# Kings North

Kings North is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
The electoral district was formed through redistribution in 1956. It was previously part of the district of Kings.

## District profile

Agriculture is a major industry in Kings North. The district has many geographical features of note, including Cape Blomidon, Cape Split, and the Minas Basin. Also in the district is Blomidon Provincial Park.
Communities within Kings North include:
* Aldershot
* Baxters Harbour
* Billtown
* Blomidon
* Buckleys Corner
* Canada Creek
* Canard
* Canning
* Centreville
* Chipman Brook
* Glenmont
* Habitant
* Halls Harbour
* Town of Kentville
* Kingsport
* Kinsmans Corner
* Lakeville
* Lower Canard
* Medford
* Port Williams
* Ross Corner
* Scot's Bay
* Sheffield Mills
* Starr's Point

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

Kings North has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
Kings North :
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Kings |||||
| 46th | 1956–1960 | Eric Balcom | Liberal |
| 47th | 1960–1963 | Gladys Porter | Progressive Conservative |
| 48th | 1963–1967 | Gladys Porter | Progressive Conservative |
| 49th | 1967–1970 | Victor Thorpe | Progressive Conservative |
| 50th | 1970–1974 | Victor Thorpe | Progressive Conservative |
| 51st | 1974–1978 | Glenn Ells | Liberal |
| 52nd | 1978–1981 | Edward Twohig | Progressive Conservative |
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | Edward Twohig | Progressive Conservative |
| 54th | 1984–1988 | George Archibald | Progressive Conservative |
| 55th | 1988–1993 | George Archibald | Progressive Conservative |
| 56th | 1993–1998 | George Archibald | Progressive Conservative |
| 57th | 1998–1999 | George Archibald | Progressive Conservative |
| 58th | 1999–2003 | Mark Parent | Progressive Conservative |
| 59th | 2003–2006 | Mark Parent | Progressive Conservative |
| 60th | 2006–2009 | Mark Parent | Progressive Conservative |
| 61st | 2009–2013 | Jim Morton | New Democratic |
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | John Lohr | Progressive Conservative |
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | John Lohr | Progressive Conservative |
| 64th | 2021–2024 | John Lohr | Progressive Conservative |
| 65th | 2024–present | John Lohr | Progressive Conservative |

## Election results
### 1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Eric Balcom | 3,054 | 50.37% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative | George Arthur Boggs | 3,009 | 49.63% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 6,063 | – |
| Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |||||||

### 1960

1960 Nova Scotia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Gladys Porter | 3,060 | 51.19% | 1.56% |
| | Liberal | Eric Balcom | 2,782 | 46.54% | -3.83% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Levitte Joseph Melanson | 136 | 2.28% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 5,978 | – |
| Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |||||||

### 1963

1963 Nova Scotia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Gladys Porter | 3,668 | 59.43% | 8.24% |
| | Liberal | David Durell Sutton | 2,405 | 38.97% | -7.57% |
| | New Democratic | George Turner | 99 | 1.60% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 6,172 | – |
| Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |||||||

### 1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Victor Thorpe | 3,407 | 55.25% | -4.18% |
| | Liberal | Victor Cleyle | 2,759 | 44.75% | 5.78% |
| Total | Total | Total | 6,166 | – |
| Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |||||||

### 1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Victor Thorpe | 3,234 | 51.24% | -4.01% |
| | Liberal | Glenn Ells | 3,077 | 48.76% | 4.01% |
| Total | Total | Total | 6,311 | – |
| Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |||||||

### 1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Glenn Ells | 3,536 | 49.39% | 0.63% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Dave Waterbury | 3,124 | 43.63% | -7.61% |
| | New Democratic | George W. Graves | 500 | 6.98% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,160 | – |
| Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |||||||

### 1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Edward Twohig | 3,744 | 48.78% | 5.14% |
| | Liberal | Glenn Ells | 3,283 | 42.77% | -6.62% |
| | New Democratic | Donald C. Fraser | 649 | 8.45% | 1.47% |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,676 | – |
| Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |||||||

### 1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Edward Twohig | 3,369 | 43.61% | -5.17% |
| | New Democratic | Bob Levy | 2,316 | 29.98% | 21.52% |
| | Liberal | Lennie White | 2,041 | 26.42% | -16.35% |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,726 | – |
| Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |||||||

### 1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | George Archibald | 3,655 | 49.57% | 5.97% |
| | New Democratic | Don Fraser | 1,860 | 25.23% | -4.75% |
| | Liberal | Bob Wilson | 1,858 | 25.20% | -1.22% |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,373 | – |
| Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |||||||

### 1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | George Archibald | 3,868 | 45.42% | -4.15% |
| | Liberal | Glenn Ells | 3,116 | 36.59% | 11.39% |
| | New Democratic | Don Fraser | 1,532 | 17.99% | -7.24% |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,516 | – |
| Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |||||||

### 1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | George Archibald | 4,137 | 42.62% | -2.80% |
| | Liberal | Jennifer Foster | 3,980 | 41.01% | 4.42% |
| | New Democratic | Cameron Jess | 1,505 | 15.51% | -2.48% |
| | Natural Law | Anne Dow | 84 | 0.87% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,706 | – |
| Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |||||||

### 1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | George Archibald | 3,760 | 41.45% | -1.17% |
| | New Democratic | Neil H. McNeil | 2,854 | 31.46% | 15.96% |
| | Liberal | Jennifer Foster | 2,457 | 27.09% | -13.92% |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,071 | – |
| Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |||||||

### 1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Mark Parent | 4,321 | 49.05% | 7.60% |
| | New Democratic | Neil H. McNeil | 2,513 | 28.53% | -2.94% |
| | Liberal | Philip Carteret Hill | 1,975 | 22.42% | -4.67% |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,809 | – |
| Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |||||||

### 2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Mark Parent | 4,063 | 50.20% | 1.15% |
| | New Democratic | Jim Morton | 2,340 | 28.91% | 0.39% |
| | Liberal | Michael Landry | 1,533 | 18.94% | -3.48% |
| | Marijuana | Ben Friesen | 157 | 1.94% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,093 | – |
| Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |||||||

### 2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Mark Parent | 4,153 | 50.07% | -0.14% |
| | New Democratic | Jim Morton | 2,190 | 26.40% | -2.51% |
| | Liberal | Madonna Spinazola | 1,757 | 21.18% | 2.24% |
| | Green | Chris Alders | 195 | 2.35% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,295 | – |
| Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |||||||

### 2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Jim Morton | 3,535 | 41.43% | 15.03% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Mark Parent | 3,079 | 36.08% | -13.98% |
| | Liberal | Shirley Fisher | 1,541 | 18.06% | -3.12% |
| | Green | Anna-Maria Galante-Ward | 378 | 4.43% | 2.08% |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,533 | – |
| Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |||||||

### 2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive Conservative | John Lohr | 2,903 | 32.49 | |
| New Democrat | Jim Morton | 2,882 | 32.26 | |
| Liberal | Stephen Wayne Pearl | 2,787 | 31.20 | |
| Green | Mary Lou Hartley | 362 | 4.05 | – |

### 2017

vte2017 Nova Scotia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | John Lohr | 3,823 | 45.94 | +13.45 |
| | Liberal | Geof Turner | 2,784 | 33.46 | +2.26 |
| | New Democratic | Ted Champion | 1,347 | 16.19 | -16.07 |
| | Green | Mary Lou Harley | 295 | 3.54 | -0.51 |
| | Atlantica | Bryden Deadder | 72 | 0.86 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 8,321 | 100 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 32 | 0.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,353 | 52.71 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 15,848 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +11.19 |
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia |||||||
2017 provincial election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Progressive Conservative | 3,819 | 45.94 |
| Liberal | 2,781 | 33.45 |
| New Democratic | 1,346 | 16.19 |
| Green | 295 | 3.55 |
| Atlantica | 72 | 0.87 |

### 2021

vte2021 Nova Scotia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Progressive Conservative | John Lohr | 3,971 | 44.70 | -1.24 | $45,336.80 |
| | Liberal | Geof Turner | 2,602 | 29.29 | -4.17 | $44,819.91 |
| | New Democratic | Erin Patterson | 1,876 | 21.12 | +4.93 | $45,345.49 |
| | Green | Doug Hickman | 391 | 4.40 | +0.86 | $16,083.69 |
| | Atlantica | Paul Dunn | 43 | 0.48 | -0.38 | $200.00 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 8,833 | 99.69 | – | $92,838.34 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 28 | 0.31 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,911 | 55.30 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 16,115 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +1.47 |
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia |||||||

### 2024

vte2024 Nova Scotia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | John Lohr | 4,047 | 53.7% |
| | New Democratic | Gillian Yorke | 2,095 | 27.8% |
| | Liberal | Richelle Brown Redden | 1,260 | 16.7% |
| | Green | Dave Lowe | 139 | 1.8% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,541 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing |
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia |||||||