Halifax Atlantic

Halifax Atlantic
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Brendan Maguire; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1967
First contested	1967
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2011)	21,297
Electors	13,518
Area (km²)	158
Pop. density (per km²)	134.8
Census division(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality

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

The Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2013 has been Brendan Maguire of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia.

It is located in the Halifax Regional Municipality, just south of the Halifax peninsula. It includes Spryfield, Herring Cove, Sambro, and Harrietsfield.

Geography[edit]

The land area of Halifax Atlantic is 158 km² (61 sq mi).^[1]

Statistics[edit]

Population: 21,360 (2003)
Avg. Income: $27,570 (2003)

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

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

Legislature	Years		Party
64th	2024-Present	Brendan Maguire	Progressive Conservative
64th	2021-2024		Liberal
63rd	2017–2021
62nd	2013–2017
61st	2009–2013	Michèle Raymond	New Democratic
60th	2006-2009
59th	2003-2006
58th	1999-2003	Robert Chisholm	New Democratic
57th	1998-1999
56th	1993-1998
55th	1991-1993
55th	1988-1990	John Buchanan	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984-1988
53rd	1981-1984
52nd	1978-1981
51st	1974-1978
50th	1970-1974
49th	1967-1970

Election results[edit]

1967[edit]

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	4,507	53.74%	–
	Liberal	Percy Baker	3,556	42.40%	–
	New Democratic	Charles Grineault	324	3.86%	–
Total			8,387	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (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	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	5,284	54.66%	0.92%
	Liberal	Robert Hayes	3,786	39.16%	-3.23%
	New Democratic	Charles Grineault	597	6.18%	2.31%
Total			9,667	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (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	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	6,229	51.06%	-3.60%
	Liberal	Darrell E. Wentzell	4,380	35.90%	-3.26%
	New Democratic	Colin Campbell	1,591	13.04%	6.87%
Total			12,200	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (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.

1978[edit]

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	6,628	64.13%	13.07%
	Liberal	Jerry F. Blom	2,303	22.28%	-13.62%
	New Democratic	Susan Holtz	1,274	12.33%	-0.72%
	Independent	Arthur R. Canning	131	1.27%	–
Total			10,336	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1981[edit]

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	6,023	60.29%	-3.84%
	New Democratic	Rene Quigley	2,108	21.10%	8.78%
	Liberal	Roma J. Aikens	1,744	17.46%	-4.82%
	Independent	Arthur R. Canning	115	1.15%	-0.12%
Total			9,990	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1984[edit]

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	5,528	58.37%	-1.92%
	New Democratic	Rene Quigley	1,942	20.50%	-0.60%
	Liberal	David C. Melnick	1,888	19.93%	2.48%
	Independent	Arthur R. Canning	113	1.19%	0.04%
Total			9,471	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1988[edit]

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	6,284	56.33%	-2.03%
	Liberal	Doug Adams	2,763	24.77%	4.83%
	New Democratic	Rene Quigley	1,976	17.71%	-2.79%
	Independent	Arthur R. Canning	77	0.69%	-0.50%
	Independent	Emanuel Jannasch	55	0.49%	–
Total			11,155	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1993[edit]

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Robert Chisholm	4,071	37.50%	19.79%
	Liberal	Randy Ball	4,053	37.34%	12.57%
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Umlah	2,731	25.16%	-31.17%
Total			10,855	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1998[edit]

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Robert Chisholm	5,364	55.79%	18.28%
	Liberal	Darren Watts	2,818	29.31%	-8.03%
	Progressive Conservative	Jeff Campbell	1,340	13.94%	-11.22%
	Independent	Golda M. Redden	93	0.97%	–
Total			9,615	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999[edit]

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Robert Chisholm	4,266	48.37%	-7.42%
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Cooke	2,794	31.68%	17.74%
	Liberal	David Melnick	1,458	16.53%	-12.78%
	Nova Scotia Party	Gerald Rodgers	234	2.65%	–
	Independent	Golda M. Redden	68	0.77%	-0.20%
Total			8,820	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003[edit]

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Michèle Raymond	3,327	37.40%	-10.97%
	Progressive Conservative	Linda Mosher	2,996	33.68%	2.00%
	Liberal	Ian MacKinnon	2,382	26.78%	10.25%
	Nova Scotia Party	Gerald Rodgers	191	2.15%	-0.51%
Total			8,896	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006[edit]

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Michèle Raymond	4,151	49.51%	12.11%
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Cooke	2,690	32.08%	-1.59%
	Liberal	James Hoskins	1,281	15.28%	-11.50%
	Green	Rebecca Mosher	262	3.13%	–
Total			8,384	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009[edit]

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Michèle Raymond	5,253	61.09%	11.58%
	Liberal	Jim Hoskins	2,003	23.29%	8.01%
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Phillips	965	11.22%	-20.86%
	Green	Anthony Rosborough	378	4.40%	1.27%
Total			8,599	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2013[edit]

2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brendan Maguire	3,244	42.54
	New Democratic Party	Tanis Crosby	2,564	33.63
	Progressive Conservative	Ryan Brennan	1,817	23.83

2017[edit]

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brendan Maguire	4,219	55.48	+12.94
	New Democratic	Trish Keeping	1,728	22.72	-10.91
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Holland	1,300	17.10	-6.73
	Green	Chelsey Carter	357	4.69
Total valid votes			7,604	100
Total rejected ballots			25	0.33
Turnout			7,629	50.03
Eligible voters			15,250
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.02
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[2]^[3]

2021[edit]

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Brendan Maguire	4,213	55.22	-0.26	$45,253.75
	New Democratic	Shauna Hatt	1,740	22.81	+0.09	$34,341.09
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Cranston	1,493	19.57	+2.47	$34,168.26
	Green	Sarah Weston	183	2.40	-2.29	$200.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			7,629	99.70	–	$92,718.64
Total rejected ballots			23	0.30
Turnout			7,652	47.27
Eligible voters			16,188
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.18
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

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[1] "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[2] "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

[3] "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

[4] "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

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