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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. [1]

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

Halifax North elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly: [1]

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
48th 1963-1967 James H. Vaughan Progressive Conservative
47th 1960-1963 John E. Ahern Liberal
46th 1956-1960
45th 1955-1956
seat declared vacant
1953-1955 Harold Connolly Liberal
44th 1949-1953
43rd 1945-1949
42nd 1941-1945
41st 1937-1941
40th 1936-1937
1933-1936 Gordon B. Isnor Liberal

Election results

1933

1933 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Gordon Benjamin Isnor 5,45261.52%
Liberal–ConservativeGerald Patrick Flavin3,41038.48%
Total8,862
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1933). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1937

1937 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Harold Connolly 5,45857.81%-3.72%
Liberal–ConservativeGerald Patrick Flavin3,98442.19%3.72%
Total9,442
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1937). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1941

1941 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Harold Connolly 4,12464.98%7.17%
Liberal–ConservativeHelen MacDonald Lownds1,96230.91%-11.28%
Co-operative Commonwealth James Ronald Clark2614.11%
Total6,347
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1941). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1945

1945 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Harold Connolly 6,08959.43%-5.55%
Co-operative Commonwealth Thomas Burgess2,12020.69%16.58%
Liberal–ConservativeBernard Joseph Vaughan1,77717.34%-13.57%
Labour Alexander Munro2602.54%
Total10,246
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1945). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1949

1949 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Harold Connolly 7,94454.79%-4.64%
Liberal–Conservative Richard Donahoe 4,48930.96%13.62%
Co-operative Commonwealth Arthur Kenneth Green2,06614.25%-6.44%
Total14,499
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1953

1953 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Harold Connolly 8,14861.37%6.58%
Progressive Conservative Harold J. Bartlow4,48133.75%2.79%
Co-operative Commonwealth Richard J. Hardiman6484.88%-9.37%
Total13,277
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John E. Ahern 8,77353.10%-8.27%
Progressive Conservative John A. O'Malley7,74846.90%13.15%
Total16,521
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax North" (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 John E. Ahern 7,97447.23%-5.87%
Progressive Conservative Robert Mullane7,44444.09%-2.81%
Co-operative Commonwealth Charles A. Moulton1,4668.68%
Total16,884
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax North" (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 James H. Vaughan 8,60252.43%8.34%
Liberal John E. Ahern 7,36044.86%-2.37%
New Democratic Peggy Prowse4442.71%
Total16,406
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

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References

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