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Pictou West
MLA: Marco MacLeod · 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 · 56.3% projected vote>99%
2024 result
- Marco MacLeod · Progressive Conservativeelected4,32574.1%
- Mary Wooldridge-Elliott · Liberal77813.3%
- Carol Ferguson · NS NDP62010.6%
- Clare Brett · Green1152.0%
- Margin
- 60.8%
- Tier
- Safe
- Turnout
- 47.5%
- Registered
- 12,293
2021 result
- Karla MacFarlane · Progressive Conservativeelected4,48763.6%
- Mary Wooldridge-Elliott · Liberal1,51021.4%
- Rick Parker · NS NDP87212.4%
- Clare Brett · Green1241.8%
- John A. Clark · Independent600.8%
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
- $68,31029 of 56
- Average rent
- $78042 of 56
- Renters
- 16.8%41 of 56
- Bachelor's or higher
- 14.2%41 of 56
- Median age
- 52.610 of 56
- Over 65
- 28.6%9 of 56
- Speak French
- 4.9%46 of 56
- Immigrants
- 4.3%33 of 56
- Indigenous identity
- 2.5%50 of 56
- Unemployment
- 12.4%28 of 56
Closest races in Central Nova
The seats most likely to move with this one.
Results and boundaries: Elections Nova Scotia. Census: Statistics Canada.