Halifax (provincial electoral district)

Last updated December 22, 2024

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

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		Party		Party
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			Josiah Frederick Fraser	Liberal-Conservative
		John Archibald Walker	Liberal-Conservative	William Drysdale Piercey	Liberal-Conservative
		John Archibald Walker	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	John Brown Douglas	Liberal
				Adam Dunlap Burris	Liberal
				Henry Gibson Bauld	Liberal
				John L. Connolly	Liberal
36th	1916–1920			John L. Connolly	Liberal
				Henry Gibson Bauld	Liberal
				Hector MacInnes	Liberal-Conservative
				George Everett Faulkner	Liberal

Legislature	Years		Party		Party		Party
35th	1911–1916	Robert Emmett Finn	Liberal	George Everett Faulkner	Liberal	Fullton Johnson Logan	Liberal


34th	1906–1911					David McPherson	Liberal
34th	1906–1911
33rd	1901–1906	Michael Edwin Keefe	Liberal	George Mitchell	Liberal
33rd	1901–1906
32nd	1900–1901
32nd	1897–1900	William Bernard Wallace	Liberal
31st	1896–1897	William Bernard Wallace	Liberal	William Anderson Black	Liberal-Conservative	William Roche	Liberal
31st	1894–1896	William Stevens Fielding	Liberal	William Anderson Black	Liberal-Conservative
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
27th	1878–1879	Charles J. Macdonald	Liberal-Conservative	John Pugh	Liberal-Conservative
26th	1874–1878	Philip Carteret Hill	Liberal	Edward Farrell	Liberal	Donald Archibald	Liberal
25th	1873–1874	John Taylor	Liberal	John Flinn	Liberal
25th	1871–1873	William Garvie	Liberal	John Flinn	Liberal
24th	1870–1871	Philip Carteret Hill	Confederation Party	James Cochran	Anti-Confederation Party	Henry Balcom	Anti-Confederation Party
24th	1867–1870	Jeremiah Northup	Anti-Confederation Party	James Cochran	Anti-Confederation Party	Henry Balcom	Anti-Confederation Party

Election results

1867

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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References

1 2 "Electoral History for Halifax County" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. October 30, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2019.

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[:0-1] 1 2 "Electoral History for Halifax County" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. October 30, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2019.

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