Halifax South
| Nova Scotia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly |
| District created | 1933 |
| District abolished | 1967 |
| Last contested | 1963 |
Halifax South was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1933 when Halifax County was divided into five distinct districts. It was renamed Halifax City South in 1966, and its boundaries were reformed in 1967 to create the district of Halifax Cornwallis.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Halifax South elected the following members to the Nova Scotia Legislature:[1]
| Halifax South | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| District formed from Halifax County (1867–1933) | ||||
| 40th | 1933–1937 | Angus Lewis Macdonald | Liberal | |
| 41st | 1937–1940 | |||
| 1940–1941 | Joseph Richard Murphy | |||
| 42nd | 1941–1945 | |||
| 43rd | 1945–1949 | Angus Lewis Macdonald | ||
| 44th | 1949–1953 | |||
| 45th | 1953–1956 | |||
| 1954–1956 | Richard Alphonsus Donahoe | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 46th | 1956–1960 | |||
| 47th | 1960–1963 | |||
| 48th | 1963–1967 | |||
| District dissolved into Halifax Cornwallis | ||||
Election results
1963
| 1963 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Donahoe | 5,986 | 63.23% | 8.58% | ||||
| Liberal | Merlin Nunn | 3,183 | 33.62% | -6.49% | ||||
| New Democratic | Gordon A. Smith | 298 | 3.15% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,467 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax South" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Donahoe | 5,861 | 54.65% | 0.73% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert James Butler | 4,302 | 40.12% | -5.96% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Ralph Loomer | 561 | 5.23% | – | ||||
| Total | 10,724 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax South" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Donahoe | 6,051 | 53.92% | -2.25% | ||||
| Liberal | Edward F. Cragg | 5,171 | 46.08% | 2.25% | ||||
| Total | 11,222 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax South" (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. | ||||||||
1954
| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1954-11-16 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Donahoe | 5,876 | 56.17% | 15.85% | ||||
| Liberal | Allan M. Murphy | 4,585 | 43.83% | -15.85% | ||||
| Total | 10,461 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1953
| 1953 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Angus Lewis Macdonald | 5,751 | 59.68% | 0.11% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Milledge | 3,885 | 40.32% | 8.94% | ||||
| Total | 9,636 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax South" (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 | Angus Lewis Macdonald | 6,097 | 59.57% | -1.69% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Milledge | 3,212 | 31.38% | 6.94% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Edward Coombs | 926 | 9.05% | -3.72% | ||||
| Total | 10,235 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax South" (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 | Angus Lewis Macdonald | 5,181 | 61.26% | 2.51% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Arthur John Haliburton | 2,067 | 24.44% | -16.81% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Richard Leo Rooney | 1,080 | 12.77% | – | ||||
| Independent Co-operative Commonwealth | Andrew Mathews | 129 | 1.53% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,457 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax South" (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 | Joseph Richard Murphy | 4,381 | 58.75% | 2.65% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Arthur John Haliburton | 3,076 | 41.25% | -2.65% | ||||
| Total | 7,457 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax South" (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. | ||||||||
1940
| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1940-10-28 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Joseph Richard Murphy | acclaimed | N/A | – | ||||
| Total | – | |||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1937
| 1937 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Angus Lewis Macdonald | 5,446 | 56.10% | 2.75% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Donahoe | 4,262 | 43.90% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,708 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax South" (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 | Angus Lewis Macdonald | 4,945 | 53.34% | – | ||||
| Liberal-Conservative | George Henry Murphy | 4,325 | 46.66% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,270 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax South" (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 "Electoral History for Halifax South" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2019.