Clare (electoral district)

Clare (electoral district)
Clare
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia House of Assembly
provincial electoral district
Clare.png
Member of the
Legislative Assembly		       Wayne Gaudet
Liberal
Population (2006) 8,815
Electors (2009) 6,905
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created 1949
Census divisions Digby County
Subdivisions

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

The Member of the Legislative Assembly since 1993 has been Wayne Gaudet of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.

The riding consists of the District Municipality of Clare which includes the communities of Church Point, Saulnierville, Meteghan River and Meteghan.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature Years Member Party
61st 2009-Present Wayne Gaudet Liberal
60th 2006-2009
59th 2003-2006
58th 1999-2003
57th 1998-1999
56th 1993-1998
55th 1988-1993     Guy LeBlanc Progressive Conservative
54th 1984-1988
53rd 1981-1984 Chester Melanson Liberal
52nd 1978-1981 Benoit Comeau Liberal
51st 1974-1978
50th 1970-1974
49th 1967-1970
48th 1963-1967     Hector J. Pothier Progressive Conservative
47th 1960-1963 Pierre E. Belliveau Liberal
46th 1956-1960
45th 1953-1956
44th 1949-1953     Desire J. Comeau Progressive Conservative

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2009
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Wayne Gaudet 3,392 64.68
     New Democratic Party Paul Comeau 1,326 25.29
     Progressive Conservative Jimmy Doucet 459 8.75
     Green Diane Bean 67 1.28
Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Wayne Gaudet 2,803 48.53
     Progressive Conservative Arnold LeBlanc 1,622 28.08
     New Democratic Party Paul Comeau 1,269 21.97
     Green Diane Doucet-Bean 82 1.42
Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Wayne Gaudet 3,547 61.55
     Progressive Conservative Marc Boudreau 1,456 25.26
     New Democratic Party Don Melanson 760 13.19
Nova Scotia general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Wayne Gaudet 2,705
     Progressive Conservative Paul Comeau 2,355
     New Democratic Party Don Melanson 1,078
     Nova Scotia Party Anne Marie Boyer 43

External links

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Current
Annapolis • Antigonish • Argyle • Bedford-Birch Cove • Cape Breton Centre • Cape Breton North • Cape Breton Nova • Cape Breton South • Cape Breton West • Chester-St. Margaret's • Clare • Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley • Colchester North • Cole Harbour • Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage • Cumberland North • Cumberland South • Dartmouth East • Dartmouth North • Dartmouth South-Portland Valley • Digby-Annapolis • Eastern Shore • Glace Bay • Guysborough-Sheet Harbour • Halifax Atlantic • Halifax Chebucto • Halifax Citadel • Halifax Clayton Park • Halifax Fairview • Halifax Needham • Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville • Hants East • Hants West • Inverness • Kings North • Kings South • Kings West • Lunenburg • Lunenburg West • Pictou Centre • Pictou East • Pictou West • Preston • Queens • Richmond • Sackville-Cobequid • Shelburne • Timberlea-Prospect • Truro-Bible Hill • Victoria-The Lakes • Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank • Yarmouth
Historic
to 2003: Bedford-Fall River • Cape Breton East • Cape Breton The Lakes • Dartmouth South • Dartmouth-Cole Harbour • Halifax Bedford Basin • Sackville-Beaver Bank • Victoria
to 1993: Annapolis East • Annapolis West • Colchester South • Cumberland Centre • Cumberland East • Cumberland West • Digby • Guysborough • Halifax Cornwallis • Halifax Eastern Shore • Halifax St. Margarets • Inverness North • Inverness South • Lunenburg Centre • Lunenburg East • Sackville
to 1978: Colchester • Halifax Cobequid
to 1967: Halifax Centre • Halifax County Dartmouth • Halifax East • Halifax North • Halifax Northwest • Halifax South • Halifax West
to 1956: Kings
to 1949: Cumberland • Hants • Pictou
to 1933: Halifax • Richmond and Cape Breton West
to 1925: Cape Breton
See also: 2006 election • List of elections • Politics of Nova Scotia


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