Lunenburg (provincial electoral district)

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

Lunenburg

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Susan Corkum-Greek Progressive Conservative
District created	1867
First contested	1867
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2011)	17,053
Electors (2012)	14,140
Area (km²)	894
Pop. density (per km²)	19.1
Census division(s)	Lunenburg

From 1867 to 1956, the district included all of Lunenburg County.^[1] In 1956, the district was abolished into Lunenburg Centre, Lunenburg East and Lunenburg West. The riding was re-created in 1993 with nearly identical boundaries to Lunenburg Centre, except it lost the area west of the LaHave River (except New Germany) to Lunenburg West. The district also lost the Tancook Islands to Chester-St. Margaret's.

The riding includes the towns of Lunenburg and Mahone Bay.^[1]

Geography

Lunenburg electoral district covers 894 km² (345 sq mi) of land area.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
65th	2024-present		Susan Corkum-Greek	Progressive Conservative
64th	2021-2024
63rd	2017–2021		Suzanne Lohnes-Croft	Liberal
62nd	2013-2017
61st	2009-2013		Pam Birdsall	New Democratic
60th	2006-2009		Michael Baker	Progressive Conservative
59th	2003-2006
58th	1999-2003
57th	1998-1999
56th	1993-1998		Lila O'Connor	Liberal
Lunenburg Centre
55th	1988-1993		Al Mosher	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984-1988		Maxine Cochran
53rd	1984
	1981-1984		Bruce Cochran
52nd	1978-1981
51st	1974-1978
50th	1970-1974		Walton Cook	Liberal
49th	1967-1970		George O. Lohnes	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963-1967
47th	1960-1963
46th	1956-1960
Lunenburg
45th	1953–1956		R. Clifford Levy	Liberal		Harley J. Spence	Liberal
44th	1949–1953		Arthur L. Thurlow			Gordon E. Romkey
43rd	1945-1949		Frank R. Davis
42nd	1941-1945
41st	1937-1941
40th	1933-1937
39th	1928-1933		John James Kinley
38th	1925-1928		Wallace Norman Rehfuss	Liberal-Conservative		William Haslam Smith	Liberal-Conservative
37th	1920-1925		Aubrey Sperry	Liberal		John James Kinley	Liberal
36th	1917-1920		Vacant
	1916-1917		Joseph Willis Margeson	Liberal
35th	1911-1916					Alfred Clairmonte Zwicker
	1911					Alexander Kenneth Maclean
34th	1911		Alfred Clairmonte Zwicker			Charles Uniacke Mader
	1909-1911		Alexander Kenneth Maclean
	1906-1909		Henry March
33rd	1904-1906		John Drew Sperry
	1902-1904					Alexander Kenneth Maclean
	1901-1902		Edward Doran Davison
32nd	1897-1901		John Drew Sperry			Charles Edward Church
31st	1896-1897		Allan Moreash
	1894-1896		John Drew Sperry
30th	1890-1894
29th	1889-1890
	1886-1889		George A. Ross
28th	1882-1886
27th	1878-1882		Charles A. Smith	Liberal-Conservative		Edward James	Liberal-Conservative
26th	1876-1878		Charles Henry Davison	Liberal		James Daniel Eisenhauer	Liberal
	1874-1876		Mather Byles DesBrisay
25th	1871-1874
24th	1867-1871

Election results

2024

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Susan Corkum-Greek	4,308	60.2%	+18.19
	Liberal	Shannon MacWilliam	1,496	20.9%	-13.65
	New Democratic	Nick Jennery	1,174	16.4%	-4.34
	Green	Frank Fawson	183	2.6%	+0.57
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			7,161
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3]

2021

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Susan Corkum-Greek	3,544	42.01	+11.10	$36,920.96
	Liberal	Suzanne Lohnes-Croft	2,915	34.55	-4.93	$35,114.26
	New Democratic	Alison Smith	1,750	20.74	-8.86	$50,982.90
	Green	Thomas Trappenberg	171	2.03	+2.02	$200.00
	Atlantica	John Giannakos	57	0.67	–	$200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			8,437	–	–	$85,187.43
Total rejected ballots			26	0.31
Turnout			8,463	58.14
Eligible voters			14,555
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+8.02
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4]

2017

2017 provincial election redistributed results[5]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	3,120	39.48
	Progressive Conservative	2,443	30.91
	New Democratic	2,339	29.60
	Green	1	0.01

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Suzanne Lohnes-Croft	3,110	39.45	+1.64
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Pickings	2,425	30.76	+1.47
	New Democratic	Marc Breaugh	2,348	29.78	-3.11
Total valid votes			7,883	100.0
Total rejected ballots			67	0.84
Turnout			7,950	56.22
Eligible voters			14,140
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.09
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[6][7]

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Suzanne Lohnes-Croft	3,182	37.81
	New Democratic Party	Pam Birdsall	2,768	32.89
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Pickings	2,465	29.29

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Pam Birdsall	4,069	48.01%	14.78%
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Zwicker	2,399	28.30%	-21.10%
	Liberal	Rick Welsford	1,374	16.21%	1.27%
	Independent	Milton Countway	489	5.77%	–
	Green	Jason A. Remai	145	1.71%	-0.73%
Total			8,476	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Baker	3,969	49.40%	3.04%
	New Democratic	Chris Heide	2,669	33.22%	0.63%
	Liberal	Rick Welsford	1,200	14.94%	-6.11%
	Green	Stuart Simpson	196	2.44%	–
Total			8,034	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Baker	3,734	46.36%	-5.12%
	New Democratic	Chris Heide	2,625	32.59%	10.36%
	Liberal	Jim Davis	1,695	21.05%	-5.24%
Total			8,054	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Baker	4,590	51.48%	15.38%
	Liberal	Lila O'Connor	2,344	26.29%	-8.33%
	New Democratic	Marilyn B. Crook	1,982	22.23%	-7.05%
Total			8,916	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Baker	3,231	36.10%	-2.16%
	Liberal	Lila O'Connor	3,099	34.62%	-6.45%
	New Democratic	Marilyn B. Crook	2,621	29.28%	13.94%
Total			8,951	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lila O'Connor	3,982	41.07%	32.98%
	Progressive Conservative	Al Mosher	3,709	38.26%	-8.26%
	New Democratic	Wade Vernon Garrison	1,487	15.34%	-1.22%
	Natural Law	Walton Cook	517	5.33%	–
Total			9,695	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election: Lunenburg Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Al Mosher	5,071	46.52%	-10.07%
	Liberal	Don Zwicker	4,024	36.92%	8.09%
	New Democratic	Muriel Maybee	1,805	16.56%	1.99%
Total			10,900	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election: Lunenburg Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Maxine Cochran	5,239	56.60%	2.20%
	Liberal	Linton M. Wentzell	2,669	28.83%	-5.13%
	New Democratic	Angus J. Fields	1,349	14.57%	2.93%
Total			9,257	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election: Lunenburg Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Cochran	5,374	54.40%	-0.82%
	Liberal	Allan V. Parish	3,355	33.96%	3.73%
	New Democratic	Neil Theriault	1,150	11.64%	7.57%
Total			9,879	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election: Lunenburg Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Cochran	5,764	55.22%	14.04%
	Liberal	Jack Pelley	3,156	30.23%	14.73%
	Independent	Walton Cook	1,094	10.48%	6.24%
	New Democratic	Scott D. Miller	425	4.07%	-35.01%
Total			10,439	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election: Lunenburg Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Cochran	4,086	41.18%	-4.26%
	New Democratic	Ralph E. Deamond	3,878	39.08%	–
	Liberal	John James Kinley	1,538	15.50%	-39.07%
	Independent	Walton Cook	421	4.24%	–
Total			9,923	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election: Lunenburg Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walton Cook	4,852	54.57%	8.81%
	Progressive Conservative	George O. Lohnes	4,040	45.43%	-6.03%
Total			8,892	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election: Lunenburg Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George O. Lohnes	4,229	51.46%	-5.60%
	Liberal	Walton Cook	3,760	45.75%	2.81%
	New Democratic	Earl Croft	229	2.79%	–
Total			8,218	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1963

1963 Nova Scotia general election: Lunenburg Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George O. Lohnes	4,785	57.06%	4.81%
	Liberal	Leon J. Iverson	3,601	42.94%	-2.73%
Total			8,386	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1960

1960 Nova Scotia general election: Lunenburg Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George O. Lohnes	4,384	52.25%	1.28%
	Liberal	Nathan Simeon Joudrey	3,832	45.67%	-3.36%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Arthur William Benedict	175	2.09%	–
Total			8,391	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election: Lunenburg Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George O. Lohnes	3,995	50.97%	–
	Liberal	Harold Uhlman	3,843	49.03%	–
Total			7,838	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1867–1953

1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Harley J. Spence	8,741	27.12%
	Progressive Conservative	R. Clifford Levy	8,727	27.07%
	Liberal	Gordon E. Romkey	7,381	22.90%
	Liberal	Arthur L. Thurlow	6,940	21.53%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	G. Boyd Crouse	241	0.75%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Winfred Llewellyn	204	0.63%
Total			32,234	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gordon E. Romkey	7,814	25.69%
	Liberal	Arthur L. Thurlow	7,145	23.49%
	Liberal–Conservative	R. Clifford Levy	6,935	22.80%
	Liberal–Conservative	Fred Rhodenizer	6,807	22.38%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Lemuel O. Murphy	871	2.86%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Orris A. MacLaren	844	2.77%
Total			30,416	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1945 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Frank R. Davis	6,867	27.31%
	Liberal	Gordon E. Romkey	6,839	27.20%
	Liberal–Conservative	R. Clifford Levy	5,854	23.28%
	Liberal–Conservative	James A. MacLeod	5,585	22.21%
Total			25,145	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1941 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Frank R. Davis	6,366	29.39%
	Liberal	Gordon E. Romkey	6,288	29.03%
	Liberal–Conservative	R. Clifford Levy	4,601	21.24%
	Liberal–Conservative	Angus J. Walters	4,404	20.33%
Total			21,659	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1937 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Frank R. Davis	8,073	28.28%
	Liberal	Gordon E. Romkey	7,796	27.31%
	Liberal–Conservative	Vernon L. Pearson	6,414	22.47%
	Liberal–Conservative	Reginald E. Hyson	6,268	21.95%
Total			28,551	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1933 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gordon E. Romkey	8,799	28.42%
	Liberal	Frank R. Davis	8,369	27.03%
	Liberal–Conservative	Melbourne M. Gardner	7,049	22.77%
	Liberal–Conservative	Wallace Norman Rehfuss	6,744	21.78%
Total			30,961	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1928 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John James Kinley	6,533	27.13%
	Liberal	Gordon E. Romkey	6,304	26.18%
	Liberal–Conservative	Wallace Norman Rehfuss	5,709	23.71%
	Liberal–Conservative	William Haslam Smith	5,535	22.98%
Total			24,081	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1925 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Wallace Norman Rehfuss	7,159	31.34%
	Liberal–Conservative	William Haslam Smith	6,902	30.21%
	Liberal	John James Kinley	4,528	19.82%
	Liberal	Aubrey Sperry	4,254	18.62%
Total			22,843	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1920 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John James Kinley	4,900	30.24%
	Liberal	Aubrey Sperry	4,795	29.60%
	Liberal–Conservative	Foster W. Verge	3,270	20.18%
	Liberal–Conservative	Lemeau J. Hebb	3,237	19.98%
Total			16,202	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1916 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph Willis Margeson	3,282	29.50%
	Liberal	John James Kinley	2,992	26.90%
	Liberal–Conservative	Oscar G. Donovan	2,768	24.88%
	Liberal–Conservative	Alfred Clairmonte Zwicker	2,082	18.72%
Total			11,124	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1911 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alexander Kenneth Maclean	3,136	27.98%
	Liberal–Conservative	Joseph Willis Margeson	2,987	26.65%
	Liberal	Charles Uniacke Mader	2,679	23.90%
	Liberal–Conservative	Alfred Clairmonte Zwicker	2,405	21.46%
Total			11,207	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1906 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Charles Uniacke Mader	2,274	26.12%
	Liberal	Henry March	2,254	25.89%
	Liberal–Conservative	C. S. Marshall	2,147	24.66%
	Liberal–Conservative	C. A. Lander	2,031	23.33%
Total			8,706	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1901 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edward Doran Davison	2,932	28.24%
	Liberal	Alexander Kenneth Maclean	2,923	28.15%
	Liberal–Conservative	A. J. Wolfe	2,335	22.49%
	Liberal–Conservative	J. A. Roberts	2,192	21.11%
Total			10,382	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1897 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Drew Sperry	2,585	25.54%
	Liberal	Charles Edward Church	2,516	24.86%
	Liberal–Conservative	George Parker	2,514	24.84%
	Liberal–Conservative	Emmanual Hebb	2,507	24.77%
Total			10,122	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1894 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Drew Sperry	2,648	27.92%
	Liberal	Charles Edward Church	2,602	27.44%
	Liberal–Conservative	James A. McLean	2,133	22.49%
	Liberal–Conservative	J. A. Hirtle	2,101	22.15%
Total			9,484	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1890 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Drew Sperry	2,091	26.12%
	Liberal	Charles Edward Church	2,033	25.39%
	Liberal–Conservative	James A. McLean	1,960	24.48%
	Liberal–Conservative	Charles A. Smith	1,922	24.01%
Total			8,006	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1886 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Charles Edward Church	1,924	29.13%
	Liberal	George A. Ross	1,798	27.22%
	Liberal–Conservative	Charles A. Smith	1,475	22.33%
	Liberal–Conservative	Aubrey B. Caldwell	1,408	21.32%
Total			6,605	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1882 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Charles Edward Church	1,539	29.34%
	Liberal	George A. Ross	1,436	27.38%
	Liberal–Conservative	Charles A. Smith	1,195	22.78%
	Liberal–Conservative	W. R. Calder	1,075	20.50%
Total			5,245	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1878 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	C. A. Scott	1,719	29.91%
	Liberal–Conservative	Edward James	1,479	25.74%
	Liberal	F. B. Wade	1,286	22.38%
	Liberal	James Daniel Eisenhauer	1,263	21.98%
Total			5,747	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1874 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Daniel Eisenhauer	1,507	28.95%
	Liberal	Mather Byles DesBrisay	1,423	27.34%
	Liberal–Conservative	William Young	1,148	22.06%
	Liberal–Conservative	Edward James	1,127	21.65%
Total			5,205	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1871 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Mather Byles DesBrisay	Acclaimed	–
	Liberal	James Daniel Eisenhauer	Acclaimed	–
Total			–	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1867 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Daniel Eisenhauer	1,664	34.22%
	Liberal	Mather Byles DesBrisay	1,553	31.94%
	Liberal–Conservative	Henry S. Jost	853	17.54%
	Liberal–Conservative	W. A. C. Randall	793	16.31%
Total			4,863	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Lunenburg" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.