Argyle

Nova Scotia electoral district

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

MLA

Colton LeBlanc
Progressive Conservative

District created

1981, 2019

District abolished

2013

First contested

1981, 2017

Last contested

2009, 2021

Demographics

Population (2011)

8,210

Electors

6,474

Area (km²)

1,627

Pop. density (per km²)

5

Census division(s)

Yarmouth County

Census subdivision(s)

Municipality of the District of Argyle

Argyle is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1981 and 2013 and since 2021. It elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1981 when the district of Yarmouth was split into two separate districts. The district comprises most of the Municipality of the District of Argyle, an Acadian area occupying the eastern half of Yarmouth County.

The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral district of Argyle-Barrington. It was re-created following the 2019 electoral boundary review out of Argyle-Barrington.

Geography

The riding of Argyle has 1,627 km² (628 sq mi) of landmass.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The electoral district was represented by the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Argyle
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
53rd	1981–1984		Hugh Tinkham	Liberal
54th	1984–1988		Neil LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative
55th	1988–1993		Neil LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative
56th	1993–1998		Allister Surette	Liberal
57th	1998–1999		Neil LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative
58th	1999–2003		Neil LeBlanc
59th	2003–2006		Chris d'Entremont
60th	2006–2009
61st	2009–2013
Riding dissolved
Riding recreated
64th	2021–Present		Colton LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative

Election results

2021 general election

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Colton LeBlanc	3,649	82.35	+15.95
	Liberal	Nick d'Entremont	635	14.33	-15.46
	Green	Corey Clamp	84	1.90
	New Democratic	Robin Smith	63	1.42	-2.39
Total valid votes			4,431	99.66
Total rejected ballots			15	0.34
Turnout			4,446	67.54
Eligible voters			6,583
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+15.71
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[2]

2017 general election (transposed)

2017 provincial election redistributed results^[3]
Party		Vote	%
	Progressive Conservative	2,612	66.40
	Liberal	1,172	29.79
	New Democratic	150	3.81

2009 general election

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Chris d'Entremont	2,818	64.00%	-3.65%
	New Democratic	Melvin Huskins	759	17.24%	5.36%
	Liberal	Lionel LeBlanc	752	17.08%	-2.48%
	Green	Barbara Lake	74	1.68%	0.17%
Total valid votes			4,403	100.00
Total rejected ballots			21	0.47
Turnout			4,424	68.33
Eligible voters			6,474
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Argyle" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006 general election

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Chris d'Entremont	3,158	67.65%	19.66%
	Liberal	Christian Surette	913	19.56%	-20.27%
	New Democratic	Charles Muise	531	11.38%	-0.80%
	Green	Patty Doucet-Saunders	66	1.41%	–
Total valid votes			4,668	100.00
Total rejected ballots			20	0.43
Turnout			4,688	70.25
Eligible voters			6,673
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Argyle" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003 general election

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Chris d'Entremont	2,345	47.99%	-29.02%
	Liberal	Aldric Benoit d'Entremont	1,946	39.83%	24.27%
	New Democratic	Charles Muise	595	12.18%	5.67%
Total valid votes			4,886	100.00
Total rejected ballots			32	0.65
Turnout			4,918	84.14
Eligible voters			5,845
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Argyle" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999 general election

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Neil LeBlanc	4,060	77.01%	23.42%
	Liberal	Karen Kravfe	820	15.55%	-17.92%
	New Democratic	Belinda Tucker	343	6.51%	-5.02%
	Nova Scotia Party	Oscar Harris	49	0.93%	–
Total valid votes			5,272	100.00
Total rejected ballots			20	0.38
Turnout			5,292	80.21
Eligible voters			6,598
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Argyle" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1998 general election

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Neil LeBlanc	3,028	53.59%	9.31%
	Liberal	Allister Surette	1,891	33.47%	-18.52%
	New Democratic	Diane E. Cromwell	651	11.52%	7.79%
	Independent	Oscar Harris	80	1.42%	–
Total valid votes			5,650	100.00
Total rejected ballots			20	0.35
Turnout			5,670	84.98
Eligible voters			6,672
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Argyle" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993 general election

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allister Surette	3,091	51.98%	20.54%
	Progressive Conservative	Neil LeBlanc	2,633	44.28%	-19.86%
	New Democratic	Dee Dee Daigle	222	3.73%	-0.67%
Total valid votes			5,946	100.00
Total rejected ballots			38	0.64
Turnout			5,984	86.93
Eligible voters			6,884
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Argyle" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1988 general election

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Neil LeBlanc	3,798	64.14%	11.63%
	Liberal	Rick Murphy	1,862	31.45%	-12.50%
	New Democratic	Raymond Ethier	261	4.41%	0.87%
Total			5,921	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Argyle" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1984 general election

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Neil LeBlanc	2,894	52.51%	13.20%
	Liberal	J. Donald Doucette	2,422	43.95%	-10.03%
	New Democratic	Lawrence Meuse	195	3.54%	-3.17%
Total			5,511	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Argyle" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1981 general election

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Hugh Tinkham	2,872	53.97%
	Progressive Conservative	Peter J. Boudreau	2,092	39.32%
	New Democratic	Roy (Sonny) Murphy	357	6.71%
Total			5,321	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Argyle" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

References

^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
^ Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries

"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1981" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1984" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1984. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1988. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1993. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1998 (Argyle)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1998. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1999 (Argyle)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1999. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 2003 (Argyle)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2003. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 2006 (Argyle)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 2009 (Argyle)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2009. Retrieved 2014-10-06.

Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts

Current

Historic

to 2021:	Argyle-Barrington Bedford Clare-Digby Preston-Dartmouth Queens-Shelburne
to 2013:	Argyle Cape Breton North Cape Breton Nova Cape Breton South Cape Breton West Clare Cole Harbour Dartmouth South-Portland Valley Digby-Annapolis Guysborough-Sheet Harbour Halifax Clayton Park Halifax Fairview Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville Preston Queens Richmond Shelburne Truro-Bible Hill
to 2003:	Bedford-Fall River Cape Breton East Cape Breton The Lakes Dartmouth South Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Guysborough–Port Hawkesbury Halifax Bedford Basin Sackville-Beaver Bank Victoria
to 1993:	Annapolis East Annapolis West Colchester South Cumberland Centre Cumberland East Cumberland West Digby Guysborough Halifax Cornwallis Halifax Eastern Shore Halifax St. Margarets Inverness North Inverness South Lunenburg Centre Lunenburg East Sackville
to 1978:	Colchester Halifax Cobequid
to 1967:	Halifax Centre Halifax County Dartmouth Halifax East Halifax North Halifax Northwest Halifax South Halifax West
to 1956:	Kings
to 1949:	Cumberland Hants Pictou
to 1933:	Halifax Richmond and Cape Breton West
to 1925:	Cape Breton