KingsâÂÂHants (formerly Annapolis ValleyâÂÂHants 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.
Racial groups: 90.5% White, 5.4% Indigenous, 1.8% Black <br /> Languages: 95.6% English, 1.7% French<br /> 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 <br /> Median income (2020): $36,800 <br /> Average income (2015): $44,520
The district includes all of Hants County and the eastern part of Kings County. Communities include Enfield, Elmsdale, Lantz, Kentville, Windsor and Wolfville.
The electoral district was created as "Annapolis Valley" in 1966 from parts of ColchesterâÂÂHants and DigbyâÂÂAnnapolisâÂÂKings 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 "KingsâÂÂHants". In 2003, it was given its current boundaries: the area encompassed by the provincial electoral district of Kings West was removed from KingsâÂÂHants 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.
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Scott Brison resigned his seat effective 10 February 2019. Under legislation that had recently come into effect, the seat remained vacant until the next general election.
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.
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.
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