Halifax East
| Nova Scotia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly |
| District created | 1933 |
| District abolished | 1967 |
| Last contested | 1963 |
Halifax East was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1933 when Halifax County was divided into five distinct electoral districts. In 1966, it was renamed Halifax County East, and in 1967, its boundaries were reformed to create the current district of Halifax Eastern Shore.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Halifax East elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly:[1]
| Halifax East | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| District created from Halifax County (1867–1933) | ||||
| 40th | 1933–1937 | Geoffrey W. Stevens | Liberal | |
| 41st | 1937–1941 | |||
| 42nd | 1941–1945 | |||
| 43rd | 1945–1949 | |||
| 44th | 1949–1953 | |||
| 45th | 1953–1956 | |||
| 46th | 1956–1960 | Duncan MacMillan | ||
| 47th | 1960–1963 | |||
| 48th | 1963–1967 | Nelson Gaetz | Progressive Conservative | |
| District dissolved into Halifax Eastern Shore (1967–1993) | ||||
Election results
1963
| 1963 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Nelson Gaetz | 3,061 | 52.62% | 8.56% | ||||
| Liberal | Duncan MacMillan | 2,756 | 47.38% | -3.11% | ||||
| Total | 5,817 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax East" (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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Duncan MacMillan | 2,787 | 50.49% | -7.35% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Nelson Gaetz | 2,432 | 44.06% | 1.89% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Wallace Mason | 301 | 5.45% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,520 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax East" (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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Duncan MacMillan | 3,015 | 57.84% | 7.00% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Reid Denton Sangster | 2,198 | 42.16% | -1.20% | ||||
| Total | 5,213 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax East" (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. | ||||||||
1953
| 1953 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Geoffrey W. Stevens | 8,436 | 50.83% | -1.39% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lt. Col. R. D. King | 7,196 | 43.36% | 14.38% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Harper Power | 964 | 5.81% | -12.99% | ||||
| Total | 16,596 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018. | ||||||||
1949
| 1949 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Geoffrey W. Stevens | 7,703 | 52.22% | -1.25% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | R. Graham Murray | 4,274 | 28.98% | 2.84% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Wallace Mason | 2,773 | 18.80% | -1.59% | ||||
| Total | 14,750 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018. | ||||||||
1945
| 1945 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Geoffrey W. Stevens | 6,206 | 53.48% | -6.91% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | A. L. Mattatall | 3,033 | 26.14% | -13.47% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Cecil Clyde Russell | 2,366 | 20.39% | – | ||||
| Total | 11,605 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1945). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018. | ||||||||
1941
| 1941 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Geoffrey W. Stevens | 5,094 | 60.39% | 8.12% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Norman Dudley Murray | 3,341 | 39.61% | -8.12% | ||||
| Total | 8,435 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1941). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2024. | ||||||||
1937
| 1937 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Geoffrey W. Stevens | 6,082 | 52.27% | -0.59% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Josiah Frederick Fraser | 5,554 | 47.73% | 0.59% | ||||
| Total | 11,636 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1937). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2019. | ||||||||
1933
| 1933 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Geoffrey W. Stevens | 6,273 | 52.86% | – | ||||
| Liberal-Conservative | Josiah Frederick Fraser | 5,595 | 47.14% | – | ||||
| Total | 11,868 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1933). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2019. | ||||||||
See also
References
- ^ a b Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.