Guysborough-Tracadie is a provincial
electoral district
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in
Nova Scotia
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,
Canada
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, that elects one member of the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (; ), or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia, and together with the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia makes up the Nova Scotia Legislature.
The assembly is ...
.
It was created in 1867 as Guysborough. It included all of
Guysborough County and elected two members to the House of Assembly. In 1933, the number of members elected was reduced to one. In 1993, the name was changed to Guysborough–Port Hawkesbury as the town of
Port Hawkesbury
Port Hawkesbury (Scottish Gaelic: ''Baile a' Chlamhain'') is a municipality in southern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. While within the historical county of Inverness, it is not part of the Municipality of Inverness County.
Their sl ...
was added to the district. In 2003 it was renamed Guysborough–Sheet Harbour as it gained an eastern area from
Eastern Shore and lost Port Hawkesbury to
Inverness
Inverness (; ; from the , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness") is a city in the Scottish Highlands, having been granted city status in 2000. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highland ...
. In 2013, following the recommendations of the 2012 Electoral Boundaries Commission, the district was renamed Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie and gained the area east of the Tracadie River from
Antigonish
Antigonish ( ; ) is a town in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The town is home to St. Francis Xavier University and the oldest continuous Highland games outside Scotland. It is approximately 160 kilometres (100 miles) northeast of Hal ...
. Following the 2019 electoral boundary review, it lost territory to
Eastern Shore, and was re-named Guysborough-Tracadie.
Geography
The land area of Guysborough-Tracadie 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 to sit in a legislative assembly. The term most commonly refers to members of the legislature of a federated state or an autonomous region, but is also used for several nationa ...
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Election results
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Lloyd Hines
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New Democratic Party
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Jim Boudreau
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Progressive Conservative
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References
External links
2013 riding profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie
Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts
Politics of Halifax, Nova Scotia
2012 establishments in Nova Scotia