Argyle MLA Colton LeBlanc (government of NS photo)
Three of the five ridings in the Tri-Counties belong to the Progressive Conservatives, as they will form the next government in Nova Scotia.
In Argyle, PC Colton LeBlanc posted a dominating victory over the Liberals’ Nick d’Entremont.
LeBlanc, who won a by-election in 2019 for Argyle-Barrington says the PC campaign listened to Nova Scotians.
“And we shared our plan for Nova Scotians, with our common sense solutions. We committed to address the healthcare problems in our province,” says LeBlanc
In Shelburne, Nolan Young of the PC’s was the winner, and fellow Conservative Jill Balser took Digby-Annapolis.
In Yarmouth, Liberal Zach Churchill remains MLA after a close race against the PC’s Candice Clairmont.
Churchill won by just under 1,500 votes, and will be a member of the opposition for the first time since 2013.
Longtime councillor and Warden Ronnie LeBlanc took Clare in a close vote over the PC’s Carl Deveau.
He says he knocked on a lot of doors in his riding.
“You start to feel frustrations around the fishing crisis, and healthcare. It was a lot closer than I would have liked, but I should have saw that coming,” says LeBlanc.
A list results is available here.
How was voter turnout in the Tri-Counties?
According to results from Elections Nova Scotia, the two largest percentages were in the new ridings of Argyle and Clare, both with 67 per cent voter turnout.
In Yarmouth, 55 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot, 54 per cent in Shelburne and 52 per cent in Digby-Annapolis.
Of elected candidates, PC Colton LeBlanc had the most support with 82 per cent of the popular vote.
Shelburne’s Nolan Young of the PC’s had 62 per cent of the vote, Liberal Zach Churchill 56 per cent in Yarmouth, and Liberal Ronnie LeBlanc in Clare and PC Jill Balser in Digby-Annapolis each had 49.8 per cent.
