Halifax Citadel-Sable Island

Halifax Citadel-Sable Island
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Lisa Lachance ; New Democratic
;
District created	1933
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2016)	22,106
Electors	14,968
Area (km²)	38.00
Pop. density (per km²)	581.7
Census division(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality

Last updated February 15, 2024

Halifax Citadel-Sable Island is a provincial electoral district in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

The constituency consists of the downtown city centre of Halifax and the residential South End. The regional district's area includes four universities (including Dalhousie University and Saint Mary's University) and four hospitals. The constituency also includes Sable Island. The remaining area of South End, Halifax is 7 km², and Sable Island is 31 km².^[3]

Statistics

Population (2016): 22,106^[4]

Halifax Citadel:7.00 km² (3 sq mi)

Sable Island:31.00 km² (12 sq mi)^[3]

Halifax Citadel Population Density: 3,158/km²

History

From 1978 to 1997, a Progressive Conservative seat, Halifax Citadel has since become a major battleground between all three major parties. The seat changed hands in each of the five elections between the 1997 by-election and the 2006 general election and has been won by each major party within the last four elections.

In 1993, the name of the riding was changed from Halifax Cornwallis to Halifax Citadel.^[5]

On October 7, 2005, following the resignation of Liberal member Danny Graham, the seat became vacant. A by-election was called for June 27, 2006. That then became void when the 2006 general election was called for June 13, 2006.

In what was one of the most watched ridings during the 2006 provincial election, NDP candidate Leonard Preyra came out in front of former Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Bill Black.

On May 27, 2008, the name of the riding was changed from Halifax Citadel to Halifax Citadel-Sable Island.^[5]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years		Party
49th	1967–1970	Donald MacKeen Smith	Progressive Conservative
50th	1970–1974	Ronald Wallace	Liberal
51st	1974–1978	Ronald Wallace	Liberal
52nd	1978–1981	Arthur R. Donahoe	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981–1984
54th	1984–1988
55th	1988–1993
56th	1993–1997	Terry Donahoe	Progressive Conservative
56th	1997–1998	Ed Kinley	Liberal
57th	1998–1999	Peter Delefes	New Democratic
58th	1999–2003	Jane Purves	Progressive Conservative
59th	2003–2005	Danny Graham	Liberal
60th	2006–2009	Leonard Preyra	New Democratic
61st	2009–2013	Leonard Preyra	New Democratic
62nd	2013–2017	Labi Kousoulis	Liberal
63rd	2017–2021	Labi Kousoulis	Liberal
64th	2021-Present	Lisa Lachance	New Democratic

Election results

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election : Halifax Citadel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Donald MacKeen Smith	4,771	55.41%	–
	Liberal	Robert Matheson	3,522	40.91%	–
	New Democratic	M. Rae Gillman	317	3.68%	–
Total			8,610	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election : Halifax Citadel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Wallace	4,527	54.15%	13.24%
	Progressive Conservative	Donald MacKeen Smith	3,833	45.85%	-9.56%
Total			8,360	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election : Halifax Citadel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Wallace	4,299	48.73%	-5.42%
	Progressive Conservative	Richard (Dick) MacLean	3,071	34.81%	-11.04%
	New Democratic	Michael Bradfield	1,452	16.46%	–
Total			8,822	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island" (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

1978 Nova Scotia general election : Halifax Citadel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Art Donahoe	3,780	40.56%	5.75%
	Liberal	Ronald Wallace	3,525	37.82%	-10.91%
	New Democratic	Michael Bradfield	2,015	21.62%	5.16%
Total			9,320	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island" (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

1981 Nova Scotia general election : Halifax Citadel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Art Donahoe	4,141	44.55%	3.99%
	Liberal	Brenda Shannon	2,690	28.94%	-8.88%
	New Democratic	Tom Sinclair-Faulkner	2,465	26.52%	4.90%
Total			9,296	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island" (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

1984 Nova Scotia general election : Halifax Citadel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Art Donahoe	3,652	40.40%	-4.15%
	New Democratic	Eileen O'Connell	2,864	31.68%	5.16%
	Liberal	John Godfrey	2,524	27.92%	-1.02%
Total			9,040	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island" (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

1988 Nova Scotia general election : Halifax Citadel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Art Donahoe	3,283	35.11%	-5.29%
	New Democratic	Eileen O'Connell	3,057	32.70%	1.01%
	Liberal	Jay Abbass	2,882	30.82%	2.90%
	Independent	Frank J. Fawson	128	1.37%	–
Total			9,350	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island" (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

1993 Nova Scotia general election : Halifax Citadel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Terry Donahoe	4,584	39.23%	4.12%
	Liberal	Liz Crocker	4,505	38.55%	7.73%
	New Democratic	Mary Sparling	2,433	20.82%	-11.87%
	Independent	Jan Morrison	85	0.73%	–
	Natural Law	Gilles Bigras	78	0.67%	–
Total			11,685	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island" (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.

1997 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 4 November 1997
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Resignation of Terry Donahoe
	Liberal	Ed Kinley	2,795	38.55
	New Democratic	Peter Delefes	2,630	36.27
	Progressive Conservative	Kate Carmichael	1,763	24.31
	Independent	Idris Madar	63	0.87
Total			3,333	33.33%

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election : Halifax Citadel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Peter Delefes	4,414	39.87%	19.04%
	Liberal	Ed Kinley	4,377	39.53%	0.98%
	Progressive Conservative	Tara Erskine	2,175	19.64%	-19.59%
	Independent	Arthur R. Canning	106	0.96%	–
Total			11,072	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election : Halifax Citadel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jane Purves	3,392	36.83%	17.18%
	New Democratic	Peter Delefes	2,958	32.11%	-7.75%
	Liberal	Ed Kinley	2,752	29.88%	-9.65%
	Independent	Arthur R. Canning	57	0.62%	-0.34%
	Nova Scotia Party	Grace Patterson	52	0.56%	–
Total			9,211	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election : Halifax Citadel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Danny Graham	3,042	37.34%	7.46%
	New Democratic	Peter Delefes	2,542	31.20%	-0.91%
	Progressive Conservative	Jane Purves	2,466	30.27%	-6.56%
	Marijuana	Michael R. Patriquen	59	0.72%	–
	Nova Scotia Party	James A. C. Marchoine	38	0.47%	-0.10%
Total			8,147	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election : Halifax Citadel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Leonard Preyra	3,054	42.03%	10.83%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Black	2,724	37.49%	7.22%
	Liberal	Devin Maxwell	1,181	16.25%	-21.09%
	Green	Nick Wright	307	4.23%	–
Total			7,266	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Leonard Preyra	3,785	49.17%	7.14%
	Liberal	Gerry Walsh	2,584	33.57%	17.31%
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Larsen	1,000	12.99%	-24.50%
	Green	Ryan Watson	329	4.27%	0.05%
Total			7,698	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Labi Kousoulis	2,966	47.66
New Democratic Party	Leonard Preyra	1,934	31.08
Progressive Conservative	Andrew Black	1,094	17.58
Green	Brynn Horley	198	3.18
Independent (Atlantica)	Frederic Boileau-Cadieux	31	0.50

2017 provincial election redistributed results^[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	2,873	41.57
	New Democratic	2,057	29.76
	Progressive Conservative	1,606	23.23
	Green	376	5.44

Data from Electoral History for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island^[5]

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Labi Kousoulis	2,419	41.28	-6.38
	New Democratic	Glenn Walton	1,618	27.61	-3.47
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Batherson	1,480	25.26	+7.68
	Green	Martin Willison	343	5.85	+2.67
Total valid votes			5,860	100
Total rejected ballots			29	0.49
Turnout			5,889	39.3
Eligible voters			14,910
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.46
Source: Elections Nova Scotia ^[7]^[8]

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lisa Lachance	3,397	42.31	+12.55
	Liberal	Labi Kousoulis	2,956	36.82	-4.74
	Progressive Conservative	Sheri Morgan	1,425	17.75	-5.48
	Green	Noah Hollis	250	3.11	-2.33
Total valid votes			8,028	99.79
Total rejected ballots			17	0.21
Turnout			8,045	48.92
Eligible voters			16,444
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+8.65
Source: Elections Nova Scotia ^[9]

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References

↑ "Finding a Primary Care Provider in Nova Scotia - July 2021" (PDF). nshealth.ca. Nova Scotia Health Authority. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
↑ 2017 40th Provincial General Election, Financial Information and Statistics, Volume III (PDF) (Report). Chief Electoral Officer, Elections Nova Scotia. April 2018. p. 8. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
1 2 "Sable Island Natural Park Reserve; Sable Island National Park Reserve of Canada Management Plan". pc.gc.ca. Parks Canada. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
↑ "Finding a Primary Care Provider in Nova Scotia - July 2021" (PDF). nshealth.ca. Nova Scotia Health Authority. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
1 2 3 Electoral History for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island (PDF) (Report). Nova Scotia Legislature. June 14, 2017. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
↑ Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
↑ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
↑ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
↑ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

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[1] "Finding a Primary Care Provider in Nova Scotia - July 2021" (PDF). nshealth.ca. Nova Scotia Health Authority. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

[2] 2017 40th Provincial General Election, Financial Information and Statistics, Volume III (PDF) (Report). Chief Electoral Officer, Elections Nova Scotia. April 2018. p. 8. Retrieved 2019-10-14.

[Parks_Canada-3] 1 2 "Sable Island Natural Park Reserve; Sable Island National Park Reserve of Canada Management Plan". pc.gc.ca. Parks Canada. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

[4] "Finding a Primary Care Provider in Nova Scotia - July 2021" (PDF). nshealth.ca. Nova Scotia Health Authority. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

[History-5] 1 2 3 Electoral History for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island (PDF) (Report). Nova Scotia Legislature. June 14, 2017. Retrieved 2019-10-14.

[6] Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries

[7] "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

[8] "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

[9] "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

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