CUMBERLAND—COLCHESTER—MUSQUODOBOIT VALLEY

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'Cumberland—Colchester—
Musquodoboit Valley' (formerly 'North Nova') is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 87,507.
'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.

Contents

Demographics

Geography

History

Member of Parliament

Election results

Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley

North Nova

Cumberland—Colchester

Cumberland—Colchester North

See also

External links

Demographics

'Ethnic groups:' 96.7% White, 1.6% Native Canadian, 1.2% Black

'Languages:' 97.5% English, 1.4% other

'Religions:' 65.7% Protestant, 17.5% Catholic, 1.3% Other Christian, 15.1% no affiliation

'Average income:' $22,785

Geography

The district includes the counties of Cumberland, and Colchester and the northeastern part of the Halifax Regional Municipality. Communities include Musquodoboit Valley, Truro, Amherst and Springhill. The riding's area is 10,086 sq. km.

History

This riding was created as "Cumberland—Colchester North" in 1966 from Cumberland and Colchester—Hants ridings. It consisted of the county of Cumberland and the northern part of the county of Colchester, including the town of Truro. It was abolished in 1976 when it was merged with the remainder of Colchester County into "Cumberland—Colchester" riding.
Cumberland—Colchester was abolished in 2003. The territory was combined with the largely rural Musquodoboit Valley portion of the Halifax Regional Municipality in a new riding called "North Nova". After the election in 2004, the name was changed to "Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley".

Member of Parliament

These ridings have elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
''Cumberland and Colchester—Hants prior to 1996''
'''Cumberland—Colchester North'''
28th	1968-1972		Robert Coates	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979
'''Cumberland—Colchester'''
31st	1979-1980		Robert Coates	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988
34th	1988-1993		Bill Casey 1st term	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993-1997		Dianne Brushett	Liberal
36th	1997-2000		Bill Casey 2nd term	Progressive Conservative
37th	2000-2003
	2003-2004			Conservative
'''North Nova'''
38th	2004-2006		Bill Casey	Conservative
'''Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley'''
39th	2006-2007		Bill Casey	Conservative
	2007-			Independent

Election results

Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley

|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 43 116

North Nova

|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 39 983
Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

Cumberland—Colchester

|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 38 597
Changes for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on its predecessor, the Reform Party.
|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 42 659


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 42 717


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 44 134


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 42 196


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 39 815


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 40 940

Cumberland—Colchester North

|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 34 246


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 33 498


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 30 281

See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ Riding history for Cumberland—Colchester North (1966–1976) from the Library of Parliament

★ Riding history for Cumberland—Colchester (1976–2003) from the Library of Parliament

★ Riding history for North Nova (2003–2004) from the Library of Parliament

★ Riding history for Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley (2004– ) from the Library of Parliament