Cumberland—Colchester

Cumberland—Colchester

Nova Scotia electoral district
Cumberland–Colchester–Musquodoboit Valley in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Bill Casey Liberal
District created	1966
First contested	2004
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	80,590
Electors (2015)	64,923
Area (km²)	7,906
Pop. density (per km²)	10.2
Census divisions	Colchester, Cumberland, Halifax
Census subdivisions	Halifax, Truro, Amherst, Springhill

Cumberland—Colchester (formerly Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley and North Nova) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Cumberland—Colchester North and Cumberland—Colchester were ridings that covered roughly the same geographic area and were represented in the House of Commons from 1968 to 1979 and 1979 to 2004, respectively.

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The district includes the counties of Cumberland, and Colchester and the northeastern part of the Halifax Regional Municipality. Communities include the towns of Amherst, Oxford, Parrsboro, Springhill, Stewiacke and Truro, as well as the villages of Bible Hill, Pugwash and Tatamagouche. It includes the Musquodoboit Valley region, the Halifax International Airport and the Aerotech Business Park within Halifax Regional Municipality. The riding's area is 10,086 km².