Clare (electoral district)

Clare is a provincial

Acadian area occupying the southwestern half of Digby County. For four consecutive elections from 1988 to 1999, the district had the highest voter turnout in the province.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral district of Clare-Digby. It was re-created out of Clare-Digby following the 2019 Electoral Boundary Review.

Geography

The land area of Clare is 830 km² (320 sq mi).^[5]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The electoral district was represented by the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years		Party
64th	2021-	Ronnie LeBlanc	Liberal
Riding recreated from parts of Clare-Digby
Riding dissolved into Clare-Digby
61st	2009–2013	Wayne Gaudet	Liberal
60th	2006-2009
59th	2003-2006
58th	1999-2003
57th	1998-1999
56th	1993-1998
55th	1988-1993	Guy LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984-1988	Guy LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981-1984	Chester Melanson	Liberal
52nd	1978-1981	Benoit Comeau	Liberal
51st	1974-1978
50th	1970-1974
49th	1967-1970
48th	1963-1967	Hector J. Pothier	Progressive Conservative
47th	1960-1963	Pierre E. Belliveau	Liberal
46th	1956-1960
45th	1953-1956
44th	1949-1953	Desire J. Comeau	Progressive Conservative

Election results

1949

1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal–Conservative	Desire J. Comeau	2,116	50.45%	–
	Liberal	Benoit Comeau	2,078	49.55%	–
Total			4,194	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clare" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1953

1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pierre E. Belliveau	2,307	58.46%	8.92%
	Progressive Conservative	Desire J. Comeau	1,639	41.54%	–
Total			3,946	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clare" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pierre E. Belliveau	2,046	52.60%	-5.87%
	Progressive Conservative	J. Fred Gaudet	1,844	47.40%	5.87%
Total			3,890	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clare" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1960

1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pierre E. Belliveau	2,215	52.13%	-0.47%
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Weaver	2,034	47.87%	0.47%
Total			4,249	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clare" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1963

1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Hector J. Pothier	2,154	52.61%	4.74%
	Liberal	Joseph C. LeBlanc	1,940	47.39%	-4.74%
Total			4,094	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clare" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Benoit Comeau	2,384	56.43%	9.04%
	Progressive Conservative	Hector J. Pothier	1,841	43.57%	-9.04%
Total			4,225	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clare" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Benoit Comeau	2,712	59.67%	3.24%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul J. Comeau	1,833	40.33%	-3.24%
Total			4,545	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clare" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Benoit Comeau	2,959	61.07%	1.40%
	Progressive Conservative	Vincent L. Doucet	1,218	25.14%	-15.19%
	New Democratic	Jean L. Belliveau	668	13.79%	–
Total			4,845	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clare" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Benoit Comeau	2,963	56.47%	-4.60%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald J. B. Comeau	1,896	36.13%	11.00%
	New Democratic	Sylvio Gagnon	388	7.39%	-6.39%
Total			5,247	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clare" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chester Melanson	2,228	38.96%	-17.51%
	Progressive Conservative	Guy LeBlanc	2,173	38.00%	1.87%
	New Democratic	Paul Dennis Comeau	1,317	23.03%	15.64%
Total			5,718	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clare" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Guy LeBlanc	3,094	50.33%	12.33%
	Liberal	Chester Melanson	2,784	45.29%	6.33%
	New Democratic	Alain Chabot	269	4.38%	-18.66%
Total			6,147	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clare" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Guy LeBlanc	3,587	54.02%	3.69%
	Liberal	Nadine Boudreau	2,773	41.76%	-3.53%
	New Democratic	Jan Slakov-Crombie	280	4.22%	-0.16%
Total			6,640	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clare" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wayne Gaudet	3,461	51.99%	10.23%
	Progressive Conservative	Guy LeBlanc	2,854	42.87%	-11.15%
	New Democratic	Christian Collin	342	5.14%	0.92%
Total			6,657	–
Total rejected ballots			83
Turnout			6,740	91.44
Eligible voters			7,371
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clare" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wayne Gaudet	2,950	47.28%	-4.71%
	Progressive Conservative	Guy LeBlanc	2,578	41.32%	-1.55%
	New Democratic	Vanessa Paddock	711	11.40%	6.26%
Total			6,239	–
Total rejected ballots			109
Turnout			6,348	88.00
Eligible voters			7,214
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clare" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wayne Gaudet	2,705	43.76%	-3.52%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Comeau	2,355	38.10%	-3.22%
	New Democratic	Don Melanson	1,078	17.44%	6.04%
	Nova Scotia Party	Anne Marie Boyer	43	0.70%	–
Total			6,181	–
Total rejected ballots			66
Turnout			6,247	87.43
Eligible voters			7,145
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clare" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wayne Gaudet	3,547	61.55%	17.78%
	Progressive Conservative	Marc Boudreau	1,456	25.26%	-12.84%
	New Democratic	Don Melanson	760	13.19%	-4.25%
Total			5,763	–
Total rejected ballots			70
Turnout			5,833	89.68
Eligible voters			6,504
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clare" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wayne Gaudet	2,803	48.53%	-13.02%
	Progressive Conservative	Abraham LeBlanc	1,622	28.08%	2.82%
	New Democratic	Paul Comeau	1,269	21.97%	8.78%
	Green	Diane Doucet-Bean	82	1.42%	–
Total			5,776	–
Total rejected ballots			50
Turnout			5,826	82.45
Eligible voters			7,066
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clare" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wayne Gaudet	3,392	64.68%	16.16%
	New Democratic	Paul Comeau	1,326	25.29%	3.32%
	Progressive Conservative	Jimmy Doucet	459	8.75%	-19.33%
	Green	Diane Doucet-Bean	67	1.28%	-0.14%
Total			5,244	–
Total rejected ballots			53
Turnout			5,297	76.71
Eligible voters			6,905
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clare" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2017 (transposed)

2017 provincial election redistributed results^[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	2,059	51.23
	Progressive Conservative	1,218	30.31
	New Democratic	742	18.46

2021

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ronnie LeBlanc	2,322	49.89	-1.34	$37,791.91
	Progressive Conservative	Carl Deveau	2,021	43.43	+13.12	$13,595.33
	Green	Claire McDonald	158	3.39		$200.00
	New Democratic	Cameron Pye	153	3.29	-15.17	$10,832.43
Total valid votes/Expense limit			4,654	99.15	–	$44,268.32
Total rejected ballots			40	0.85
Turnout			4,694	67.84
Eligible voters			6,919
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		-7.23
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[7]^[8]

References

^ Recapitulation 1988 Election Elections Nova Scotia
^ Recapitulation 1993 Election Elections Nova Scotia
^ Recapitulation 1998 Election Elections Nova Scotia
^ Recapitulation 1999 Election Elections Nova Scotia
^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
^ "41st Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

External links

[1] Recapitulation 1988 Election Elections Nova Scotia

[2] Recapitulation 1993 Election Elections Nova Scotia

[3] Recapitulation 1998 Election Elections Nova Scotia

[4] Recapitulation 1999 Election Elections Nova Scotia

[5] "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[6] Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries

[7] "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

[8] "41st Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

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