Lunenburg (provincial electoral district)

Lunenburg

Nova Scotia electoral district
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Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Suzanne Lohnes-Croft Liberal
District created	1993
First contested	1993
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Population (2011)	17,053
Electors (2012)	13,720
Area (km²)	818.00
Pop. density (per km²)	20.8
Census divisions	Lunenburg

Lunenburg is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Large communities in the district include Lunenburg and Mahone Bay.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
56th	1993-1998		Lila O'Connor	Liberal
57th	1998-1999		Michael Baker	Progressive Conservative
58th	1999-2003
59th	2003-2006
60th	2006-2009
61st	2009-2013		Pam Birdsall	New Democratic
62nd	2013–present		Suzanne Lohnes-Croft	Liberal

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Pam Birdsall	3644	48.82
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Zwicker	2049	27.45
	Liberal	Rick Welsford	1190	15.94
	Independent	Milton Countway	457	6.12
	Green	Jason Remai	124	1.66	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Baker	3969	48.67
	New Democratic Party	Chris Heide	2790	34.21
	Liberal	Rick Welsford	1200	14.71
	Green	Stuart Simpson	196	2.40	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Baker	3734	46.36
	New Democratic Party	Chris Heide	2625	32.59
	Liberal	Jim Davis	1695	21.05

Nova Scotia general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Baker	4590
	Liberal	Lila O'Connor	2344
	New Democratic Party	Marilyn Crook	1982

External links

• CBC riding profile