Halifax County Dartmouth

Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada

Halifax County-Dartmouth was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1956 from portions of the former Halifax County district and existed until 1967, at which point the district was reformed into Dartmouth North and Dartmouth South.[1]

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Halifax County-Dartmouth elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly:[1]

Legislature  | Years  | Member  | Party

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48th | 1963-1967  |  | Irvin William Akerley | Progressive Conservative
47th | 1960-1963  |  | Gordon L. S. Hart | Liberal
46th | 1956-1960  |  | Geoffrey W. Stevens | Liberal

## Election results

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### 1956

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1956 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | Geoffrey W. Stevens | 7,276 | 49.69% | –
| Progressive Conservative | C. J. Creighton | 6,811 | 46.51% | –
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Gerald Yetman | 557 | 3.80% | –
Total  | 14,644 | –

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax County Dartmouth" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

### 1960

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1960 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | Gordon L. S. Hart | 8,258 | 46.46% | -3.23%
| Progressive Conservative | Murray Ritcey | 7,653 | 43.05% | -3.46%
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Percy W. Dares | 1,864 | 10.49% | 6.68%
Total  | 17,775 | –

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax County Dartmouth" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

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1963 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | Irvin William Akerley | 9,884 | 52.88% | 9.83%
| Liberal | Gordon L. S. Hart | 8,150 | 43.60% | -2.85%
| New Democratic | Edward B. Doyle | 657 | 3.52% | –
Total  | 18,691 | –

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax County Dartmouth" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

## References

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

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Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts

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* Dartmouth East
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* Argyle-Barrington
* Bedford
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* Preston-Dartmouth
* Queens-Shelburne

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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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