Cole Harbour (electoral district)
provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada (since 2021)
Cole Harbour is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
In 1978, Halifax Cobequid was divided into four separate ridings, one of which was named Cole Harbour. Upon the recommendations of the 1992 Electoral Boundaries Report, the riding was split into Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage and Dartmouth-Cole Harbour. The district of Cole Harbour was re-created in the 2003 redistribution and was composed of 78 percent of Dartmouth-Cole Harbour and 29 percent of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage. In 2012, following the Electoral Boundaries Commission review, this district was renamed Cole Harbour-Portland Valley and it lost a portion of the Westphal area to Preston-Dartmouth and gained the area east of Bell Lake from Dartmouth East and the Portland Hills area from Dartmouth South-Portland Valley. Following the 2019 electoral boundary review, the riding reverted to its former name of Cole Harbour, while losing territory to the new riding of Cole Harbour-Dartmouth, exchanging some territory with Preston-Dartmouth (renamed Preston) and gaining territory from Eastern Shore and Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage.
Geography
The land area of Cole Harbour is 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
Election results
2024
2021
2017
2013
2009
2006
2003
1988
1984
1981
1978
See also
List of Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts
Canadian provincial electoral districts
Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage, a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia
Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia
Dartmouth-Cole Harbour (provincial electoral district) in Nova Scotia
References
External links
October 8, 2013 Nova Scotia General Election Results - Cole harbour-Portland Valley
2006 riding profile
June 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll by Poll Results
2003 riding profile
"13 - Electoral District of Cole Harbour" (PDF). Retrieved 26 February 2025.
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