Queens (Nova Scotia provincial electoral district)

Queens
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Kim Masland; Progressive Conservative
;
District created	1867, 2019
District abolished	2013
District re-created	2019
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2011)	12,294
Electors	9,974
Area (km²)	3,087
Pop. density (per km²)	4
Census division(s)	Annapolis, Queens County
Census subdivision(s)	Annapolis, Subd. D, Ponhook Lake 10, Region of Queens Municipality, Wildcat 12

Queens is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1867 and 2013 and since 2021. It elects one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The electoral district includes the entirety of Queens County and a small part of Annapolis.

The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral district of Queens-Shelburne. Following the 2019 electoral boundary review, the electoral district was re-created out of Queens-Shelburne.

Geography

Queens covers 3,087 km² (1,192 sq mi) of land area.[1]

Demographics

Unemployment: 11%
Population: 13,750
Average income: $22,610
University educated: 7%

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The electoral district was represented by the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years		Party
64th	2021-	Kim Masland	Progressive Conservative
Riding recreated from parts of Queens-Shelburne
Riding dissolved
61st	2009–2013	Vicki Conrad	New Democratic
60th	2006-2009	Vicki Conrad	New Democratic
59th	2003-2006	Kerry Morash	Progressive Conservative
58th	1999-2003	Kerry Morash	Progressive Conservative
57th	1998-1999	John Leefe	Progressive Conservative
56th	1993-1998
55th	1988-1993
54th	1984-1988
53rd	1981-1984
52nd	1978-1981
51st	1974-1978	John Wickwire	Progressive Conservative
50th	1971-1974	Floyd MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
50th	1970-1971	W. S. Kennedy Jones	Progressive Conservative
49th	1967-1970
48th	1963-1967
47th	1960-1963
46th	1956-1960
45th	1953-1956
44th	1949-1953	Merrill D. Rawding	Liberal
43rd	1945-1949	Merrill D. Rawding	Liberal
42nd	1941-1945	Harry Dennis Madden	Liberal
41st	1937-1941	John J. Cameron	Conservative
40th	1933-1937	Seth M. Bartling	Conservative
Queens returned two members before 1933
39th	1928-1933	Donald W. MacKay	Liberal-Conservative	William Lorimer Hall	Liberal-Conservative
38th	1925-1928	Frank J.D. Barnjum	Conservative	William Lorimer Hall	Liberal-Conservative
37th	1920-1925	Jordan W. Smith	Liberal	George S. McClearn	Liberal
36th	1916-1920			William Lorimer Hall	Liberal-Conservative
35th	1911-1916
34th	1910-1911	Charles F. Cooper	Liberal
34th	1906-1910			Edward Matthew Farrell	Liberal
33rd	1901-1906
32nd	1897-1901	Thomas Keillor	Liberal
31st	1896-1897	Richard Hunt	Liberal
31st	1894-1896			Albert M. Hemeon	Liberal
30th	1890-1894
29th	1887-1890	Joseph H. Cook	Liberal
29th	1886-1887			Jason M. Mack	Liberal
28th	1882-1886			Jason M. Mack	Liberal
27th	1878-1882	Leander Ford	Conservative	James C. Bartling	Conservative
26th	1874-1878	Isaac N. Mack	Liberal	Samuel Freeman	Liberal
25th	1871-1874	William Henry Smith	Liberal
24th	1867-1871	William Henry Smith	Liberal

Election results

1867 general election

1867 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Henry Smith	792	36.65%
	Liberal	Samuel Freeman	785	36.33%
	Liberal–Conservative	Charles Allison	310	14.35%
	Liberal–Conservative	A. J. Campbell	274	12.68%
Total			2,161	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1871 general election

1871 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Samuel Freeman	829	33.71%
	Liberal	William Henry Smith	826	33.59%
	Liberal–Conservative	Thomas Patillo	465	18.91%
	Liberal–Conservative	Will Hendry	339	13.79%
Total			2,459	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1874 general election

1874 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jason M. Mack	740	32.46%
	Liberal	Samuel Freeman	705	30.92%
	Liberal–Conservative	Charles Ellison	441	19.34%
	Liberal–Conservative	Charlie Parker	394	17.28%
Total			2,280	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1878 general election

1878 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Leander Ford	607	24.38%
	Liberal–Conservative	James C. Bartling	534	21.45%
	Liberal	Samuel Freeman	531	21.33%
	Liberal	Jason M. Mack	503	20.20%
	Liberal	Albert M. Hemeon	315	12.65%
Total			2,490	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1882 general election

1882 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph H. Cook	689	28.28%
	Liberal	Jason M. Mack	644	26.44%
	Liberal–Conservative	James C. Bartling	555	22.78%
	Liberal–Conservative	Leander Ford	548	22.50%
Total			2,436	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1886 general election

1886 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jason M. Mack	787	29.25%
	Liberal	Joseph H. Cook	762	28.32%
	Liberal–Conservative	Leander Ford	622	23.11%
	Liberal–Conservative	James C. Bartling	520	19.32%
Total			2,691	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1890 general election

1890 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Richard Hunt	897	28.12%
	Liberal	Albert M. Hemeon	887	27.81%
	Liberal–Conservative	Leander Ford	722	22.63%
	Liberal–Conservative	C. A. Bowlley	684	21.44%
Total			3,190	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1894 general election

1894 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Albert M. Hemeon	913	35.24%
	Liberal	Richard Hunt	912	35.20%
	Liberal–Conservative	John Hail	703	27.13%
	Liberal–Conservative	D. Butch	63	2.43%
Total			2,591	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1897 general election

1897 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edward Matthew Farrell	876	26.38%
	Liberal	Thomas Keillor	712	21.44%
	Liberal	John Millard	704	21.20%
	Liberal–Conservative	John Hutt	666	20.05%
	Liberal	R. R. McLeod	184	5.54%
	Liberal–Conservative	T. H. Siddell	179	5.39%
Total			3,321	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1901 general election

1901 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edward Matthew Farrell	925	27.95%
	Liberal	Charles F. Cooper	843	25.48%
	Liberal–Conservative	J. W. Hutt	783	23.66%
	Liberal–Conservative	W. L. Libbey	758	22.91%
Total			3,309	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1906 general election

1906 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edward Matthew Farrell	1,008	31.28%
	Liberal	Charles F. Cooper	874	27.13%
	Liberal–Conservative	J. S. Hughes	754	23.40%
	Liberal–Conservative	J. C. Pyke	586	18.19%
Total			3,222	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1911 general election

1911 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	William Lorimer Hall	1,079	27.23%
	Liberal	Jordan W. Smith	1,047	26.42%
	Liberal–Conservative	Philson Kempton	953	24.05%
	Liberal	W. P. Purney	884	22.31%
Total			3,963	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1916 general election

1916 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	William Lorimer Hall	1,116	26.65%
	Liberal	Jordan W. Smith	1,098	26.22%
	Liberal–Conservative	D. C. Mulhall	997	23.81%
	Liberal	Frederick R. Freeman	977	23.33%
Total			4,188	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1920 general election

1920 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jordan W. Smith	1,737	28.27%
	Liberal	George S. McClearn	1,607	26.15%
	Liberal–Conservative	William Lorimer Hall	1,485	24.17%
	Liberal–Conservative	Robert Smith	1,316	21.42%
Total			6,145	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1925 general election

1925 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Frank J.D. Barnjum	1,982	26.34%
	Liberal–Conservative	William Lorimer Hall	1,934	25.70%
	Liberal	Jordan W. Smith	1,874	24.90%
	Liberal	George S. McClearn	1,735	23.06%
Total			7,525	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1928 general election

1928 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	William Lorimer Hall	2,206	29.36%
	Liberal–Conservative	Donald W. MacKay	1,937	25.78%
	Liberal	Roland M. Irving	1,721	22.91%
	Liberal	Frederick Dickie	1,649	21.95%
Total			7,513	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1933 general election

1933 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Seth M. Bartling	2,880	50.91%
	Liberal	Roland M. Irving	2,777	49.09%
Total			5,657	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1937 general election

1937 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal–Conservative	John J. Cameron	2,931	51.91%	1.00%
	Liberal	J. Ross Byrne	2,715	48.09%	-1.00%
Total			5,646	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1941 general election

1941 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Dennis Madden	2,461	50.13%	2.05%
	Liberal–Conservative	John J. Cameron	2,448	49.87%	-2.05%
Total			4,909	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1945 general election

1945 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Merrill D. Rawding	2,844	48.17%	-1.96%
	Liberal–Conservative	Leonard William Fraser	2,503	42.39%	-7.47%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Clarence Webber	557	9.43%	–
Total			5,904	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1949 general election

1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Merrill D. Rawding	3,166	50.21%	2.04%
	Liberal–Conservative	E. M. More	2,840	45.04%	2.65%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	J. N. McIntyre	299	4.74%	-4.69%
Total			6,305	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1953 general election

1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	W. S. Kennedy Jones	3,230	52.09%	–
	Liberal	Merrill D. Rawding	2,838	45.77%	-4.45%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Claude Van Buskirk	133	2.14%	-2.60%
Total			6,201	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1956 general election

1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	W. S. Kennedy Jones	3,067	50.77%	-1.32%
	Liberal	Merrill D. Rawding	2,974	49.23%	3.46%
Total			6,041	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1960 general election

1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	W. S. Kennedy Jones	3,770	59.04%	8.27%
	Liberal	Della P. Richardson	2,616	40.96%	-8.27%
Total			6,386	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1963 general election

1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	W. S. Kennedy Jones	3,833	65.85%	6.81%
	Liberal	W. Alton Snow	1,988	34.15%	-6.81%
Total			5,821	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1967 general election

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	W. S. Kennedy Jones	3,290	57.69%	-8.16%
	Liberal	G. Cecil Day	2,413	42.31%	8.16%
Total			5,703	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1970 general election

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	W. S. Kennedy Jones	3,068	51.99%	-5.70%
	Liberal	Harley Umphrey	2,833	48.01%	5.70%
Total			5,901	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1974 general election

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Wickwire	2,905	44.50%	-7.49%
	Liberal	Keith Wyer	2,649	40.58%	-7.43%
	New Democratic	A. J. d'Entremont	974	14.92%	–
Total			6,528	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1978 general election

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Leefe	3,800	52.72%	8.22%
	Liberal	Keith Wyer	2,440	33.85%	-6.73%
	New Democratic	A. J. d'Entremont	968	13.43%	-1.49%
Total			7,208	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1981 general election

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Leefe	4,114	65.19%	12.47%
	Liberal	Mervin W. Hartlen	1,511	23.94%	-9.91%
	New Democratic	David K. Sampson	686	10.87%	-2.56%
Total			6,311	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1984 general election

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Leefe	3,661	59.92%	-5.27%
	Liberal	Hugh Mosher	1,532	25.07%	1.13%
	New Democratic	Bill Zimmerman	917	15.01%	4.14%
Total			6,110	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1988 general election

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Leefe	4,099	56.04%	-3.88%
	Liberal	Dave Randall	2,228	30.46%	5.38%
	New Democratic	Margo Kleiker	988	13.51%	-1.50%
Total			7,315	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993 general election

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Leefe	3,529	47.11%	-8.93%
	Liberal	Marilyn Large	3,266	43.60%	13.14%
	New Democratic	Anne Corbin	696	9.29%	-4.22%
Total			7,491	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1998 general election

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Leefe	3,582	54.32%	7.21%
	Liberal	Tery Doucette	2,072	31.42%	-12.18%
	New Democratic	Basil L. Giffin	940	14.26%	4.96%
Total			6,594	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999 general election

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Kerry Morash	3,447	55.23%	0.91%
	New Democratic	John Wiles	1,498	24.00%	9.75%
	Liberal	Eddie Whitty	1,296	20.77%	-10.66%
Total			6,241	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003 general election

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Kerry Morash	2,721	44.19%	-11.05%
	New Democratic	Vicki Conrad	2,300	37.35%	13.35%
	Liberal	Win Seaton	1,137	18.46%	-2.30%
Total			6,158	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006 general election

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Vicki Conrad	3,053	49.48%	12.13%
	Progressive Conservative	Kerry Morash	2,998	48.59%	4.40%
	Green	Margaret Whitney	119	1.93%	–
Total			6,170	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009 general election

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Vicki Conrad	4,012	59.82%	10.34%
	Progressive Conservative	Kerry Morash	1,936	28.87%	-19.72%
	Liberal	Wayne Henley	674	10.05%	–
	Green	Stuart Simpson	85	1.27%	-0.66%
Total			6,707	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Queens" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2017 general election (transposed)

2017 provincial election redistributed results[2]
Party		Vote	%
	Progressive Conservative	2,332	50.41
	Liberal	1,269	27.43
	New Democratic	858	18.55
	Green	167	3.61

2021 general election

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Kim Masland	3,627	70.37	+19.96
	Liberal	Susan McLeod	1,051	20.39	-7.04
	New Democratic	Mary Dahr	323	6.27	-12.28
	Green	Brian Muldoon	153	2.97	-0.64
Total valid votes			5,154	99.59
Total rejected ballots			21	0.41
Turnout			5,175	58.36
Eligible voters			8,868
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+13.50
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3]

References

"Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
"Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

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[1] "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[2] Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries

[3] "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.