2024 Pictou West provincial by-election
A by-election is scheduled to be held in the provincial riding of Pictou West in Nova Scotia on May 21, 2024, to elect a new member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly following the resignation of Progressive Conservative MLA Karla MacFarlane.[1] The deadline for candidate nominations is May 1, 2024.[2][3]
Background
The riding spans from western Pictou County to River John in the central part of the province.[4]
Candidates
- Clare Brett (Green): She was the candidate for Pictou West in the 2021 election.
- Melinda MacKenzie (NDP): She is a councillor for the town of Pictou and works as a teacher.[5]
- Marco MacLeod (Progressive Conservative): He is a small business owner and farmer from Scotsburn.[6][7]
- Mary Wooldridge-Elliott (Liberal): She is the councillor for District 4 in Pictou County. She previously ran for the Liberals in Pictou West in the 2021 election.[8]
Election results
| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, May 21, 2024 Resignation of Karla MacFarlane | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Marco MacLeod | |||||||
| Liberal | Mary Wooldridge-Elliott | |||||||
| New Democratic | Melinda MacKenzie | |||||||
| Green | Clare Brett | |||||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[9] | ||||||||
2021 result
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election: Pictou West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Karla MacFarlane | 4,487 | 63.62 | +1.18 | $26,401.55 | |||
| Liberal | Mary Wooldridge-Elliott | 1,510 | 21.41 | +4.94 | $29,635.78 | |||
| New Democratic | Rick Parker | 872 | 12.36 | -6.40 | $25,332.33 | |||
| Green | Clare Brett | 124 | 1.76 | -0.56 | $200.00 | |||
| Independent | John A. Clark | 60 | 0.85 | $200.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 7,053 | 99.63 | – | $69,087.61 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 26 | 0.37 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,079 | 62.11 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,398 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -1.88 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[10] | ||||||||
References
- ^ Gorman, Michael (April 5, 2024). "Karla MacFarlane announces retirement from Nova Scotia politics - Veteran Pictou West MLA was the province's first female Speaker of the House". CBC News.
- ^ "Date set for Pictou West by-election following retirement of Karla MacFarlane - Halifax | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ "Byelection called for May 21 in Nova Scotia's Pictou West riding". 650 CKOM. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ "When is the Pictou byelection?". halifax.citynews.ca. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- New Democratic Party of Nova Scotia. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ "Pictou West by-election set for May 21". CBC News. April 21, 2024.
- Liberal Party of Nova Scotia. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ "By-election Pending in Pictou West". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
See also
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