Halifax Needham

Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada

Halifax Needham Nova Scotia electoral district

Location of Halifax Needham in the Metro Halifax area

Coordinates:| 44°39′48″N 63°36′00″W﻿ / ﻿44.6632°N 63.600°W﻿ / 44.6632; -63.600
Provincial electoral district
Legislature| Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA| |

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Suzy Hansen
New Democratic
District created| 1967
First contested| 1967
Last contested| 2024
Demographics
Population (2016[2])| 19,426
Electors| 15,372[1]
Area (km²)| 6.00
Pop. density (per km²)| 3,237.7
Census division(s)| Halifax Regional Municipality

Halifax Needham is a provincial electoral district in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It has existed since 1967, though its boundaries have changed periodically.

Halifax Needham encompasses what is largely known as the North End of Halifax. It has been held by members of each of the three major political parties in Nova Scotia at different times. The riding was once the home of Liberal Premier Gerald Regan before going to Progressive Conservative Edmund L. Morris for the majority of the 1980s. Morris served as a Member of Parliament for Halifax under Progressive Conservative Prime Minister John Diefenbaker before becoming the Mayor of Halifax. He served in the Provincial Cabinet as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Municipal Affairs, Fisheries, and Social Services.

When he stepped down in 1988, the Progressive Conservatives lost the seat in that election to Gerry O'Malley, who was unseated from his position as Liberal Minister of Supply and Services in 1998. Maureen MacDonald held the seat from 1998 until 2016. The seat is considered a reasonably safe seat for the NDP, though the 2013 election was close, amid a province-wide swing to the Liberals.

It was created in 1966 when Halifax North was divided into three districts, one of which was Halifax City North East. The district was renamed Halifax Needham in 1967. In 2003, it gained an area east of Citadel Hill from Halifax Citadel. In 2013, it lost the area south of Robie Street and east of Young Street to Halifax Chebucto and gained the area north of Bayers Road and east of Connaught Avenue from Halifax Chebucto.[3]

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature | Years | Member | Party

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Halifax North
Riding created from Halifax
40th | 1933–1937 |      | Gordon Isnor | Liberal
41st | 1937–1941 | Harold Connolly
42nd | 1941–1945
43rd | 1945–1949
44th | 1949–1953
45th | 1953–1956
46th | 1956–1960 | John E. Ahern
47th | 1960–1963
48th | 1963–1967 |      | James H. Vaughan | Progressive Conservative
Halifax Needham
49th | 1967–1970 |      | Gerald Regan | Liberal
50th | 1970–1974
51st | 1974–1978
52nd | 1978–1980
1980–1981 |      | Edmund L. Morris | Progressive Conservative
53rd | 1981–1984
54th | 1984–1988
55th | 1988–1993 |      | Gerry O'Malley | Liberal
56th | 1993–1998
57th | 1998–1999 |      | Maureen MacDonald | New Democratic
58th | 1999–2003
59th | 2003–2005
60th | 2006–2009
61st | 2009–2013
62nd | 2013–2016
2016–2017 | Lisa Roberts
63rd | 2017–2021
64th | 2021–2024 | Suzy Hansen
65th | 2024–present

## Geography

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The land-area of Halifax Needham is 6 km2 (2.3 sq mi).

## Election results

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### 1967

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1967 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | Gerald Regan | 3,354 | 48.18% | –
| Progressive Conservative | Cecil Moore | 3,252 | 46.72% | –
| New Democratic | Buddy Daye | 355 | 5.10% | –
Total  | 6,961 | –

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

### 1970

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1970 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | Gerald Regan | 4,514 | 57.92% | 9.74%
| Progressive Conservative | David MacKeen | 2,887 | 37.05% | -9.67%
| New Democratic | Alasdair Sinclair | 392 | 5.03% | -0.07%
Total  | 7,793 | –

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

### 1974

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1974 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | Gerald Regan | 4,364 | 61.49% | 3.57%
| Progressive Conservative | James H. Vaughan | 1,854 | 26.12% | -10.92%
| New Democratic | Marty Dolin | 879 | 12.39% | 7.36%
Total  | 7,097 | –

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (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

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1978 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | Gerald Regan | 3,553 | 43.38% | -18.11%
| Progressive Conservative | Pat Curran | 3,416 | 41.70% | 15.58%
| New Democratic | James "Dusty" Miller | 1,222 | 14.92% | 2.53%
Total  | 8,191 | –

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (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

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1981 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | Edmund L. Morris | 3,300 | 38.05% | -3.66%
| Liberal | Dan Clarke | 2,801 | 32.30% | -11.08%
| New Democratic | Phil Davis | 2,572 | 29.66% | 14.74%
Total  | 8,673 | –

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (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

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1984 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | Edmund L. Morris | 3,173 | 39.97% | 1.92%
| New Democratic | Maureen MacDonald | 2,514 | 31.67% | 2.01%
| Liberal | Walter Fitzgerald | 2,208 | 27.81% | -4.48%
| Labour | Beatrice Kaizer | 44 | 0.55% | –
Total  | 7,939 | –

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (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

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1988 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | Gerry O'Malley | 3,469 | 41.91% | 14.09%
| New Democratic | Maureen MacDonald | 2,693 | 32.53% | 0.87%
| Progressive Conservative | Randy Dewell | 2,116 | 25.56% | -14.41%
Total  | 8,278 | –

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (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

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1993 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | Gerry O'Malley | 4,527 | 45.18% | 3.28%
| New Democratic | Innis MacDonald | 3,555 | 35.48% | 2.95%
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Walter Milsom | 1,852 | 18.48% | -7.08%
| Natural Law | Ian Temple | 85 | 0.85% | –
Total  | 10,019 | –

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-13. Retrieved 2022-03-31.

### 1998

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1998 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| New Democratic | Maureen MacDonald | 4,837 | 58.51% | 23.03%
| Liberal | Gerry O'Malley | 2,506 | 30.31% | -14.87%
| Progressive Conservative | Artho Kartsaklis | 924 | 11.18% | -7.31%
Total  | 8,267 | –

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 1999

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1999 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| New Democratic | Maureen MacDonald | 3,525 | 44.95% | -13.56%
| Progressive Conservative | Linda Carvery | 2,185 | 27.86% | 16.69%
| Liberal | Mike Rogers | 1,970 | 25.12% | -5.19%
| Nova Scotia Party | Scott Higgins | 162 | 2.07% | –
Total  | 7,842 | –

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 2003

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2003 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| New Democratic | Maureen MacDonald | 3,709 | 50.26% | 5.31%
| Liberal | Mike Rogers | 2,178 | 29.51% | 4.39%
| Progressive Conservative | Linda Carvery | 1,377 | 18.66% | -9.20%
| Nova Scotia Party | Blair Baxter | 116 | 1.57% | -0.49%
Total valid votes  | 7,380 | 100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 59 | 0.79
Turnout  | 7,439 | 55.17
Electors on the lists  | 13,484 | –

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 2006

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2006 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| New Democratic | Maureen MacDonald | 4,438 | 60.62% | 10.36%
| Progressive Conservative | Andrew Black | 1,330 | 18.17% | -0.49%
| Liberal | Errol Gaum | 1,220 | 16.66% | -12.85%
| Green | Amanda Myers | 333 | 4.55% | –
Total valid votes  | 7,321 | 100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 32 | 0.44
Turnout  | 7,353 | 49.85
Electors on the lists  | 14,750 | –
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +5.43

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 2009

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2009 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| New Democratic | Maureen MacDonald | 5,336 | 67.30% | 6.68%
| Liberal | Graham Estabrooks | 1,690 | 21.31% | 4.65%
| Progressive Conservative | John J. Cameron | 536 | 6.76% | -11.41%
| Green | Kris MacLellan | 367 | 4.63% | 0.08%
Total valid votes  | 7,929 | 100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 31 | 0.39
Turnout  | 7,960 | 49.01
Electors on the lists  | 16,241 | –
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +1.01

Source(s)

Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

### 2013

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2009 Nova Scotia general election redistributed results

Party  | Vote  | %
| New Democratic | 5,013 | 67.24
| Liberal | 1,632 | 21.89
| Progressive Conservative | 491 | 6.59
| Green | 319 | 4.28
2013 Nova Scotia general election Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| New Democratic Party  | Maureen MacDonald | 3,392  | 43.99  | -23.25
| Liberal  | Chris Poole  | 3,115  | 40.40  | +18.51
| Progressive Conservative  | Mary D.S. Hamblin  | 834  | 10.82  | +4.23
| Green | Kris MacLellan  | 369  | 4.79  | +0.51
Total valid votes  | 7,710 | 100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 72 | 0.93
Turnout  | 7,782 | 50.43
Electors on the lists  | 15,432 | –
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -20.88

### 2016 by-election

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August 30, 2016 by-election  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| New Democratic Party  | Lisa Roberts | 2,519  | 50.97  | +6.98
| Liberal  | Rod Wilson | 1,662  | 33.63  | -6.77
| Progressive Conservative  | Andy Arsenault  | 600  | 12.14  | +1.32
| Green | Thomas Trappenberg  | 161  | 3.26  | -1.53
Total valid votes  | 4,942 | 100.00
Total rejected ballots  | 21 | 0.42 | -0.50
Turnout  | 4,963 | 32.50 | -17.93
Electors on the lists  | 15,270 | –
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +6.87

### 2017

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2017 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| New Democratic | Lisa Roberts | 3,880 | 51.4 | +0.43
| Liberal | Melinda Daye | 2,075 | 27.5 | -6.13
| Progressive Conservative | Matthew Donahoe | 1,135 | 15.0 | +2.86
| Green | Andrew Jamieson | 465 | 6.2 | +2.94
Total valid votes  | 7,599 | 45.9
Total rejected ballots  | 44
Eligible voters  | 16,558
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -3.28
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4][5]

### 2021

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2017 provincial election redistributed results[6]

Party  | Vote  | %
| New Democratic | 4,007 | 51.29
| Liberal | 2,220 | 28.42
| Progressive Conservative | 1,125 | 14.40
| Green | 460 | 5.89

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2021 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures
| New Democratic | Suzy Hansen | 5,308 | 58.96 | +7.67 | $70,071.07
| Liberal | Colin Coady | 2,617 | 29.07 | +0.65 | $63,403.44
| Progressive Conservative | Scott Ellis | 904 | 10.04 | -4.36 | $25,818.91
| Green | Kai Trappenberg | 173 | 1.92 | -3.97 | $200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit  | 9,002 | 99.52 | – | $97,461.81
Total rejected ballots  | 43 | 0.48
Turnout  | 9,045 | 53.34
Eligible voters  | 16,957
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +3.51
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[7]

### 2024

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2024 Nova Scotia general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| New Democratic | Suzy Hansen | 5,063 | 67.8% |
| Progressive Conservative | Trayvone Clayton | 1,276 | 17.1% |
| Liberal | Jon Frost | 1,003 | 13.4% |
| Green | Amethyste Hamel-Gregory | 127 | 1.7% |
Total valid votes  |
Total rejected ballots  |
Turnout  | 7,469
Eligible voters  |
| New Democratic hold | Swing |
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[8]

## References

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1. ^ "Halifax Needham By-election". electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia.
2. ^ "Finding a Primary Care Provider in Nova Scotia; August 2019 Report" (PDF). nshealth.ca. Nova Scotia Health Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
3. ^ Halifax Needham - Constituency History Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine Nova Scotia Legislature
4. ^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
5. ^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
6. ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-17. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
7. ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
8. ^ https://globalnews.ca/news/10865537/nova-scotia-election-2024-halifax-needham/

## External links

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* 2006 Poll by Poll Results
* 2003 Poll by Poll Results
* 2003 riding profile
* 1999 Poll by Poll Results
* 1998 Poll by Poll Results
* Mauren MacDonald, MLA

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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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