Dartmouth East

Dartmouth East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding is located in the community of Dartmouth, in the urban area of Halifax.

Dartmouth East

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Tim Halman Progressive Conservative
District created	1978
First contested	1978
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2016[1])	23,264
Electors	13,788
Area (km²)	21.00
Pop. density (per km²)	1,107.8
Census division(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality

In 1978, the district was created to provide for an increase in representation of six members and in 2003, it lost a northern area to Waverley-Fall River and gained an area in Woodlawn. In 2013, following the recommendations of the Electoral Boundaries Commission report, it gained the Montebello area from Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank and lost the area east of Bell Lake to Cole Harbour-Portland Valley and lost the area north of Main Street and east of Caledonia Road until Geovex Court to Preston-Dartmouth.^[2]

Geography

This riding is approximately 21 km² (8.1 sq mi) in landmass.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Dartmouth East
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Dartmouth North and Dartmouth South
52nd	1978–1981		Richard L. Weldon	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981–1984
54th	1984–1988		Jim Smith	Liberal
55th	1988–1993
56th	1993–1998
57th	1998–1999
58th	1999–2003
59th	2003–2006		Joan Massey	New Democratic
60th	2006–2009
61st	2009–2013		Andrew Younger	Liberal
62nd	2013–2015
	2015–2017			Independent
63rd	2017–2021		Tim Halman	Progressive Conservative
64th	2021–2024
65th	2024–present

Election results

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Richard L. Weldon	5,098	53.02%	–
	Liberal	Barbara Hart	3,488	36.27%	–
	New Democratic	Gabriel Des Rochers	1,030	10.71%	–
Total			9,616	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth 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

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Richard L. Weldon	4,253	42.51%	-10.50%
	Liberal	Jim Smith	3,351	33.50%	-2.78%
	New Democratic	Geral Legere	2,400	23.99%	13.28%
Total			10,004	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth 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

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Smith	4,004	43.70%	10.20%
	Progressive Conservative	Richard L. Weldon	3,101	33.84%	-8.67%
	New Democratic	Gerry Legere	2,058	22.46%	-1.53%
Total			9,163	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth 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

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Smith	5,193	42.98%	-0.72%
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Greenough	4,940	40.88%	7.04%
	New Democratic	Maureen Vine	1,950	16.14%	-6.32%
Total			12,083	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth 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

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Smith	4,912	55.53%	12.56%
	Progressive Conservative	Gwen Haliburton	2,429	27.46%	-13.42%
	New Democratic	Owen Hertzman	1,504	17.00%	0.87%
Total			8,845	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth 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.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Smith	3,326	40.92%	-14.62%
	New Democratic	Viola Huntington	2,954	36.34%	19.34%
	Progressive Conservative	Ralph Hawley	1,849	22.75%	-4.72%
Total			8,129	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Smith	2,975	37.39%	-3.53%
	Progressive Conservative	Terry Degen	2,710	34.06%	11.31%
	New Democratic	Heather Henderson	2,272	28.55%	-7.79%
Total			7,957	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Joan Massey	3,272	36.65%	8.10%
	Progressive Conservative	Terry Degen	3,107	34.80%	0.75%
	Liberal	Debra Barlow	2,321	26.00%	-11.39%
	Marijuana	Hugo St-Onge	101	1.13%	–
	Nova Scotia Party	Scott Anderson	98	1.10%	–
	Independent	Sebastien Theriault	28	0.31%	–
Total			8,927	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Joan Massey	3,822	43.22%	6.56%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Cormier	2,942	33.27%	-1.54%
	Liberal	Tracey Devereaux	1,842	20.83%	-5.17%
	Green	Elizabeth Perry	238	2.69%	–
Total			8,844	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Younger	4,133	45.43%	24.60%
	New Democratic	Joan Massey	3,908	42.95%	-0.26%
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Thompson	873	9.60%	-23.67%
	Green	Anna Mukpo	184	2.02%	-0.67%
Total			9,098	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Younger	5,469	63.85	+18.76
	New Democratic Party	Deborah M. Stover	1,929	22.52	-20.69
	Progressive Conservative	Mike M. MacDonnell	1,167	13.63	+3.97

2017

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Halman	3,309	41.15	+27.52
	Liberal	Edgar Burns	3,118	38.78	-25.07
	New Democratic	Bill McEwen	964	11.99	-10.53
	Green	Matthew Richey	650	8.08
Total valid votes			8,041	99.36
Total rejected ballots			52	0.64
Turnout			8,093	54.84
Eligible voters			14,758
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+26.30
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4][5]

2021

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Halman	3,260	38.99	-2.16	$37,157.69
	Liberal	D'Arcy Poultney	2,900	34.68	-4.10	$38,011.92
	New Democratic	Tyler J. Colbourne	1,974	23.61	+11.62	$27,154.74
	Green	Sara Adams	187	2.24	-5.84	$500.82
	Atlantica	Chris Bowie	41	0.49		$200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			8,362	99.67	–	$85,132.57
Total rejected ballots			28	0.33
Turnout			8,390	57.44
Eligible voters			14,607
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+0.97
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[6]

2024

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Halman	3,282	45.5%
	New Democratic	Holly Fraughton	2,210	30.7%
	Liberal	Stacy Chesnutt	1,718	23.8%
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			7,210
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[7]