Clare-Digby

Clare-Digby was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding was created in 2012 with 100 per cent of the former district of Clare and 76 per cent of the former district of Digby-Annapolis. It encompasses all of Digby County and consists of the Municipality of Clare, the Town of Digby, and the Municipality of the District of Digby.^[1] The riding is home to the province's only French-language university, Université Sainte-Anne at Church Point, and North America's oldest Acadian festival. Lobster and scallop catches in St. Mary's Bay and along the Fundy coast are critical to the economy.

Clare-Digby

Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
District created	2012
Last contested	2017
Demographics
Population (2016)	17,323
Electors (2017)	14,486
Area (km²)	2,521.00
Census division(s)	Digby County
Census subdivision(s)	Municipality of Clare, Town of Digby, Municipality of the District of Digby

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding dissolved into Clare and Digby-Annapolis
63rd	2017–2021		Gordon Wilson	Liberal
62nd	2013–2017
Riding created from Clare and Digby-Annapolis

Election results

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Wilson	4,044	50.49	-4.19
	Progressive Conservative	Normand Cormier	2,283	28.50	-2.58
	New Democratic	Harold Neil	1,682	21.00	+12.01
Total valid votes			8,009	100.0
Total rejected ballots			116	1.43	+0.43
Turnout			8,125	56.54	-10.34
Eligible voters			14,370
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.81
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2][3]

2013 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Wilson	5,122	54.68	N/A
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Emile LeBlanc	2,911	31.08	N/A
	New Democratic Party	Dean Kenley	842	8.99	N/A
	Independent	Ian Thurber	492	5.25	N/A
Total valid votes			9,367	100.0
Total rejected ballots			95	1.00
Turnout			9,462	66.88
Eligible voters			14,148