Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Truro’s MP is Alana Hirtle (Liberal Party of Canada), for Cumberland—Colchester
From Nova Scotia come 11 MPs, 11 of them with the Liberal Party of Canada. Truro’s riding for the Nova Scotia House of Assembly isn’t shown: no open file of the province’s riding boundaries could be found. For local government, Truro is a town. In Nova Scotia, councils aren’t on any open list we can use, so Truro’s mayor isn’t named.
Three governments, and who does what
Truro, 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.
No county or regional government sits above Truro’s council; Colchester is only a census division, a unit for statistics.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Truro, from the most recent elections.
- 1Truro 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 Truro votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Truro council | 19 October 2024 | 21 October 2028 |
| Nova Scotia House of Assembly | 26 November 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Voters last chose the Nova Scotia House of Assembly on 26 November 2024 and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025. The council elected on 19 October 2024 serves until 21 October 2028, when Truro council is chosen again. The Municipal Elections Act fixes that date: the third Saturday in October every four years. The open federal catalogue ends at 2021; the 2025 results sit on elections.ca under terms that bar commercial use.
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
Alana Hirtle was elected to the Commons for the first time in April 2025. Had the 2021 ballots been cast in today’s Cumberland—Colchester, the Conservative Party of Canada would have led with 46%; in 2025 Alana Hirtle took it from them.
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
Cumberland—Colchester changed hands in 2021, to Stephen Ellis (Conservative Party of Canada)
Counts for Cumberland—Colchester within its 2013 boundaries, used in 2019 and 2021; the 2025 election ran on a new map.
In 2021, 60% of electors cast a ballot in Cumberland—Colchester, under the national 63%. Lenore Zann (Liberal Party of Canada) had won it in 2019 with 37%. 4,779 votes separated Stephen Ellis (Conservative Party of Canada) from Lenore Zann (Liberal Party of Canada) in Cumberland—Colchester in 2021, when the winner took 46%.
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 Truro 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
- 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. Elections Canada redrew the ridings in 2023 and re-tallied the 2021 ballots onto the new map from polling divisions; that estimate, and the official 2019 and 2021 counts on the old map, are what you see.
- 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. MPs come from Wikidata’s records of the 45th Parliament, which can lag a resignation or a by-election by some days.
Questions about how Truro is run
Who is the MP for Truro?
For Truro, it’s Alana Hirtle (Liberal Party of Canada), who holds Cumberland—Colchester.
Which party won Truro 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 Truro?
Every MLA of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly is on its members page, which is where to find the one for Truro.
Who heads the council in Truro?
Ask the municipality itself: Truro, 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).