 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Location of Halifax Needham in the Metro Halifax area | |||
| Coordinates: | 44°39′48″N 63°36′00″W / 44.6632°N 63.600°W | ||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 1967 | ||
| First contested | 1967 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016[1]) | 19,426 | ||
| Electors | 15,372[2] | ||
| Area (km²) | 6.00 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 3,237.7 | ||
| Census division(s) | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
Halifax Needham is a provincial electoral district in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It has existed since 1967, though its boundaries have changed periodically.
Halifax Needham encompasses what is largely known as the North End of Halifax. It has been held by members of each of the three major political parties in Nova Scotia at different times. The riding was once the home of Liberal Premier Gerald Regan before going to Progressive Conservative Edmund L. Morris for the majority of the 1980s. Morris served as a Member of Parliament for Halifax under Progressive Conservative Prime Minister John Diefenbaker before becoming the Mayor of Halifax. He served in the Provincial Cabinet as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Municipal Affairs, Fisheries, and Social Services.
When he stepped down in 1988, the Progressive Conservatives lost the seat in that election to Gerry O'Malley, who was unseated from his position as Liberal Minister of Supply and Services in 1998. Maureen MacDonald held the seat from 1998 until 2016. The seat is considered a reasonably safe seat for the NDP, though the 2013 election was close, amid a province-wide swing to the Liberals.
It was created in 1966 when Halifax North was divided into three districts, one of which was Halifax City North East. The district was renamed Halifax Needham in 1967. In 2003, it gained an area east of Citadel Hill from Halifax Citadel. In 2013, it lost the area south of Robie Street and east of Young Street to Halifax Chebucto and gained the area north of Bayers Road and east of Connaught Avenue from Halifax Chebucto.[3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49th | 1967–1970 | Gerald Regan | Liberal | |
| 50th | 1970–1974 | |||
| 51st | 1974–1978 | |||
| 52nd | 1978–1980 | |||
| 1980–1981 | Edmund L. Morris | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | |||
| 54th | 1984–1988 | |||
| 55th | 1988–1993 | Gerry O'Malley | Liberal | |
| 56th | 1993–1998 | |||
| 57th | 1998–1999 | Maureen MacDonald | New Democratic | |
| 58th | 1999–2003 | |||
| 59th | 2003–2006 | |||
| 60th | 2006–2009 | |||
| 61st | 2009–2013 | |||
| 62nd | 2013–2016 | |||
| 2016–2017 | Lisa Roberts | New Democratic | ||
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
| 64th | 2021–present | Suzy Hansen | New Democratic | |
Geography
The land-area of Halifax Needham is 6 km2 (2.3 sq mi).
Election results
1967 general election
| 1967 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gerald Regan | 3,354 | 48.18% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Cecil Moore | 3,252 | 46.72% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Buddy Daye | 355 | 5.10% | – | ||||
| Total | 6,961 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1970 general election
| 1970 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gerald Regan | 4,514 | 57.92% | 9.74% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David MacKeen | 2,887 | 37.05% | -9.67% | ||||
| New Democratic | Alasdair Sinclair | 392 | 5.03% | -0.07% | ||||
| Total | 7,793 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1974 general election
| 1974 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gerald Regan | 4,364 | 61.49% | 3.57% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | James H. Vaughan | 1,854 | 26.12% | -10.92% | ||||
| New Democratic | Marty Dolin | 879 | 12.39% | 7.36% | ||||
| Total | 7,097 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1978 general election
| 1978 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gerald Regan | 3,553 | 43.38% | -18.11% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Pat Curran | 3,416 | 41.70% | 15.58% | ||||
| New Democratic | James "Dusty" Miller | 1,222 | 14.92% | 2.53% | ||||
| Total | 8,191 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1981 general election
| 1981 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Edmund L. Morris | 3,300 | 38.05% | -3.66% | ||||
| Liberal | Dan Clarke | 2,801 | 32.30% | -11.08% | ||||
| New Democratic | Phil Davis | 2,572 | 29.66% | 14.74% | ||||
| Total | 8,673 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1984 general election
| 1984 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Edmund L. Morris | 3,173 | 39.97% | 1.92% | ||||
| New Democratic | Maureen MacDonald | 2,514 | 31.67% | 2.01% | ||||
| Liberal | Walter Fitzgerald | 2,208 | 27.81% | -4.48% | ||||
| Labour | Beatrice Kaizer | 44 | 0.55% | – | ||||
| Total | 7,939 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1988 general election
| 1988 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gerry O'Malley | 3,469 | 41.91% | 14.09% | ||||
| New Democratic | Maureen MacDonald | 2,693 | 32.53% | 0.87% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Randy Dewell | 2,116 | 25.56% | -14.41% | ||||
| Total | 8,278 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1993 general election
| 1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gerry O'Malley | 4,527 | 45.18% | 3.28% | ||||
| New Democratic | Innis MacDonald | 3,555 | 35.48% | 2.95% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Walter Milsom | 1,852 | 18.48% | -7.08% | ||||
| Natural Law | Ian Temple | 85 | 0.85% | – | ||||
| Total | 10,019 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1998 general election
| 1998 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Maureen MacDonald | 4,837 | 58.51% | 23.03% | ||||
| Liberal | Gerry O'Malley | 2,506 | 30.31% | -14.87% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Artho Kartsaklis | 924 | 11.18% | -7.31% | ||||
| Total | 8,267 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1999 general election
| 1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Maureen MacDonald | 3,525 | 44.95% | -13.56% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Linda Carvery | 2,185 | 27.86% | 16.69% | ||||
| Liberal | Mike Rogers | 1,970 | 25.12% | -5.19% | ||||
| Nova Scotia Party | Scott Higgins | 162 | 2.07% | – | ||||
| Total | 7,842 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2003 general election
| 2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Maureen MacDonald | 3,709 | 50.26% | 5.31% | ||||
| Liberal | Mike Rogers | 2,178 | 29.51% | 4.39% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Linda Carvery | 1,377 | 18.66% | -9.20% | ||||
| Nova Scotia Party | Blair Baxter | 116 | 1.57% | -0.49% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,380 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 59 | 0.79 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,439 | 55.17 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 13,484 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2006 general election
| 2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Maureen MacDonald | 4,438 | 60.62% | 10.36% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Andrew Black | 1,330 | 18.17% | -0.49% | ||||
| Liberal | Errol Guam | 1,220 | 16.66% | -12.85% | ||||
| Green | Amanda Myers | 333 | 4.55% | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,321 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 32 | 0.44 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,353 | 49.85 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 14,750 | – | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +5.43 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2009 general election
| 2009 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Maureen MacDonald | 5,336 | 67.30% | 6.68% | ||||
| Liberal | Graham Estabrooks | 1,690 | 21.31% | 4.65% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John J. Cameron | 536 | 6.76% | -11.41% | ||||
| Green | Kris MacLellan | 367 | 4.63% | 0.08% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,929 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 31 | 0.39 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,960 | 49.01 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 16,241 | – | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +1.01 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2013 general election
| 2009 Nova Scotia general election redistributed results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| New Democratic | 5,013 | 67.24 | |
| Liberal | 1,632 | 21.89 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 491 | 6.59 | |
| Green | 319 | 4.28 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic Party | Maureen MacDonald | 3,392 | 43.99 | -23.25 | |
| Liberal | Chris Poole | 3,115 | 40.40 | +18.51 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Mary D.S. Hamblin | 834 | 10.82 | +4.23 | |
| Green | Kris MacLellan | 369 | 4.79 | +0.51 | |
| Total valid votes | 7,710 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 72 | 0.93 | |||
| Turnout | 7,782 | 50.43 | |||
| Electors on the lists | 15,432 | – | |||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -20.88 | |||
2016 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic Party | Lisa Roberts | 2,519 | 50.97 | +6.98 | |
| Liberal | Rod Wilson | 1,662 | 33.63 | -6.77 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Andy Arsenault | 600 | 12.14 | +1.32 | |
| Green | Thomas Trappenberg | 161 | 3.26 | -1.53 | |
| Total valid votes | 4,942 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 21 | 0.42 | -0.50 | ||
| Turnout | 4,963 | 32.50 | -17.93 | ||
| Electors on the lists | 15,270 | – | |||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +6.87 | |||
2017 general election
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Lisa Roberts | 3,880 | 51.4 | +0.43 | ||||
| Liberal | Melinda Daye | 2,075 | 27.5 | -6.13 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Matthew Donahoe | 1,135 | 15.0 | +2.86 | ||||
| Green | Andrew Jamieson | 465 | 6.2 | +2.94 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,599 | 45.9 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 44 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 16,558 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -3.28 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4][5] | ||||||||
2021 general election
| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| New Democratic | 4,007 | 51.29 | |
| Liberal | 2,220 | 28.42 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 1,125 | 14.40 | |
| Green | 460 | 5.89 | |
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Suzy Hansen | 5,308 | 58.96 | +7.67 | ||||
| Liberal | Colin Coady | 2,617 | 29.07 | +0.65 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Scott Ellis | 904 | 10.04 | -4.36 | ||||
| Green | Kai Trappenberg | 173 | 1.92 | -3.97 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 9,002 | 99.52 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 43 | 0.48 | ||||||
| Turnout | 9,045 | 53.34 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 16,957 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +3.51 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[7] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "Finding a Primary Care Provider in Nova Scotia; August 2019 Report" (PDF). nshealth.ca. Nova Scotia Health Authority. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ↑ "Halifax Needham By-election". electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia.
- ↑ Halifax Needham - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
- ↑ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- ↑ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- ↑ Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
- ↑ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
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