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Dartmouth, Cole Harbour and the Eastern ShoreSafeRural
Eastern Shore
MLA: Kent Smith · Progressive Conservative
Projected winner
If an election were held today. Projection as of Oct 11, 2026; the next election may be years away.
Progressive Conservative>99% chance of winning
- Progressive Conservative · 44.2% projected vote>99%
- NS NDP · 26.7% projected vote<1%
2024 result
- Kent Smith · Progressive Conservativeelected4,69062.0%
- Doyle Safire · Liberal1,44119.1%
- Don Carney · NS NDP1,23116.3%
- Kevin Conrod · Green1972.6%
- Margin
- 43.0%
- Tier
- Safe
- Turnout
- 42.7%
- Registered
- 17,700
2021 result
- Kent Smith · Progressive Conservativeelected4,26445.8%
- Kevin Murphy · Liberal3,16934.1%
- Deirdre Dwyer · NS NDP1,61817.4%
- Cheryl Atkinson · Green2542.7%
District at a glance
2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada publishes no profile on Nova Scotia's provincial districts, so these are built from the dissemination areas inside each one: counts are exact sums, medians are estimates. Ranks are against all 56 districts.
- Median household income
- $83,87613 of 56
- Average rent
- $96024 of 56
- Renters
- 10.3%52 of 56
- Bachelor's or higher
- 16.9%30 of 56
- Median age
- 49.124 of 56
- Over 65
- 22.6%34 of 56
- Speak French
- 9.4%25 of 56
- Immigrants
- 4.8%30 of 56
- Indigenous identity
- 5.9%18 of 56
- Unemployment
- 10.4%44 of 56
Closest races in Dartmouth, Cole Harbour and the Eastern Shore
The seats most likely to move with this one.
Results and boundaries: Elections Nova Scotia. Census: Statistics Canada.