Argyle (electoral district)

Argyle is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1981-2013. It elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1981 when the district of Yarmouth was split into two separate districts. In its last configuration, the district was composed of the Municipality of the District of Argyle, an Acadian area occupying the eastern half of Yarmouth County.

For the Australian district, see Electoral district of Argyle.

Argyle

Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
District created	1981
District abolished	2013
Last contested	2009
Demographics
Population (2011)	8,210
Electors	6,474
Area (km²)	1,527.1
Census divisions	Yarmouth County
Census subdivisions	Municipality of the District of Argyle

The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral district of Argyle-Barrington.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The electoral district was represented by the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
61st	2009–2013		Chris d'Entremont	Progressive Conservative
60th	2006-2009
59th	2003-2006
58th	1999-2003		Neil LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative
57th	1998-1999
56th	1993-1998		Allister Surette	Liberal
55th	1988-1993		Neil LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984-1988
53rd	1981-1984		Hugh Tinkham	Liberal

Election results

2009 general election

2009 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Chris d'Entremont	2,818	64.00	-3.65
	New Democratic Party	Melvin Huskins	759	17.24	+5.86
	Liberal	Lionel Leblanc	752	17.07	-2.66
	Green	Barb Lake	74	1.68	+0.27
Total valid votes			4,403	100.00
Total rejected ballots			21	0.47
Turnout			4,424	68.33
Eligible voters			6,474

2006 general election

2006 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Chris d'Entremont	3,158	67.65	+19.70
	Liberal	Christian Surette	913	19.56	-20.33
	New Democratic Party	Charles Muise	531	11.38	-0.79
	Green	Patty Doucet-Saunders	66	1.41	Ø
Total valid votes			4,668	100.00
Total rejected ballots			20	0.43
Turnout			4,688	70.25
Eligible voters			6,673

2003 general election

2003 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Chris d'Entremont	2,345	47.95	-29.06
	Liberal	Aldric Benoit d'Entremont	1,951	39.89	+24.34
	New Democratic Party	Charles Muise	595	12.17	+5.66
Total valid votes			4,886	100.00
Total rejected ballots			32	0.65
Turnout			4,918	84.14
Eligible voters			5,845

1999 general election

1999 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Neil LeBlanc	4,060	77.01	+23.41
	Liberal	Karen Kravfe	820	15.55	-17.95
	New Democratic Party	Belinda Tucker	343	6.51	-4.99
	Nova Scotia Party	Oscar Harris	49	0.93	-0.47
Total valid votes			5,272	100.00
Total rejected ballots			20	0.38
Turnout			5,292	80.21
Eligible voters			6,598

1998 general election

1998 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Neil LeBlanc	3,028	53.60	+9.32
	Liberal	Allister Surette	1,891	33.50	-18.48
	New Democratic Party	Dianne Crowell	651	11.50	+7.77
	Nova Scotia Party	Oscar Harris	80	1.40
Total valid votes			5,650	100.00
Total rejected ballots			20	0.35
Turnout			5,670	84.98
Eligible voters			6,672

1993 general election

1993 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Allister Surette	3,091	51.98	+20.53
	Progressive Conservative	Neil LeBlanc	2,633	44.28	-19.86
	New Democratic Party	Dee Dee Daigle	222	3.73	-0.68
Total valid votes			5,946	100.00
Total rejected ballots			38	0.64
Turnout			5,984	86.93
Eligible voters			6,884

1988 general election

1988 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Neil LeBlanc	3,798	64.14	+11.63
	Liberal	Rick Murphy	1,862	31.45	-12.50
	New Democratic Party	Raymond Ethier	261	4.41	+0.87

1984 general election

1984 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Neil LeBlanc	2,894	52.51	+13.19
	Liberal	J. Donald Doucette	2,422	43.95	-10.02
	New Democratic Party	Lawrence Meuse	195	3.54	-3.17

1981 general election

1981 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Hugh Tinkham	2,872	53.97
	Progressive Conservative	Peter J. Boudreau	2,092	39.32
	New Democratic Party	Roy (Sonny) Murphy	357	6.71

References

• "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1981" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
• "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1984" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1984. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
• "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1988. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
• "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1993. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
• "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1998 (Argyle)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1998. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
• "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1999 (Argyle)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1999. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
• "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 2003 (Argyle)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2003. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
• "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 2006 (Argyle)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
• "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 2009 (Argyle)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2009. Retrieved 2014-10-06.