Charles E. Haliburton
MP for South Western Nova
In office
October 30, 1972  July 8, 1974
Preceded byLouis-Roland Comeau
Succeeded byColine Campbell
MP for South West Nova
In office
May 22, 1979  February 18, 1980
Preceded byColine Campbell
Succeeded byColine Campbell
Personal details
Born (1938-04-23) April 23, 1938
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Political partyProgressive Conservative
OccupationJudge, politician

Charles Edward Haliburton (born April 23, 1938) is a jurist and former politician in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

Haliburton graduated from Acadia University in 1959 with a Bachelor of Arts and then from Dalhousie University in 1962 with a Bachelor of Laws. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1978. Haliburton served as an Adjudicator for Small Claims Court, as both a provincial and federal Crown Prosecutor, and as Solicitor for the Municipality and the Town of Digby. He also served as Councilor and then as Mayor of the Town of Digby.[1]

Haliburton returned to private practice after politics and was subsequently appointed to the bench in 1993. He retired from the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in 2013.

Political career

Haliburton was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1972 federal election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for South Western Nova. He lost his seat to Liberal challenger Coline Campbell in the 1974 federal election, but ran again in the renamed riding of South West Nova in the 1979 federal election that brought the Tories to power under Joe Clark after sixteen years of Liberal governance. He sat as a backbench supporter of Clark's minority government for seven months. Following the defeat of the Clark government in the House of Commons, another federal election was called in 1980, and Haliburton lost his seat in a rematch against Campbell.

Electoral record

1972 Canadian federal election: West Nova
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeCharles Haliburton15,03950.18-2.15
LiberalFulton Logan12,47141.61-2.61
New DemocraticLawrence Meuse2,1047.02+4.66
Social CreditCharles Paddock3591.20
Total valid votes 29,973100.00
1974 Canadian federal election: West Nova
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalColine Campbell15,06649.107.49
Progressive ConservativeCharles Haliburton13,84145.11-5.07
New DemocraticYvonne Coe1,6105.25-1.77
Social CreditCecilia Zwicker1640.53-0.67
Total valid votes 30,681100.00
1979 Canadian federal election: West Nova
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeCharles Haliburton16,51244.47-0.64
LiberalColine Campbell16,39844.17-4.93
New DemocraticIan MacPherson4,21711.36+6.11
Total valid votes 37,127100.00
1980 Canadian federal election: West Nova
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalColine Campbell19,15149.82+5.65
Progressive ConservativeCharles Haliburton14,15136.81-7.66
New DemocraticJohn Lee4,92212.80+1.44
IndependentAnne Trudell2160.56
Total valid votes 38,440100.00

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