Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley

Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley

Nova Scotia electoral district
Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Scott Armstrong Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	87,895
Electors (2006)	70,036
Area (km²)	10,086
Pop. density (per km²)	8.7
Census divisions	Colchester, Cumberland, Halifax
Census subdivisions	Halifax, Truro, Amherst , Springhill

Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley (formerly North Nova) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 87,507.

Cumberland—Colchester North and Cumberland—Colchester were ridings that covered roughly the same geographic area and were represented in the House of Commons from 1968 to 1979 and 1979 to 2004, respectively.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 3.1 Member of Parliament 4 Election results 4.1 Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley 4.2 2008 federal election 4.3 2006 federal election 4.4 North Nova 4.5 Cumberland—Colchester 4.6 Cumberland—Colchester North 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

Demographics

From the 2006 census ^[1]

Ethnic groups:

• White: 96.1%
• First Nations: 1.9%
• Black: 1.2%

Languages:

• English: 96.5%
• French: 1.0%
• Other: 2.5%

Religions:

• Protestant: 65.7%
• Catholic: 17.5%
• Other Christian: 1.3%
• No religious affiliation: 15.1%

Education:

• No certificate, diploma or degree: 31.0%
• High school certificate: 24.6%
• Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma: 12.3%
• Community college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma: 17.7%
• University certificate or diploma: 14.3%

Median Age:

• 43.4

Median total income:

• $20,756

Average total income:

• $26,779

Median household income:

• $41,550

Average household income:

• $50,122

Median family income:

• $50,353

Average family income:

• $58,555

Unemployment:

• 9.0%

Geography

The district includes the counties of Cumberland, and Colchester and the northeastern part of the Halifax Regional Municipality. Communities include Musquodoboit Valley, Truro, Amherst and Springhill. The riding's area is 10,086 km².

History

This riding was created as "Cumberland—Colchester North" in 1966 from Cumberland and Colchester—Hants ridings. It consisted of the county of Cumberland and the northern part of the county of Colchester, including the town of Truro. It was abolished in 1976 when it was merged with the remainder of Colchester County into "Cumberland—Colchester" riding.

Cumberland—Colchester was abolished in 2003. The territory was combined with the largely rural Musquodoboit Valley portion of the Halifax Regional Municipality in a new riding called "North Nova". After the election in 2004, the name was changed to "Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley".

2009 Developments

In early 2009, Incumbent Bill Casey announced he would not be re-offering in the next Federal Election. He subsequently announced his resignation from Parliament to become the Senior Inter-Governmental Affairs Representative for Nova Scotia in Ottawa.

In April 2009 Scott Armstrong was confirmed as the next Conservative Party candidate in the riding. He is the current president of the provincial Progressive Conservative Party.

In September 2009, Jim Burrows was selected as the next Liberal Party candidate in the riding having defeated 2008 candidate, Tracy Parsons. He received 175 of 206 votes cast. He is a dairy farmer from Green Oaks and Chair of the Board of Directors for Scotsburn Co-operative Services.^[2]

Mark Austin is running for the New Democratic Party.

Christian Heritage Party is running Jim Hnatiuk, a retired military officer and the owner of Nova Scotia’s largest hunting and fishing store, in Lantz. Hnatiuk was chosen party leader in November 2008.

Green Party leader Elizabeth May had said she was interested in running in the by-election, but has since announced she will be running in the riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands. The party is running Jason Blanch.

Member of Parliament

These ridings have elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Cumberland and Colchester—Hants prior to 1996
Cumberland—Colchester North
28th	1968-1972		Robert Coates	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979
Cumberland—Colchester
31st	1979-1980		Robert Coates	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988
34th	1988-1993		Bill Casey 1st term	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993-1997		Dianne Brushett	Liberal
36th	1997-2000		Bill Casey 2nd term	Progressive Conservative
37th	2000-2003
	2003-2004			Conservative
North Nova
38th	2004-2006		Bill Casey	Conservative
Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley
39th	2006-2007		Bill Casey	Conservative
	2007-2008			Independent
40th	2008-2009
	2009		Scott Armstrong	Conservative

Election results

Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley

By-election on November 9, 2009 Resignation of Bill Casey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Scott Armstrong	11,167	45.84%	+37.01%
	New Democrat	Mark Austin	6,267	25.73%	+13.41%
	Liberal	Jim Burrows	5,193	21.32%	+12.87%
	Green	Jason Blanch	803	3.30%	+3.30%
	Christian Heritage	Jim Hnatiuk	776	3.19%	+3.19%
	Independent	Kate Graves	149	0.61%
Total valid votes			24,359
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			24,359	35.7%

2008 federal election

Incumbent MP Bill Casey, re-elected in 2006 as a member of the Conservative Party, was expelled from the Conservative caucus in 2007 after voting against the 2007 budget, which he objected to on the grounds of alleged violations of the Atlantic Accord. He attempted to run for the Conservative nomination for the next federal election but was refused. Casey therefore ran for re-election as an independent. The Green Party, however, did endorse Casey and therefore chose not to nominate a candidate opposing his reelection.

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bill Casey	27,303	69.01	+16.97
	New Democrat	Karen Olsson	4,874	12.32	-8.42
	Conservative	Joel Bernard	3,493	8.83	-43.21
	Liberal	Tracy Parsons	3,344	8.45	-15.44
	Independent	Rick Simpson	551	1.39	+0.17
Total valid votes			39,564
Total rejected ballots			201
Turnout			39,765	57.77
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing	-56.11

2006 federal election

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Casey	22 439	52.04	+1.55
	Liberal	Gary Richard	10 299	23.89	-2.60
	New Democrat	Margaret Sagar	8944	20.74	+1.83
	Green	Bruce Farrell	910	2.11	-1.00
	Independent	Rick Simpson	524	1.22	Ø
Total valid votes			43 116

North Nova

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Casey	20 188	50.49	-10.91
	Liberal	Dianne Brushett	10 591	26.49	-0.12
	New Democrat	Margaret Sagar	7560	18.91	+6.92
	Green	Sheila Richardson	1245	3.11	Ø
	Progressive Canadian	Jack Moors	399	1.00	Ø
Total valid votes			39 983

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

Cumberland—Colchester

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Casey	18 716	48.49	+4.86
	Liberal	Dianne Brushett	10 271	26.61	+0.82
	Canadian Alliance	Bryden Ryan	4981	12.91	-1.08
	New Democrat	James Harpell	4629	11.99	-2.21
Total valid votes			38 597

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

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Casey	18 610	43.63	+7.15
	Liberal	Dianne Brushett	11 002	25.79	-16.80
	New Democrat	Peter Stewart	6058	14.20	+8.64
	Reform	Bob Peterson	5970	13.99	+0.80
	Independent	Ray Merriam	826	1.94	Ø
	Natural Law	Phyllis Hall	193	0.45	-0.28
Total valid votes			42 659

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dianne Brushett	18 195	42.59	+1.03
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Casey	15 582	36.48	-9.71
	Reform	Audrey Staples	5636	13.19	Ø
	New Democrat	Barbara Jack	2374	5.56	-3.76
	Christian Heritage	Steve McLean	618	1.45	-1.02
	Natural Law	Phyllis Hall	312	0.73	Ø
Total valid votes			42 717

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Casey	20 384	46.19	-11.10
	Liberal	Dennis James	18 340	41.56	+11.96
	New Democrat	Barbara Jack	4112	9.32	-3.78
	Christian Heritage	Norman W. Pearce	1088	2.47	Ø
	Independent	Bob Kirk	210	0.48	Ø
Total valid votes			44 134

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Coates	24 180	57.30	+11.00
	Liberal	Ron Creighton	12 489	29.60	-4.90
	New Democrat	Jessie Mae McCarron	5527	13.10	-4.76
Total valid votes			42 196

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Coates	18 436	46.30	-9.46
	Liberal	Walter Purdy	13 737	34.50	+4.81
	New Democrat	Hayden Trenholm	7111	17.86	+4.03
	Independent	Bob Kirk	337	0.85	+0.12
	Independent	Dean Whalen	194	0.49	Ø
Total valid votes			39 815

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Coates	22 827	55.76	+2.97
	Liberal	Sam Brushett	12 154	29.69	-10.22
	New Democrat	Hayden Trenholm	5662	13.83	+6.91
	Independent	Bob Kirk	297	0.73	Ø
Total valid votes			40 940

Cumberland—Colchester North

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Coates	18 078	52.79	-5.29
	Liberal	Sam Brushett	13 666	39.91	+9.57
	New Democrat	Allan Marchbank	2369	6.92	-3.93
	Social Credit	Beatrice Holmes	133	0.39	Ø
Total valid votes			34 246

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Coates	19 455	58.08	-2.84
	Liberal	Dick van Snick	10 163	30.34	-3.14
	New Democrat	Allan Marchbank	3635	10.85	+5.25
	Not affiliated	Robert Kirk	245	0.73	Ø
Total valid votes			33 498

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Coates	18 446	60.92
	Liberal	Harry Flemming	10 139	33.48
	New Democrat	Gordon Schurman	1696	5.60
Total valid votes			30 281	100.0

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

External links

• Riding history for Cumberland—Colchester North (1966–1976) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Cumberland—Colchester (1976–2003) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for North Nova (2003–2004) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley (2004– ) from the Library of Parliament

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