Kings—Hants
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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.
Demographics
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Racial groups: 90.5% White, 5.4% Indigenous, 1.8% Black
Languages: 95.6% English, 1.7% French
Religions: 53.1% Christian (13.8% Catholic, 11.2% Baptist, 8.7% United Church, 8.6% Anglican, 1.1% Presbyterian, 9.7% Other), 45.1% No religion
Median income (2020): $36,800
Average income (2015): $44,520
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. It was composed of the eastern portion of Annapolis County, and all of Kings and Hants counties.
In 1978, it lost the eastern portion of Annapolis County to South West Nova.
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 was no territory changes as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained some territory (Berwick area) in Kings County from West Nova.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
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Scott Brison resigned his seat effective 10 February 2019.<ref name=HalTodayFeb2019>Template:Cite news</ref> Under legislation that had recently come into effect, the seat remained vacant until the next general election.<ref name=vacancy-EC>Template:Cite press release</ref>
Election results
Kings—Hants
2025
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2021
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| Party | Vote | % | |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | Liberal | 21,582 | 44.39 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | Conservative | 14,704 | 30.25 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | New Democratic | 9,186 | 18.90 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | People's | 2,202 | 4.53 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | Green | 940 | 1.93 |
| Total valid votes | 48,614 | 99.46 | |
| Rejected ballots | 265 | 0.54 | |
| Registered voters/ estimated turnout | 78,544 | 62.23 | |
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2019
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2015
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2011
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2008
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2006
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2004
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| Party | Vote | % | |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | Progressive Conservative | 14,130 | 40.13 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | Liberal | 10,741 | 30.50 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | New Democratic | 6,202 | 17.61 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | Alliance | 3,315 | 9.41 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | | Others | 826 | 2.35 |
2000
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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
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1997
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Annapolis Valley—Hants
1993
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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
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1984
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1980
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1979
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Annapolis Valley
1974
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1972
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1968
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See also
References
Notes
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
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