Hammonds Plains-Lucasville

Hammonds Plains-Lucasville

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Rick Burns Progressive Conservative
District created	2012
First contested	2013
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Electors	10,702
Area (km²)	169
Census division(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality

Hammonds Plains-Lucasville is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding was created in 2012 with 43 per cent of the former district of Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville, 10 per cent of the district of Timberlea-Prospect and 7 per cent of the district of Chester-St. Margaret's.

Geography

The electoral district of Hammonds Plains-Lucasville is about 169 km² (65 sq mi) in landmass.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Hammonds Plains-Lucasville
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Chester-St. Margaret's, Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville and Timberlea-Prospect
62nd	2013–2017		Ben Jessome	Liberal
63rd	2017–2021
64th	2021–2024
65th	2024–present		Rick Burns	Progressive Conservative

Election results

2024 Nova Scotia general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Burns	4,068	46.97	+11.27
	Liberal	Ben Jessome	3,528	40.73	-5.33
	New Democratic	Terry J. Eyland	988	11.41	-5.20
	Green	Roger Croll	77	0.89	-0.74
Total valid votes			8,661	99.68
Total rejected ballots			28	0.32	+0.17
Turnout			8,689	55.26	-1.33
Eligible voters			15,723
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+8.30

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ben Jessome	3,697	46.06	-0.62	$40,466.72
	Progressive Conservative	Julie Chaisson	2,865	35.70	+2.77	$45,038.72
	New Democratic	Angela Downey	1,333	16.61	+0.88	$23,701.20
	Green	Mark Embrett	131	1.63	-3.02	$200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			8,026	99.85	–	$82,459.24
Total rejected ballots			12	0.15
Turnout			8,038	56.60
Eligible voters			14,202
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.70
Source: Elections Nova Scotia

2017 provincial election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	3,359	46.69
	Progressive Conservative	2,369	32.93
	New Democratic	1,132	15.73
	Green	335	4.66

2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ben Jessome	3,432	46.69	-5.55
	Progressive Conservative	Matt Whitman	2,421	32.94	+11.09
	New Democratic	Paul McGuinness	1,157	15.74	-8.57
	Green	Jessica Alexander	340	4.62	–
Total valid votes			7,350	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			16	0.22	-0.15
Turnout			7,366	57.34	+0.29
Eligible voters			12,847
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.32
Source: Elections Nova Scotia

2013 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ben Jessome	3,402	52.24	N/A
	New Democratic Party	Peter Lund	1,583	24.31	N/A
	Progressive Conservative	Gina Byrne	1,423	21.85	N/A
	Independent	Jonathan Dean	104	1.60	N/A

External links

• 2013 riding profile