 Nova Scotia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly |
| District created | 1956 |
| District abolished | 1967 |
| Last contested | 1963 |
Halifax County-Dartmouth was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1956 and included a portion of the Halifax County and the Town of Dartmouth. It was dissolved in 1967 into Dartmouth North and Dartmouth South. [1]
Halifax County-Dartmouth elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly: [1]
| Halifax County-Dartmouth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| 46th | 1956–1960 | Geoffrey W. Stevens | Liberal | |
| 47th | 1960–1963 | Gordon L. S. Hart | ||
| 48th | 1963–1967 | Irvin William Akerley | Progressive Conservative | |
| District dissolved into Dartmouth North (1967–Present) and Dartmouth South (1967–2003) | ||||
| 1963 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Irvin William Akerley | 9,884 | 52.88% | 9.83% | ||||
| Liberal | Gordon L. S. Hart | 8,150 | 43.60% | -2.85% | ||||
| New Democratic | Edward B. Doyle | 657 | 3.52% | -6.97% | ||||
| Total | 18,691 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax County-Dartmouth" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. | ||||||||
| 1960 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gordon L. S. Hart | 8,258 | 46.46% | -3.23% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Murray Ritcey | 7,653 | 43.05% | -3.46% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Percy W. Dares | 1,864 | 10.49% | 6.68% | ||||
| Total | 17,775 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax County-Dartmouth" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. | ||||||||
| 1956 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Geoffrey W. Stevens | 7,276 | 49.69% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | C. J. Creighton | 6,811 | 46.51% | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Gerald Yetman | 557 | 3.80% | – | ||||
| Total | 14,644 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax County-Dartmouth" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018. | ||||||||
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