Bedford Basin (electoral district)

Bedford Basin
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Tim Outhit
Progressive Conservative
District created2019
First contested2021
Last contested2024
Demographics
Electors13,113
Area (km²)[1]23
Census divisionHalifax Regional Municipality
Census subdivisionHalifax Regional Municipality

Bedford Basin is a provincial electoral district of Nova Scotia, Canada, 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. It 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.[3][2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Bedford Basin
Legislature Years Member Party
Riding created from Bedford and Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank
64th 2021–2024     Kelly Regan Liberal
65th 2024–present     Tim Outhit Progressive Conservative

Election results

2024

2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Tim Outhit 3,692 60.15 +34.39
Liberal Doris Robbins 1,310 21.34 -29.52
New Democratic Ryan Lutes 1,136 18.51 -2.86
Total 6,138 –
Total rejected ballots 31
Turnout 6,170 46.76
Eligible voters 13,194
Progressive Conservative gain Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4]

2021

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Kelly Regan 3,700 50.87 –1.88 $54,231.55
Progressive Conservative Nick Driscoll 1,874 25.76 –5.10 $22,733.12
New Democratic Jacob Wilson 1,554 21.36 +9.59 $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 55.51
Eligible voters 13,146
Liberal notional hold Swing +1.61
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5][6]

2017 redistributed results

2017 provincial election redistributed results[7]
Party Vote %
  Liberal 3,596 52.74
  Progressive Conservative 2,104 30.86
  New Democratic 803 11.78
  Green 315 4.62

See also

References

  1. ^ "Electoral District Information". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b Dodds, J. Colin (2019). Balancing effective representation with voter parity: Final Report (PDF) (Report). Nova Scotia, Electoral Boundaries Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2021.
  3. ^ Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Bedford Basin" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
  4. ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). 42nd Provincial General Election, November 26, 2024: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  5. ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  6. ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  7. ^ "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.
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