| Prov-Status: | active |
| Province: | Nova Scotia |
| Prov-Rep-Party: | Progressive Conservative |
| Prov-Rep: | Ryan Robicheau |
| Demo-Census-Date: | 2021 |
| Demo-Pop: | 7687 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2024 |
| Demo-Electors: | 7206 |
| Demo-Electors-Date: | 2024 |
| Demo-Area: | 830 |
| Prov-Created: | 1949, 2019 |
| Prov-Abolished: | 2013 |
| Demo-Cd: | Digby County |
| Demo-Csd: | Municipality of the District of Clare |
Clare is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1949-2013 and since 2021. Prior to 1949, Clare was part of Digby district. It elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The electoral district includes most of the Municipality of the District of Clare, an Acadian area occupying the southwestern half of Digby County. For four consecutive elections from 1988 to 1999, the district had the highest voter turnout in the province.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral district of Clare-Digby. It was re-created out of Clare-Digby following the 2019 Electoral Boundary Review.
The land area of Clare is 830km2.[5]
The electoral district was represented by the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |||
| 2,059 | 51.23 | ||||
| 1,218 | 30.31 | ||||
| 742 | 18.46 | ||||