Annapolis (provincial electoral district)

Annapolis

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	David Bowlby Progressive Conservative
District created	1867
District abolished	1953
District re-created	1993
First contested	1867, 1993
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2011)	20,591
Electors (2021)	14,821
Area (km²)	2,158
Pop. density (per km²)	9.5
Census division(s)	Annapolis County
Census subdivision(s)	Annapolis Royal, Middleton

Annapolis is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

The district was created in 1867 and was abolished in 1953 when it was re-distributed into Annapolis East and Annapolis West. The district was re-formed in 1993 and its boundaries were changed following the 2012 electoral reform commission to include the portion of Digby-Annapolis within Annapolis County north of Maitland Bridge.

The district includes the entirety of Annapolis County including the municipalities of Annapolis Royal and Middleton.

Since 2024, the district has been represented by David Bowlby.

Geography

The electoral district of Annapolis has 2,158 km² (833 sq mi) of landmass.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The electoral district has been represented by the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
65th	2024–present		David Bowlby	Progressive Conservative
64th	2021–2024		Carman Kerr	Liberal
63rd	2017–2021		Stephen McNeil	Liberal
62nd	2013–2017
61st	2009–2013
60th	2006–2009
59th	2003–2006
58th	1999–2003		Frank Chipman	Progressive Conservative
57th	1998–1999		Laurie Montgomery	Liberal
56th	1993–1998		Earle Rafuse	Liberal
Annapolis East and Annapolis West from 1953 to 1993
44th	1949–1953		Henry Davies Hicks	Liberal
43rd	1945–1949
42nd	1941–1945		John Douglas McKenzie	Liberal
41st	1937–1941
40th	1933–1937
Annapolis returned two members before 1933
39th	1928–1933		Harry Thompson MacKenzie	Progressive Conservative		Obediah Parker Goucher	Progressive Conservative
38th	1925–1928
37th	1920–1925		Orlando Daniels	Liberal		Frank R. Elliott	Liberal
36th	1916–1920
35th	1913–1916					Norman Phinney	Liberal-Conservative
	1911–1916
34th	1906–1911					Joseph A. Bancroft	Liberal
33rd	1903–1906		James Wilberforce Longley	Liberal
	1901–1903
32nd	1897–1901
31st	1895–1897
30th	1891–1894					Henry H. Chute	Liberal
29th	1886–1890					Frank Andrews	Liberal-Conservative
28th	1882–1886					Henry M. Munro	Liberal
27th	1878–1882		Caleb Shaffner	Conservative		William Botsford Troop	Conservative
26th	1874–1878		Avard Longley	Conservative
25th	1871–1874		David C. Landers	Liberal		Jared C. Troop	Liberal
24th	1867–1871

Election results

2024

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David Bowlby	3,289	44.46	+12.17
	Liberal	Carman Kerr	3,281	44.36	-5.26
	New Democratic	Cheryl Burbidge	689	9.32	-3.90
	Green	Sara Adams	138	1.87	-1.72
Total valid votes			7,397	99.21
Total rejected ballots			59	0.79	+0.31
Turnout			7,456	46.82	-10.18
Eligible voters			15,925
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+8.71

2021

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Carman Kerr	4,231	49.62	-16.49	$62,306.44
	Progressive Conservative	Jennifer Ehrenfeld-Poole	2,753	32.29	+17.38	$62,874.75
	New Democratic	Cheryl Burbidge	1,127	13.22	-0.71	$27,596.93
	Green	Krista Grear	306	3.59	-0.10	$4,098.82
	Atlantica	Mark Robertson	109	1.28	-0.08	$200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			8,526	99.52		$86,588.94
Total rejected ballots			41	0.48
Turnout			8,567	57.00
Eligible voters			15,030
	Liberal hold		Swing		-16.94
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2]

2017

2017 provincial election redistributed results[3]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	5,540	66.12
	Progressive Conservative	1,249	14.91
	New Democratic	1,167	13.93
	Green	309	3.69
	Atlantica	114	1.36

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Stephen McNeil	6,410	64.73	-11.15	$49,422.05
	New Democratic	Colin Sproul	1,517	15.32	+7.11	$39,062.68
	Progressive Conservative	Ginny Hurlock	1,480	14.94	+1.27	$31,284.14
	Green	Zac Crockatt	366	3.70	+1.46	$200.00
	Atlantica	Kent Robinson	130	1.31		$2,844.92
Total valid votes/Expense limit			9,903	99.62	+0.09	$90,230.82
Total rejected ballots			38	0.38	-0.09
Turnout			9,941	58.86	-5.27
Eligible voters			16,888
	Liberal hold		Swing		-9.13
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4][5]

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stephen McNeil	7,710	75.88	+2.56
	Progressive Conservative	Virginia Hurlock	1,390	13.68	+2.63
	New Democratic Party	Henry Spurr	834	8.21	-5.17
	Green	Ron Neufeld	227	2.23	-0.02
Total valid votes			10,161	100.00
Total rejected ballots			48	0.47
Turnout			10,209	64.13
Eligible voters			15,919

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stephen McNeil	6,446	73.70%	17.50%
	New Democratic	Henry Spurr	1,131	12.93%	-3.82%
	Progressive Conservative	Kent Robinson	971	11.10%	-13.47%
	Green	Jamie Spinney	198	2.26%	-0.22%
Total			8,746	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stephen McNeil	4,668	56.20%	5.37%
	Progressive Conservative	Blair Hannam	2,041	24.57%	-6.84%
	New Democratic	Malcolm MacKenzie	1,391	16.75%	1.07%
	Green	Ken McGowan	206	2.48%	–
Total			8,306	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stephen McNeil	4,522	50.83%	15.60%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Chipman	2,795	31.42%	-12.02%
	New Democratic	Adrian Nette	1,395	15.68%	-2.75%
	Nova Scotia Party	Harry Wilson	185	2.08%	-0.84%
Total			8,897	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Chipman	4,026	43.43%	9.15%
	Liberal	Stephen McNeil	3,265	35.22%	-1.74%
	New Democratic	Tom Clahane	1,708	18.43%	-8.03%
	Nova Scotia Party	Paul Mann	271	2.92%	–
Total			9,270	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Laurie Montgomery	3,448	36.96%	-25.93%
	Progressive Conservative	Basil Stewart	3,198	34.28%	3.94%
	New Democratic	John Kinsella	2,468	26.46%	19.68%
	Independent	Bob Mann	215	2.30%	–
Total			9,329	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Earle Rafuse	7,022	62.89%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Greg Kerr	3,388	30.34%	–
	New Democratic	Margaret Wolfe	756	6.77%	–
Total			11,166	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1953

1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Hicks	5,006	51.55%	-0.74%
	Progressive Conservative	Charles F. LeBrun	4,705	48.45%	–
Total			9,711	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1949

1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Hicks	5,091	52.29%	-6.77%
	Liberal–Conservative	Harry Thompson MacKenzie	4,447	45.68%	4.73%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Louisa Anna Shaw	198	2.03%	–
Total			9,736	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1945

1945 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Hicks	4,880	59.06%	-1.55%
	Liberal–Conservative	Horton Wheelock Phinney	3,383	40.94%	1.55%
Total			8,263	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1941

1941 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John D. McKenzie	4,292	60.60%	3.26%
	Liberal–Conservative	Hanson Dowell	2,790	39.40%	-3.26%
Total			7,082	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1937

1937 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John D. McKenzie	4,977	57.35%	2.00%
	Liberal–Conservative	James Eugene Morse	3,702	42.65%	-2.00%
Total			8,679	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1933

1933 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John D. McKenzie	4,917	55.35%
	Liberal–Conservative	Obediah Parker Goucher	3,967	44.65%
Total			8,884	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1928

1928 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Obediah Parker Goucher	3,689	25.90%
	Liberal–Conservative	Harry Thompson MacKenzie	3,645	25.59%
	Liberal	Daniel Owen	3,461	24.30%
	Liberal	John D. McKenzie	3,450	24.22%
Total			14,245	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1925

1925 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Obediah Parker Goucher	4,331	29.46%
	Liberal–Conservative	Harry Thompson MacKenzie	4,133	28.12%
	Liberal	Frank R. Elliott	3,165	21.53%
	Liberal	Kenneth L. Crowell	3,071	20.89%
Total			14,700	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1920

1920 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Orlando Daniels	3,630	30.41%
	Liberal	Frank R. Elliott	3,330	27.90%
	United Farmers	Vernon B. Leonard	2,512	21.05%
	United Farmers	Edgar C. Shaffner	2,463	20.64%
Total			11,935	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1916

1916 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Orlando Daniels	2,149	26.34%
	Liberal	Frank R. Elliott	2,077	25.46%
	Liberal–Conservative	Obediah Parker Goucher	2,020	24.76%
	Liberal–Conservative	Earle C. Phinney	1,912	23.44%
Total			8,158	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1911

1911 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Orlando Daniels	2,092	26.74%
	Liberal–Conservative	Norman Phinney	1,938	24.77%
	Liberal–Conservative	A. L. Davison	1,931	24.68%
	Liberal	J. R. Hall	1,863	23.81%
Total			7,824	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1906

1906 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Orlando Daniels	2,062	29.46%
	Liberal	Joseph A. Bancroft	1,826	26.09%
	Liberal–Conservative	A. L. Davison	1,674	23.91%
	Liberal–Conservative	Alfred Wightman	1,438	20.54%
Total			7,000	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1896 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1896
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Wilberforce Longley	Acclaimed	–
Total			–	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1901

1901 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Wilberforce Longley	1,825	29.60%
	Liberal	Joseph A. Bancroft	1,750	28.39%
	Liberal–Conservative	W. C. Healey	1,348	21.87%
	Liberal–Conservative	Frank Andrews	1,242	20.15%
Total			6,165	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1897

1897 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph A. Bancroft	1,878	26.48%
	Liberal	James Wilberforce Longley	1,871	26.38%
	Liberal–Conservative	Thomas R. Jones	1,680	23.69%
	Liberal–Conservative	C. S. Harrington	1,664	23.46%
Total			7,093	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1894

1894 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Wilberforce Longley	1,808	27.18%
	Liberal	Joseph A. Bancroft	1,793	26.95%
	Liberal–Conservative	Thomas R. Jones	1,555	23.38%
	Liberal–Conservative	Hugh E. Gillis	1,496	22.49%
Total			6,652	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1890

1890 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Wilberforce Longley	1,814	27.95%
	Liberal	Harris H. Chute	1,639	25.25%
	Liberal–Conservative	C. S. Harrington	1,613	24.85%
	Liberal–Conservative	B. Starratt	1,424	21.94%
Total			6,490	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1886

1886 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Wilberforce Longley	1,556	25.25%
	Liberal–Conservative	Frank Andrews	1,540	24.99%
	Liberal–Conservative	R. J. Ellison	1,535	24.91%
	Liberal	Henry M. Munro	1,531	24.85%
Total			6,162	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1882

1882 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Wilberforce Longley	1,340	26.06%
	Liberal	Henry M. Munro	1,329	25.85%
	Liberal–Conservative	Caleb Shaffner	1,261	24.52%
	Liberal–Conservative	William Botsford Troop	1,212	23.57%
Total			5,142	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1878

1878 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	William Botsford Troop	1,350	26.77%
	Liberal–Conservative	Caleb Shaffner	1,295	25.68%
	Liberal	O. M. Taylor	1,235	24.49%
	Liberal	E. Bent	1,163	23.06%
Total			5,043	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1874

1874 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Avard Longley	1,211	27.55%
	Liberal–Conservative	William Botsford Troop	1,177	26.78%
	Liberal	E. Bent	1,013	23.05%
	Liberal	Parker	994	22.62%
Total			4,395	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1871

1871 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jared C. Troop	1,083	26.03%
	Liberal	David C. Landers	1,076	25.86%
	Liberal–Conservative	Avard Longley	1,017	24.44%
	Liberal–Conservative	T. W. Chesley	985	23.67%
Total			4,161	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1867

1867 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jared C. Troop	1,187	27.16%
	Liberal	David C. Landers	1,163	26.61%
	Liberal–Conservative	W. T. Foster	1,019	23.31%
	Liberal–Conservative	George Whitman	1,002	22.92%
Total			4,371	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Annapolis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

References

1. "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
2. "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
3. Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
4. "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
5. "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

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External links

• CBC: 2013 riding profile