.99%
| New Democratic | Dave Peters | 1,275 | 13.49% | 3.79%
Total  | 9,450 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

### 1993 by-election

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August 3, 1993 by-Election  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Wayne Fraser | 4,417  | 59.60  |
| Progressive Conservative | Mel MacLean  | 1,902  | 25.66  |
| New Democratic Party | Dave Peters  | 935  | 12.62  |
| Independent  | Alexander James MacKenzie  | 111  | 1.50  |
| Natural Law | Peter H. Cameron  | 46  | 0.62  |

### 1998

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1998 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | James DeWolfe | 3,816 | 45.83% | -1.22%
| New Democratic | David MacKenzie | 2,302 | 27.65% | 14.16%
| Liberal | Wayne Fraser | 2,208 | 26.52% | -12.94%
Total  | 8,326 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 1999

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1999 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | James DeWolfe | 4,478 | 54.94% | 9.11%
| New Democratic | Andy Thompson | 2,388 | 29.30% | 1.65%
| Liberal | Lynn MacDonald | 1,285 | 15.76% | -10.75%
Total  | 8,151 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 2003

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2003 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | James DeWolfe | 3,295 | 44.15% | -10.79%
| Liberal | John Fraser | 2,239 | 30.00% | 14.24%
| New Democratic | Bob Matheson | 1,929 | 25.85% | -3.45%
Total  | 7,463 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 2006

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2006 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| New Democratic | Clarrie MacKinnon | 2,761 | 36.73% | 10.88%
| Progressive Conservative | Sue Uhren | 2,654 | 35.31% | -8.84%
| Liberal | Danny Walsh | 2,000 | 26.61% | -3.39%
| Green | John Clark | 102 | 1.36% | -
Total  | 7,517 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 2009

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2009 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| New Democratic | Clarrie MacKinnon | 4,893 | 63.98% | 27.25%
| Progressive Conservative | J. Ed MacDonald | 1,984 | 25.94% | -9.37%
| Liberal | Francois Rochon | 642 | 8.39% | -18.21%
| Green | Robbie Loftus White | 129 | 1.69% | 0.33%
Total  | 7,648 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 2013

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2013 Nova Scotia general election Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Progressive Conservative | Tim Houston | 3,714  | 48.05  | +22.11
| New Democratic Party | Clarrie MacKinnon | 2,788  | 36.07  | -27.91
| Liberal | Francois Rochon  | 1,228  | 15.89  | +7.50

### 2017

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2017 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | Tim Houston | 5,275 | 73.88 | +25.83
| Liberal | John Fraser | 1,301 | 18.22 | +2.33
| New Democratic | Deborah Stiles | 564 | 7.90 | -28.17
Total valid votes  | 7,140 | 100
Total rejected ballots  | 34 | 0.47
Turnout  | 7,174 | 59.9
Eligible voters  | 11,976
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +11.75
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2][3]

### 2021

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2021 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures
| Progressive Conservative | Tim Houston | 4,918 | 69.68 | -4.20 | $36,667.66
| Liberal | Joe MacDonald | 1,585 | 22.46 | +4.24 | $24,555.29
| New Democratic | Joy Polley | 500 | 7.08 | -0.82 | $18,372.66
| Atlantica | Jonathan Geoffrey Dean | 55 | 0.78 |  | $200.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit  | 7,058 | 99.62 | – | $70,149.96
Total rejected ballots  | 27 | 0.38
Turnout  | 7,085 | 61.44
Eligible voters  |  11,532
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -4.22
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
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.

## External links

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* Argyle-Barrington
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to 2013:|

* Argyle
* Cape Breton North
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* Cape Breton West
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* Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville
* Preston
* Queens
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* Shelburne
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to 2003:|

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* Cape Breton East
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* Victoria

to 1993:|

* Annapolis East
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* Halifax Cornwallis
* Halifax Eastern Shore
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* 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
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to 1933:|

* Halifax
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to 1925:|

* Cape Breton

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