Halifax Cobequid was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1956 as Halifax Northwest from part of the former district of Halifax West. In 1966, the district was renamed Halifax County North West, and the following year, in 1967 it was renamed Halifax Cobequid.[1] It existed until 1978, when it was redistributed into four new districts: Sackville, Halifax Bedford Basin, Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley, and Cole Harbour.[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
editThe electoral district was represented by the following members of the Legislative Assembly:[1]
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46th | 1956-1960 | Ronald Manning Fielding | Liberal | |
| 47th | 1960-1963 | Gordon H. Fitzgerald | Progressive Conservative | |
| 48th | 1963-1967 | |||
| 49th | 1967-1970 | |||
| 50th | 1970-1974 | George Riley | Liberal | |
| 51st | 1974-1978 | George Doucet | Liberal | |
Election results
edit1956
edit| 1956 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Ronald Manning Fielding | 3,763 | 50.40% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | S. E. Haverstock | 3,573 | 47.86% | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | L. C. Wilson | 130 | 1.74% | – | ||||
| Total | 7,466 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1960
edit| 1960 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon H. Fitzgerald | 4,209 | 46.55% | -1.30% | ||||
| Liberal | Ronald Manning Fielding | 4,182 | 46.26% | -4.15% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | L. C. Wilson | 650 | 7.19% | 5.45% | ||||
| Total | 9,041 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1963
edit| 1963 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon H. Fitzgerald | 5,559 | 56.07% | 9.51% | ||||
| Liberal | George Douglas Burris | 4,027 | 40.62% | -5.64% | ||||
| New Democratic | Gerald A. Guptill | 329 | 3.32% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,915 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1967
edit| 1967 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon H. Fitzgerald | 5,463 | 51.51% | -4.56% | ||||
| Liberal | John F. Cruickshank | 5,143 | 48.49% | 7.88% | ||||
| Total | 10,606 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1970
edit| 1970 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Riley | 6,453 | 50.76% | 2.27% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon H. Fitzgerald | 5,427 | 42.69% | -8.82% | ||||
| New Democratic | B. Dombrowski | 833 | 6.55% | – | ||||
| Total | 12,713 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
1974
edit| 1974 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Doucet | 8,691 | 49.57% | -1.19% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Silvia Hudson | 6,878 | 39.23% | -3.46% | ||||
| New Democratic | George Clement Cann | 1,964 | 11.20% | 4.65% | ||||
| Total | 17,533 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (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. | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Electoral History for Halifax Northwest" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. October 30, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
- ^ "Electoral History for Halifax Cobequid" Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. October 30, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
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