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DISTRICT: BEDFORD

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

X

Peter G. Christie

Conservative

4114

43.85%

X

Richard Zurawski

Liberal

3208

34.19%

Bob Watson

New Democrat

2061

21.97%

Last Update Tue Aug 5 10:44:24 ADT 2003

49 of 49 polls reporting

BEDFORD (4)

Candidates:

Liberal:	Richard Zurawski
NDP:	Bob Watson
PC:	Peter Christie

Current MLA: Peter Christie, (PC) Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations

Riding Profile: The riding was created in 2003 and includes 69 per cent of what was Bedford-Fall River and 31 per cent of the Halifax-Bedford Basin former ridings. It contains the part of the town of Bedford lying southeast of Highway 102 (Bicentennial Drive).

Political History: A large chunk of the new riding (the part which made up the former riding of Bedford-Fall River) has been held by cabinet ministers since 1993.


1999:	PC Peter Christie defeats ND Jane Earle by 3,866 votes in Bedford-Fall River.
1998:	LIB Francene Cosman defeats PC Peter Christie by 313 votes.
1993:	LIB Francene Cosman defeats PC Peter Kelly by 393 votes.

Voter Turnout:

Overall Election Results
Party	E	L	T	Pop. Vote %
PC	25	0	25	36.33%
NDP	15	0	15	31.01%
LIB	12	0	12	31.44%
OTH	0	0	0	1.22%
Last Update Tue Aug 5 10:44:24 ADT 2003


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