Fairview-Clayton Park

Fairview-Clayton Park

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Lina Hamid New Democratic
District created	2012
First contested	2013
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Electors	17,380
Area (km²)	6
Census division(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality

Fairview-Clayton Park is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding was created in 2012 with 45 per cent of the former district of Halifax Fairview, 39 per cent of the former district of Halifax Clayton Park and 10 per cent of Halifax Chebucto.

The riding is primarily residential, containing new single-family homes and high-density apartment complexes favoured by people moving into the city for the first time.

Geography

The land area of Fairview-Clayton Park is 6 km² (2.3 sq mi). ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Fairview-Clayton Park
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Halifax Chebucto, Halifax Clayton Park and Halifax Fairview
62nd	2013–2017		Patricia Arab	Liberal
63rd	2017–2021
64th	2021–2024
65th	2024–present		Lina Hamid	New Democratic

Election results

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lina Hamid	2,426	39.05	+1.94
	Progressive Conservative	Nicole Mosher	2,007	32.30	+9.96
	Liberal	Patricia Arab	1,780	28.65	-9.86
Total valid votes			6,213	99.33
Total rejected ballots			42	0.67	+0.22
Turnout			6,255	39.80	-7.37
Eligible voters			15,716
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.90

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Patricia Arab	2,892	38.51	-1.67	$51,400.74
	New Democratic	Joanne Hussey	2,787	37.11	+8.00	$56,136.21
	Progressive Conservative	Nicole Mosher	1,678	22.34	-3.30	$44,280.70
	Green	Sheila Richardson	153	2.04	-3.03	$200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			7,510	99.55	–	$91,386.96
Total rejected ballots			34	0.45
Turnout			7,544	47.17
Eligible voters			15,992
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.83
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [2]

2017 provincial election redistributed results [3]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	2,662	40.18
	New Democratic	1,929	29.11
	Progressive Conservative	1,699	25.64
	Green	336	5.07

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Patricia Arab	2,925	39.90	-6.73
	New Democratic	Joanne Hussey	2,109	28.77	-2.37
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Beasant	1,839	25.09	+3.59
	Green	Charlene Boyce	376	5.12	+1.34
Total valid votes			7,330	100
Total rejected ballots			35	0.48
Turnout			8,793	41.90%
Eligible voters			20,985
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.18
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [4] [5]

2013 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Patricia Arab	3369	46.63
	New Democratic Party	Abad Khan	2250	31.14
	Progressive Conservative	Travis Price	1294	17.91
	Green	Raland Kinley	176	2.44	–
	Independent	Katie Campbell	136	1.88

References

1. "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
2. "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
3. "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 2024-11-18.
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.

External links

• 2013 riding profile