Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage

Candidates

Current MLA: Becky Kent (NDP)

District profile: The boundaries changed in 2003, but 65 per cent of this riding stayed the same.

About one-third of the riding includes Cole Harbour and the Mi'kmaq First Nations Reserve. It also consists of the coastal communities of Eastern Passage and Cow Bay.

CFB Shearwater is the largest source of employment for both military and civilian personnel.

This eastern part of Metro Halifax, a mainly middle-class district, includes small businesses and retail as well as fish-processing businesses. Landmarks include beaches, a golf course and the Cow Bay "Moose" – a statue overlooking the ocean.

District map: Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage (PDF)

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2006 results

Voter turnout: 52.39 per cent in 2006

Political history

New Democrat Kevin Deveaux had become a mainstay in this riding, winning election four times in a row since 1998.

However, in January 2007, Deveaux announced he'd be leaving the district to assume a United Nations posting in Vietnam. A by-election was held in October of that year.

Becky Kent held the seat for the New Democrats, taking 44 per cent of the vote.