The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Sackville—Bedford—Preston
Federal riding · NS · No. 12009 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Braedon Clark Liberal
- 2025 result
- Liberal hold by 17,202 votes
- Turnout
- 72.8% of 80,508 electors
- Population
- 99,095 2021 census
- Area
- 656 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Smallest by area in Nova Scotia656 km² · 2nd of 11 in Nova Scotia · 186th of 343 in Canada
- Most populous in Nova Scotia99,095 people, 2021 census · 3rd of 11 in Nova Scotia · 275th of 343 in Canada
- Population, smallest first99,095 people, 2021 census · 69th of 343 in Canada
In brief
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Braedon Clark
- Member: Foreign Affairs and International Development
- Member: Veterans Affairs
IDid this riding change?
Yes. 27% of today's Sackville—Bedford—Preston came from ridings other than the old Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
72.9%Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook 51% of it kept
21.3%Halifax West 53% of it kept
5.8%Dartmouth—Cole Harbour 33% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
Liberal hold
Elected
Braedon Clark
Liberal
36,062
62.0% of valid votes
Margin
17,202
votes · +29.6 pts
Runner-up
Dave Carroll
Conservative
18,860
32.4% of valid votes
Liberal 62.0% · Conservative 32.4% · New Democratic 4.0%
Turnout72.8% of 80,508 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braedon Clark | Liberal | 36,062 | 62.0% | 44.4% | +17.6 |
| Dave Carroll | Conservative | 18,860 | 32.4% | 24.9% | +7.5 |
| Isaac Wilson | New Democratic | 2,324 | 4.0% | 24.7% | −20.7 |
2 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
| Andre Anderson | Green | 526 | 0.9% |
| Ryan Slaney | People's | 418 | 0.7% |
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
Swing needed to flip
14.8 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
2,324 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 17,202-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
13 of 194
1 poll ended in an exact tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 8,602 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 14.8% of the 58,190 valid votes, 14.8 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Liberal36,062
Conservative18,860
Still Liberal by 17,202 votes. Actual margin: 17,202.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 43.6% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Liberal56.3%66.3%+10.0
Conservative36.6%29.2%−7.4
New Democratic5.1%3.2%−1.9
Green1.1%0.7%−0.4
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.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $97,000 — about 1.2 times the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest79th highest of 343
- Median age is 42.4 — about the same as the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest143rd highest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36.3% — about 1.3 times the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest123rd highest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 9.9% — about 57 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest116th lowest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 73.8% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest137th highest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 2.3% — about 1.4 times the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest133rd highest of 343
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 12009NS · 2025
Sackville—Bedford—Preston
Braedon Clark
- Result
- Liberal hold by 17,202
- Turnout
- 72.8%
- Population
- 99,095
- Area
- 656 km²
Smallest by area in Nova ScotiaMost populous in Nova ScotiaPopulation, smallest first
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