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Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley is a provincial electoral district in
Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native En ...
,
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, that elects one member of the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (french: Assemblée législative de la Nouvelle-Écosse; gd, Taigh Seanaidh Alba Nuadh), or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia Each General Assembly of the ...
. The district was created in 1978 from
Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian. Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colc ...
, and was called Colchester South until 1993. In 1993, the name was changed to Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley and it gained the Salmon River and Musquodoboit Valley areas from
Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley Bedford was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Kelly Regan. The electoral district was created in 1978 as Bedf ...
, and
Millbrook 27 Millbrook 27 is a Mi'kmaq reserve located in Colchester County, Nova Scotia. It is administratively part of the Millbrook First Nation. Indian reserves in Nova Scotia Communities in Colchester County Mi'kmaq in Canada {{ColchesterNS-geo-stub ...
from
Truro-Bible Hill Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The electoral district was created in 1978 and was named Truro-Bible Hill until it was ...
. It includes the southern half of
Colchester County Colchester County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. With a population of 51,476 the county is the fourth largest in Nova Scotia. Colchester County is located in north central Nova Scotia. The majority of the county is govern ...
(not including the
Truro Truro (; kw, Truru) is a cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is Cornwall's county town, sole city and centre for administration, leisure and retail trading. Its population was 18,766 in the 2011 census. People of Truro c ...
area) plus the
Musquodoboit Valley The Musquodoboit Valley ( ) is a valley and region in the Halifax Regional Municipality of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is administratively located in the municipality's Musquodoboit Valley & Dutch Settlement planning area and the western edge of the ...
region of the
Halifax Regional Municipality Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348,634 people in its urban area. The re ...
.


Geography

The landmass of Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley is .


Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following
Members of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. ...
:


Election results


1978 general election


1981 general election


1984 general election


1988 general election


1993 general election


1998 general election


1999 general election


2003 general election


2006 general election


2009 general election


2013 general election

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Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...
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2017 general election


2021 general election


References


Election Summary From 1867 - 20071993 Poll by Poll Results1988 Poll by Poll Results1984 Poll by Poll Results1981 Poll by Poll Results1978 Poll by Poll Results


External links


riding profileJune 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll by Poll Results
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