Halifax Armdale
Halifax Armdale is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. This Halifax district covers the growing population of the Fairmount, Armdale and Cowie Hill areas. The northern boundary is Highway 102, the eastern boundary is Joseph Howe Drive and the Northwest Arm, while the southern boundary is Frog Pond Park in Armdale.
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
MLA |
Liberal | ||
District created | 2012 | ||
First contested | 2013 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
Demographics | |||
Electors | 12,467[1] | ||
Area (km²) | 12.00 | ||
Census division(s) | Halifax Regional Municipality |
The district was created in 1992 as Halifax Fairview and encompassed the Cowie Hill area, formerly part of Halifax Atlantic; the Fairview area, formerly part of Halifax Bedford Basin; and the area west of the CNR tracks, formerly part of Halifax Chebucto. In 2013, following the recommendations of the 2012 Electoral Boundaries Commission, it was renamed Halifax Armdale and gained 18 per cent of the district of Halifax Atlantic, including the area east of Herring Cove Road and north of the Frog Pond Park. It lost the area north of Highway 102 and east of Northwest Arm Drive and Dunbrack Street to Fairview-Clayton Park.[2]
Geography
Halifax Armdale has a relatively small landmass at 12 km2 (4.6 sq mi).[3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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56th | 1993–1996 | Alexa McDonough | New Democratic | |
1996–1998 | Eileen O'Connell | New Democratic | ||
57th | 1998–1999 | |||
58th | 1999–2001 | |||
2001–2003 | Graham Steele | New Democratic | ||
59th | 2003–2006 | |||
60th | 2006–2009 | |||
61st | 2009–2013 | |||
62nd | 2013–2017 | Lena Diab | Liberal | |
63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
64th | 2021–present | Ali Duale |
Election results
1993 general election
1993 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Fairview | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Alexa McDonough | 4,789 | 45.52% | – | ||||
Liberal | Art Flynn | 3,558 | 33.82% | – | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Rosanna Liberatore | 2,078 | 19.75% | – | ||||
Natural Law | Mark Hawkins | 96 | 0.91% | – | ||||
Total | 10,521 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Fairview" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. |
1996 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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New Democratic Party | Eileen O'Connell | 4,434 | 65.24 | 19.72 | |
Progressive Conservative | Rosanna Liberatore | 1,250 | 18.39 | –1.36 | |
Liberal | Mary Ann Crowley | 1,112 | 16.36 | –17.46 |
1998 general election
1998 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Fairview | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Eileen O'Connell | 4,649 | 53.76% | 8.24% | ||||
Liberal | Bob Britton | 2,597 | 30.03% | -3.79% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Brian Nash | 1,402 | 16.21% | -3.54% | ||||
Total | 8,648 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Fairview" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1999 general election
1999 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Fairview | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Eileen O'Connell | 3,615 | 46.23% | -7.52% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Narayana Swamy | 2,117 | 27.08% | 10.86% | ||||
Liberal | Greta Murtagh | 1,888 | 24.15% | -5.88% | ||||
Nova Scotia Party | Maria Alexandridis | 199 | 2.55% | – | ||||
Total | 7,819 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Fairview" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
2001 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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New Democratic Party | Graham Steele | 2,164 | 58.17 | 11.94 | |
Liberal | Jeremy Akerman | 1,021 | 27.45 | 3.3 | |
Progressive Conservative | Narayana Swamy | 466 | 12.53 | –14.55 | |
Marijuana | Melanie Patriquen | 38 | 1.02 | – | |
Nova Scotia Party | Heather Drope | 31 | .83 | –1.72 |
2003 general election
2003 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Fairview | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Graham Steele | 3,439 | 45.85% | -0.39% | ||||
Liberal | Susan Hayes | 2,284 | 30.45% | 6.30% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Bruce MacCharles | 1,684 | 22.45% | -4.62% | ||||
Nova Scotia Party | David F. Boyd | 94 | 1.25% | -1.29% | ||||
Total | 7,501 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Fairview" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
2006 general election
2006 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Fairview | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Graham Steele | 4,172 | 58.51% | 12.67% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Bruce MacCharles | 1,649 | 23.13% | 0.68% | ||||
Liberal | Cecil MacDougall | 1,055 | 14.80% | -15.65% | ||||
Green | Kris MacLellan | 254 | 3.56% | – | ||||
Total | 7,130 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Fairview" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
2009 general election
2009 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Fairview | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Graham Steele | 4,680 | 63.71% | 5.19% | ||||
Liberal | Brad Armitage | 1,544 | 21.02% | 6.22% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Paul Henderson | 893 | 12.16% | -10.97% | ||||
Green | Jane Hester | 229 | 3.12% | -0.45% | ||||
Total | 7,346 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Fairview" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
2013 general election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Lena Diab | 3,208 | 49.34 | 28.32 | |
New Democratic Party | Drew Moore | 2,233 | 34.34 | –29.37 | |
Progressive Conservative | Irvine Carvery | 1,061 | 16.32 | 4.17 |
2017 general election
2017 provincial election redistributed results[5] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Liberal | 3,354 | 43.57 | |
New Democratic | 2,521 | 32.75 | |
Progressive Conservative | 1,437 | 18.67 | |
Green | 301 | 3.91 | |
Atlantica | 85 | 1.10 |
2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Lena Diab | 2,962 | 44.58 | −4.76 | ||||
New Democratic | David C. Wheeler | 2,098 | 31.58 | −2.76 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Sylvia Gillard | 1,253 | 18.86 | 2.54 | ||||
Green | Marc-André Tremblay | 246 | 3.70 | |||||
Atlantica | Michael McLeod | 85 | 1.28 | |||||
Total valid votes | 6,644 | 100 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 23 | 0.35 | ||||||
Turnout | 6,667 | 53.50 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 12,461 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.00 | ||||||
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[6][7] |
2021 general election
2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Ali Duale | 3,070 | 40.35 | –4.23 | ||||
New Democratic | Julie Melanson | 2,593 | 34.08 | +2.50 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Richard MacLean | 1,681 | 22.09 | +3.23 | ||||
Green | Jo-Ann Roberts | 202 | 2.65 | –1.05 | ||||
Independent | Stephen Chafe | 63 | 0.83 | |||||
Total valid votes | 7,609 | 99.67 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 25 | 0.33 | ||||||
Turnout | 7,634 | 54.02 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 14,131 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | –3.37 | ||||||
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[8] |
References
- "Financial Return for Candidate; Summary of Election Expenses" (PDF). electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- Halifax Armdale - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
- "Find Your Electoral District for the next Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics of Provincial By-Elections 1930 - 2007, Complete Poll By Poll Results (March 6, 2001) Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on October 30, 2007
- Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
- "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.