{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = David Wilton | birth_date = 1967/1968 | birth_place = | assembly = Nova Scotia House of | constituency_AM = Cape Breton Centre | term_start = July 14, 2015 | term_end = May 30, 2017 | predecessor = Frank Corbett | successor2 = Tammy Martin | party = Liberal | occupation = }} '''David Wilton''' (born 1967 or 1968)<ref name="Wilton wins">{{cite web|url=https://www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/news/local/wilton-wins-in-cape-breton-centre-9604/|title=Wilton wins in Cape Breton Centre|work=Cape Breton Post|date=July 14, 2015|accessdate=2023-11-04}}</ref> is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a by-election on July 14, 2015.<ref name="Wilton wins"/><ref name=pickup>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/liberals-pick-up-2-of-3-seats-in-nova-scotia-byelections-1.2468365|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715110617/http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/liberals-win-two-seats-in-nova-scotia-byelections-ndp-win-another-1.2468365|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2015|title=Liberals pick up 2 of 3 seats in Nova Scotia byelections|publisher=CTV News|date=July 14, 2015|accessdate=2015-07-14}}</ref> He represented the district of Cape Breton Centre as a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nslegislature.ca/index.php/people/members/david_wilton|title=David Wilton MLA biography|publisher=The Nova Scotia Legislature|accessdate=2016-01-14}}</ref>
He also ran for the Liberals in Cape Breton Centre in the 2013 election, losing to incumbent MLA Frank Corbett.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capebretonpost.com/Elections/2013-10-08/article-3421987/Corbett-re-elected-in-Cape-Breton-Centre/1|title=Corbett re-elected in Cape Breton Centre|work=Cape Breton Post|date=October 8, 2013|accessdate=2015-07-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141013013619/http://www.capebretonpost.com/Elections/2013-10-08/article-3421987/Corbett-re-elected-in-Cape-Breton-Centre/1|archive-date=October 13, 2014}}</ref>
In the 2017 election, Wilton was defeated by NDP candidate Tammy Martin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/news/election-brings-change-to-cbrm-2041/|title=Election brings change to CBRM|work=Cape Breton Post|date=May 30, 2017|accessdate=2023-11-04}}</ref>
==Election results==
{{CANelec/top|NS|July 14, 2015<br />On the resignation of Frank Corbett|percent=yes|change=yes|by=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal |'''David Wilton'''|3,060|49.02|+5.81}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Tammy Martin |2,538|40.66|-4.63}} {{CANelec|NS|PC|Edna Lee |644|10.32|-1.18}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|6,242|99.43}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|36|0.57}} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|6,278|47.20| }} {{Canadian election result/total|Electors on the lists|13,302|–|}} {{CANelec/gain|NS|Liberal|NDP|+5.22}} {{end}}
{{Election box begin | title=2013 Nova Scotia general election}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}} |New Democratic Party |Frank Corbett |align="right"|3,440 |align="right"|45.29 |align="right"|-33.25 |- {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |'''David Wilton''' |align="right"|3,282 |align="right"|43.21 |align="right"|+30.72 |- {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |Edna Lee |align="right"|873 |align="right"|11.49 |align="right"|+4.14 {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|7,595|99.42}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|44|0.58}} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|7,639|58.48| }} {{Canadian election result/total|Electors on the lists|13,062|–|}} {{CANelec/hold|NS|NDP|-31.98}} |}
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