Halifax Cobequid
| Nova Scotia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly |
| District created | 1956 |
| District abolished | 1978 |
| Last contested | 1974 |
Halifax Cobequid was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1956 as Halifax Northwest from part of the former district of Halifax West. In 1966, the district was renamed Halifax County North West, and the following year, in 1967 it was renamed Halifax Cobequid.[1] It existed until 1978, when it was redistributed into four new districts: Sackville, Halifax Bedford Basin, Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley, and Cole Harbour.[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
The electoral district was represented by the following members of the Legislative Assembly:[1]
| Halifax Northwest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| District formed from Halifax West (1933–1967) | ||||
| 46th | 1956–1960 | Ronald Manning Fielding | Liberal | |
| 47th | 1960–1963 | Gordon H. Fitzgerald | Progressive Conservative | |
| 48th | 1963–1967 | |||
| District renamed Halifax Cobequid | ||||
| 49th | 1967–1970 | Gordon H. Fitzgerald | Progressive Conservative | |
| 50th | 1970–1974 | George Riley | Liberal | |
| 51st | 1974–1978 | George Doucet | ||
| District distributed into Sackville, Halifax Bedford Basin, Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley, and Cole Harbour | ||||
Election results
1974
| 1974 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Doucet | 8,691 | 49.57% | -1.19% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Silvia Hudson | 6,878 | 39.23% | -3.46% | ||||
| New Democratic | George Clement Cann | 1,964 | 11.20% | 4.65% | ||||
| Total | 17,533 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Cobequid" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018. | ||||||||
1970
| 1970 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Riley | 6,453 | 50.76% | 2.27% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon H. Fitzgerald | 5,427 | 42.69% | -8.82% | ||||
| New Democratic | Bruno Dombrowski | 833 | 6.55% | – | ||||
| Total | 12,713 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Cobequid" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Legislative Assembly (1970). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, 1970 (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. | ||||||||
1967
| 1967 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon H. Fitzgerald | 5,463 | 51.51% | -4.56% | ||||
| Liberal | John F. Cruickshank | 5,143 | 48.49% | 7.88% | ||||
| Total | 10,606 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Cobequid" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. | ||||||||
1963
| 1963 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Northwest | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon H. Fitzgerald | 5,559 | 56.07% | 9.51% | ||||
| Liberal | George Douglas Burris | 4,027 | 40.62% | -5.64% | ||||
| New Democratic | Gerald A. Guptil | 329 | 3.32% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,915 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Northwest" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. | ||||||||
1960
| 1960 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Northwest | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon H. Fitzgerald | 4,209 | 46.55% | -1.30% | ||||
| Liberal | Ronald Manning Fielding | 4,182 | 46.26% | -4.15% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Lloyd Carman Wilson | 650 | 7.19% | 5.45% | ||||
| Total | 9,041 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Northwest" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. | ||||||||
1956
| 1956 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Northwest | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Ronald Manning Fielding | 3,763 | 50.40% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Samuel Earl Haverstock | 3,573 | 47.86% | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Lloyd Carman Wilson | 130 | 1.74% | – | ||||
| Total | 7,466 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Northwest" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018. | ||||||||
See also
References
- ^ a b Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Northwest" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
- ^ Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Cobequid" (PDF). nslegislature.ca..