Halifax West (provincial electoral district)
| Nova Scotia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly |
| District created | 1933 |
| District abolished | 1967 |
| Last contested | 1963 |
Halifax West 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.[1] In 1955, the district of Halifax Northwest was created from a portion of Halifax West.[2] Following a name change in 1966 to Halifax County West, the district was redistributed entirely to create the current district of Halifax-St. Margaret's in 1967.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Halifax West elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly.[1]
| Halifax West | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| District created from Halifax County (1867–1933) | ||||
| 40th | 1933–1937 | George E. Hagen | Liberal | |
| 41st | 1937–1940 | |||
| 1940–1941 | Ronald Manning Fielding | |||
| 42nd | 1941–1945 | |||
| 43rd | 1945–1949 | |||
| 44th | 1949–1953 | |||
| 45th | 1953–1956 | |||
| 46th | 1956–1960 | Charles H. Reardon | ||
| 47th | 1960–1963 | |||
| 48th | 1963–1967 | D. C. McNeil | Progressive Conservative | |
| District dissolved into Halifax-St. Margaret's (1967–1993) | ||||
Election results
1963
| 1963 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | D. C. McNeil | 8,792 | 57.00% | 11.94% | ||||
| Liberal | Charles H. Reardon | 6,126 | 39.72% | -6.97% | ||||
| New Democratic | Harold J. Martell | 506 | 3.28% | -4.98% | ||||
| Total | 15,424 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax West" (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 | Charles H. Reardon | 6,925 | 46.68% | -4.33% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | D. C. McNeil | 6,684 | 45.06% | -3.92% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Harold J. Martell | 1,225 | 8.26% | – | ||||
| Total | 14,834 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax West" (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 | Charles H. Reardon | 6,119 | 51.02% | -0.29% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | William J. Dalton | 5,875 | 48.98% | 4.89% | ||||
| Total | 11,994 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax West" (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 | Ronald Manning Fielding | 8,061 | 51.31% | 1.43% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Earl Haverstock | 6,927 | 44.09% | 16.21% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Lloyd C. Wilson | 723 | 4.60% | -17.64% | ||||
| Total | 15,711 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax West" (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 | Ronald Manning Fielding | 6,788 | 49.88% | 0.76% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Malcolm Edgbert Walker | 3,795 | 27.88% | 0.50% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Fred Young | 3,027 | 22.24% | -1.27% | ||||
| Total | 13,610 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax West" (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 | Ronald Manning Fielding | 4,997 | 49.11% | -9.26% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Malcolm Edgbert Walker | 2,786 | 27.38% | -14.25% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Fred Young | 2,392 | 23.51% | – | ||||
| Total | 10,175 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax West" (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 | Ronald Manning Fielding | 4,459 | 58.37% | 4.37% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Shenstoneq Roper | 3,180 | 41.63% | -4.37% | ||||
| Total | 7,639 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax West" (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 | George E. Hagen | acclaimed | N/A | – | ||||
| Total | – | |||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1937
| 1937 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George E. Hagen | 5,034 | 54.00% | -0.83% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Earle C. Phinney | 4,288 | 46.00% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,322 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax West" (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 | George E. Hagen | 4,804 | 54.83% | – | ||||
| Liberal-Conservative | Angus MacDonald Morton | 3,957 | 45.17% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,761 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax West" (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 c Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
- ^ "Electoral History for Halifax Northwest" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2025.