Halifax—East Hants
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Halifax—East Hants was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979. The riding was created in 1966 from parts of Colchester—Hants riding. It consisted of the Municipality of East Hants in the county of Hants, and parts of the county of Halifax and the city of Halifax.
The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Annapolis Valley—Hants, Halifax and Halifax West ridings.
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1968 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | MCCLEAVE, Robert | 22,323 | |||
| Liberal | CREGAN, Alex J. | 13,488 | |||
| New Democrat | DEVANNEY, Burris | 1,718 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1972 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | MCCLEAVE, Bob | 27,645 | |||
| Liberal | CASEY, Mary M. | 14,308 | |||
| New Democrat | AUBE, Donald | 5,530 | |||
| Not affiliated | BILEY, Barbara Joan | 135 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1974 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | MCCLEAVE, Bob | 25,563 | |||
| Liberal | OZARD, Bill | 18,308 | |||
| New Democrat | SHAW, Lloyd | 5,861 | |||
| Social Credit | KIRK, Robert | 204 | |||
| Marxist-Leninist | ANDSTEIN, Robert | 113 | |||
By-election On Mr. McCleave's resignation, 9 December 1977
| By-election on 16 October 1978 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | CROSBY, Howard | 18,767 | |||
| Liberal | MACINNIS, Ken | 10,161 | |||
| New Democrat | DOULL, Edgar Charles | 1,697 | |||
| Not affiliated | MORGAN, David | 355 | |||
