Bedford Basin (electoral district)

Bedford Basin

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Tim Outhit Progressive Conservative
District created	2019
First contested	2021
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Electors	13,113
Area (km²)[1]	23
Census division(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality
Census subdivision(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality

Bedford Basin is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia that came into effect for the 2021 Nova Scotia general election. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia.

The riding was created by the 2019 provincial redistribution out of parts of Bedford and Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank .

The riding contains the neighbourhoods of Oakmount, Bedford Common, Glen Moir, Paper Mill Lake and part of Millview in the community of Bedford, Nova Scotia, part of the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Bedford Basin
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Bedford and Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank
64th	2021–2024		Kelly Regan	Liberal
65th	2024–present		Tim Outhit	Progressive Conservative

Election results

2024

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Outhit	3,688	60.11	+34.35
	Liberal	Doris Robbins	1,311	21.37	-29.50
	New Democratic	Ryan Lutes	1,136	18.52	-2.84
Total valid votes			6,135	99.43	–
Total rejected ballots			35	0.57	+0.25
Turnout			6,170	46.97	-8.54
Eligible voters			13,136
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+31.93

2021

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kelly Regan	3,700	50.87	–1.88	$54,231.55
	Progressive Conservative	Nick Driscoll	1,874	25.76	–5.10	$22,733.12
	New Democratic	Jacob Wilson	1,554	21.36	+9.59	$28,624.28
	Green	Madeleine Taylor	146	2.01	–2.61	$685.50
Total valid votes/expense limit			7,274	99.68	–	$77,511.59
Total rejected ballots			23	0.32
Turnout			7,297	55.51
Eligible voters			13,146
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+1.61
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2]

2017 redistributed results

2017 provincial election redistributed results[3]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	3,596	52.74
	Progressive Conservative	2,104	30.86
	New Democratic	803	11.78
	Green	315	4.62

References

1. "Electoral District Information". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
2. "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
3. "Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 12 April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.