2023 Preston provincial by-election

2023 Preston provincial by-election
← 2021 August 8, 2023 (2023-08-08) 65th →
Riding of Preston
Turnout38.79%
  First party Second party Third party
 
PC
NDP
LIB
Candidate Twila Grosse Colter Simmonds Carlo Simmons
Party Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal
Popular vote 1,950 1,145 1,021
Percentage 45.2% 26.6% 23.7%
Swing Increase16.5 pp Decrease1.4 pp Decrease19.7 pp
MLA before election

Angela Simmonds
Liberal

Elected MLA

Twila Grosse
Progressive Conservative

A by-election was held in the provincial riding of Preston in Nova Scotia on August 8, 2023, to elect a new member of the House of Assembly following the resignation of Liberal MLA Angela Simmonds.[1][2]

Twila Grosse won the seat for the Progressive Conservatives.

  1. ^ "Preston MLA Angela Simmonds stepping down in April - Halifax | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  2. ^ Woodford, Zane (July 7, 2023). "Premier Tim Houston calls Preston byelection". Halifax Examiner. Retrieved July 16, 2023.