Dartmouth—Cole Harbour

Dartmouth—Cole Harbour

Nova Scotia electoral district
Dartmouth—Cole Harbour in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Darren Fisher Liberal
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	92,301
Electors (2015)	73,066
Area (km²)	90
Pop. density (per km²)	1,025.6
Census divisions	Halifax
Census subdivisions	Halifax

Dartmouth—Cole Harbour (formerly Dartmouth and Dartmouth—Halifax East) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

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The district includes the Dartmouth and Cole Harbour areas of the Halifax Regional Municipality. The area is 89 km².

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. [1]

The riding of Dartmouth—Halifax 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 Dartmouth—Halifax East.