Clare is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, which existed between 1949-2013 and since 2021. Prior to 1949, Clare was part of Digby district. It elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The electoral district includes most of the Municipality of the District of Clare, an Acadian area occupying the southwestern half of Digby County. For four consecutive elections from 1988 to 1999, the district had the highest voter turnout in the province.Recapitulation 1988 Election Elections Nova ScotiaRecapitulation 1993 Election Elections Nova ScotiaRecapitulation 1999 Election Elections Nova Scotia
The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral district of Clare-Digby. It was re-created out of Clare-Digby following the 2019 Electoral Boundary Review after a court challenge that also re-instated the province's two other protected Acadians ridings of Argyle and Richmond, and the Black riding of Preston.
Geography The land area of Clare is .
Members of the Legislative Assembly The electoral district was represented by the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
Election results
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2021
2017 (transposed) 2017 provincial election redistributed results Party Vote % Liberal 2,059 51.23 Progressive Conservative 1,218 30.31 New Democratic 742 18.46
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See also List of Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
External links riding profile June 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll by Poll Results