title: Dave Ritcey
text: # Dave Ritcey
  
  David Mark Ritcey (born October 10, 1971) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a by-election on March 10, 2020. A member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia, he represents the electoral district of Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River. He has had many years of hockey coaching experience and is a former interim president of the Maritime Junior Hockey League. His grandfather, Gerald Ritcey, had been a MLA for Colchester, parts of which became the current riding, from 1968 to 1974.
  
  ## Electoral record
  
  ### 2021 general election
  
  2021 Nova Scotia general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Progressive Conservative | Dave Ritcey | 4,025 | 47.85 | -3.55 |
  | | Liberal | Tamara Tynes Powell | 2,541 | 30.21 | +5.85 |
  | | New Democratic | Darlene DeAdder | 1,398 | 16.62 | +0.35 |
  | | Green | Shaun Trainor | 448 | 5.33 | -1.67 |
  | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 8,412 | 99.68 |
  | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 27 | 0.32 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,439 | 51.11 |
  | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 16,510 |
  | | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -4.70 |
  | Source: Elections Nova Scotia |||||||
  
  ### 2020 by-election results
  
  Nova Scotia provincial by-election, March 10, 2020 Upon the resignation of Lenore Zann :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Progressive Conservative | Dave Ritcey | 2,922 | 51.40 | +19.44 |
  | | Liberal | Allan Kennedy | 1,385 | 24.36 | +0.27 |
  | | New Democratic | Kathleen Kevany | 925 | 16.27 | -27.68 |
  | | Green | Ivan Drouin | 398 | 7.00 | |
  | | Atlantica | Matthew Rushton | 55 | 0.97 | |
  | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,685 | 99.61 |
  | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 22 | 0.39 | -0.35 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,707 | 35.72 | -12.71 |
  | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 15,975 |
  | | Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic | Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | Swing | +23.56 |
  