Kings—Hants

Kings—Hants (formerly Annapolis Valley—Hants and Annapolis Valley) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.

Kings—Hants

Nova Scotia electoral district
Kings—Hants in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts (2003 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Kody Blois Liberal
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	83,465
Electors (2019)	69,556
Area (km²)[1]	4,124
Pop. density (per km²)	20.2
Census divisions	Hants, Kings
Census subdivisions	Cambridge 32, East Hants, Glooscap 35, Hantsport, Indian Brook 14, Kentville, Kings, Subd. A, Kings, Subd. B, Kings, Subd. C, Kings, Subd. D, West Hants, Windsor, Wolfville

It is a largely rural and fairly conservative riding, but its conservatism is in the Red Tory tradition of the rest of the Maritimes, i.e., there is a strong concern for social programs.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2001	79,286	—
2006	81,531	+2.8%
2011	83,306	+2.2%
2016	83,465	+0.2%

According to the Canada 2016 Census; 2013 representation[2][3][4]

Ethnic groups: 91.5% White, 5.3% Aboriginal, 1.6% Black
Languages: 96.1% English, 1.4% French
Religions (2011): 71.7% Christian (17.4% Baptist, 17.1% Catholic, 15.3% United Church, 12.5% Anglican, 1.7% Presbyterian, 1.5% Pentecostal, 6.1% Other), 27.4% No religion
Median income (2015): $31,020
Average income (2015): $39,385

Geography

The district includes all of Hants County and the eastern part of Kings County. Communities include Enfield, Elmsdale, Lantz, Kentville, Windsor and Wolfville.

History

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

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 West Nova. There will be no territory changes as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Annapolis Valley Riding created from Colchester—Hants and Digby—Annapolis—Kings
28th	1968–1972		Pat Nowlan	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
Annapolis Valley—Hants
31st	1979–1980		Pat Nowlan	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		John Murphy	Liberal
Kings—Hants
36th	1997–2000		Scott Brison	Progressive Conservative
	2000–2000		Joe Clark
37th	2000–2003		Scott Brison
	2003–2004			Liberal
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–present		Kody Blois

Scott Brison resigned his seat effective 10 February 2019.[5] Under legislation that had recently come into effect, the seat remained vacant until the next general election.[6]

Election results

Kings—Hants

2019 general election

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kody Blois	20,806	43.31	−27.43
	Conservative	Martha MacQuarrie	11,905	24.78	+6.20
	New Democratic	Stephen Schneider	8,254	17.18	+10.76
	Green	Brogan Anderson	6,029	12.55	+9.19
	People's	Matthew Southall	786	1.64	New
	Rhinoceros	Nicholas Tan	138	0.29	−0.11
	Veterans Coalition	Stacey Dodge	118	0.25	New
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,036	100.0		$101,328.14
Total rejected ballots			327	0.68	+0.25
Turnout			48,363	69.52	−0.24
Eligible voters			69,566
	Liberal hold		Swing		−16.81
Source: Elections Canada[7]

2015 general election

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Scott Brison	33,026	70.74	+31.19	$88,355.31
	Conservative	David Morse	8,677	18.59	–18.05	$80,877.49
	New Democratic	Hugh Curry	2,998	6.42	–13.60	$15,831.09
	Green	Will Cooper	1,569	3.36	–0.42	$1,277.65
	Rhinoceros	Megan Brown-Hodges	184	0.39	–	$730.27
	Independent	Edd Twohig	132	0.28	–	$1,070.96
	Independent	Cliff James Williams	100	0.21	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			46,686	99.57		$200,775.69
Total rejected ballots			202	0.43
Turnout			46,888	70.56
Eligible voters			66,454
	Liberal hold		Swing		+24.62
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

2011 general election

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Scott Brison	15,887	39.56	-4.62	$74,312.84
	Conservative	David Morse	14,714	36.63	+10.49	$79,610.04
	New Democratic	Mark Rogers	8,043	20.03	-1.98	$30,929.92
	Green	Sheila Richardson	1,520	3.78	-2.46	$1,566.57
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,164	100.0		$82,155.51
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			200	0.50	+0.01
Turnout			40,364	61.76	+3.17
Eligible voters			65,355
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.56
Sources:[10][11]

2008 general election

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Scott Brison	16,641	44.18	-1.38	$57,579.50
	Conservative	Rosemary Segado	9,846	26.14	-6.05	$59,850.46
	New Democratic	Carol Harris	8,291	22.01	+2.99	$19,364.79
	Green	Brendan MacNeill	2,353	6.24	+4.04	$2,914.98
	Christian Heritage	Jim Hnatiuk	528	1.40	–	$11,240.76
Total valid votes/Expense limit			37,659	100.0		$79,171
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			187	0.49	+0.08
Turnout			37,846	58.59	-6.60
Eligible voters			64,593
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.34

2006 general election

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Scott Brison	19,491	45.56	-1.05	$74,044.26
	Conservative	Bob Mullan	13,772	32.19	+2.07	$65,675.63
	New Democratic	Mary Dewolfe	8,138	19.02	+1.33	$19,691.41
	Green	Sheila Richardson	947	2.21	-1.41	$1,181.00
	Marijuana	Chummy Anthony	436	1.02	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,784	100.0		$74,073
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			177	0.41	-0.35
Turnout			42,961	65.19	+2.77
Eligible voters			65,898
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.56

2004 general election

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Scott Brison	17,555	46.61	+16.11	$68,487.35
	Conservative	Bob Mullan	11,344	30.12	-19.42	$64,737.24
	New Democratic	Skip Hambling	6,663	17.69	+0.08	$24,085.01
	Green	Kevin Stacey	1,364	3.62	–	$2,710.55
	Christian Heritage	Jim Hnatiuk	493	1.31	–	$7,088.07
	Independent	Richard Hennigar	242	0.64	+0.34	$5,710.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			37,661	100.0		$70,804
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			289	0.76
Turnout			37,950	62.42
Eligible voters			60,801
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+18.56
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Changes for Liberal candidate Scott Brison from 2000 are based on the Liberal Party's results. He received +6.48% votes from his results as a Progressive Conservative. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals. Change for independent candidate Richard Hennigar is based on his 2000 results as a Natural Law candidate (results not redistributed).

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Progressive Conservative	14,130	40.13
	Liberal	10,741	30.50
	New Democratic	6,202	17.61
	Alliance	3,315	9.41
	Others	826	2.35

2000 general election

2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Scott Brison	17,612	40.29	-13.16
	Liberal	Claude O'Hara	13,213	30.23	-0.03
	New Democratic	Kaye Johnson	7,244	16.57	-10.57
	Alliance	Gerry Fulton	4,618	10.56	-5.58
	Marijuana	Jim King	669	1.53
	Independent	Kenneth MacEachern	140	0.32
	Natural Law	Richard Hennigar	133	0.30	-0.28
	Communist	Graham Jake MacDonald	85	0.19	-0.33
Total valid votes			43,714	100.00

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

Canadian federal by-election, September 11, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Clark	14,525	53.45	+17.18	$38,552
	New Democratic	Kaye Johnson	7,375	27.14	+8.17	$45,722
	Alliance	Gerry Fulton	4,385	16.14	+2.75	$40,044
	N/A (Marijuana)	Alex Néron	670	2.47		$371
	Independent	John Turmel	221	0.81		$0
Total valid votes			27,176	100.00
Total rejected ballots			232
Turnout			27,408	39.54
Electors on the lists			69,319
Cause of by-election: resignation of Scott Brison on July 24, 2000. Canadian Alliance percentages are contrasted with the Reform Party figures from 1997. Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

1997 general election

1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Scott Brison	17,401	36.27	+16.04
	Liberal	John Murphy	14,515	30.26	-9.23
	New Democratic	Philip A. Brown	9,101	18.97	+13.97
	Reform	Lloyd Schmidt	6,424	13.39	+0.57
	Natural Law	James McLelland	278	0.58	-0.47
	Independent	Graham Jake MacDonald	251	0.52
Total valid votes			47,970	100.00

Annapolis Valley—Hants

1993 general election

1993 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Murphy	18,238	39.49	-0.59
	Progressive Conservative	Jim White	9,344	20.23	-23.94
	Independent	Pat Nowlan	8,958	19.40	-24.77
	Reform	John Merriam	5,919	12.82
	New Democratic	Dick Terfry	2,308	5.00	-7.52
	Christian Heritage	Jack Enserink	614	1.33	-1.47
	National	Steve Mockford	484	1.05
	Natural Law	John Runkle	319	0.69
Total valid votes			46,184	100.00

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 general election

1988 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Nowlan	20,763	44.17	-9.68
	Liberal	John Murphy	18,840	40.08	+11.62
	New Democratic	Keith Collins	5,886	12.52	-3.43
	Christian Heritage	Jack Enserink	1,318	2.80
	Independent	Rik Gates	200	0.43
Total valid votes			47,007	100.00

1984 general election

1984 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Nowlan	23,580	53.85	+11.88
	Liberal	Howard Fuller	12,463	28.46	-2.87
	New Democratic	Peggy Hope-Simpson	6,987	15.95	-9.34
	Rhinoceros	Graham Macdermott	762	1.74	+0.90
Total valid votes			43,792	100.00

1980 general election

1980 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Nowlan	17,152	41.97	-8.15
	Liberal	Jim Munro	12,804	31.33	+1.41
	New Democratic	Bob Levy	10,338	25.29	+5.33
	Rhinoceros	Mark Moors	343	0.84
	Independent	Dick Killam	233	0.57
Total valid votes			40,870	100.00

1979 general election

1979 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Nowlan	20,103	50.12
	Liberal	Frank C. Bezanson	12,001	29.92
	New Democratic	Bob Levy	8,008	19.96
Total valid votes			40,112	100.00

1974 general election

1974 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Nowlan	19,174
	Liberal	Brian Bruce	15,712
	New Democratic	John Patrick O'Meara	1,366
	Marxist–Leninist	Ronald John Brunton	135
	Social Credit	Frank Dimock	121

1972 general election

1972 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Nowlan	20,962
	Liberal	Tom Calkin	12,800
	New Democratic	Virginia Pickett	1,788
	Social Credit	W. Lincoln Hatt	299

1968 general election

1968 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Nowlan	17,435
	Liberal	Alexander C. Williamson	12,342
	New Democratic	Donald L. McKay	1,007

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "(Code 12006) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=12007&Geo2=PR&Code2=12&SearchText=Kings&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0
3. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=12007&Geo2=PR&Code2=12&Data=Count&SearchText=Kings&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
4. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=12007&Data=Count&SearchText=Kings&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
5. "Scott Brison bids farewell to House of Commons, announces resignation date". Halifax Today. The Canadian Press. 2019-02-06.
6. "A Federal Seat is Vacant in Kings–Hants" (Press release). Elections Canada. 2019-02-22.
7. "Results Validated by the Returning Officer". Elections Canada. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
8. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Kings—Hants (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
9. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
10. Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
11. Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

External links

• Riding history for Annapolis Valley—Hants (1976–1996) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Kings—Hants (1996– ) from the Library of Parliament