Dartmouth South

Dartmouth South
Nova Scotia electoral district
	Dartmouth South in relation to other ridings in the Metro Halifax area
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Claudia Chender; New Democratic
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District created	1967
First contested	1967
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2016)	27,284
Electors	17,940
Area (km²)	8.00
Pop. density (per km²)	3,410.5
Census division(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality

Dartmouth South is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding is currently represented by Claudia Chender of the NDP. The district was created in 1966, under the name Dartmouth City South, when Halifax County Dartmouth was divided into two electoral districts. In 1967, the district was renamed Dartmouth South. In 2003, the district was renamed Dartmouth South – Portland Valley. In 2013 following the Nova Scotia Electoral Boundaries Commission review, the district returned to its earlier name of Dartmouth South and lost the area south of Russell Lake and east of Highway 111 to Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage.^[2]

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Legislature	Years		Party
Dartmouth South Riding created from Halifax County Dartmouth
49th	1967–1970	Irvin William Akerley	Progressive Conservative
50th	1970–1974	D. Scott MacNutt	Liberal
51st	1974–1978	Roland Thornhill	Progressive Conservative
52nd	1978–1981
53rd	1981–1984
54th	1984–1988
55th	1988–1993
56th	1993–1998	John Savage	Liberal
57th	1998–1999	Don Chard	New Democratic
58th	1999–2003	Tim Olive	Progressive Conservative
Dartmouth South-Portland Valley
59th	2003–2006	Marilyn More	New Democratic
60th	2006–2009
61st	2009–2013
Dartmouth South
62nd	2013–2015	Allan Rowe	Liberal
62nd	2015–2017	Marian Mancini	New Democratic
63rd	2017–2021	Claudia Chender
64th	2021–2024
65th	2024–present

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Irvin William Akerley	4,552	50.37%	–
	Liberal	Eileen Stubbs	3,694	40.88%	–
	New Democratic	Bruce Wallace	791	8.75%	–
Total			9,037	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. Scott MacNutt	5,304	50.43%	9.56%
	Progressive Conservative	Irvin William Akerley	5,213	49.57%	-0.80%
Total			10,517	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Roland J. Thornhill	6,491	48.91%	-0.65%
	Liberal	Scott MacNutt	5,871	44.24%	-6.19%
	New Democratic	Norman H. Dares	908	6.84%	–
Total			13,270	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth South" (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 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Roland J. Thornhill	5,530	59.35%	10.43%
	Liberal	Norman Crawford	2,365	25.38%	-18.86%
	New Democratic	Mike Marshall	1,423	15.27%	8.43%
Total			9,318	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Dartmouth South" (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.

Dartmouth South

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

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2013

2015 by-election

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2024

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2009 provincial election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic Party	4,607	55.57
	Liberal	2,313	27.90
	Progressive Conservative	1,098	13.24
	Green	273	3.29

2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allan Rowe	4,049	46.24	+18.34
	New Democratic Party	Mary Vingoe	2,918	33.32	-22.24
	Progressive Conservative	Gord Gamble	1,612	18.41	+5.16
	Independent	Jim Murray	178	2.03
Total valid votes			8,757	99.02
Total rejected ballots			87	0.98
Turnout			8,844	55.48
Electors on the lists			15,940	–
	Liberal notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+20.29

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, July 14, 2015 On the death of Allan Rowe
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Marian Mancini	2,274	35.25	+1.93
	Liberal	Tim Rissesco	2,193	33.99	-12.24
	Progressive Conservative	Gord Gamble	1,494	23.16	+4.75
	Independent	Charlene M. Gagnon	490	7.60
Total valid votes			6,541	99.66
Total rejected ballots			22	0.34
Turnout			6,473	38.21
Electors on the lists			17,940	–
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.09

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Claudia Chender	3,545	39.65%	+4.40
	Liberal	Vishal Bhardwaj	3,348	37.45%	+3.46
	Progressive Conservative	Jad Crnogorac	1,418	15.86%	-7.30
	Green	June Trenholm	506	5.66%
	Atlantica	Jim Murray	123	1.38%
Total valid votes			9,007	99.26
Total rejected ballots			67	0.74
Turnout			9,074	51.56
Eligible voters			17,598
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+0.47
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[4]^[5]