Annapolis

Candidates

Current MLA: Stephen McNeil (LIB), Leader

District profile: Annapolis borders the Bay of Fundy and has some of the oldest historic sites in Canada, including Fort Anne and the recreation of Champlain's Habitation at Port Royal.

The riding includes much of Annapolis County and the towns of Annapolis Royal, Bridgetown and Middleton in the north. The majority of employment is in the service, sales and tourism sectors.

Agriculture is also important in this part of the Annapolis Valley, but government – through the school boards and small community hospitals – is the region's largest employer.

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2006 results

Voter turnout: 60.81 per cent in 2006

Political history

Annapolis has leaned towards the Liberals in recent years. The party has won all but one election here since 1993, when the district was first created: a marriage between a PC-leaning riding (Annapolis East) and half a Liberal one (Annapolis West).

The current MLA, Liberal Stephen McNeil, won the seat by wide margins in each of the last two elections.

His first election, in 2003, was a rematch with Conservative Frank Chipman, who won the seat in 1999 over McNeil's challenge.