Digby-Annapolis

For the former federal electoral district, see Digby and Annapolis.
Digby-Annapolis
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Nova Scotia House of Assembly
District created 1993
District abolished 2013
Last contested 2009
Demographics
Population (2011) 12,829
Electors 9,883
Census divisions Annapolis County,
Digby County

Digby—Annapolis is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1993-2013. 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 Digby, which is the northeastern half of Digby County as well as the western part of Annapolis County.

The electoral district was created in 1993 by merging sections from Annapolis East, Annapolis West and Digby. It was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral districts of Clare-Digby and Annapolis.

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 Harold Theriault Liberal
60th 2006-2009
59th 2003-2006
58th 1999-2003 Gordon Balser Progressive Conservative
57th 1998-1999
56th 1993-1998     Joseph H. Casey Liberal

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2009
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     Liberal Harold Jr. Theriault 3514 64.32
     New Democratic Party Sherri Oliver 1025 18.76
     Progressive Conservative Cindy Nesbitt 846 15.49
GreenNamron Bean 78 1.43
Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     Liberal Harold Jr. Theriault 3034 50.91
     Progressive Conservative Jimmy MacAlpine 2170 36.42
     New Democratic Party Andrew Oliver 663 11.13
GreenNamron Bean 92 1.94
Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     Liberal Harold Theriault, Jr. 2666 45.26
     Progressive Conservative Gordon Balser 2339 40.00
     New Democratic Party Deborah Trask 755 13.20
Nova Scotia PartyGordon Douglas Reid 92 1.54
Nova Scotia general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     Progressive Conservative Gordon Balser 3780 58.74
     Liberal Vivian O'Neil 1550 24.09
     New Democratic Party Steve Downes 1105 17.17
Nova Scotia general election, 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     Progressive Conservative Gordon Balser 2465 37.22
     Liberal John Drish 2232 33.70
     New Democratic Party Steve Downes 1925 29.07
Nova Scotia general election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     Liberal Joe Casey 5805 71.46
     Progressive Conservative Walter MacAlpine 1521 18.72
     New Democratic Party Susan Jamieson 797 9.81

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