Dartmouth—Cole Harbour

Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
Nova Scotia electoral district
	Dartmouth—Cole Harbour in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Darren Fisher; Liberal
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District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)	96,165
Electors (2021)	75,825
Area (km²)	89.99
Pop. density (per km²)	1,068.6
Census division(s)	Halifax
Census subdivision(s)	Halifax

Dartmouth—Cole Harbour (formerly Dartmouth and Dartmouth—Halifax East) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2001	87,588	—
2006	87,886	+0.3%
2011 (2003 redist.)	89,163	+1.5%
2011 (2015 redist.)	91,212	+2.3%
2016	92,301	+1.2%
2021	96,165	+4.2%

From the 2021 census ^[3]

Ethnic groups:

European: 86.2%
African descent: 4.5%
Indigenous: 4.5%
South Asian: 1.1%
Other: 3.7%

Languages:

English: 92.7%
French: 3.1%
Arabic: 0.6%
Chinese: 0.5%
Other: 3.1%

Religions:

Protestant: 45.8%
Catholic: 38.1%
Other Christian: 1.4%
No religious affiliation: 12.9%

Education:

No certificate, diploma or degree: 20.7%
High school certificate: 24.5%
Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma: 10.2%
Community college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma: 20.4%
University certificate or diploma: 24.1%

Median Age:

40.5

Median total income:

$27,005

Average total income:

$34,363

Median household income:

$53,222

Average household income:

$64,493

Median family income:

$68,047

Average family income:

$77,776

Unemployment:

5.9%

Geography

The district includes the urban communities of Dartmouth and Cole Harbour in Halifax. The area is 89.99 km² (34.75 sq mi).^[4]

Political geography

The Liberals and the NDP were the two main parties in 2008. The NDP saw much of its support in West Dartmouth, around Topsail Lake, the northern part of Cole Harbour, and the communities of Imperoyal and Woodside as well as the Cole Harbour 30 Indian Reserve. The Conservatives won two polls, both in Cole Harbour. The Liberals dominated in Central, Eastern and Northern Dartmouth and in southern Cole Harbour. [1]

History

The riding of Dartmouth—Halifax East was created in 1966 when the former dual-member Halifax riding was split into two. The district consisted of the Dartmouth area, Bedford and most of eastern Halifax County. Bedford was moved to the riding of Halifax West in a 1976 redistribution. In 1987, the Dartmouth riding was created, taking in nearly all of the former territory of Dartmouth—Halifax East.

The electoral district of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour in 2004 was created from 86.8% of the population of the new riding came from Dartmouth, and 13.2% from Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore.

The 2012 federal electoral redistribution concluded that this riding will remain largely the same for the 42nd Canadian federal election. It lost a small fraction to the new riding of Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook and gained a small portion (2%) from what was Sackville—Eastern Shore.

Member of Parliament

These ridings have elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Dartmouth—Halifax East Riding created from Halifax
28th	1968–1972	Michael Forrestall	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
Dartmouth
34th	1988–1993	Ron MacDonald	Liberal
35th	1993–1997	Ron MacDonald	Liberal
36th	1997–2000	Wendy Lill	New Democratic
37th	2000–2004	Wendy Lill	New Democratic
Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
38th	2004–2006	Michael Savage	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	Robert Chisholm	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2019	Darren Fisher	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Dartmouth—Halifax East, Dartmouth, Dartmouth—Cole Harbour (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)