HALIFAX (ELECTORAL DISTRICT)

'Halifax' is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867. Its population in 2001 was 88,931.
The two strongest parties in Halifax are the Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party (NDP). Halifax Member of Parliament Alexa McDonough stepped down as NDP leader in 2003, but continued to represent Halifax and ran for re-election against popular city councillor Sheila Fougere in 2004. Fougere came close to beating the incumbent, but McDonough pulled ahead based partially on a strong showing in Halifax's North End.

Contents

Demographics

Geography

History

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

External links

Demographics

'Ethnic groups:' 89.3% White, 4.5% Black, 1.4% Chinese

'Languages:' 90.2% English, 2.5% French, 6.5% Other

'Religions:' 38.4% Protestant, 37.4% Catholic, 1.4% Christian Orthodox, 1.5% Other Christian, 1.1% Jewish, 1.0% Buddhist, 1.0% Muslim, 17.2% No affiliation

'Average income:' $30,156

Geography

The district includes the old city of Halifax except for the extreme western part, the area along the west coast of Halifax Harbour and along the Atlantic Ocean until Pennant. It also includes Sable Island. The area is 231 sq. km.

History

The electoral district was created at Confederation in 1867. It returned two members until 1968.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Members		Party	Members		Party
1st	1867-1872		Alfred Gilpin Jones 1st term	Anti-Confederate		Patrick Power 1st term	Anti-Confederate
2nd	1872-1874		William Johnston Almon	Liberal-Conservative		Stephen Tobin	Liberal
3rd	1874-1878		Patrick Power 2nd term	Independent Liberal		Alfred Gilpin Jones 2nd term	Independent
4th	1878-1882		Matthew Henry Richey	Liberal-Conservative		M. B. Daly	Liberal-Conservative
5th	1882-1883
1883 By-election	1883-1887		John Fitzwilliam Stairs 1st term	Conservative
6th	1887-1891		Alfred Gilpin Jones 3rd term	Liberal		Thomas Edward Kenny	Conservative
7th	1891-1896		John Fitzwilliam Stairs 2nd term	Conservative
8th	1896-1900		Robert Borden 1st term	Conservative		Benjamin Russell	Liberal
9th	1900-1904					William Roche	Liberal
10th	1904-1908		Michael Carney	Liberal
11th	1908-1911		Robert Borden 2nd term	Conservative		Adam Brown Crosby	Conservative
12th	1911-1917					Alexander Kenneth Maclean	Liberal
13th	1917-1921		Peter Francis Martin	Unionist			Unionist
14th	1921-1922		Edward Blackadder †	Liberal			Liberal
1922 By-election	1922-1923		Robert Emmett Finn 1st term	Liberal
1923 By-election	1923-1925					William Anderson Black	Conservative
15th	1925-1926		Felix Patrick Quinn	Conservative
16th	1926-1930
17th	1930-1935
18th	1935-1940		Gordon Benjamin Isnor	Liberal		Robert Emmett Finn 2nd term	Liberal
19th	1940-1945					William Chisholm MacDonald †	Liberal
20th	1945-1947
1947 By-election	1947-1949					John Horace Dickey	Liberal
21st	1949-1950
1950 By-election	1950-1953		Samuel Rosborough Balcom	Liberal
22nd	1953-1957
23rd	1957-1958		Robert McCleave 1st term	Progressive Conservative		Edmund L. Morris	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958-1962
25th	1962-1963
26th	1963-1965		John Lloyd	Liberal		Gerald Regan 1st term	Liberal
27th	1965-1968		Robert McCleave 2nd term	Progressive Conservative		Michael Forrestall	Progressive Conservative

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
'''Halifax' returns only one member after 1967''
28th	1968-1972		Robert Stanfield	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980		George Cooper	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980-1984		Gerald Regan 2nd term	Liberal
33rd	1984-1988		Stewart McInnes	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1993		Mary Clancy	Liberal
35th	1993-1997
36th	1997-2000		Alexa McDonough	New Democrat
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-

Election results

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! align="right" colspan="3" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 44 146
Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 41 119
Changes for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.
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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 44 544


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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 46 453
Changes for Marxist-Leninist candidate Tony Seed are based on his 1988 results, when he ran as an Independent.
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! align="right" | 52 250


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 41 940


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 40 716


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 40 961


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 30 179
Changes for Marxist-Leninist candidate Tony Seed are based on his results in 1972, when he ran unaffiliated.
|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 32 062


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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="right" | 32 438
'Before 1968, Halifax elected two Members of Parliament at each election.'
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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 183 443


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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 182 976


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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 180 776


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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 178 691


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 162 480


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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 124 324


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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 43 222


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 113 872


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 54 388


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 105 010


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 88 576


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 85 742


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 81 515


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 63 228


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 58 216


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 24 798


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 15 873


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 60 506


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 0


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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 0


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 27 652


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 27 559


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 28 009


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 22 224


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! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 23 255


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 0


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 19 045


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 16 621


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 0


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 10 879


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 12 556


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 5742


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 6999


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 9896


|- bgcolor=white
! colspan="3" align="right" | Total valid votes
! align="center" | 9060

See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ Riding history for Halifax (1867– ) from the Library of Parliament