Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY-SA 3.0St. Mary's sends Sean Fraser (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from Central Nova
St. Mary's’ riding for the Nova Scotia House of Assembly isn’t shown: no open file of the province’s riding boundaries could be found. In the census’s list of municipalities, St. Mary's is a municipal district. Mayors and councillors in Nova Scotia aren’t on any open list, so St. Mary's’ council goes unnamed here. Of the 11 Commons seats from Nova Scotia, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 11.
Three governments, and who does what
St. Mary's, a municipal district 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.
No county or regional government sits above St. Mary's’s council; Guysborough is only a census division, a unit for statistics.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for St. Mary's, from the most recent elections.
- 1St. Mary's councilMunicipal district
- 2Nova Scotia House of Assembly–
- 3House of CommonsCentral Nova
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 St. Mary's votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's council | 19 October 2024 | 21 October 2028 |
| Nova Scotia House of Assembly | 26 November 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
St. Mary's council was elected on 19 October 2024, and the next vote is on 21 October 2028. The Municipal Elections Act sets the day: the third Saturday in October every four years. The Nova Scotia House of Assembly was last elected on 26 November 2024, and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025. This page stops at the 2021 vote: elections.ca keeps the 2025 counts under non-commercial terms.
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
Sean Fraser represents Central Nova in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Central Nova · Liberal Party of Canada · first elected 2015
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada11
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
On today’s boundaries, the 2021 vote in Central Nova would have gone to the Liberal Party of Canada with 44%, and Sean Fraser kept it for them in 2025. Sean Fraser was first elected in 2015; the current Parliament is Sean Fraser’s 4th. Wikidata records Sean Fraser as Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (2021–2023).
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
Central Nova returned Sean Fraser (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021
Central Nova as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
At 66%, more of Central Nova voted in 2021 than Canada as a whole (63%). Sean Fraser was the sitting MP, elected there in 2019 with 47%. The 2021 count in Central Nova put Sean Fraser (Liberal Party of Canada) first at 46%, with Steven Cotter (Conservative Party of Canada) 5,622 votes back.
All 8 candidates in Central Nova, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Fraser | Liberal Party of Canada | 18,682 | 46.2% |
| Steven Cotter | Conservative Party of Canada | 13,060 | 32.3% |
| Betsy MacDonald | New Democratic Party | 6,225 | 15.4% |
| Al Muir | People's Party of Canada | 1,445 | 3.6% |
| Katerina Nikas | Green Party of Canada | 494 | 1.2% |
| Harvey Henderson | Independent | 365 | 0.9% |
| Chris Frazer | Communist Party of Canada | 138 | 0.3% |
| Ryan Smyth | Parti Rhinocéros Party | 65 | 0.2% |
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 St. Mary's 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
- Which riding. Each place is put in its ridings by where its 2021 Census residents live; a riding holding 5% or more of them is listed.
- Who holds each seat. Each MP’s name and party are Wikidata’s statements for the 45th Parliament, read in November 2026.
- Not on this page. Who controls the council by party (the open lists give none, and most Canadian councils sit without parties), budgets and band councils.
- Election results. Two maps are in play: the 2013 ridings, on which 2019 and 2021 were counted, and the 2023 ridings, onto which Elections Canada transposed the 2021 vote poll by poll.
Questions about how St. Mary's is run
Who is the MP for St. Mary's?
For St. Mary's, it’s Sean Fraser (Liberal Party of Canada), who holds Central Nova.
Which party won St. Mary's in the 2021 federal election?
The Liberal Party of Canada: Sean Fraser won Central Nova in 2021 and still holds it.
Who is the MLA for St. Mary's?
St. Mary's’ riding isn’t placed on this page; the Nova Scotia House of Assembly’s members page lists every MLA by riding.
Who heads the council in St. Mary's?
St. Mary's, a municipal district, lists its council on its own pages; no open list names the head here.
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).