Halifax Chebucto

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Halifax Chebucto
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Joachim Stroink
Liberal
District created 1967
First contested 1967
Last contested 2009
Demographics
Population (2011) 18,764
Electors (2012) 16,381
Area (km²) 5.00
Pop. density (per km²) 3,752.8
Census divisions Halifax County
Census subdivisions Halifax Regional Municipality

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

It is one of several ridings within the Halifax Regional Municipality. It encompasses the neighbourhood known informally as West End, Halifax. The economy consists mostly of military employment from CFB Halifax as well as retail stores on Quinpool Road.

The riding is one of the few in the Province to have a long history of New Democratic Party (NDP) representation. Since 1967, when the riding was created, the riding has been represented by an NDP Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) (Alexa McDonough followed by Howard Epstein) for 27 years (out of 46, or 59%, at the time of writing). However, in the 2013 election, the Liberal candidate, Joachim Stroink won, and now represents the riding in the House of Assembly.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Legislature Years Member Party
62nd 2013-Present Joachim Stroink Liberal
61st 2009-2013 Howard Epstein New Democratic
60th 2006-2009
59th 2003-2006
58th 1999-2003
57th 1998-1999
56th 1993-1998     Jay Abbass Liberal
55th 1988-1993 Alexa McDonough New Democratic
54th 1984-1988
53rd 1981-1984
52nd 1978-1981 Walter Fitzgerald Liberal
51st 1974-1978
50th 1970-1974 James L. Connolly Liberal
49th 1967-1970     James H. Vaughan Progressive Conservative

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Independent Michael Marshall
     New Democratic Party Gregor Ash
     Progressive Conservative Christine Dewell
     Liberal Joachim Stroink
Nova Scotia general election, 2009[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     New Democratic Party Howard Epstein 4446 56.47
     Liberal Jane Spurr 2535 32.20
     Progressive Conservative David Atchison 544 6.91
GreenChris Hanlon 348 4.42 –
Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     New Democratic Party Howard Epstein 4216 54.15
     Progressive Conservative Sean Phillips 1720 22.09
     Liberal Peter Verner 1481 19.02
GreenChristopher Harborne 369 4.74 –
Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     New Democratic Party Howard Epstein 3682 44.04
     Liberal Kenzie MacKinnon 2592 31.00
     Progressive Conservative Sandy Phillips 1983 23.72
     Nova Scotia Party Scott Higgins 103
Nova Scotia general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     New Democratic Party Howard Epstein 3159
     Progressive Conservative Sean Phillips 2811
     Liberal Royden Trainer 2286
     Nova Scotia Party Hilda M. Stevens 126

References

  1. ↑ http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist26.pdf

External links

Coordinates: 44°38′31″N 63°36′32″W / 44.642°N 63.609°W / 44.642; -63.609

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