Colchester (provincial electoral district)
Colchester was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected two members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 to 1978 and included all of Colchester County. In 1978, Colchester was divided into three electoral districts, Colchester North, Colchester South, and Truro-Bible Hill.[1]
Election results
| 1974 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| Liberal | Melinda MacLean | 9,514 | 25.87 |  | ||||
| Liberal | J. Floyd Tucker | 8,662 | 23.55 | | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ronald C. Giffin | 7,974 | 21.68 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gerald Ritcey | 7,182 | 19.53 | |||||
| New Democratic | Allan Marchbank | 1,771 | 4.82 | |||||
| New Democratic | Eda Forsythe | 1,515 | 4.12 | |||||
| Independent | Robert Kirk | 159 | 0.43 | |||||
| Total number of valid votes | 36,777 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 144 | 0.74 | ||||||
| Number of electors who cast votes/Turnout | 19,340 | 75.60 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 25,582 | |||||||
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