Kings—Hants

Kings—Hants

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Nova Scotia


caption = Kings—Hants in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 12006
fed-created = 1976
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1979
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Scott Brison
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Liberal
fed-rep-party-link = Liberal Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 81531
demo-electors = 65898
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 4440
demo-cd = Hants, Kings
demo-csd = East Hants, West Hants, Kentville, Wolfville, Windsor

Kings—Hants (formerly Annapolis Valley—Hants) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979. Its population in 2001 was 79,286.

It is a largely rural and fairly conservative riding, but its conservatism is in the Red Tory tradition of the rest of the Maritimes, i.e., there is a strong concern for social programs.

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 95.7% White, 2.1% Native Canadian, 1.5% Black
Languages: 96.4% English, 1.1% French, 2.1% Other
Religions: 63.8% Protestant, 18.3% Catholic, 1.2% Other Christian, 15.9% No affiliation
Average income: $23,425

Geography

The district includes all of Hants County and the eastern part of Kings. Communities include East Hants, West Hants, Kentville, Windsor and Wolfville. The area is 4,440 sq. km.

History

The electoral district was created as "Annapolis Valley—Hants" in 1976 from parts of Annapolis Valley and Halifax—East Hants ridings. It consisted of the Counties of Kings and Hants.

In 1996, it was renamed "Kings—Hants". In 2003, it was given its current boundaries.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Election results

Kings—Hants

Changes for Liberal candidate Scott Brison from 2000 are based on the Liberal Party's results. He received +6.32% votes from his results as a Progressive Conservative.

Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

Change for Independent candidate Richard Hennigar are based on his 2000 results as a Natural Law candidate.

All changes are based on the 2000 by-election, except the Liberal Party and the Natural Law Party, which did not field a candidate; and Communist Party candidate Graham Jake MacDonald, who ran as an Independent.

Changes for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.

Annapolis Valley—Hants

Changes from the 1988 election for both Progressive Conservative candidate Jim White and Independent candidate Pat Nowlan are based on the same 1988 result, when Pat Nowlan ran as a Progressive Conservative.

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=14 Riding history for Annapolis Valley—Hants (1976–1996) from the] Library of Parliament
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1018 Riding history for Kings—Hants (1996– ) from the] Library of Parliament


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