Kings—Hants (formerly Annapolis Valley—Hants and Annapolis Valley) is a federal

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, Canada, that has been represented in the

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since 1968.

Demographics

:''According to the

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; 2023 representation'' Racial groups: 90.5% White, 5.4% Indigenous, 1.8% Black
Languages: 95.6% English, 1.7% French
Religions: 53.1% Christian (13.8% Catholic, 11.2% Baptist, 8.7% United Church, 8.6% Anglican, 1.1% Presbyterian, 9.7% Other), 45.1% No religion
Median income (2020): $36,800
Average income (2015): $44,520

Geography

The district includes all of

Hants County Hants County is a historical county and census division of Nova Scotia, Canada. Local government is provided by the West Hants Regional Municipality, and the Municipality of the District of East Hants. History Formation The county of Hants ...

and the eastern part of Kings County. Communities include Enfield, Elmsdale, Lantz,

Kentville Kentville is an incorporated town in Nova Scotia. It is the most populous town in the Annapolis Valley. As of 2021, the town's population was 6,630. Its census agglomeration is 26,929. History Kentville owes its location to the Cornwallis Ri ...

, Windsor and

Wolfville Wolfville is a Canadian town in the Annapolis Valley, Kings County, Nova Scotia, located about northwest of the provincial capital, Halifax. The town is home to Acadia University and Landmark East School. The town is a tourist destination d ...

History

The electoral district was created as "Annapolis Valley" in 1966 from parts of Colchester—Hants and

Digby—Annapolis—Kings Digby—Annapolis—Kings was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in the provinces and territories of Canada, province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1949, and ...

ridings. It was composed of the eastern portion of Annapolis County, and all of Kings and Hants counties. In 1978, it lost the eastern portion of Annapolis County to South West Nova. In 1996, it was renamed "Kings—Hants". In 2003, it was given its current boundaries: the area encompassed by the provincial electoral district of Kings West was removed from Kings—Hants and added to

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. There was no territory changes as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution. Following the

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, the riding gained some territory ( Berwick area) in Kings County from

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament: Scott Brison resigned his seat effective 10 February 2019. Under legislation that had recently come into effect, the seat remained vacant until the next general election.

Election results

Kings—Hants

2025

2021

2019

2015

2011

2008

2006

2004

2000

All changes are based on the 2000 by-election, except the Liberal Party and the Natural Law Party, which did not field a candidate; and Communist Party candidate Graham Jake MacDonald, who ran as an Independent.

2000 by-election

1997

Annapolis Valley—Hants

1993

Changes from the 1988 election for both Progressive Conservative candidate Jim White and Independent candidate Pat Nowlan are based on the same 1988 result, when Pat Nowlan ran as a Progressive Conservative. Independent Rik Gates was the youngest candidate to run for MP at the age of twenty two.

1988

1984

1980

1979

Annapolis Valley

1974

1972

1968

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References

Notes

External links

Riding history for Annapolis Valley—Hants (1976–1996) from the

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Riding history for Kings—Hants (1996– ) from the

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