Halifax Fairview

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Halifax Fairview is a provincial electoral district in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

It was created in the re-distribution of 1993. Since 2001, its Member of the Legislative Assembly has been Graham Steele of the New Democratic Party of Nova Scotia.

Halifax Fairview includes the communities of Fairview, Armdale, Cowie Hill, Fairmount, and Kline Heights (comprising part of Spryfield). Within its boundaries is Long Lake Provincial Park.

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly

Graham Steele, New Democratic Party (2001 - present)
Eileen O'Connell, New Democratic Party (1996 - 2000)
Alexa McDonough, New Democratic Party (1993 - 1996)

[edit] Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Graham Steele	4172	58.51
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce MacCharles	1649	23.13
	Liberal	Cecil MacDougall	1055	14.8
	Green Party	Kris MacLellan	254	3.56

Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Graham Steele	3439	45.85
	Liberal	Susan Hayes	2284	30.45
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce MacCharles	1684	22.45
	Nova Scotia Party	David F. Boyd	94	1.25

Halifax Fairview by-election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Graham Steele	2164	58.17
	Liberal	Jeremy Akerman	1021	27.45
	Progressive Conservative	Narayana Swamy	466	12.53
	Marijuana	Melanie Patriquen	38	1.02
	Nova Scotia Party	Heather Drope	31	.83

Nova Scotia general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Eileen O'Connell	3615	46.23
	Progressive Conservative	Narayana Swamy	2117	27.08
	Liberal	Greta Murtagh	1888	24.15
	Nova Scotia Party	Marie Alexandridis	199	2.55

Nova Scotia general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Eileen O'Connell	4649	53.8
	Liberal	Bob Britton	2597	30
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Nash	1402	16.2

Halifax Fairview by-election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Eileen O'Connell	4434
	Progressive Conservative	Rosanna Liberatore	1250
	Liberal	Mary Ann Crowley	1112

Nova Scotia general election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Alexa McDonough	4789
	Liberal	Art Flynn	3558
	Progressive Conservative	Rosanna Liberatore	2078
	Natural Law	Mark Hawkins	96

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	Nova Scotia Provincial Electoral Districts
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Historic Electoral Districts to 2003: Cape Breton East \| Cape Breton The Lakes \| Dartmouth South \| Dartmouth-Cole Harbour \| Halifax Bedford Basin \| Sackville-Beaver Bank \| Victoria \| to 1993: Annapolis East \| Annapolis West \| Colchester South \| Cumberland Centre \| Cumberland East \| Cumberland West \| Digby \| Guysborough \| Halifax Cornwallis \| Halifax Eastern Shore \| Halifax St. Margarets \| Inverness North \| Inverness South \| Lunenburg Centre \| Lunenburg East \| Sackville \| to 1978: Colchester \| Halifax Cobequid \| to 1967: Halifax Centre \| Halifax County Dartmouth \| Halifax East \| Halifax North \| Halifax Northwest \| Halifax South \| Halifax West \| to 1956: Kings \| to 1949: Cumberland \| Hants \| Pictou \| to 1933: Halifax \| Richmond and Cape Breton West \| to 1925: Cape Breton