Dartmouth East

Candidates

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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2006 results

Voter turnout: 62.3 per cent in 2006

Political history

Liberal Jim Smith, the former health minister, represented this riding from 1984 until his retirement in 2003. The current MLA, New Democrat Joan Massey, is a former school board member.

The district has had a history of strong three-way contests between the Progressive Conservatives, Liberals and NDP in recent years.