Clayton Park West (electoral district)

The riding was created in 1978 as Halifax Bedford Basin from a portion of Halifax Cobequid.^[1] In 2003, the district lost a northern area to Bedford and was renamed Halifax Clayton Park. Following the 2012 electoral boundary review, the district was renamed Clayton Park West. It gained Birch Cove and Kearney Lake areas from Bedford-Birch Cove and the Kearney Lake area from Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville. It lost the Susies Lake and Quarrie Lake areas to Timberlea-Prospect; the areas south of Mount Saint Vincent University and Lacewood Drive as well as the Washmill Lake Drive area the Fairview-Clayton Park.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
63rd	2017-present		Rafah DiCostanzo	Liberal
62nd	2013–2017	Diana Whalen
61st	2009–2013
60th	2006-2009
59th	2003-2006
58th	1999-2003		Mary Ann McGrath	Progressive Conservative
57th	1998-1999		Gerry Fogarty	Liberal
56th	1993-1998		Gerry Fogarty	Liberal
55th	1988-1993		Joel Matheson	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984-1988
53rd	1981-1984
52nd	1978-1981

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Rafah DiCostanzo	4,035	46.04	-21.44
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Kimball	2,304	26.29	+11.31
	New Democratic	Rana Zaman	1,764	20.13	+2.58
	Green	Thomas Trappenberg	506	5.77	N/A
	Atlantica	Jonathan Dean	154	1.78	N/A
Total valid votes			8,763	100.0
Total rejected ballots			30	0.34
Turnout			8,793	49.90
Eligible voters			17,620

Nova Scotia general election, 2013
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Liberal	Diana Whalen	5,569	67.48	N/A
New Democratic Party	Blake Wright	1,448	17.55	N/A
Progressive Conservative	Jaime D. Allen	1,236	14.98	N/A

Nova Scotia general election, 2009
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Liberal	Diana Whalen	5,030	49.02
New Democratic Party	Linda Power	3,924	38.24
Progressive Conservative	Debbie Hum	1,084	10.56
Green	Amanda Hester	172	1.68	–
Independent	Jonathan Dean	51	0.50

Nova Scotia general election, 2006
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Liberal	Diana Whalen	3,404	37.32
New Democratic Party	Linda Power	3,040	33.33
Progressive Conservative	Mary Ann McGrath	2,450	26.86
Green	Sheila Richardson	228	2.5	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2003
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Diana Whalen	3,329	37.71
Progressive Conservative	Mary Ann McGrath	3,034	34.52
New Democratic Party	Roberta Morrison	2,312	26.14
Independent	Greg Lavern	152	1.72

References

↑ Clayton Park West Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
↑ Constituency History - Clayton Park West Nova Scotia Legislature

External links

Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts

Current

Historic

to 2013:	Argyle Cape Breton North Cape Breton Nova Cape Breton South Cape Breton West Clare Cole Harbour Dartmouth South-Portland Valley Digby-Annapolis Guysborough-Sheet Harbour Halifax Clayton Park Halifax Fairview Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville Preston Queens Richmond Shelburne Truro-Bible Hill
to 2003:	Bedford-Fall River Cape Breton East Cape Breton The Lakes Dartmouth South Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Guysborough–Port Hawkesbury 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

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