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Dartmouth East

2009 Results

DARTMOUTH EAST
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Jun. 9, 2009 10:11 PM ADT		47/47 polls
LIB	Andrew Younger	4,073	45.09	Elected
NDP	Joan Massey	3,903	43.21
PC	Bert Thompson	873	9.66
GRN	Anna Mukpo	184	2.04

All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Nova Scotia.

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Candidates

Joan Massey	NDP
Anna Mukpo	GRN
Bert Thompson	PC
Andrew Younger	LIB

Current MLA: Joan Massey (NDP)

District profile: Primarily a middle-class, residential section of Dartmouth, this district gained areas west of Settle Lake and east of Lucien Drive in the 2003 boundary redistribution.

It includes homes along Lake Micmac, as well as a major shopping district on Main Street and the Akerley campus of the Nova Scotia Community College.

Dartmouth East is home to the Shubie Park campground and Fairbanks Interpretation Centre, as well as the neighbourhoods of Westphal and Port Wallace along the Waverley Road.

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Candidate	Party	Vote count	Vote share	Elected
Joan Massey	NDP	3,822	43.22%	X
Jim Cormier	PC	2,942	33.27%
Tracey Devereaux	LIB	1,842	20.83%
Elizabeth Perry	GRN	238	2.69%

2006:	New Democrat Joan Massey topped her nearest rival, Tory Jim Cormier, to win re-election.
2003:	Massey defeated PC Terry Degen by 165 votes. Liberal Debra Barlow was a strong third with 2,321 votes.
1999:	Liberal Jim Smith defeated PC Terry Degen by 265 votes. This was a three-way race with NDP Heather Henderson 700 votes behind Smith.
1998:	Smith defeated New Democrat Viola Huntington by 372 votes.
1993:	Smith defeated PC Gwen Haliburton by 2,483 votes.

Overall Results

Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share (%)
Updated: Jun. 9, 2009, 10:11 PM ADT
NDP	31	0	31	45.26
LIB	11	0	11	27.22
PC	10	0	10	24.52
GRN	0	0	0	2.33
IND	0	0	0	0.67

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