The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 12005Nova Scotia

Dartmouth—Cole Harbour

Dartmouth—Cole Harbour is a federal riding in Nova Scotia. Darren Fisher (Liberal, first elected to the House in 2015) represents Dartmouth—Cole Harbour. Darren Fisher (Liberal) held Dartmouth—Cole Harbour for the Liberals in the 2025 election by 26,810 votes (45.0 points), with 67.7% of the vote. Isabelle Obeid (Conservative) was second with 22.7%, on a turnout of 71.5% of 83,877 electors. Member as of 2026-11-01.

Fig. 1 — Dartmouth—Cole Harbour on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on 2026-11-01. Open it on the board →

Who represents Dartmouth—Cole Harbour

Darren Fisher's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Darren Fisher

Member of Parliament for Dartmouth—Cole Harbour

Liberal

MP since 2015-10-19 · 4 terms

15 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on National Defence.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result: Liberal hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, April 28, 2025

Shares of the 59,634 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Darren Fisher	Liberal	40,367	67.7%
Isabelle Obeid	Conservative	13,557	22.7%
Keith Morrison	New Democratic	4,201	7.0%
Michelle Lindsay	People's Party	750	1.3%
Rana Zaman	Green	628	1.1%
Other (1)		131	0.2%

Darren Fisher (Liberal) won Dartmouth—Cole Harbour on April 28, 2025 with 40,367 votes, 67.7% of the 59,634 valid votes. Isabelle Obeid (Conservative) was second with 13,557 (22.7%), 26,810 votes and 45.0 points behind.

Of the 59,634 valid votes, Darren Fisher (Liberal) took 67.7%, Isabelle Obeid (Conservative) 22.7%, Keith Morrison (New Democratic) 7.0%, Michelle Lindsay (People's Party) 1.3% and Rana Zaman (Green) 1.1%; one other candidate took 0.2%. Turnout was 71.5% of 83,877 electors: 59,939 ballots cast, 59,634 of them valid, for 6 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Liberals are up 17.0 (50.7% to 67.7%), the Conservatives up 19.9 (2.8% to 22.7%), the New Democrats down 25.4 (32.4% to 7.0%), the People's Party down 8.3 (9.6% to 1.3%) and the Greens down 1.8 (2.9% to 1.1%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: usually Liberal

The party first in Dartmouth—Cole Harbour at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

2004Liberal40.6%by 6.6 points over the New Democrats
2006Liberal40.2%by 5.4 points over the New Democrats
2008†Liberal36.5%by 1.7 points over the New Democrats
2011changed handsNew Democratic38.2%by 5.8 points over the Liberals
2015changed handsLiberal57.0%by 31.5 points over the New Democrats
2019Liberal44.7%by 18.1 points over the New Democrats
2021Liberal50.7%by 18.2 points over the New Democrats
2025Liberal67.7%by 45.0 points over the Conservatives

Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran. † The first two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.

The figures

Year	First	Share	Second	Margin (pts)	Basis
2004	Liberal	40.6%	New Democratic	6.6	carried, our estimate
2006	Liberal	40.2%	New Democratic	5.4	carried, our estimate
2008†	Liberal	36.5%	New Democratic	1.7	carried, our estimate
2011	New Democratic	38.2%	Liberal	5.8	carried, our estimate
2015	Liberal	57.0%	New Democratic	31.5	carried, our estimate
2019	Liberal	44.7%	New Democratic	18.1	carried, our estimate
2021	Liberal	50.7%	New Democratic	18.2	transposed by Elections Canada
2025	Liberal	67.7%	Conservative	45.0	official result

The Liberals were first here at seven of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025; the NDP were first in 2011. In 2025 the Liberals took 67.7% of the vote here, 24.5 points above their average of 43.2% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Liberals were first here in 2004 (40.6%), 2006 (40.2%), 2008 (36.5%), 2015 (57.0%), 2019 (44.7%), 2021 (50.7%) and 2025 (67.7%) and the NDP in 2011 (38.2%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 83 of the 343 ridings are usually one party's. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result. In 2008 the carried top two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.

Before 2025

2021 Liberal · Darren Fisher, by 8,942 votes (19.6 pts)
2019 Liberal · Darren Fisher, by 9,824 votes (18.3 pts)
2015 Liberal · Darren Fisher, by 17,650 votes (33.8 pts)

In the old Dartmouth—Cole Harbour on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Dartmouth—Cole Harbour lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Dartmouth—Cole Harbour is

Population: 105,0202021 census
Area: 172km²
Density: 611people per km²
Electors: 83,877on the 2025 lists

Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings

Widest margin in Nova Scotia
Won by 45.0 points (26,810 votes) · 1st of 11 in Nova Scotia · 27th of 343 in Canada
Smallest by area in Nova Scotia
172 km² · 1st of 11 in Nova Scotia · 156th of 343 in Canada
Most populous in Nova Scotia
105,020 people, 2021 census · 1st of 11 in Nova Scotia · 251st of 343 in Canada

Share of households that own their home is 58.0% — about 81 percent of the median riding's 71.4%.
highestlowest80th lowest of 343
Share who are immigrants is 8.1% — about 47 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
highestlowest97th lowest of 343
Share with French as a mother tongue is 2.9% — about 1.8 times the median riding's 1.6%.
highestlowest117th highest of 343
Median total household income is $79,000 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.
highestlowest136th lowest of 343
Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32.8% — about 1.2 times the median riding's 28.2%.
highestlowest139th highest of 343
Median age is 42.4 — about the same as the median riding's 41.6.
highestlowest143rd highest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 89% of the 2025 electors in today's Dartmouth—Cole Harbour lived in the old Dartmouth—Cole Harbour; by area, 55% of the riding came from the old Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding

88.5%Dartmouth—Cole Harbour 45.2% of the area · 67% of it kept

11.5%Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook 54.8% of the area · 10% of it kept

How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	2021	±
Darren Fisher	Liberal	40,367	67.7%	50.7%	+17.0
Isabelle Obeid	Conservative	13,557	22.7%	2.8%	+19.9
Keith Morrison	New Democratic	4,201	7.0%	32.4%	−25.4
Michelle Lindsay	People's	750	1.3%	9.6%	−8.3
Rana Zaman	Green	628	1.1%	2.9%	−1.8

1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote

Joseph Shea

Other

131

0.2%

The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.

IIIHow close was it, really

Third place vs. the margin

4,201 votes

New Democratic took fewer than the 26,810-vote margin.

Election-day polls won by others

3 of 191

No poll ended in a tie.

Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Liberals (188) · ■ won by another party (3).

Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 13,406 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 22.5% of the 59,634 valid votes, 22.5 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Voters who switch: 0026,812

Liberal40,367

Conservative13,557

Still Liberal by 26,810 votes. Actual margin: 26,810.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 49.3% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the Liberals took 61.6%, the Conservatives 26.6%, the New Democrats 8.4%, the People's Party 1.7% and the Greens 1.3%; in advance and special ballots, 73.6%, 18.9%, 5.7%, 0.8% and 0.8%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, April 28, 2025

Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Party	Election day	Advance and special	Gap
Liberal	61.6%	73.6%	+12.0
Conservative	26.6%	18.9%	−7.7
New Democratic	8.4%	5.7%	−2.7
People's Party	1.7%	0.8%	−0.9
Green	1.3%	0.8%	−0.5

An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Dartmouth—Cole Harbour and its 3 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Dartmouth—Cole Harbour — federal riding profile and 2025 results."
The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/dartmouth-cole-harbour/
Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.