# Kings—Hants

Kings—Hants (formerly Annapolis Valley—Hants and Annapolis Valley) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.

## Demographics

    According to the 2016 Canadian census; 2013 representation
Ethnic groups: 91.5% White, 5.3% Aboriginal, 1.6% Black
Languages: 96.1% English, 1.4% French Religions (2011): 71.7% Christian (17.4% Baptist, 17.1% Catholic, 15.3% United Church, 12.5% Anglican, 1.7% Presbyterian, 1.5% Pentecostal, 6.1% Other), 27.4% No religion
Median income (2015): $31,020
Average income (2015): $39,385

## Geography

The district includes all of Hants County and the eastern part of Kings County. Communities include Enfield, Elmsdale, Lantz, Kentville, Windsor and Wolfville.

## History

The electoral district was created as "Annapolis Valley in 1966 from parts of Colchester—Hants and Digby—Annapolis—Kings ridings.
In 1996, it was renamed "Kings—Hants". In 2003, it was given its current boundaries: the area encompassed by the provincial electoral district of Kings West was removed from Kings—Hants and added to West Nova. There was no territory changes as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.

### Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Annapolis Valley Riding created from Colchester—Hants and Digby—Annapolis—Kings |||||
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Pat Nowlan | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Pat Nowlan | Progressive Conservative |
| 30th | 1974–1979 | Pat Nowlan | Progressive Conservative |
| Annapolis Valley—Hants |||||
| 31st | 1979–1980 | Pat Nowlan | Progressive Conservative |
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | Pat Nowlan | Progressive Conservative |
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | Pat Nowlan | Progressive Conservative |
| 34th | 1988–1990 | Pat Nowlan | Progressive Conservative |
| 34th | 1990–1993 | Pat Nowlan | Independent |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | John Murphy | Liberal |
| Kings—Hants |||||
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Scott Brison | Progressive Conservative |
| 36th | 2000–2000 | Joe Clark | Progressive Conservative |
| 37th | 2000–2003 | Scott Brison | Progressive Conservative |
| 37th | 2003–2004 | Scott Brison | Liberal |
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Scott Brison | Liberal |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Scott Brison | Liberal |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Scott Brison | Liberal |
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Scott Brison | Liberal |
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Scott Brison | Liberal |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Kody Blois | Liberal |
| 44th | 2021–present | Kody Blois | Liberal |
Scott Brison resigned his seat effective 10 February 2019. Under legislation that had recently come into effect, the seat remained vacant until the next general election.

## Election results
### Kings—Hants
#### 2021

vte2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Kody Blois | 20,192 | 44.92 | +1.61 | $80,518.90 |
| | Conservative | Mark Parent | 13,234 | 29.44 | +4.66 | $54,740.13 |
| | New Democratic | Stephen Schneider | 8,645 | 19.23 | +2.05 | $13,834.66 |
| | People's | Steven Ford | 1,945 | 4.33 | +2.69 | $0.00 |
| | Green | Sheila G. Richardson | 940 | 2.09 | -10.46 | $4,644.16 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 44,956 | 100.00 | – | $107,126.60 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 251 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,207 | 63.42 | -5.34 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 71,285 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -1.53 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2021 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Liberal | 21,582 | 44.39 |
| Conservative | 14,704 | 30.25 |
| New Democratic | 9,186 | 18.90 |
| People's | 2,202 | 4.53 |
| Green | 940 | 1.93 |

#### 2019

vte2019 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Kody Blois | 20,806 | 43.31 | −27.43 | $62,750.09 |
| | Conservative | Martha MacQuarrie | 11,905 | 24.78 | +6.20 | $48,454.21 |
| | New Democratic | Stephen Schneider | 8,254 | 17.18 | +10.76 | $28,020.03 |
| | Green | Brogan Anderson | 6,029 | 12.55 | +9.19 | $12,592.53 |
| | People's | Matthew Southall | 786 | 1.64 | New | $3,504.18 |
| | Rhinoceros | Nicholas Tan | 138 | 0.29 | −0.11 | none listed |
| | Veterans Coalition | Stacey Dodge | 118 | 0.25 | New | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 48,036 | 99.32 | | $101,328.14 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 327 | 0.68 | +0.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,363 | 68.76 | −1.00 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 70,332 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | −16.81 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||

#### 2015

2015 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Scott Brison | 33,026 | 70.74 | +31.19 | $88,355.31 |
| | Conservative | David Morse | 8,677 | 18.59 | –18.05 | $80,877.49 |
| | New Democratic | Hugh Curry | 2,998 | 6.42 | –13.60 | $15,831.09 |
| | Green | Will Cooper | 1,569 | 3.36 | –0.42 | $1,277.65 |
| | Rhinoceros | Megan Brown-Hodges | 184 | 0.39 | – | $730.27 |
| | Independent | Edd Twohig | 132 | 0.28 | – | $1,070.96 |
| | Independent | Cliff James Williams | 100 | 0.21 | – | – |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 46,686 | 99.57 | | $200,775.69 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 202 | 0.43 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,888 | 70.56 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 66,454 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +24.62 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||

#### 2011

2011 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Scott Brison | 15,887 | 39.56 | -4.62 | $74,312.84 |
| | Conservative | David Morse | 14,714 | 36.63 | +10.49 | $79,610.04 |
| | New Democratic | Mark Rogers | 8,043 | 20.03 | -1.98 | $30,929.92 |
| | Green | Sheila Richardson | 1,520 | 3.78 | -2.46 | $1,566.57 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 40,164 | 100.0 | | $82,155.51 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 200 | 0.50 | +0.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,364 | 61.76 | +3.17 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 65,355 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -7.56 |
| Sources: |||||||

#### 2008

2008 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Scott Brison | 16,641 | 44.18 | -1.38 | $57,579.50 |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Segado | 9,846 | 26.14 | -6.05 | $59,850.46 |
| | New Democratic | Carol Harris | 8,291 | 22.01 | +2.99 | $19,364.79 |
| | Green | Brendan MacNeill | 2,353 | 6.24 | +4.04 | $2,914.98 |
| | Christian Heritage | Jim Hnatiuk | 528 | 1.40 | – | $11,240.76 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 37,659 | 100.0 | | $79,171 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 187 | 0.49 | +0.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,846 | 58.59 | -6.60 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 64,593 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +2.34 |

#### 2006

2006 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Scott Brison | 19,491 | 45.56 | -1.05 | $74,044.26 |
| | Conservative | Bob Mullan | 13,772 | 32.19 | +2.07 | $65,675.63 |
| | New Democratic | Mary Dewolfe | 8,138 | 19.02 | +1.33 | $19,691.41 |
| | Green | Sheila Richardson | 947 | 2.21 | -1.41 | $1,181.00 |
| | Marijuana | Chummy Anthony | 436 | 1.02 | – | none listed |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 42,784 | 100.0 | | $74,073 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 177 | 0.41 | -0.35 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,961 | 65.19 | +2.77 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 65,898 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -1.56 |

#### 2004

2004 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Scott Brison | 17,555 | 46.61 | +16.11 | $68,487.35 |
| | Conservative | Bob Mullan | 11,344 | 30.12 | -19.42 | $64,737.24 |
| | New Democratic | Skip Hambling | 6,663 | 17.69 | +0.08 | $24,085.01 |
| | Green | Kevin Stacey | 1,364 | 3.62 | – | $2,710.55 |
| | Christian Heritage | Jim Hnatiuk | 493 | 1.31 | – | $7,088.07 |
| | Independent | Richard Hennigar | 242 | 0.64 | +0.34 | $5,710.00 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 37,661 | 100.0 | | $70,804 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 289 | 0.76 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,950 | 62.42 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 60,801 |
| | Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | +18.56 |
| Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Changes for Liberal candidate Scott Brison from 2000 are based on the Liberal Party's results. He received +6.48% votes from his results as a Progressive Conservative. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals. Change for independent candidate Richard Hennigar is based on his 2000 results as a Natural Law candidate (results not redistributed). |||||||
2000 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Progressive Conservative | 14,130 | 40.13 |
| Liberal | 10,741 | 30.50 |
| New Democratic | 6,202 | 17.61 |
| Alliance | 3,315 | 9.41 |
| Others | 826 | 2.35 |

#### 2000

2000 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Scott Brison | 17,612 | 40.29 | -13.16 |
| | Liberal | Claude O'Hara | 13,213 | 30.23 | -0.03 |
| | New Democratic | Kaye Johnson | 7,244 | 16.57 | -10.57 |
| | Alliance | Gerry Fulton | 4,618 | 10.56 | -5.58 |
| | Marijuana | Jim King | 669 | 1.53 | |
| | Independent | Kenneth MacEachern | 140 | 0.32 | |
| | Natural Law | Richard Hennigar | 133 | 0.30 | -0.28 |
| | Communist | Graham Jake MacDonald | 85 | 0.19 | -0.33 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 43,714 | 100.00 |
All changes are based on the 2000 by-election, except the Liberal Party and the Natural Law Party, which did not field a candidate; and Communist Party candidate Graham Jake MacDonald, who ran as an Independent.

#### 2000 by-election

vteCanadian federal by-election, September 11, 2000 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Progressive Conservative | Joe Clark | 14,525 | 53.45 | +17.18 | $38,552 |
| | New Democratic | Kaye Johnson | 7,375 | 27.14 | +8.17 | $45,722 |
| | Alliance | Gerry Fulton | 4,385 | 16.14 | +2.75 | $40,044 |
| | Marijuana | Alex Néron | 670 | 2.47 | | $371 |
| | Independent | John Turmel | 221 | 0.81 | | $0 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 27,176 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 232 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,408 | 39.54 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 69,319 |
| Cause of by-election: resignation of Scott Brison on July 24, 2000. Canadian Alliance percentages are contrasted with the Reform Party figures from 1997. Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. |||||||

#### 1997

1997 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Scott Brison | 17,401 | 36.27 | +16.04 |
| | Liberal | John Murphy | 14,515 | 30.26 | -9.23 |
| | New Democratic | Philip A. Brown | 9,101 | 18.97 | +13.97 |
| | Reform | Lloyd Schmidt | 6,424 | 13.39 | +0.57 |
| | Natural Law | James McLelland | 278 | 0.58 | -0.47 |
| | Independent | Graham Jake MacDonald | 251 | 0.52 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 47,970 | 100.00 |

### Annapolis Valley—Hants
#### 1993

1993 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Murphy | 18,238 | 39.49 | -0.59 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim White | 9,344 | 20.23 | -23.94 |
| | Independent | Pat Nowlan | 8,958 | 19.40 | -24.77 |
| | Reform | John Merriam | 5,919 | 12.82 | |
| | New Democratic | Dick Terfry | 2,308 | 5.00 | -7.52 |
| | Christian Heritage | Jack Enserink | 614 | 1.33 | -1.47 |
| | National | Steve Mockford | 484 | 1.05 | |
| | Natural Law | John Runkle | 319 | 0.69 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 46,184 | 100.00 |
Changes from the 1988 election for both Progressive Conservative candidate Jim White and Independent candidate Pat Nowlan are based on the same 1988 result, when Pat Nowlan ran as a Progressive Conservative. Independent Rik Gates was the youngest candidate to run for MP at the age of twenty two.

#### 1988

1988 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Pat Nowlan | 20,763 | 44.17 | -9.68 |
| | Liberal | John Murphy | 18,840 | 40.08 | +11.62 |
| | New Democratic | Keith Collins | 5,886 | 12.52 | -3.43 |
| | Christian Heritage | Jack Enserink | 1,318 | 2.80 | |
| | Independent | Rik Gates | 200 | 0.43 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 47,007 | 100.00 |

#### 1984

1984 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Pat Nowlan | 23,580 | 53.85 | +11.88 |
| | Liberal | Howard Fuller | 12,463 | 28.46 | -2.87 |
| | New Democratic | Peggy Hope-Simpson | 6,987 | 15.95 | -9.34 |
| | Rhinoceros | Graham Macdermott | 762 | 1.74 | +0.90 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 43,792 | 100.00 |

#### 1980

1980 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Pat Nowlan | 17,152 | 41.97 | -8.15 |
| | Liberal | Jim Munro | 12,804 | 31.33 | +1.41 |
| | New Democratic | Bob Levy | 10,338 | 25.29 | +5.33 |
| | Rhinoceros | Mark Moors | 343 | 0.84 | |
| | Independent | Dick Killam | 233 | 0.57 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 40,870 | 100.00 |

#### 1979

1979 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Pat Nowlan | 20,103 | 50.12 | -2.40 |
| | Liberal | Frank C. Bezanson | 12,001 | 29.92 | -13.12 |
| | New Democratic | Bob Levy | 8,008 | 19.96 | +16.22 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 40,112 | 100.00 |

### Annapolis Valley
#### 1974

1974 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Pat Nowlan | 19,174 | 52.52 | -5.95 |
| | Liberal | Brian Bruce | 15,712 | 43.04 | +7.33 |
| | New Democratic | John Patrick O'Meara | 1,366 | 3.74 | -1.25 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Ronald John Brunton | 135 | 0.37 | |
| | Social Credit | Frank Dimock | 121 | 0.33 | -0.50 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 36508 | 100.00 |

#### 1972

1972 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Pat Nowlan | 20,962 | 58.47 | +1.84 |
| | Liberal | Tom Calkin | 12,800 | 35.71 | -4.39 |
| | New Democratic | Virginia Pickett | 1,788 | 4.99 | +1.72 |
| | Social Credit | W. Lincoln Hatt | 299 | 0.83 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 35849 | 100.00 |

#### 1968

1968 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | %} |
| | Progressive Conservative | Pat Nowlan | 17,435 | 56.64 |
| | Liberal | Alexander C. Williamson | 12,342 | 40.09 |
| | New Democratic | Donald L. McKay | 1,007 | 3.27 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30784 | 100.00 |