Clare (electoral district)

Clare is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1949-2013. Prior to 1949, Clare was part of Digby district. It elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the electoral district included the Municipality of the District of Clare, an Acadian area occupying the southwestern half of Digby County.[1] For four consecutive elections from 1988 to 1999, the district had the highest voter turnout in the province.[2][3][4][5]

Clare

Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
District created	1949
District abolished	2013
Last contested	2009
Demographics
Population (2011)	8,307
Electors	6,905
Census divisions	Digby County
Census subdivisions	Municipality of the District of Clare

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

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		Wayne Gaudet	Liberal
60th	2006-2009
59th	2003-2006
58th	1999-2003
57th	1998-1999
56th	1993-1998
55th	1988-1993		Guy LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984-1988
53rd	1981-1984		Chester Melanson	Liberal
52nd	1978-1981		Benoit Comeau	Liberal
51st	1974-1978
50th	1970-1974
49th	1967-1970
48th	1963-1967		Hector J. Pothier	Progressive Conservative
47th	1960-1963		Pierre E. Belliveau	Liberal
46th	1956-1960
45th	1953-1956
44th	1949-1953		Desire J. Comeau	Progressive Conservative

Election results

2009 general election

2009 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Wayne Gaudet	3,392	64.68
	New Democratic Party	Paul Comeau	1,326	25.29
	Progressive Conservative	Jimmy Doucet	459	8.75
	Green	Diane Bean	67	1.28	–
Total valid votes			5,244	100.00
Total rejected ballots			53	1.00
Turnout			5,297	76.71
Eligible voters			6,905

2006 general election

2006 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Wayne Gaudet	2,803	48.53
	Progressive Conservative	Arnold LeBlanc	1,622	28.08
	New Democratic Party	Paul Comeau	1,269	21.97
	Green	Diane Doucet-Bean	82	1.42	–
Total valid votes			5,776	100.00
Total rejected ballots			50	0.47
Turnout			5,826	82.45
Eligible voters			7,066

2003 general election

2003 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Wayne Gaudet	3,547	61.55
	Progressive Conservative	Marc Boudreau	1,456	25.26
	New Democratic Party	Don Melanson	760	13.19
Total valid votes			5,763	100.00
Total rejected ballots			70	1.20
Turnout			5,833	89.68
Eligible voters			6,504

1999 general election

1999 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Wayne Gaudet	2,705	43.76
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Comeau	2,355	38.10
	New Democratic Party	Don Melanson	1,078	17.44
	Nova Scotia Party	Anne Marie Boyer	43	0.70
Total valid votes			6,181	100.00
Total rejected ballots			66	1.06
Turnout			6,247	87.43
Eligible voters			7,145

1998 general election

1998 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Wayne Gaudet	2,950	47.28
	Progressive Conservative	Guy LeBlanc	2,578	41.32
	New Democratic Party	Vanessa Paddock	711	11.40
Total valid votes			6,239	100.00
Total rejected ballots			109	1.71
Turnout			6,348	88.00
Eligible voters			7,214

1993 general election

1993 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Wayne Gaudet	3,461	51.99
	Progressive Conservative	Guy LeBlanc	2,854	42.87
	New Democratic Party	Christian Collin	342	5.14
Total valid votes			6,657	100.00
Total rejected ballots			83	1.23
Turnout			6,740	91.44
Eligible voters			7,371

1988 general election

1988 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Guy LeBlanc	3,587	54.02
	Liberal	Nadine Boudreau	2,773	41.76
	New Democratic Party	Jan Slakov-Crombie	280	4.22

1984 general election

1984 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Guy LeBlanc	3,094	50.33
	Liberal	Chester Melanson	2,784	45.29
	New Democratic Party	Alain Chabot	269	4.38

References

1. Electoral History for Clare Nova Scotia Legislature
2. Recapitulation 1988 Election Elections Nova Scotia
3. Recapitulation 1993 Election Elections Nova Scotia
4. Recapitulation 1998 Election Elections Nova Scotia
5. Recapitulation 1999 Election Elections Nova Scotia

External links

• riding profile
• June 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll by Poll Results