{{Short description|Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox Canada electoral district |prov-status = active |province = Nova Scotia |image = Timberlea-Prospect provincial electoral district.svg |prov-rep-party = Liberal |prov-rep = Iain Rankin |demo-census-date = 2011 |demo-pop = 22278 |prov-election-first = 1967 |prov-election-last = 2024 |demo-electors = 14854 |demo-area = 342 |prov-created = 1967 |demo-cd = Halifax RM |demo-csd = }} '''Timberlea—Prospect''' is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since 2013 has been Iain Rankin of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
The district was created in 1967 from the former electoral district of Halifax West, under the name '''Halifax-St. Margaret's'''. Upon the recommendations of the 1992 Electoral Boundaries Commission report, it was renamed Timberlea-Prospect. At this same time, it lost the St. Margaret's Bay area to Chester-St. Margaret's, the Hammonds Plains, Lucasville, and Pockwock Road area to Sackville-Beaver Bank, and the Bedford area to Bedford-Fall River. In 2003, it lost the Bayside and West Dover areas to Chester-St. Margaret's. In 2013, on the recommendations of the 2012 Electoral Boundaries Commission, it lost the Stillwater Lake area to Hammonds Plains-Lucasville and a small number of streets in the Williamswood and Harrietsfield areas to Halifax Atlantic. It gained the Susies Lake and Quarrie Lake areas from Halifax Clayton Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/timberlea-prospect_0.pdf|title=Electoral History for Timberlea-Prospect|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}</ref>
==Geography== Timberlea-Prospect has {{cvt|342|km2}} of land area.<ref>{{cite web |title=Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election |url=https://enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca/edinfo55/Default.aspx?ED=51 |website=enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |access-date=22 July 2021}}</ref>
==Members of the Legislative Assembly== This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly: {{NS-MLA|}} {{NS-MLA nodata|Halifax St. Margarets<br/>Riding created from Halifax West}} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 1967 | ToYr = 1970 | Assembly# = 49 | RepName = D. C. McNeil | NSParty = PC }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 1970 | ToYr = 1974 | Assembly# = 50 | RepName = Leonard L. Pace | NSParty = Liberal | RepTerms# = 2 | PartyTerms# = 2 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 1974 | ToYr = 1978 | Assembly# = 51 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 1978 | ToYr = 1981 | Assembly# = 52 | RepName = Jerry Lawrence | RepLink = Jerry Lawrence (politician) | NSParty = PC | RepTerms# = 4 | PartyTerms# = 4 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 1981 | ToYr = 1984 | Assembly# = 53 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 1984 | ToYr = 1988 | Assembly# = 54 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 1988 | ToYr = 1993 | Assembly# = 55 }} {{NS-MLA nodata|Timberlea-Prospect}} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 1993 | ToYr = 1998 | Assembly# = 56 | RepName = Bruce Holland | NSParty = Liberal }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 1998 | ToYr = 1999 | Assembly# = 57 | RepName = Bill Estabrooks | NSParty = NDP | RepTerms# = 5 | PartyTerms# = 5 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 1999 | ToYr = 2003 | Assembly# = 58 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 2003 | ToYr = 2005 | Assembly# = 59 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 2006 | ToYr = 2009 | Assembly# = 60 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 2009 | ToYr = 2013 | Assembly# = 61 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 2013 | ToYr = 2017 | Assembly# = 62 | RepName = Iain Rankin | NSParty = Liberal | RepTerms# = 4 | PartyTerms# = 4 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 2017 | ToYr = 2021 | Assembly# = 63 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 2021 | ToYr = 2024 | Assembly# = 64 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 2024 | ToYr = | Assembly# = 65 }} {{NS-MLA end}}
==Election results==
===2024=== {{2024 Nova Scotia general election/Timberlea-Prospect}}
===2021 === {{2021 Nova Scotia general election/Timberlea-Prospect}}
===2017 === {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="4" | 2017 provincial election redistributed results<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 April 2021|title=Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/TranspositionofVotesReport_2017PGE_2019ElectoralDirstricts_reportApril2021.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=15 August 2021|website=Elections Nova Scotia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717154626/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/TranspositionofVotesReport_2017PGE_2019ElectoralDirstricts_reportApril2021.pdf |archive-date=17 July 2021 }}</ref> |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Vote ! % |- | {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}} | | Liberal || align=right | 4,450 || align=right | 49.40 |- | {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}} | | Progressive Conservative || align=right | 2,123 || align=right | 23.57 |- | {{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}} | | New Democratic || align=right | 1,958 || align=right | 21.73 |- | {{Canadian party colour|NS|Green|background}} | | Green || align=right | 360 || align=right | 4.00 |- | {{Canadian party colour|NS|Atlantica|background}} | | Atlantica || align=right | 118 || align=right | 1.31 |}
{{2017 Nova Scotia general election/Timberlea-Prospect}} === 2013 === {{CANelec/top|NS|2013|Timberlea-Prospect|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Iain Rankin|4,492|52.59%|35.02%}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Linda Moxsom-Skinner|2,168|25.38%|-45.31%}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|Bruce R. Pretty|1,588|18.59%|9.49%}} {{CANelec|NS|Green|Thomas Trappenberg|293|3.43%|0.81%}} {{CANelec/total|Total|8,541|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/timberlea-prospect_0.pdf|title=Electoral History for Timberlea-Prospect|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}<br/>{{cite report |title=39th Provincial General Election, October 8, 2013: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics |author=Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |access-date=February 8, 2026 |date=2013 |url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Web_SOVColour_Final[1].pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410162733/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Web_SOVColour_Final[1].pdf |archive-date=April 10, 2018 |url-status=dead}}}} {{end}}
=== 2009 === {{CANelec/top|NS|2009|Timberlea-Prospect|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Bill Estabrooks|6,174|70.70%|7.55%}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Lisa Mullin|1,535|17.58%|7.47%}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|Gina Byrne|795|9.10%|-15.06%}} {{CANelec|NS|Green|Thomas Trappenberg|229|2.62%|0.04%}} {{CANelec/total|Total|8,733|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/timberlea-prospect_0.pdf|title=Electoral History for Timberlea-Prospect|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}} {{end}}
=== 2006 === {{CANelec/top|NS|2006|Timberlea-Prospect|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Bill Estabrooks|5,316|63.15%|3.14%}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|Juanita Cirtwill|2,034|24.16%|5.92%}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Lisa Mullin|851|10.11%|-11.63%}} {{CANelec|NS|Green|Thomas Trappenberg|217|2.58%|–}} {{CANelec/total|Total|8,418|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/timberlea-prospect_0.pdf|title=Electoral History for Timberlea-Prospect|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}} {{end}}
=== 2003 === {{CANelec/top|NS|2003|Timberlea-Prospect|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Bill Estabrooks|5,049|60.01%|13.18%}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Bruce Holland|1,829|21.74%|-1.60%}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|Barry Fraser|1,535|18.25%|-9.71%}} {{CANelec/total|Total|8,413|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/timberlea-prospect_0.pdf|title=Electoral History for Timberlea-Prospect|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}} {{end}}
=== 1999 === {{CANelec/top|NS|1999|Timberlea-Prospect|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Bill Estabrooks|4,356|46.83%|-1.16%}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|Ken Fralick|2,600|27.95%|9.29%}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Vicki Brown|2,171|23.34%|-10.00%}} {{CANelec|NS|Nova Scotia|Ken Bumstead|174|1.87%|–}} {{CANelec/total|Total|9,301|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/timberlea-prospect_0.pdf|title=Electoral History for Timberlea-Prospect|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}<br/>{{cite report |title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Fifth General Election |url=https://archive.org/details/micro_IA40243301_1179 |date=1999 |author=Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia}}}} {{end}}
=== 1998 === {{CANelec/top|NS|1998|Timberlea-Prospect|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Bill Estabrooks|4,762|47.99%|17.15%}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Bruce Holland|3,308|33.34%|-5.28%}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|Tom Robertson|1,852|18.67%|-11.87%}} {{CANelec/total|Total|9,922|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/timberlea-prospect_0.pdf|title=Electoral History for Timberlea-Prospect|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}} {{end}}
=== 1993 === {{CANelec/top|NS|1993|Timberlea-Prospect|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Bruce Holland|3,470|38.62%|5.49%}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Bill Estabrooks|2,772|30.85%|1.29%}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|Debra Ann (Debi) Forsyth-Smith|2,744|30.54%|-6.78%}} {{CANelec/total|Total|8,986|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/timberlea-prospect_0.pdf|title=Electoral History for Timberlea-Prospect|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}<br/>{{cite report |title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election |url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf |date=1993 |author=Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Queen's Printer |archive-date=June 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618080257/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf}}}} {{end}}
=== 1988 === {{CANelec/top|NS|1988|Halifax St. Margarets|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|Jerry Lawrence|4,574|37.31%|-20.08%}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Kevin Burke|4,061|33.13%|15.73%}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Bill Estabrooks|3,623|29.56%|4.35%}} {{CANelec/total|Total|12,258|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/hammonds_plains-lucasville.pdf|title=Electoral History for Halifax St. Margaret's|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}<br/>{{cite report |title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf |date=1988 |author=Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Queen's Printer |archive-date=July 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707090748/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf}}}} {{end}} === 1984 === {{CANelec/top|NS|1984|Halifax St. Margarets|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|Jerry Lawrence|5,141|57.39%|7.13%}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Lillian Viau|2,258|25.21%|2.53%}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Michael N. Kelly|1,559|17.40%|-9.66%}} {{CANelec/total|Total|8,958|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/hammonds_plains-lucasville.pdf|title=Electoral History for Halifax St. Margaret's|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}<br/>{{cite report |title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201984.pdf|date=1984 |author=Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Queen's Printer |archive-date=July 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731082645/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201984.pdf}}}} {{end}} === 1981 === {{CANelec/top|NS|1981|Halifax St. Margarets|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|Jerry Lawrence|4,860|50.26%|-4.12%}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Helena Poirier|2,617|27.06%|-5.39%}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Lillian Viau|2,193|22.68%|9.51%}} {{CANelec/total|Total|9,670|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/hammonds_plains-lucasville.pdf|title=Electoral History for Halifax St. Margaret's|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}<br/>{{cite report |title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirtieth General Election |url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201981.pdf|date=1981 |author=Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Queen's Printer |archive-date=July 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731073330/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201981.pdf}}}} {{end}} === 1978 === {{CANelec/top|NS|1978|Halifax St. Margarets|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|Jerry Lawrence|5,277|54.38%|14.14%}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Terry Tingley|3,149|32.45%|-15.42%}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Garry Richard Craig|1,278|13.17%|1.28%}} {{CANelec/total|Total|9,704|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/hammonds_plains-lucasville.pdf|title=Electoral History for Halifax St. Margaret's|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}<br/>{{cite report |title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201978.pdf |date=1978 |author=Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Queen's Printer |archive-date=June 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618175839/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201978.pdf}}}} {{end}} === 1974 === {{CANelec/top|NS|1974|Halifax St. Margarets|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Leonard L. Pace|7,238|47.87%|-3.82%}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|George C. Piercey|6,084|40.24%|0.50%}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Richard Rogers|1,798|11.89%|3.32%}} {{CANelec/total|Total|15,120|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/hammonds_plains-lucasville.pdf|title=Electoral History for Halifax St. Margaret's|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}<br/>{{cite report |title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201974.pdf |date=1974 |author=Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Queen's Printer |archive-date=June 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618204230/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201974.pdf}}}} {{end}} === 1970 === {{CANelec/top|NS|1970|Halifax St. Margarets|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Leonard L. Pace|6,152|51.69%|10.12%}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|D. C. McNeil|4,729|39.74%|-13.74%}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Keith B. Jobson|1,020|8.57%|3.62%}} {{CANelec/total|Total|11,901|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/hammonds_plains-lucasville.pdf|title=Electoral History for Halifax St. Margaret's|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}<br/>{{cite report |title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, 1970 |url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201970.pdf|date=1970|author=Nova Scotia, Legislative Assembly |publisher=Queen's Printer |archive-date=July 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725063811/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201970.pdf}}}} {{end}} === 1967 === {{CANelec/top|NS|1967|Halifax St. Margarets|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|D. C. McNeil|5,030|53.48%|–}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Alex McKinnon|3,910|41.57%|–}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Peggy Prowse|466|4.95%|–}} {{CANelec/total|Total|9,406|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/hammonds_plains-lucasville.pdf|title=Electoral History for Halifax St. Margaret's|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}<br/>{{cite report |title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly |url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201967.pdf |date=1967|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |publisher=Queen's Printer |archive-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725063820/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201967.pdf}}}} {{end}}
== See also == * List of Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts * Canadian provincial electoral districts
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.cbc.ca/nsvotes2006/riding/048/ 2006 riding profile] *[http://www.cbc.ca/nsvotes2003/riding/048/ 2003 riding profile]
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