Hants West

Hants West
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Melissa Sheehy-Richard; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1949
First contested	1949
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2011)	19,058
Electors	15,352
Area (km²)	1,319
Pop. density (per km²)	14.4
Census division(s)	Hants County

Hants West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

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The district has existed since 1949. Earlier, it and Hants East were together in Hants.

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Melissa Sheehy-Richard	4,253	52.6%	+9.49
	Liberal	Brian Casey	2,621	32.4%	-9.18
	New Democratic	Simon Greenough	1,120	13.8%	+2.77
	Independent	James Omand	93	1.1%
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			8,087
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[2]

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Melissa Sheehy-Richard	3,968	43.11	+14.18	$40,454.11
	Liberal	Brian Casey	3,827	41.58	-13.16	$40,039.34
	New Democratic	Caet Moir	1,015	11.03	-1.42	$31,621.71
	Green	Jenn Kang	273	2.97	-0.07	$200.00
	Atlantica	Gordon J. Berry	121	1.31	+0.47	$200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			9,204	99.73	–	$94,843.34
Total rejected ballots			25	0.27
Turnout			9,229	55.98
Eligible voters			16,485
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+13.67
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[3]

2017 provincial election redistributed results^[4]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	4,708	54.74
	Progressive Conservative	2,488	28.93
	New Democratic	1,071	12.45
	Green	261	3.03
	Atlantica	73	0.85

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chuck Porter	4,589	54.87	+17.63
	Progressive Conservative	Janice Munroe Dodge	2,416	28.89	-21.86
	New Democratic	Lalia Kerr	1,042	12.46	+10.54
	Green	Torin Buzek	243	2.90
	Atlantica	Edward Boucher	73	0.87
Total valid votes			8,363	100
Total rejected ballots			37	0.44
Turnout			8,400	54.72
Eligible voters			15,352
	Liberal gain		Swing		+19.75
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[5]^[6]

Geography

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Chuck Porter	3,364	37.24%	2.63%
	Liberal	Paula Lunn	3,065	33.93%	-0.15%
	New Democratic	Barbara Gallagher	2,401	26.58%	-2.40%
	Green	Sheila Richardson	204	2.26%	-0.08%
Total			9,034	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Hants West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Chuck Porter	2,969	34.60%	-11.55%
	Liberal	Paula Lunn	2,924	34.08%	8.83%
	New Democratic	Sean Bennett	2,486	28.97%	2.75%
	Green	Sam Schurman	201	2.34%	–
Total			8,580	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Hants West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Russell	3,871	46.15%	-12.12%
	New Democratic	Sean Bennett	2,200	26.23%	6.75%
	Liberal	Randy Matheson	2,118	25.25%	3.00%
	Marijuana	Chummy Anthony	148	1.76%	–
	Nova Scotia Party	Connie Brauer	51	0.61%	–
Total			8,388	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Hants West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Russell	4,152	40.41%	-12.43%
	Liberal	Mike Doyle	4,106	39.96%	10.60%
	New Democratic	Dana Harvey	1,881	18.31%	0.51%
	Independent	Donald L. McKay	136	1.32%	–
Total			10,275	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Hants West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.