Halifax County Dartmouth

Last updated

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 from portions of the former Halifax County district and existed until 1967, at which point the district was reformed into Dartmouth North and Dartmouth South. [1]

Contents

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Halifax County-Dartmouth elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly: [1]

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
48th 1963-1967 Irvin William Akerley Progressive Conservative
47th 1960-1963 Gordon L. S. Hart Liberal
46th 1956-1960 Geoffrey W. Stevens Liberal

Election results

1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Geoffrey W. Stevens 7,27649.69%
Progressive Conservative C. J. Creighton6,81146.51%
Co-operative Commonwealth Gerald Yetman5573.80%
Total14,644
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax County Dartmouth" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1960

1960 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Gordon L. S. Hart 8,25846.46%-3.23%
Progressive Conservative Murray Ritcey7,65343.05%-3.46%
Co-operative Commonwealth Percy W. Dares1,86410.49%6.68%
Total17,775
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax County Dartmouth" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1963

1963 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Irvin William Akerley 9,88452.88%9.83%
Liberal Gordon L. S. Hart 8,15043.60%-2.85%
New Democratic Edward B. Doyle6573.52%
Total18,691
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax County Dartmouth" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

Related Research Articles

Preston is a provincial electoral district in the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It has existed from 1993 to 2013 and since 2021 and elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

Bill Dooks is a Canadian politician, who served as the Progressive Conservative member for Eastern Shore in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Halifax Atlantic</span> Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dartmouth East</span> Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada

Dartmouth East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding is located in the community of Dartmouth, in the urban area of Halifax.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dartmouth North</span> Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada

Dartmouth North is a provincial electoral district in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cole Harbour (electoral district)</span> Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada

Cole Harbour is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dartmouth South</span> Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada

Dartmouth South is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding is currently represented by Claudia Chender of the NDP. The district was created in 1966, under the name Dartmouth City South, when Halifax County Dartmouth was divided into two electoral districts. In 1967, the district was renamed Dartmouth South. In 2003, the district was renamed Dartmouth South – Portland Valley. In 2013 following the Nova Scotia Electoral Boundaries Commission review, the district returned to its earlier name of Dartmouth South and lost the area south of Russell Lake and east of Highway 111 to Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eastern Shore (electoral district)</span> Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada

Eastern Shore is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

Joan Massey is a Canadian politician, who was a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly representing the riding of Dartmouth East for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party from 2003 to 2009.

Halifax Cobequid was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1956 as Halifax Northwest from part of the former district of Halifax West. In 1966, the district was renamed Halifax County North West, and the following year, in 1967 it was renamed Halifax Cobequid. It existed until 1978, when it was redistributed into four new districts: Sackville, Halifax Bedford Basin, Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley, and Cole Harbour.

Halifax East was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1933 when Halifax County was divided into five distinct electoral districts. In 1966, it was renamed Halifax County East, and in 1967, its boundaries were reformed to create the current district of Halifax Eastern Shore.

Halifax North was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1933 when Halifax County was divided into five distinct electoral districts. In 1966, Halifax North was divided into Halifax City Northeast and Halifax City Northwest. The following year, these districts were renamed to become Halifax Needham and Halifax Chebucto, respectively.

Halifax South was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1933 when Halifax County was divided into five distinct districts. It was renamed Halifax City South in 1966, and its boundaries were reformed in 1967 to create the district of Halifax Cornwallis.

Halifax West was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1933 when Halifax County was divided into five distinct electoral districts. In 1955, the district of Halifax Northwest was created from a portion of Halifax West. Following a name change in 1966 to Halifax County West, the district was redistributed entirely to create the current district of Halifax-St. Margaret's in 1967.

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Preston-Dartmouth</span> Canadian provincial electoral district

Preston-Dartmouth was 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 as Dartmouth-Preston, with 100 per cent of the former district of Preston, 10 per cent of the former district of Cole Harbour, 9 per cent of the district of Dartmouth East and 3 per cent of the district of Eastern Shore. A private member's bill in May 2013 changed the name to Preston-Dartmouth. It was redistributed prior to the 2021 election into the re-created Preston district, as well as small parts that went to Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley, Eastern Shore and Cole Harbour.

Gordon Leavitt Shaw Hart was a Canadian politician and judge. He represented the electoral district of Halifax County Dartmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1960 to 1963, and Dartmouth North from 1967 to 1968. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.

Geoffrey W. Stevens was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Halifax East and Halifax County Dartmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1933 to 1960. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.

George Arthur Boggs was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Kings County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1953 to 1956. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.

Eastern Passage is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia that came into effect at the 2021 Nova Scotia general election. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia.

References

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