Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Cumberland—Colchester, which takes in Oxford, is held by Alana Hirtle (Liberal Party of Canada)
Of the 11 Commons seats from Nova Scotia, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 11. For local government, Oxford is a town. Mayors and councillors in Nova Scotia aren’t on any open list, so Oxford’s council goes unnamed here. Without an open map of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly’s ridings, this page can’t say which one Oxford is in.
Three governments, and who does what
Oxford, a town in Nova Scotia, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
nslegislature.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
Oxford has no upper-tier council: Cumberland, its census division, exists for statistics only.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Oxford, from the most recent elections.
- 1Oxford councilTown
- 2Nova Scotia House of Assembly–
- 3House of CommonsCumberland—Colchester
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Oxford votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Oxford council | 19 October 2024 | 21 October 2028 |
| Nova Scotia House of Assembly | 26 November 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The open federal catalogue ends at 2021; the 2025 results sit on elections.ca under terms that bar commercial use. Elected on 19 October 2024, Oxford council is up again on 21 October 2028. It is the third Saturday in October every four years, as the Municipal Elections Act provides. The Nova Scotia House of Assembly was last elected on 26 November 2024, and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MLA.
Find your MLA on the legislature’s site
nslegislature.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Alana Hirtle represents Cumberland—Colchester in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Cumberland—Colchester · Liberal Party of Canada
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada11
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
April 2025 was Alana Hirtle’s first election to the House of Commons. Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Cumberland—Colchester puts the Conservative Party of Canada first at 46%: Alana Hirtle won it away from them in 2025.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
A new party in Cumberland—Colchester in 2021: Stephen Ellis (Conservative Party of Canada)
Results in Cumberland—Colchester as drawn in 2013, the boundaries of the 2019 and 2021 elections; the riding was redrawn for 2025.
Turnout in Cumberland—Colchester was 60% in 2021, against 63% nationally. 37% had been enough for Lenore Zann (Liberal Party of Canada) to win it in 2019. Cumberland—Colchester elected Stephen Ellis (Conservative Party of Canada) in 2021: 46% of the vote, a lead of 4,779 over Lenore Zann (Liberal Party of Canada).
All 6 candidates in Cumberland—Colchester, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Ellis | Conservative Party of Canada | 18,601 | 46.0% |
| Lenore Zann | Liberal Party of Canada | 13,822 | 34.2% |
| Daniel Osborne | New Democratic Party | 4,984 | 12.3% |
| Bill Archer | People's Party of Canada | 1,687 | 4.2% |
| Jillian Foster | Green Party of Canada | 1,045 | 2.6% |
| Jody O'Blenis | Independent | 278 | 0.7% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Oxford is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
electionsnovascotia.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Election results. Official counts for 2019 and 2021 are by the 2013 ridings; Elections Canada also re-counted the 2021 ballots onto the 2023 ridings by polling division, and that estimate is what “today’s boundaries” means here.
- Not on this page. Council budgets, band councils, and which party runs the council: the open lists carry no party, and most councils have none.
- Who holds each seat. The members named here are Wikidata’s, kept up by volunteers; a by-election or a floor crossing may take a few days to show.
- Which riding. A place belongs to the riding where most of its 2021 Census residents live, plus any other with 5% or more.
Questions about how Oxford is run
Who is the MP for Oxford?
For Oxford, it’s Alana Hirtle (Liberal Party of Canada), who holds Cumberland—Colchester.
Which party won Oxford in the 2021 federal election?
In 2021 it was Stephen Ellis (Conservative Party of Canada), in Cumberland—Colchester; Cumberland—Colchester has elected Alana Hirtle since.
Who is the MLA for Oxford?
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly lists each MLA with the riding they hold; this page can’t place Oxford in one.
Who heads the council in Oxford?
Ask the municipality itself: Oxford, a town, isn’t on an open list of councils we can use.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).