Argyle (electoral district)

Argyle
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Colton LeBlanc; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1981, 2019
District abolished	2013
First contested	1981
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2021)	7,860
Electors (2024)	6,844
Area (km²)	1,627
Pop. density (per km²)	4.8
Census division	Yarmouth County
Census subdivision	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.^[1]

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 after a court challenge that also re-instated the province's two other protected Acadians ridings of Clare and Richmond, and the Black riding of Preston.^[2]

Geography

The riding of Argyle has 1,627 km² (628 sq mi) of landmass.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Argyle
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Yarmouth (1867–Present)
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
District dissolved into Argyle-Barrington
District recreated from Argyle-Barrington
64th	2021–2024		Colton LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative
65th	2024–present		Colton LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative

Election results

2024

2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Colton LeBlanc	3,383	85.60	+3.25
	Liberal	Lorelei Murphy	439	11.11	-3.22
	New Democratic	Lauren Skabar	67	1.70	+0.28
	Green	Lynette Amirault	61	1.54	-0.36
Total valid votes/expense limit			3,950	99.32	–
Total rejected ballots			27	0.68	+0.32
Turnout			3,977	58.11	-9.43
Eligible voters			6,844
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.24
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[4]

2021

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Colton LeBlanc	3,649	82.35	+15.95	$25,657.16
	Liberal	Nick d'Entremont	635	14.33	-15.46	$20,310.17
	Green	Corey Clamp	84	1.90	–	$200.00
	New Democratic	Robin Smith	63	1.42	-2.39	$10,293.32
Total valid votes/expense limit			4,431	99.66	–	$42,222.94
Total rejected ballots			15	0.34
Turnout			4,446	67.54
Eligible voters			6,583
	Progressive Conservative notional hold		Swing		+15.71
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[5]^[6]

2017 (transposed)

2017 provincial election redistributed results^[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Progressive Conservative	2,612	66.40
	Liberal	1,172	29.79
	New Democratic	150	3.81

2009

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

↑ Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Argyle (2021)" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature.
↑ Doucette, Keith. "Province to restore four protected ridings for Acadians, African Nova Scotians". CTV. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
↑ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
↑ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). 42nd Provincial General Election, November 26, 2024: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
↑ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
↑ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
↑ Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia (Report). 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1981" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1984" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1984. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1988. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1993. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1998 (Argyle)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1998. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1999 (Argyle)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1999. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 2003 (Argyle)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 2006 (Argyle)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
"Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 2009 (Argyle)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2014.

[1] Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Argyle (2021)" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature.

[2] Doucette, Keith. "Province to restore four protected ridings for Acadians, African Nova Scotians". CTV. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

[3] "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[4] Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). 42nd Provincial General Election, November 26, 2024: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.

[5] Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.

[6] Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.

[7] Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia (Report). 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

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