Acadie—Annapolis
Nova Scotia electoral district
Coordinates 44°27′N 65°35′W/44.450°N 65.583°W/ 44.450; -65.583
Federal electoral district
District created 1966
District webpage ,
Demographics
Population ( 2021 ) 83,571
Electors (2025) 66,361
Area (km²) 8,885
Pop. density (per km²) 9.4
Acadie—Annapolis (formerly West Nova ) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia , Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.
South Western Nova and South West Nova were ridings that covered roughly the same geographic area and were represented in the House of Commons from 1968 to 1979 and 1979 to 1997, respectively.
The district is rural with a few small towns and communities located along the coast. The riding has been called a microcosm of rural Canada because it includes fishing, farming, tourism, small business and an English-French mix.
History The electoral district was created in 1966 from "Digby—Annapolis—Kings " and "Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare " ridings. It was composed of Yarmouth County, Digby County, and the western portion of Annapolis County.
In 1978, it gained the eastern portion of Annapolis County from "Annapolis Valley".
In 1996, Seal Island was added and the name was changed from "South West Nova" to "West Nova".
In 2004, 20 percent of "Kings—Hants " was added to the district. The boundaries remained unchanged as per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution . From 1968 until 2004, the Riding was notable for never having elected a single person to a second consecutive term until Robert Thibault won in 2004.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution , this riding was renamed Acadie—Annapolis . It lost some territory (Berwick area) in Kings County to Kings—Hants. These changes came into effect upon the calling of the 2025 Canadian federal election .
Demographics According to the 2021 Canadian census , 2023 representation order
Languages: 85.4% English, 14.4% French Race: 85.5% White, 11.0% Indigenous, 1.8% Black Religions: 59.0% Christian (25.3% Catholic, 13.7% Baptist, 4.4% Anglican, 3.4% United Church, 1.5% Methodist, 1.1% Pentecostal, 9.5% other), 39.7% none Median income: $33,200 (2020) Average income: $40,320 (2020)
Geography It reaches from Aylesford in Kings County (it only includes the western part of Kings County) down through Annapolis County , Digby County and Yarmouth County , ending at the Yarmouth-Shelburne border.
Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following members of Parliament :
Election results Acadie—Annapolis vte2025 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Chris d'Entremont 23,024 47.67 −3.64 Liberal Ronnie LeBlanc 22,491 46.57 +15.88 New Democratic Ingrid Deon 1,768 3.66 −9.03 Green Matthew Piggott 583 1.21 N/A People's James Strange 432 0.89 −4.41 Total valid votes/expense limit 48,298 99.36 — 126,105.96 Total rejected ballots 311 0.64 Turnout 48,609 72.72 Eligible voters 66,847 Conservative hold Swing −9.76 Source: Elections Canada Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.
2021 federal election redistributed resultsParty Vote % Conservative 20,634 51.31 Liberal 12,342 30.69 New Democratic 5,104 12.69 People's 2,133 5.30
West Nova 2021 vte2021 Canadian federal election : West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Chris d'Entremont 22,104 50.38 +11.09 $84,677.20 Liberal Alxys Chamberlain 13,732 31.30 -5.08 $58,947.58 New Democratic Cheryl Burbidge 5,645 12.87 +2.16 $2,097.31 People's Scott Spidle 2,390 5.45 – $977.39 Total valid votes/expense limit 43,871 99.36 – $111,398.28 Total rejected ballots 284 0.64 -0.44 Turnout 44,155 62.35 -5.10 Registered voters 70,823 Conservative hold Swing +8.08 Source: Elections Canada
2019 vte2019 Canadian federal election : West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Chris d'Entremont 18,390 39.30 +13.21 $72,015.22 Liberal Jason Deveau 17,025 36.38 −26.61 $53,630.92 Green Judy N. Green 5,939 12.69 +8.52 $12,854.70 New Democratic Matthew Dubois 5,010 10.71 +3.96 $6,668.83 Veterans Coalition Gloria Jane Cook 434 0.93 New none listed Total valid votes/expense limit 46,798 98.92 $105,785.41 Total rejected ballots 512 1.08 +0.49 Turnout 47,310 67.45 −1.34 Eligible voters 70,143 Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +19.91 Source: Elections Canada
2015 vte2015 Canadian federal election : West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Colin Fraser 28,775 62.99 +26.60 $87,337.64 Conservative Arnold LeBlanc 11,916 26.09 –20.95 $41,005.69 New Democratic Greg Foster 3,084 6.75 –6.36 $25,617.41 Green Clark Walton 1,904 4.17 +0.71 $2,291.24 Total valid votes/expense limit 45,679 100.00 $210,111.37 Total rejected ballots 271 0.59 Turnout 45,950 68.79 Eligible voters 66,796 Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +23.78 Source: Elections Canada
2011 vte2011 Canadian federal election : West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Greg Kerr 20,204 47.04 +7.10 $82,563.21 Liberal Robert Thibault 15,632 36.39 +0.24 $62,177.30 New Democratic George Barron 5,631 13.11 -3.78 $12,244.90 Green Ross Johnson 1,487 3.46 -1.55 none listed Total valid votes/expense limit 42,954 100.0 $86,810.95 Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 356 0.82 +0.10 Turnout 43,310 63.75 +1.27 Eligible voters 67,938 Conservative hold Swing +3.43 Sources:
2008 vte2008 Canadian federal election : West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Greg Kerr 16,779 39.94 +1.83 $69,467.56 Liberal Robert Thibault 15,185 36.15 -3.09 $57,096.02 New Democratic George Barron 7,097 16.89 -1.95 $12,741.38 Green Ronald Mills 2,106 5.01 +2.71 $123.04 Independent Cindy M. Nesbitt 844 2.01 – $10,570.22 Total valid votes/expense limit 42,011 100.0 $83,932 Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 304 0.72 +0.12 Turnout 42,315 62.48 -1.20 Eligible voters 67,722 Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +2.46
2006 vte2006 Canadian federal election : West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Robert Thibault 17,734 39.24 -3.42 $53,606.19 Conservative Greg Kerr 17,222 38.11 +5.06 $54,945.96 New Democratic Arthur Bull 8,512 18.84 -2.29 $25,148.83 Green Matthew Granger 1,040 2.30 -0.92 $74.10 Independent Ken Griffiths 681 1.51 – $2,576.48 Total valid votes/expense limit 45,190 100.0 $79,451 Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 274 0.60 -0.21 Turnout 45,464 63.68 -2.26 Eligible voters 71,393 Liberal hold Swing -4.24
2004 vte2004 Canadian federal election : West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Robert Thibault 18,343 42.66 +8.06 $48,703.53 Conservative Jon Carey 14,209 33.05 -20.44 $70,393.83 New Democratic Arthur Bull 9,086 21.13 +9.67 $24,310.23 Green Matthew Granger 1,385 3.22 – none listed Total valid votes/expense limit 42,996 100.0 $76,207 Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 352 0.81 Turnout 43,348 65.94 +1.04 Eligible voters 65,736 Liberal notional gainProgressive Conservative Swing +14.25 Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined totals of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance.
2000 federal election redistributed resultsParty Vote % Progressive Conservative 15,154 35.52 Liberal 14,760 34.60 Alliance 7,667 17.97 New Democratic 4,887 11.46 Others 193 0.45
2000 vte2000 Canadian federal election : West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Robert Thibault 12,783 36.09 +10.39 $57,653 Progressive Conservative Mark Muise 12,080 34.11 -0.20 $34,692 Alliance Mike Donaldson 6,581 18.58 -0.23 $32,417 New Democratic Phil Roberts 3,976 11.23 -9.23 $14,118 Total valid votes 35,420 100.00 Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 235 0.66 Turnout 35,655 67.98 -5.95 Eligible voters 52,453
Results for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.
1997 vte1997 Canadian federal election : West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Progressive Conservative Mark Muise 13,187 34.31 +11.64 $37,592 Liberal Harry Verran 9,877 25.70 -29.19 $47,082 New Democratic Brian Noble 7,862 20.46 +14.87 $4,426 Reform Betty Cox 7,229 18.81 +3.66 $25,210 Natural Law Neeraj Lakhanpal 275 0.72 -0.98 $0.00 Total valid votes 38,430 100.00 Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 338 0,87 Turnout 38,768 73.93 Eligible voters 52,441
South West Nova 1993 vte1993 Canadian federal election : West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Harry Verran 20,530 54.89 +4.88 Progressive Conservative Yvon Joseph Thibault 8,478 22.67 -18.84 Reform Louis Mason 5,667 15.15 New Democratic Peter Zavitz 2,090 5.59 -0.10 Natural Law Gregg Murphy 636 1.70 Total valid votes 37,401 100.00
1988 vte1988 Canadian federal election : West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Coline Campbell 21,062 50.01 +8.16 Progressive Conservative Gerald Comeau 17,482 41.51 -9.08 New Democratic Peter Zavitz 2,396 5.69 -1.86 Christian Heritage Angus M. McLean 1,172 2.78 Total valid votes 42,112 100.00
1984 vte1984 Canadian federal election : West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Gerald Comeau 20,604 50.59 +13.78 Liberal Coline Campbell 17,044 41.85 -7.97 New Democratic Bob Ritchie 3,076 7.55 -5.25 Total valid votes 40,724 100.00
1980 vte1980 Canadian federal election : West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Coline Campbell 19,151 49.82 +5.65 Progressive Conservative Charles Haliburton 14,151 36.81 -7.66 New Democratic John Lee 4,922 12.80 +1.44 Independent Anne Trudell 216 0.56 Total valid votes 38,440 100.00
1979 vte1979 Canadian federal election : West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Charles Haliburton 16,512 44.47 -0.64 Liberal Coline Campbell 16,398 44.17 -4.93 New Democratic Ian MacPherson 4,217 11.36 +6.11 Total valid votes 37,127 100.00
South Western Nova 1974 vte1974 Canadian federal election : West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Coline Campbell 15,066 49.10 7.49 Progressive Conservative Charles Haliburton 13,841 45.11 -5.07 New Democratic Yvonne Coe 1,610 5.25 -1.77 Social Credit Cecilia Zwicker 164 0.53 -0.67 Total valid votes 30,681 100.00
1972 vte1972 Canadian federal election : West Nova Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Charles Haliburton 15,039 50.18 -2.15 Liberal Fulton Logan 12,471 41.61 -2.61 New Democratic Lawrence Meuse 2,104 7.02 +4.66 Social Credit Charles Paddock 359 1.20 Total valid votes 29,973 100.00
1968 vte1968 Canadian federal election : West Nova Party Candidate Votes % Progressive Conservative Louis-Roland Comeau 14,543 52.33 Liberal John Stewart 12,290 44.22 New Democratic Rae Gilman 655 2.36 Independent PC N. Evan Atkinson 293 1.05 Total valid votes 27,791 100.00
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