Lunenburg West

Candidates

Current MLA: Carolyn Bolivar-Getson (PC), Minister of Natural Resources

District profile: Lunenburg West includes the town of Bridgewater, as well as the communities of LaHave and Hebbville along the LaHave River. It's home to a couple of popular summer destinations, Crescent and Risser's Beach, on the Atlantic coast.

Bridgewater is a centre for trade, shopping and education for people who live in rural Lunenburg County. Call centres and a plant that manufactures non-latex gloves have set up shop here in the past decade.

District map: Lunenburg West (PDF)

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2006 results

Voter turnout: 62.56 per cent in 2006

Political history

A popular Liberal and former cabinet minister, Don Downe, represented this district for a decade between 1993 and 2003. However, the Tories held the seat through the '80s and have won here in the past two elections.