Sackville-Cobequid

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

Sackville-Cobequid

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Paul Wozney New Democratic
District created	1978
First contested	1978
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2011)	19,307
Electors	15,318
Area (km²)	19
Pop. density (per km²)	1,016.2
Census division(s)	Halifax RM
Census subdivision(s)	Halifax RM

The riding was created in 1978 when the former district of Halifax Cobequid was redistributed. In 1993 the name was changed to Sackville-Cobequid and it gained the Lakeview area from Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley and lost an area north of Beaverbank Road to Sackville-Beaver Bank. In 2003, there were minor changes made to the ridings northern boundary along Second Lake. In 2013, this district lost a small area along its northwestern edge to the new constituency of Sackville-Beaver Bank.^[1]

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since 2019 is Steve Craig of the Progressive Conservative party (PC), having succeeded longtime MLA Dave Wilson of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party (NDP), who served from 2003 until resigning^[2] on November 16, 2018, triggering a by-election which Craig won.

Sackville-Cobequid became the only Progressive Conservative riding to be flipped away from the PCs in the 2024 election, instead electing the NDP candidate Paul Wozney.

Geography

The land area of Sackville-Cobequid is 19 km² (7.3 sq mi).^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Sackville-Cobequid
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
52nd	1978–1981		Malcolm MacKay	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981–1984
54th	1984–1988		John Holm	New Democratic
55th	1988–1993
56th	1993–1998
57th	1998–1999
58th	1999–2003
59th	2003–2006		Dave Wilson
60th	2006–2009
61st	2009–2013
62nd	2013–2017
63rd	2017–2018
	2019–2021		Steve Craig	Progressive Conservative
64th	2021–2024
65th	2024–present		Paul Wozney	New Democratic

Election results

2024

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Paul Wozney	2,838	44.94	+12.35
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Russell	2,758	43.67	+0.35
	Liberal	Agatha Bourassa	719	11.39	-10.13
Total valid votes			6,315	99.12
Total rejected ballots			56	0.88	+0.64
Turnout			6,371	42.32	-9.07
Eligible voters			15,054
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+6.00

2021

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Craig	3,426	43.33	+1.29	$28,911.56
	New Democratic	Lara Fawthrop	2,577	32.59	-6.55	$39,220.95
	Liberal	Mary LeRoy	1,701	21.51	+11.09	$22,951.34
	Green	Ian Dawson	203	2.57	-5.16	$1,752.50
Total valid votes/expense limit			7,907	99.76	–	$88,554.03
Total rejected ballots			19	0.24
Turnout			7,926	51.39
Eligible voters			15,424
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.92
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4]

2019 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, June 18, 2019 Resignation of Dave Wilson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Craig	2,655	42.04	+16.65	$44,922.79
	New Democratic	Lara Fawthrop	2,472	39.14	-5.04	$85,411.90
	Liberal	Michel Hindlet	658	10.42	-15.56	$19,322.25
	Green	Anthony Edmonds	488	7.73	+4.39	$1,861.34
	Atlantica	David F. Boyd	43	0.68	-0.44	$2,486.45
Total valid votes/Expense limit			6,316	99.68	–	$85,335.42
Total rejected ballots			20	0.32	-0.09
Turnout			6,336	41.75	-9.21
Eligible voters			15,177
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+10.84

2017

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Dave Wilson	3,465	44.17	+5.73
	Liberal	Michel Hindlet	2,038	25.98	-11.37
	Progressive Conservative	John Giannakos	1,991	25.38	+4.10
	Green	Tanner Montgomery	262	3.34	+0.41
	Atlantica	Cathy Morgan	88	1.12
Total valid votes			7,844	99.59
Total rejected ballots			32	0.41	-0.34
Turnout			7,876	50.95	-1.67
Eligible voters			15,457
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+8.55
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5][6]

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Dave Wilson	2,983	38.45	-26.89
	Liberal	Graham Cameron	2,898	37.35	+17.60
	Progressive Conservative	Peter MacIsaac	1,651	21.28	+8.82
	Green	John Percy	227	2.93	+0.48
Total valid votes			7,759	99.26
Total rejected ballots			58	0.74	+0.31
Turnout			7,817	52.63	-0.25
Eligible voters			14,853
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-22.24

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Dave Wilson	5,120	65.34%	10.83%
	Liberal	Scott Hemming	1,548	19.75%	6.96%
	Progressive Conservative	Jessica Alexander	976	12.46%	-17.97%
	Green	Ian Charles	192	2.45%	0.17%
Total valid votes			7,836	99.57
Total rejected ballots			34	0.43	+0.18
Turnout			7,870	52.88	-4.52
Eligible voters			14,882
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+1.94
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville-Cobequid" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Dave Wilson	4,477	54.50%	9.12%
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Craig	2,499	30.42%	2.05%
	Liberal	David Major	1,051	12.80%	-12.31%
	Green	Elizabeth Nicolson	187	2.28%	–
Total valid votes			8,214	99.74
Total rejected ballots			21	0.26	-0.00
Turnout			8,235	57.40	-1.71
Eligible voters			14,347
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.53
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville-Cobequid" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Dave Wilson	3,881	45.39%	-11.18%
	Progressive Conservative	John Giannakos	2,426	28.37%	-0.46%
	Liberal	Bob Harvey	2,147	25.11%	10.51%
	Marijuana	Michael D. Patriquen	97	1.13%	–
Total valid votes			8,551	99.74
Total rejected ballots			22	0.26	-0.44
Turnout			8,573	59.11	-4.82
Eligible voters			14,504
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-5.36
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville-Cobequid" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	John Holm	4,787	56.57%	-6.14%
	Progressive Conservative	Wade Marshall	2,440	28.83%	14.16%
	Liberal	Kevin Perkins	1,235	14.59%	-8.02%
Total valid votes			8,462	99.31
Total rejected ballots			59	0.69	+0.41
Turnout			8,521	63.93	-3.33
Eligible voters			13,329
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-10.15
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville-Cobequid" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	John Holm	5,909	62.71%	14.74%
	Liberal	Jack Brill	2,131	22.61%	-7.43%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Batherson	1,383	14.68%	-7.32%
Total valid votes			9,423	99.71
Total rejected ballots			27	0.29	-0.19
Turnout			9,450	67.26	-6.62
Eligible voters			14,050
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+11.08
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville-Cobequid" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	John Holm	5,044	47.97%	11.81%
	Liberal	Don Boutilier	3,159	30.04%	-2.02%
	Progressive Conservative	George Mansfield	2,313	22.00%	-9.79%
Total valid votes			10,516	99.53
Total rejected ballots			50	0.47
Turnout			10,566	73.88
Eligible voters			14,301
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville-Cobequid" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	John Holm	5,430	36.15%	-4.10%
	Liberal	Bruce Stephen	4,816	32.06%	-1.19%
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Grace	4,774	31.78%	5.30%
Total valid votes			15,020	99.62
Total rejected ballots			57	0.38	-0.25
Turnout			15,077	75.06	+11.31
Eligible voters			20,086
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-1.46
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	John Holm	4,555	40.26%	14.39%
	Liberal	Bill MacDonald	3,763	33.26%	1.68%
	Progressive Conservative	Malcolm A. MacKay	2,997	26.49%	-16.07%
Total valid votes			11,315	99.37
Total rejected ballots			72	0.63
Turnout			11,387	63.75
Eligible voters			17,862
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Malcolm A. MacKay	4,687	42.55%	-8.34%
	Liberal	Murdock MacKay	3,478	31.58%	-2.89%
	New Democratic	John Holm	2,849	25.87%	16.26%
Total			11,014	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Malcolm A. MacKay	5,247	50.89%	–
	Liberal	George Doucet	3,554	34.47%	–
	New Democratic	Doug MacDonald	990	9.60%	–
	Independent	Evan Morgan	519	5.03%	–
Total			10,310	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Sackville" (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.