Pictou Centre
| Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 1949 | ||
| First contested | 1949 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 16,100 | ||
| Electors | 12,860 | ||
| Area (km²) | 26 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 619.2 | ||
| Census division | Pictou County | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | New Glasgow, Stellarton, Trenton | ||
Pictou Centre is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Pictou Centre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| 44th | 1949–1953 | Alfred B. DeWolfe | Liberal | |
| 45th | 1953–1956 | |||
| 46th | 1956–1960 | Donald R. MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | |
| 47th | 1960–1963 | |||
| 48th | 1963–1967 | |||
| 49th | 1967–1970 | |||
| 50th | 1970–1974 | Ralph F. Fiske | Liberal | |
| 51st | 1974–1977 | Fraser MacLean | Progressive Conservative | |
| 1977–1978 | Jack MacIsaac | |||
| 52nd | 1978–1981 | |||
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | |||
| 54th | 1984–1988 | |||
| 55th | 1988–1993 | |||
| 56th | 1993–1998 | John Hamm | ||
| 57th | 1998–1999 | |||
| 58th | 1999–2003 | |||
| 59th | 2003–2006 | |||
| 60th | 2006–2009 | Pat Dunn | ||
| 61st | 2009–2013 | Ross Landry | New Democratic | |
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | Pat Dunn | Progressive Conservative | |
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
| 64th | 2021–2024 | |||
| 65th | 2024–present | Danny MacGillivray | ||
Election results
2024
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Danny MacGillivray | 3,741 | 67.61 | +11.84 | ||||
| Liberal | Kris MacFarlane | 972 | 17.57 | -13.36 | ||||
| New Democratic | Mary Stewart | 820 | 14.82 | +3.07 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,533 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 38 | |||||||
| Turnout | 5,571 | 41.11 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 13,553 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[1] | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Pat Dunn | 4,092 | 55.77 | +3.34 | $42,138.84 | |||
| Liberal | Jim McKenna | 2,269 | 30.93 | +2.76 | $42,741.61 | |||
| New Democratic | Vernon Theriault | 862 | 11.75 | -7.65 | $24,983.08 | |||
| Green | Laura Moore | 114 | 1.55 | $200.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 7,337 | 99.54 | – | $76,534.03 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 34 | 0.46 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,371 | 57.07 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 12,916 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +0.29 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2][3] | ||||||||
2017
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Pat Dunn | 3,773 | 52.43 | +0.17 | ||||
| Liberal | Jeff Davis | 2,027 | 28.17 | +10.34 | ||||
| New Democratic | Henderson Paris | 1,396 | 19.40 | -10.51 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,196 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 28 | 0.39 | -0.41 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,224 | 55.86 | -5.48 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 12,932 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -5.08 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4][5] | ||||||||
2013
| 2013 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Pat Dunn | 4,147 | 52.26 | 7.62 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ross Landry | 2,373 | 29.91 | -16.40 | ||||
| Liberal | Bill Muirhead | 1,415 | 17.83 | 10.64 | ||||
| Total | 7,935 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2013). 39th Provincial General Election, October 8, 2013: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2026. | ||||||||
2009
| 2009 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ross Landry | 3,650 | 46.30 | 14.69 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Pat Dunn | 3,519 | 44.64 | -7.96 | ||||
| Liberal | Neil MacIsaac | 567 | 7.19 | -7.06 | ||||
| Green | Jim Lindsey | 147 | 1.86 | 0.60 | ||||
| Total | 7,883 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2006
| 2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Pat Dunn | 3,901 | 52.60 | -2.09 | ||||
| New Democratic | Danny MacGillivray | 2,344 | 31.61 | 11.45 | ||||
| Liberal | Troy MacCullogh | 1,057 | 14.25 | -8.71 | ||||
| Green | Samuel M. Clark | 94 | 1.27 | – | ||||
| Independent | Dennis Tate | 20 | 0.27 | – | ||||
| Total | 7,416 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2003
| 2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Hamm | 4,262 | 54.70 | -9.76 | ||||
| Liberal | Tim Daley | 1,789 | 22.96 | 9.18 | ||||
| New Democratic | Alex MacIsaac | 1,571 | 20.16 | -1.60 | ||||
| Marijuana | Darryl Gallivan | 170 | 2.18 | – | ||||
| Total | 7,792 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1999
| 1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Hamm | 5,479 | 64.46 | 8.03 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jeff Callaghan | 1,850 | 21.76 | 1.87 | ||||
| Liberal | Marie Maxwell | 1,171 | 13.78 | -9.90 | ||||
| Total | 8,500 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Fifth General Election (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. | ||||||||
1998
| 1998 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Hamm | 5,037 | 56.42 | 9.03 | ||||
| Liberal | Roseanne Skoke | 2,114 | 23.68 | -19.05 | ||||
| New Democratic | Judy Hughes | 1,776 | 19.89 | 10.02 | ||||
| Total | 8,927 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1993
| 1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Hamm | 4,840 | 47.40 | -10.41 | ||||
| Liberal | Marg Daley | 4,364 | 42.73 | 15.30 | ||||
| New Democratic | Cecil MacNeil | 1,008 | 9.87 | -4.89 | ||||
| Total | 10,212 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018. | ||||||||
1988
| 1988 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack MacIsaac | 6,566 | 57.80 | -9.30 | ||||
| Liberal | Bob Leahy | 3,116 | 27.43 | 6.04 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gerard Currie | 1,677 | 14.76 | 3.27 | ||||
| Total | 11,359 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2018. | ||||||||
1984
| 1984 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack MacIsaac | 6,596 | 67.11 | 7.48 | ||||
| Liberal | Bob Leahy | 2,103 | 21.40 | -2.14 | ||||
| New Democratic | Fraser (Kim) Murray | 1,130 | 11.50 | -5.35 | ||||
| Total | 9,829 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2017. | ||||||||
1981
| 1981 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack MacIsaac | 6,673 | 59.62 | 7.27 | ||||
| Liberal | Tom DeWolfe | 2,634 | 23.53 | 3.54 | ||||
| New Democratic | Fraser (Kim) Murray | 1,885 | 16.84 | -9.68 | ||||
| Total | 11,192 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirtieth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2017. | ||||||||
1978
| 1978 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack MacIsaac | 6,056 | 52.36 | 5.60 | ||||
| New Democratic | Austin Sutton | 3,068 | 26.52 | 0.61 | ||||
| Liberal | Erskine Cumming | 2,313 | 20.00 | -7.34 | ||||
| Independent | Jim Beck | 130 | 1.12 | – | ||||
| Total | 11,567 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018. | ||||||||
1977
| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1977-09-06 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack MacIsaac | 5,560 | 46.76 | 2.96 | ||||
| Liberal | Merritt Crawford | 3,250 | 27.33 | -15.21 | ||||
| New Democratic | Austin Sutton | 3,081 | 25.91 | 12.25 | ||||
| Total | 11,891 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1974
| 1974 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Fraser MacLean | 5,100 | 43.80 | 0.04 | ||||
| Liberal | Lawrence MacKinnon | 4,954 | 42.54 | -5.07 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dave MacKenzie | 1,591 | 13.66 | 5.02 | ||||
| Total | 11,645 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018. | ||||||||
1970
| 1970 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Ralph F. Fiske | 5,356 | 47.61 | 9.33 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald R. MacLeod | 4,922 | 43.75 | -10.15 | ||||
| New Democratic | Derrick P. Kearley | 972 | 8.64 | 0.82 | ||||
| Total | 11,250 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Legislative Assembly (1970). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, 1970 (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. | ||||||||
1967
| 1967 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald R. MacLeod | 5,416 | 53.90 | -6.31 | ||||
| Liberal | John (Brother) MacDonald | 3,846 | 38.28 | -1.51 | ||||
| New Democratic | John Markie | 786 | 7.82 | – | ||||
| Total | 10,048 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. | ||||||||
1963
| 1963 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald R. MacLeod | 5,752 | 60.21 | 16.29 | ||||
| Liberal | Thomas H. Fraser | 3,801 | 39.79 | 6.40 | ||||
| Total | 9,553 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. | ||||||||
1960
| 1960 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald R. MacLeod | 4,755 | 43.92 | -7.61 | ||||
| Liberal | James H. Power | 3,615 | 33.39 | -15.07 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Doris Nicholson | 2,456 | 22.69 | – | ||||
| Total | 10,826 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. | ||||||||
1956
| 1956 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald R. MacLeod | 5,639 | 51.54 | 11.59 | ||||
| Liberal | A. T. Logan | 5,303 | 48.46 | 3.05 | ||||
| Total | 10,942 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018. | ||||||||
1953
| 1953 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alfred B. DeWolfe | 5,155 | 45.41 | -2.07 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert D. MacDonald | 4,534 | 39.94 | -0.50 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Donald Nicholson | 1,662 | 14.64 | 2.57 | ||||
| Total | 11,351 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018. | ||||||||
1949
| 1949 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alfred B. DeWolfe | 5,283 | 47.49 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John A. MacGregor | 4,499 | 40.44 | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Alvin M. Stewart | 1,343 | 12.07 | – | ||||
| Total | 11,125 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Pictou Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018. | ||||||||
See also
References
- ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). 42nd Provincial General Election, November 26, 2024: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. pp. 229–230. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2017). 40th Provincial General Election, May 30, 2017: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2018). 40th Provincial General Election, May 30, 2017: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
Further reading
- Government of Nova Scotia. "Election Summary From 1867 - 2006" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
- Canadian Press (7 September 1977). "Tories keep Pictou seat in N.S. vote". p. 8. The Globe and Mail.
External links