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Bedford Basin (electoral district)

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Bedford Basin
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Kelly Regan
Liberal
District created2019
First contested2021
Demographics
Electors13,113
Area (km²)[1]23
Census division(s)Halifax Regional Municipality
Census subdivision(s)Halifax Regional Municipality

Bedford Basin is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia that came into effect for the 2021 Nova Scotia general election. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia.

The riding was created by the 2019 provincial redistribution out of parts of Bedford and Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank .

The riding contains the neighbourhoods of Oakmount, Bedford Common, Glen Moir, Paper Mill Lake and part of Millview in the community of Bedford, Nova Scotia, part of the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Bedford Basin
Legislature Years Member Party
Riding created
64th 2021–present     Kelly Regan Liberal

Election results

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2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Kelly Regan 3,700 50.87 –1.87 $54,231.55
Progressive Conservative Nick Driscoll 1,874 25.76 –5.10 $22,733.12
New Democratic Jacob Wilson 1,554 21.36 +9.58 $28,624.28
Green Madeleine Taylor 146 2.01 –2.61 $685.50
Total valid votes/Expense limit 7,274 99.68 $77,511.59
Total rejected ballots 23 0.32
Turnout 7,297 55.61
Eligible voters 13,121
Liberal notional hold Swing +1.62
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2][3]

2017 redistributed results

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2017 provincial election redistributed results[4]
Party Vote %
  Liberal 3,596 52.74
  Progressive Conservative 2,104 30.86
  New Democratic 803 11.78
  Green 315 4.62

References

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  1. ^ "Electoral District Information". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  3. ^ "41st Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 12 April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.