Eastern Passage (electoral district)

Eastern Passage

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Barbara Adams Progressive Conservative
District created	2019
First contested	2024
Demographics
Electors	10,512
Area (km²)[1]	42
Census division(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality
Census subdivision(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality

Eastern Passage is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia that came into effect at the 2021 Nova Scotia general election. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia.

The riding was created by the 2019 provincial redistribution out of part of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage.

The riding contains the communities of Cow Bay, Eastern Passage, Shearwater, McNabs Island, and the Dartmouth neighbourhood of Imperoyal in the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Eastern Passage
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
64th	2021–present		Barbara Adams	Progressive Conservative

Election results

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Barbara Adams	2,754	63.7%
	Liberal	Chris Peters	1,110	25.7%
	Independent	Tammy Jakeman	456	10.6%
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			4,320
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2]

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Barbara Adams	2,469	44.82	+9.11	$29,475.98
	Liberal	Joyce Treen	1,444	26.21	-8.60	$45,473.02
	New Democratic	Tammy Jakeman	1,222	22.18	-2.56	$24,550.06
	Green	Corey Myers	374	6.79	+1.95	$2,771.86
Total valid votes/Expense limit			5,509	99.53	–	$64,783.35
Total rejected ballots			26	0.47
Turnout			5,535	52.65
Eligible voters			10,512
	Progressive Conservative notional hold		Swing		+8.86
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3]

2017 provincial election redistributed results[4]
Party		Vote	%
	Progressive Conservative	2,182	35.71
	Liberal	2,121	34.81
	New Democratic	1,512	24.74
	Green	296	4.84

References

1. "Electoral District Information". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
2. https://globalnews.ca/news/10865519/nova-scotia-election-2024-eastern-passage/
3. "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
4. "Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 12 April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.