Halifax (provincial electoral district)

Halifax was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected three, and then five members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 to 1933, at which point Halifax County was divided into five separate electoral districts: Halifax South, Halifax Centre, Halifax North, Halifax East and Halifax West.[1]

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

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From 1867 to 1916, Halifax elected three members to the Legislative Assembly. From 1916 to 1933, it elected five members.

Halifax County elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly.[1]

Legislature  | Years  | Member  | Party  | Member  | Party

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39th | 1930–1933  |  | George Henry Murphy | Liberal-Conservative |  | Angus MacDonald Morton | Liberal-Conservative
1928–1930  |  | John Francis Mahoney | Liberal-Conservative  |  | Gordon B. Isnor | Liberal
| Edward Joseph Cragg | Liberal
| Josiah Frederick Fraser | Liberal-Conservative
38th | 1925–1928
| John Archibald Walker | Liberal-Conservative  |  | William Drysdale Piercey | Liberal-Conservative
| Alexander Montgomerie  | Liberal-Conservative
37th | 1923–1925  |  | Walter J. A. O'Hearn | Liberal  |  | John Brown Douglas | Liberal
1920–1923  |  | Robert Emmett Finn | Liberal  |
| Adam Dunlap Burris | Liberal
| Henry Gibson Bauld | Liberal
| John L. Connolly | Liberal
36th | 1916–1920  |
| Henry Gibson Bauld  | Liberal
| Hector MacInnes  | Liberal-Conservative
| George Everett Faulkner | Liberal

Legislature  | Years  | Member  | Party  | Member  | Party  | Member  | Party

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35th | 1911–1916  |  | Robert Emmett Finn  | Liberal  |  | George Everett Faulkner  | Liberal  |  | Fullton Johnson Logan | Liberal
34th | 1906–1911  |  | David McPherson  | Liberal
33rd | 1901–1906  |  | Michael Edwin Keefe | Liberal  |  | George Mitchell  | Liberal  |
32nd | 1900–1901  |
1897–1900  |  | William Bernard Wallace  | Liberal  |
31st | 1896–1897  |  | William Anderson Black | Liberal-Conservative  |  | William Roche | Liberal
1894–1896  |  | William Stevens Fielding | Liberal
30th | 1890–1894  |  | Michael Joseph Power | Liberal
29th | 1886–1890
28th | 1882–1886  |  | William D. Harrington | Liberal-Conservative
27th | 1879–1882  |  | John F. Stairs | Liberal-Conservative  |  | John Pugh | Liberal-Conservative
1878–1879  |  | Charles J. Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative
26th | 1874–1878  |  | Philip Carteret Hill | Liberal  |  | Edward Farrell | Liberal  |  | Donald Archibald | Liberal
25th | 1873–1874  |  | John Taylor | Liberal  |  | John Flinn | Liberal
1871–1873  |  | William Garvie | Liberal
24th | 1870–1871  |  | Philip Carteret Hill  | Confederation Party |  | James Cochran | Anti-Confederation Party  |  | Henry Balcom | Anti-Confederation Party
1867–1870  |  | Jeremiah Northup | Anti-Confederation Party

## Election results

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### 1867

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1867 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | Jeremiah Northup | 2,386 | 17.64%
| Liberal | James Cochran | 2,366 | 17.49%
| Liberal | Henry Balcom | 2,364 | 17.48%
| Liberal–Conservative | Philip Carteret Hill | 2,152 | 15.91%
| Liberal–Conservative | S. Tobin | 2,129 | 15.74%
| Liberal–Conservative | G. McLeod | 2,129 | 15.74%
Total  | 13,526 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 1871

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1871 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | William Garvie | 2,752 | 17.66%
| Liberal | John Flinn | 2,704 | 17.35%
| Liberal | Donald Archibald | 2,693 | 17.28%
| Liberal–Conservative | Philip Carteret Hill | 2,497 | 16.02%
| Liberal–Conservative | M. B. Daly | 2,492 | 15.99%
| Liberal–Conservative | J. Geddes | 2,448 | 15.71%
Total  | 15,586 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 1874

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1874 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | Philip Carteret Hill | 2,862 | 20.88%
| Liberal | Donald Archibald | 2,853 | 20.81%
| Liberal | Edward Farrell | 2,709 | 19.76%
| Liberal–Conservative | Robert Sedgewick | 1,837 | 13.40%
| Liberal–Conservative | W. J. Almon | 1,818 | 13.26%
| Liberal–Conservative | M. J. Griffin | 1,630 | 11.89%
Total  | 13,709 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 1878

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1878 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal–Conservative | Charles James MacDonald | 3,375 | 18.55%
| Liberal–Conservative | William D. Harrington | 3,353 | 18.43%
| Liberal–Conservative | John Pugh | 3,135 | 17.23%
| Liberal | Philip Carteret Hill | 2,866 | 15.76%
| Liberal | Michael Joseph Power | 2,739 | 15.06%
| Liberal | Donald Archibald | 2,722 | 14.96%
Total  | 18,190 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 1882

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1882 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal–Conservative | William D. Harrington | 2,737 | 17.76%
| Liberal | Michael Joseph Power | 2,591 | 16.82%
| Liberal | William Stevens Fielding | 2,554 | 16.58%
| Liberal | J. G. Foster | 2,543 | 16.50%
| Liberal–Conservative | John Pugh | 2,508 | 16.28%
| Liberal–Conservative | J. F. L. Parsons | 2,475 | 16.06%
Total  | 15,408 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 1886

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1886 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | William Stevens Fielding | 4,042 | 19.76%
| Liberal–Conservative | William Roche | 3,931 | 19.21%
| Liberal | Michael Joseph Power | 3,822 | 18.68%
| Liberal–Conservative | William D. Harrington | 2,981 | 14.57%
| Liberal–Conservative | J. N. Lyons | 2,866 | 14.01%
| Liberal | John Y. Payzant | 2,816 | 13.76%
Total  | 20,458 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 1890

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1890 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | William Stevens Fielding | 5,036 | 18.86%
| Liberal | William Roche | 4,828 | 18.08%
| Liberal | Michael Joseph Power | 4,752 | 17.79%
| Liberal–Conservative | H. McDonald Henry | 4,219 | 15.80%
| Liberal–Conservative | P. O'Mullin | 3,946 | 14.77%
| Liberal–Conservative | J. J. Stewart | 3,928 | 14.71%
Total  | 26,709 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 1894

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1894 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | William Stevens Fielding | 4,795 | 17.88%
| Liberal | William Roche | 4,651 | 17.35%
| Liberal–Conservative | William Anderson Black | 4,570 | 17.04%
| Liberal–Conservative | James Morrow | 4,406 | 16.43%
| Liberal | Michael Joseph Power | 4,373 | 16.31%
| Liberal–Conservative | T. W. Walsh | 4,019 | 14.99%
Total  | 26,814 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 1897

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1897 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | George M. Mitchell | 5,312 | 18.09%
| Liberal | David McPherson | 5,307 | 18.07%
| Liberal | William Bernard Wallace | 5,101 | 17.37%
| Liberal–Conservative | Miner T. Foster | 4,754 | 16.19%
| Liberal–Conservative | John Fitzwilliam Stairs | 4,563 | 15.54%
| Liberal–Conservative | T. W. Walsh | 4,325 | 14.73%
Total  | 29,362 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 1901

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1901 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | David McPherson | 5,049 | 17.89%
| Liberal | George M. Mitchell | 4,955 | 17.56%
| Liberal | Michael Edwin Keefe | 4,840 | 17.15%
| Liberal–Conservative | Adam Brown Crosby | 4,707 | 16.68%
| Liberal–Conservative | G. M. Campbell | 4,487 | 15.90%
| Liberal–Conservative | J. J. Stewart | 4,185 | 14.83%
Total  | 28,223 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 1906

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1906 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | David McPherson | 5,550 | 19.23%
| Liberal | George Everett Faulkner | 5,475 | 18.97%
| Liberal | Robert Emmett Finn | 5,372 | 18.62%
| Liberal–Conservative | C. M. Campbell | 4,423 | 15.33%
| Liberal–Conservative | W. M. Sedgewick | 4,093 | 14.18%
| Liberal–Conservative | W. F. O'Connor | 3,943 | 13.66%
Total  | 28,856 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 1911

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1911 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | Fulton Johnson Logan | 6,142 | 17.74%
| Liberal | George Everett Faulkner | 6,120 | 17.68%
| Liberal | Robert Emmett Finn | 5,836 | 16.86%
| Liberal–Conservative | Frederick P. Bligh | 5,187 | 14.98%
| Liberal–Conservative | Nelson R. Smith | 4,825 | 13.94%
| Liberal–Conservative | J. C. O'Mullin | 3,937 | 11.37%
| Labour | John T. Joy | 2,575 | 7.44%
Total  | 34,622 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 1916

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1916 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | Henry Bauld | 6,855 | 10.54%
| Liberal–Conservative | Hector MacInnes | 6,735 | 10.36%
| Liberal | Robert Emmett Finn | 6,703 | 10.31%
| Liberal | George Everett Faulkner | 6,606 | 10.16%
| Liberal | John L. Connolly | 6,545 | 10.06%
| Liberal–Conservative | John W. Regan | 6,387 | 9.82%
| Liberal–Conservative | Felix P. Quinn | 6,370 | 9.79%
| Liberal | John Brown Douglas | 6,359 | 9.78%
| Liberal–Conservative | E. F. Williams | 6,266 | 9.63%
| Liberal–Conservative | Frederick P. Bligh | 6,213 | 9.55%
Total  | 65,039 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 1920

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1920 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | Henry Bauld | 6,554 | 10.01%
| Liberal | Robert Emmett Finn | 6,285 | 9.60%
| Liberal | John Brown Douglas | 6,057 | 9.25%
| Liberal | Adam Dunlap Burris | 5,936 | 9.07%
| Liberal | John L. Connolly | 5,817 | 8.89%
| Liberal–Conservative | John B. Archibald | 4,045 | 6.18%
| Liberal–Conservative | Robert A. Brenton | 3,860 | 5.90%
| Liberal–Conservative | Frederick W. Stevens | 3,642 | 5.56%
| Liberal–Conservative | Francis A. Gillis | 3,595 | 5.49%
| United Farmers | Joseph S. Wallace | 3,409 | 5.21%
| Labour | Ronald A. McDonald | 3,369 | 5.15%
| Labour | Patrick J. Healy | 3,336 | 5.07%
| Liberal–Conservative | Edward L. Power | 3,236 | 4.94%
| United Farmers | Peter McN. Kuhn | 3,165 | 4.83%
| Labour | John D. McKenzie | 3,157 | 4.23%
Total  | 65,463 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 1925

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1925 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal–Conservative | Josiah Frederick Fraser | 15,985 | 13.23%
| Liberal–Conservative | Alexander Montgomerie | 15,952 | 13.20%
| Liberal–Conservative | John Francis Mahoney | 15,899 | 13.16%
| Liberal–Conservative | John Archibald Walker | 15,679 | 12.97%
| Liberal–Conservative | William Drysdale Piercey | 15,672 | 12.97%
| Liberal | Joseph Richard Murphy | 8,291 | 6.86%
| Liberal | John G. MacDougall | 8,256 | 6.83%
| Liberal | John Brown Douglas | 7,905 | 6.54%
| Liberal | Henry Bauld | 7,900 | 6.54%
| Liberal | Walter Joseph O'Hearn | 7,872 | 6.51%
| Labour | Walter Mosher | 571 | 0.47%
| Labour | Robert Daw | 480 | 0.40%
| Labour | Alban L. Breen | 392 | 0.32%
Total  | 120,854 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 1928

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1928 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal–Conservative | John Francis Mahoney | 11,589 | 10.41%
| Liberal | Gordon Benjamin Isnor | 11,357 | 10.21%
| Liberal–Conservative | Josiah Frederick Fraser | 11,298 | 10.15%
| Liberal–Conservative | Angus MacDonald Morton | 11,273 | 10.13%
| Liberal | Edward Joseph Cragg | 11,215 | 10.08%
| Liberal–Conservative | Frederick P. Bligh | 11,082 | 9.96%
| Liberal–Conservative | John Archibald Walker | 11,076 | 9.95%
| Liberal | Thomas J. Byrne | 10,939 | 9.83%
| Liberal | Bernard W. Russell | 10,855 | 9.76%
| Liberal | William J. Kennedy | 10,591 | 9.52%
Total  | 111,275 | -

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

## References

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1. ^ a b "Electoral History for Halifax County" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. October 30, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2019.

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Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts

Current|

* Annapolis
* Antigonish
* Argyle
* Bedford Basin
* Bedford South
* Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier
* Cape Breton East
* Chester-St. Margaret's
* Clare
* Clayton Park West
* Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley
* Colchester North
* Cole Harbour
* Cole Harbour-Dartmouth
* Cumberland North
* Cumberland South
* Dartmouth East
* Dartmouth North
* Dartmouth South
* Digby-Annapolis
* Eastern Passage
* Eastern Shore
* Fairview-Clayton Park
* Glace Bay-Dominion
* Guysborough-Tracadie
* Halifax Armdale
* Halifax Atlantic
* Halifax Chebucto
* Halifax Citadel-Sable Island
* Halifax Needham
* Hammonds Plains-Lucasville
* Hants East
* Hants West
* Inverness
* Kings North
* Kings South
* Kings West
* Lunenburg
* Lunenburg West
* Northside-Westmount
* Pictou Centre
* Pictou East
* Pictou West
* Preston
* Queens
* Richmond
* Sackville-Cobequid
* Sackville-Uniacke
* Shelburne
* Sydney-Membertou
* Timberlea-Prospect
* Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River
* Victoria-The Lakes
* Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank
* Yarmouth

Historic|

| to 2021:|

* Argyle-Barrington
* Bedford
* Clare-Digby
* Preston-Dartmouth
* Queens-Shelburne

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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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