Melissa Sheehy-Richard
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Melissa Sheehy-Richard (born 1974) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election. She represents the riding of Hants West as a member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia.
Ms. Sheehy-Richard is a paralegal and operates her own home-based business.
Electoral record
2024
| vte2024 Nova Scotia general election: Hants West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Melissa Sheehy-Richard | 4,253 | 52.59 | +9.48 | |
| Liberal | Brian Casey | 2,621 | 32.41 | -9.17 | |
| New Democratic | Simon Greenough | 1,120 | 13.85 | +2.82 | |
| Independent | James Omand | 93 | 1.15 | – | |
| Total valid votes | 8,087 | – | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 43 | ||||
| Turnout | 8,130 | 45.91 | |||
| Eligible voters | 17,707 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia |
2021
| vte2021 Nova Scotia general election: Hants West | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Progressive Conservative | Melissa Sheehy-Richard | 3,968 | 43.11 | +14.18 | $40,454.11 | |
| Liberal | Brian Casey | 3,827 | 41.58 | -13.16 | $40,039.34 | |
| New Democratic | Caet Moir | 1,015 | 11.03 | -1.42 | $31,621.71 | |
| Green | Jenn Kang | 273 | 2.97 | -0.07 | $200.00 | |
| Atlantica | Gordon J. Berry | 121 | 1.31 | +0.47 | $200.00 | |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 9,204 | 99.73 | – | $94,843.34 | ||
| Total rejected ballots | 25 | 0.27 | ||||
| Turnout | 9,229 | 55.98 | ||||
| Eligible voters | 16,485 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +13.67 | ||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia |