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Queens (Nova Scotia provincial electoral district)

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Queens
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Kim Masland
Progressive Conservative
District created1867, 2019
District abolished2013
District re-created2019
Last contested2021
Demographics
Population (2011)12,294
Electors9,974
Area (km²)3,087
Pop. density (per km²)4
Census division(s)Annapolis, Queens County
Census subdivision(s)Annapolis, Subd. D, Ponhook Lake 10, Region of Queens Municipality, Wildcat 12

Queens is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1867 and 2013 and since 2021. It elects one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The electoral district includes the entirety of Queens County and a small part of Annapolis.

The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral district of Queens-Shelburne. Following the 2019 electoral boundary review, the electoral district was re-created out of Queens-Shelburne.

Geography

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Queens covers 3,087 km2 (1,192 sq mi) of land area.[1]

Demographics

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  • Unemployment: 11%
  • Population: 13,750
  • Average income: $22,610
  • University educated: 7%

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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The electoral district was represented by the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature Years Member Party
64th 2021- Kim Masland Progressive Conservative
Riding recreated from parts of Queens-Shelburne
Riding dissolved
61st 2009–2013 Vicki Conrad New Democratic
60th 2006-2009
59th 2003-2006 Kerry Morash Progressive Conservative
58th 1999-2003
57th 1998-1999 John Leefe Progressive Conservative
56th 1993-1998
55th 1988-1993
54th 1984-1988
53rd 1981-1984
52nd 1978-1981
51st 1974-1978     John Wickwire Progressive Conservative
50th 1971-1974     Floyd MacDonald Progressive Conservative
1970-1971     W. S. Kennedy Jones Progressive Conservative
49th 1967-1970
48th 1963-1967
47th 1960-1963
46th 1956-1960
45th 1953-1956
44th 1949-1953     Merrill D. Rawding Liberal
43rd 1945-1949
42nd 1941-1945     Harry Dennis Madden Liberal
41st 1937-1941     John J. Cameron Conservative
40th 1933-1937     Seth M. Bartling Conservative
Queens returned two members before 1933
39th 1928-1933     Donald W. MacKay Liberal-Conservative     William Lorimer Hall Liberal-Conservative
38th 1925-1928     Frank J.D. Barnjum Conservative
37th 1920-1925     Jordan W. Smith Liberal     George S. McClearn Liberal
36th 1916-1920     William Lorimer Hall Liberal-Conservative
35th 1911-1916
34th 1910-1911     Charles F. Cooper Liberal
1906-1910     Edward Matthew Farrell Liberal
33rd 1901-1906
32nd 1897-1901     Thomas Keillor Liberal
31st 1896-1897     Richard Hunt Liberal
1894-1896     Albert M. Hemeon Liberal
30th 1890-1894
29th 1887-1890     Joseph H. Cook Liberal
1886-1887     Jason M. Mack Liberal
28th 1882-1886
27th 1878-1882     Leander Ford Conservative     James C. Bartling Conservative
26th 1874-1878     Isaac N. Mack Liberal     Samuel Freeman Liberal
25th 1871-1874     William Henry Smith Liberal
24th 1867-1871

Election results

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1867

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1867 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal William Henry Smith 792 36.65%
Liberal Samuel Freeman 785 36.33%
Liberal–Conservative Charles Allison 310 14.35%
Liberal–Conservative A. J. Campbell 274 12.68%
Total 2,161
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1871

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1871 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Samuel Freeman 829 33.71%
Liberal William Henry Smith 826 33.59%
Liberal–Conservative Thomas Patillo 465 18.91%
Liberal–Conservative Will Hendry 339 13.79%
Total 2,459
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1874

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1874 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Jason M. Mack 740 32.46%
Liberal Samuel Freeman 705 30.92%
Liberal–Conservative Charles Ellison 441 19.34%
Liberal–Conservative Charlie Parker 394 17.28%
Total 2,280
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1878

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1878 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Leander Ford 607 24.38%
Liberal–Conservative James C. Bartling 534 21.45%
Liberal Samuel Freeman 531 21.33%
Liberal Jason M. Mack 503 20.20%
Liberal Albert M. Hemeon 315 12.65%
Total 2,490
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1882

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1882 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Joseph H. Cook 689 28.28%
Liberal Jason M. Mack 644 26.44%
Liberal–Conservative James C. Bartling 555 22.78%
Liberal–Conservative Leander Ford 548 22.50%
Total 2,436
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1886

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1886 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Jason M. Mack 787 29.25%
Liberal Joseph H. Cook 762 28.32%
Liberal–Conservative Leander Ford 622 23.11%
Liberal–Conservative James C. Bartling 520 19.32%
Total 2,691
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1890

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1890 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Richard Hunt 897 28.12%
Liberal Albert M. Hemeon 887 27.81%
Liberal–Conservative Leander Ford 722 22.63%
Liberal–Conservative C. A. Bowlley 684 21.44%
Total 3,190
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1894

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1894 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Albert M. Hemeon 913 35.24%
Liberal Richard Hunt 912 35.20%
Liberal–Conservative John Hail 703 27.13%
Liberal–Conservative D. Butch 63 2.43%
Total 2,591
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1897

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1897 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Edward Matthew Farrell 876 26.38%
Liberal Thomas Keillor 712 21.44%
Liberal John Millard 704 21.20%
Liberal–Conservative John Hutt 666 20.05%
Liberal R. R. McLeod 184 5.54%
Liberal–Conservative T. H. Siddell 179 5.39%
Total 3,321
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1901

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1901 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Edward Matthew Farrell 925 27.95%
Liberal Charles F. Cooper 843 25.48%
Liberal–Conservative J. W. Hutt 783 23.66%
Liberal–Conservative W. L. Libbey 758 22.91%
Total 3,309
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1906

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1906 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Edward Matthew Farrell 1,008 31.28%
Liberal Charles F. Cooper 874 27.13%
Liberal–Conservative J. S. Hughes 754 23.40%
Liberal–Conservative J. C. Pyke 586 18.19%
Total 3,222
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1911

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1911 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative William Lorimer Hall 1,079 27.23%
Liberal Jordan W. Smith 1,047 26.42%
Liberal–Conservative Philson Kempton 953 24.05%
Liberal W. P. Purney 884 22.31%
Total 3,963
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1916

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1916 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative William Lorimer Hall 1,116 26.65%
Liberal Jordan W. Smith 1,098 26.22%
Liberal–Conservative D. C. Mulhall 997 23.81%
Liberal Frederick R. Freeman 977 23.33%
Total 4,188
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1920

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1920 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Jordan W. Smith 1,737 28.27%
Liberal George S. McClearn 1,607 26.15%
Liberal–Conservative William Lorimer Hall 1,485 24.17%
Liberal–Conservative Robert Smith 1,316 21.42%
Total 6,145
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1925

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1925 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Frank J.D. Barnjum 1,982 26.34%
Liberal–Conservative William Lorimer Hall 1,934 25.70%
Liberal Jordan W. Smith 1,874 24.90%
Liberal George S. McClearn 1,735 23.06%
Total 7,525
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1928

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1928 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative William Lorimer Hall 2,206 29.36%
Liberal–Conservative Donald W. MacKay 1,937 25.78%
Liberal Roland M. Irving 1,721 22.91%
Liberal Frederick Dickie 1,649 21.95%
Total 7,513
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1933

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1933 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Seth M. Bartling 2,880 50.91%
Liberal Roland M. Irving 2,777 49.09%
Total 5,657
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1937

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1937 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal–Conservative John J. Cameron 2,931 51.91% 1.00%
Liberal J. Ross Byrne 2,715 48.09% -1.00%
Total 5,646
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1941

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1941 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harry Dennis Madden 2,461 50.13% 2.05%
Liberal–Conservative John J. Cameron 2,448 49.87% -2.05%
Total 4,909
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1945

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1945 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Merrill D. Rawding 2,844 48.17% -1.96%
Liberal–Conservative Leonard William Fraser 2,503 42.39% -7.47%
Co-operative Commonwealth Clarence Webber 557 9.43%
Total 5,904
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1949

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1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Merrill D. Rawding 3,166 50.21% 2.04%
Liberal–Conservative E. M. More 2,840 45.04% 2.65%
Co-operative Commonwealth J. N. McIntyre 299 4.74% -4.69%
Total 6,305
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1953

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1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative W. S. Kennedy Jones 3,230 52.09%
Liberal Merrill D. Rawding 2,838 45.77% -4.45%
Co-operative Commonwealth Claude Van Buskirk 133 2.14% -2.60%
Total 6,201
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1956

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1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative W. S. Kennedy Jones 3,067 50.77% -1.32%
Liberal Merrill D. Rawding 2,974 49.23% 3.46%
Total 6,041
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1960

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1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative W. S. Kennedy Jones 3,770 59.04% 8.27%
Liberal Della P. Richardson 2,616 40.96% -8.27%
Total 6,386
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1963

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1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative W. S. Kennedy Jones 3,833 65.85% 6.81%
Liberal W. Alton Snow 1,988 34.15% -6.81%
Total 5,821
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1967

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1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative W. S. Kennedy Jones 3,290 57.69% -8.16%
Liberal G. Cecil Day 2,413 42.31% 8.16%
Total 5,703
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1970

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1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative W. S. Kennedy Jones 3,068 51.99% -5.70%
Liberal Harley Umphrey 2,833 48.01% 5.70%
Total 5,901
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1974

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1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Wickwire 2,905 44.50% -7.49%
Liberal Keith Wyer 2,649 40.58% -7.43%
New Democratic A. J. d'Entremont 974 14.92%
Total 6,528
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1978

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1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Leefe 3,800 52.72% 8.22%
Liberal Keith Wyer 2,440 33.85% -6.73%
New Democratic A. J. d'Entremont 968 13.43% -1.49%
Total 7,208
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1981

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1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Leefe 4,114 65.19% 12.47%
Liberal Mervin W. Hartlen 1,511 23.94% -9.91%
New Democratic David K. Sampson 686 10.87% -2.56%
Total 6,311
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1984

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1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Leefe 3,661 59.92% -5.27%
Liberal Hugh Mosher 1,532 25.07% 1.13%
New Democratic Bill Zimmerman 917 15.01% 4.14%
Total 6,110
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1988

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1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Leefe 4,099 56.04% -3.88%
Liberal Dave Randall 2,228 30.46% 5.38%
New Democratic Margo Kleiker 988 13.51% -1.50%
Total 7,315
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993

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1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Leefe 3,529 47.11% -8.93%
Liberal Marilyn Large 3,266 43.60% 13.14%
New Democratic Anne Corbin 696 9.29% -4.22%
Total 7,491
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1998

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1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Leefe 3,582 54.32% 7.21%
Liberal Tery Doucette 2,072 31.42% -12.18%
New Democratic Basil L. Giffin 940 14.26% 4.96%
Total 6,594
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

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1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Kerry Morash 3,447 55.23% 0.91%
New Democratic John Wiles 1,498 24.00% 9.75%
Liberal Eddie Whitty 1,296 20.77% -10.66%
Total 6,241
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

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2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Kerry Morash 2,721 44.19% -11.05%
New Democratic Vicki Conrad 2,300 37.35% 13.35%
Liberal Win Seaton 1,137 18.46% -2.30%
Total 6,158
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

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2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Vicki Conrad 3,053 49.48% 12.13%
Progressive Conservative Kerry Morash 2,998 48.59% 4.40%
Green Margaret Whitney 119 1.93%
Total 6,170
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

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2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Vicki Conrad 4,012 59.82% 10.34%
Progressive Conservative Kerry Morash 1,936 28.87% -19.72%
Liberal Wayne Henley 674 10.05%
Green Stuart Simpson 85 1.27% -0.66%
Total 6,707
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2017 (transposed)

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2017 provincial election redistributed results[2]
Party Vote %
  Progressive Conservative 2,332 50.41
  Liberal 1,269 27.43
  New Democratic 858 18.55
  Green 167 3.61

2021

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2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Kim Masland 3,627 70.37 +19.96 $29,760.72
Liberal Susan McLeod 1,051 20.39 -7.04 $22,417.23
New Democratic Mary Dahr 323 6.27 -12.28 $15,298.95
Green Brian Muldoon 153 2.97 -0.64 $1,774.58
Total valid votes/Expense limit 5,154 99.59 $55,342.78
Total rejected ballots 21 0.41
Turnout 5,175 58.36
Eligible voters 8,868
Progressive Conservative notional hold Swing +13.50
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3]

References

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