Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville

Hammonds Plains—Upper Sackville is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed from 2003–2013. It elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the electoral district included those communities comprising the western suburbs of the Halifax Regional Municipality, namely Hammonds Plains, Yankeetown, Pockwock, Upper Sackville and Lucasville.

Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
District created2003
District abolished2013
Last contested2009
Demographics
Population (2011)25,576
Electors17,937
Census divisionsHalifax Regional Municipality

The electoral district was created in 2003, drawing parts of the electoral districts of Sackville-Beaver Bank (now defunct) and Timberlea-Prospect. The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral district of Hammonds Plains-Lucasville.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature Years Member Party
59th 2003-2006 Barry Barnet Progressive Conservative
60th 2006-2009
61st 2009–2013     Mat Whynott New Democratic

Election results
2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
New DemocraticMat Whynott481550.03+13.98
LiberalPatrick Doyle238124.74+4.71
  Progressive Conservative Barry Barnet 2218 23.05 -18.97
GreenShawn Redmond2102.18+0.29
2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Progressive Conservative Barry Barnet 3704 42.02
  New Democratic Party Mat Whynott 3178 36.05
  Liberal Pam Streeter 1766 20.03
GreenScott Kleghorn1671.89–
2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Progressive Conservative Barry Barnet 3322 41.14
  Liberal Pam Streeter 2419 29.96
  New Democratic Party Brenda Haley 2229 27.6
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