Halifax Needham

Summary

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
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
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Suzy Hansen
New Democratic
District created1967
First contested1967
Last contested2021
Demographics
Population (2016[2])19,426
Electors15,372[1]
Area (km²)6.00
Pop. density (per km²)3,237.7
Census division(s)Halifax Regional Municipality

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 edit

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

Legislature Years Member Party
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 2003–2006
60th 2006–2009
61st 2009–2013
62nd 2013–2016
2016–2017 Lisa Roberts New Democratic
63rd 2017–2021
64th 2021–present Suzy Hansen New Democratic

Geography edit

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

Election results edit

1967 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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.

1998 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 Guam 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 edit

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 edit

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 % ±%
  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 edit

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

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 edit

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


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]

References edit

  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. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  3. ^ Halifax Needham - Constituency History 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
  7. ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

External links edit

  • 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