DartmouthâÂÂCole Harbour (formerly Dartmouth and DartmouthâÂÂHalifax East) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
According to the 2021 Canadian census, 2023 representation order
Languages: 90.5% English, 3.8% French, 1.0% Punjabi <br/> Race: 82.4% White, 4.3% Indigenous, 5.5% Black, 3.0% South Asian, 1.2% Filipino<br/> Religions: 55.8% Christian (25.5% Catholic, 8.8% Anglican, 6.9% United Church, 4.2% Baptist, 10.4% other), 1.2% Muslim, 1.1% Sikh, 39.7% none<br/> Median income: $42,400 (2020)<br/> Average income: $50,560 (2020)
The district includes the urban communities of Dartmouth and Cole Harbour in Halifax. The area is .
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. http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding/?riding=960&pane=3
The riding of DartmouthâÂÂHalifax 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 DartmouthâÂÂHalifax East.
The electoral district of DartmouthâÂÂCole Harbour in 2004 was created from 86.8% of the population of the new riding came from Dartmouth, and 13.2% from SackvilleâÂÂMusquodoboit ValleyâÂÂEastern 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 SackvilleâÂÂPrestonâÂÂChezzetcook and gained a small portion (2%) from what was SackvilleâÂÂEastern Shore.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained the Eastern Passage area from SackvilleâÂÂPrestonâÂÂChezzetcook, and lost all of the area north of Highways 111 and 118 plus the Lake Charles area to SackvilleâÂÂBedfordâÂÂPreston.
These ridings have elected the following members of Parliament:
Note that the Conservatives did not run a candidate in DartmouthâÂÂCole Harbour in the 2021 election, as their nominee withdrew shortly before the registration deadline.