Halifax Cornwallis
| Nova Scotia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly |
| District created | 1967 |
| District abolished | 1993 |
| Last contested | 1988 |
Halifax Cornwallis was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1967 to 1993.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This electoral district elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Halifax Cornwallis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| District created from Halifax South (1933–1967) | ||||
| 49th | 1967–1970 | Richard Donahoe | Progressive Conservative | |
| 50th | 1970–1974 | George M. Mitchell | Liberal | |
| 51st | 1974–1978 | |||
| 52nd | 1978–1981 | Terry Donahoe | Progressive Conservative | |
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | |||
| 54th | 1984–1988 | |||
| 55th | 1988–1993 | |||
| District renamed to Halifax Citadel (1993–2009) | ||||
Election results
1988
| 1988 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Terry Donahoe | 4,195 | 39.91% | -7.89% | ||||
| Liberal | Liz Crocker | 4,013 | 38.18% | 13.22% | ||||
| New Democratic | Allan O'Brien | 2,304 | 21.92% | -5.32% | ||||
| Total | 10,512 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Cornwallis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2018. | ||||||||
1984
| 1984 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Terry Donahoe | 5,273 | 47.80% | 1.02% | ||||
| New Democratic | Tim Hill | 3,005 | 27.24% | 1.25% | ||||
| Liberal | Dale Godsoe | 2,753 | 24.96% | -2.27% | ||||
| Total | 11,031 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Cornwallis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2017. | ||||||||
1981
| 1981 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Terry Donahoe | 4,927 | 46.79% | 1.28% | ||||
| Liberal | Dean Salsman | 2,867 | 27.22% | -4.55% | ||||
| New Democratic | Michael Coyle | 2,737 | 25.99% | 3.27% | ||||
| Total | 10,531 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Cornwallis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirtieth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2017. | ||||||||
1978
| 1978 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Terry Donahoe | 4,446 | 45.51% | 11.72% | ||||
| Liberal | George M. Mitchell | 3,104 | 31.77% | -15.75% | ||||
| New Democratic | Muriel Duckworth | 2,220 | 22.72% | 4.03% | ||||
| Total | 9,770 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Cornwallis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018. | ||||||||
1974
| 1974 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George M. Mitchell | 5,391 | 47.52% | -6.21% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Cooper | 3,833 | 33.79% | -5.49% | ||||
| New Democratic | Muriel Duckworth | 2,121 | 18.70% | 11.69% | ||||
| Total | 11,345 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Cornwallis" (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 M. Mitchell | 5,323 | 53.72% | 10.11% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Donahoe | 3,891 | 39.27% | -17.12% | ||||
| New Democratic | Barrett D. Halderman | 694 | 7.00% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,908 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Cornwallis" (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 | Richard Donahoe | 5,458 | 56.39% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Clarence Gosse | 4,221 | 43.61% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,679 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Cornwallis" (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. | ||||||||
See also
References
- ^ Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Cornwallis" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.