Halifax West

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Halifax West
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Halifax West
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Lena Diab
Liberal
District created1976
First contested 1979
Last contested 2025
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021) [1] 111,944
Electors (2025) [2] 75,202
Area (km²) [3] 227.31
Pop. density (per km²)492.5
Census division(s) Halifax
Census subdivision(s) Halifax (part), Wallace Hills

Halifax West (French : Halifax-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. Its population in 2021 was 111,944.

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Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
2001 79,933—    
2006 88,756+11.0%
2011 87,275−1.7%
2016 96,255+10.3%
2021 111,944+16.3%

According to the 2021 Canadian census, 2023 representation order [4]

Languages: 81.3% English, 3.1% Arabic, 2.9% French, 2.1% Mandarin
Race: 73.7% White, 5.9% South Asian, 4.7% Black, 4.1% Arab, 3.2% Chinese, 3.1% Indigenous, 1.5% Filipino
Religions: 52.9% Christian (24.0% Catholic, 7.8% Anglican, 5.6% United Church, 3.0% Baptist, 1.3% Christian Orthodox, 11.3% other), 5.8% Muslim, 2.7% Hindu, 35.8% none
Median income: $41,600 (2020)
Average income: $55,200 (2020)

Geography

The district includes the communities of Bedford, the west end of Halifax, and an area that extends to the community of Upper Hammonds Plains in the north, Tantallon in the west and Terence Bay in the south. The area is 227.31 km2 (87.76 sq mi).

History

The electoral district was created in 1976 from Halifax—East Hants riding. This riding lost territory to South Shore—St. Margarets as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution. Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained the Fairmount area from Halifax and the Chebucto Peninsula from South Shore—St. Margarets and lost the Bedford, Hammonds Plains and Lucasville areas to Sackville—Bedford—Preston. These changes came into effect at the calling of the 2025 Canadian federal election.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Halifax West
Riding created from Halifax—East Hants
31st  1979–1980   Howard Edward Crosby Progressive Conservative
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997   Geoff Regan Liberal
36th  1997–2000   Gordon Earle New Democratic
37th  2000–2004   Geoff Regan Liberal
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015
42nd  2015–2019
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–2025   Lena Diab Liberal
45th  2025–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Halifax West (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2025

2025 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Lena Metlege Diab 36,20065.60+18.04
Conservative Rob Batherson 15,02027.22+5.67
New Democratic Rae Tench3,0835.59-20.41
Green Ron G. Parker4970.90-1.55
People's Adam LeRue3840.70-1.61
Total valid votes55,18499.23
Total rejected ballots4260.77+0.30
Turnout55,61073.42+9.12
Eligible voters [a] 75,745
Liberal notional hold Swing +6.19
Source: Elections Canada [5] [6]
  1. ↑ Number of eligible voters does not include election day registrations.

2021

2021 federal election redistributed results [7]
PartyVote%
  Liberal 21,75847.55
  New Democratic 11,89526.00
  Conservative 9,85821.55
  Green 1,1212.45
  People's 1,0542.30
  Christian Heritage 620.14
  Communist 60.01
Total valid votes45,75499.53
Rejected ballots2140.47
Registered voters/ estimated turnout71,49764.29
2021 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Lena Metlege Diab 24,74448.49-0.97$83,716.15
New Democratic Jonathan Keith Roberts12,33124.16+4.97$15,101.47
Conservative Eleanor Humphries11,24322.03+2.74$51,584.17
People's Julie Scott1,4472.84–$4,571.34
Green Richard Zurawski1,1812.31-9.75$1,237.40
Christian Heritage Kevin Schulthies850.17–$164.00
Total valid votes/expense limit51,031100.00–$110,211.79
Total rejected ballots191
Turnout51,22264.97-5.74
Registered voters78,839
Liberal hold Swing -2.99
Source: Elections Canada [8]

2019

2019 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Geoff Regan 26,88549.46−19.19$47,993.19
Conservative Fred Shuman10,48819.29+3.64$56,155.00
New Democratic Jacob Wilson10,42919.19+7.42$3,588.81
Green Richard Zurawski6,55512.06+8.12$1,525.90
Total valid votes/expense limit54,35799.15 $103,859.40
Total rejected ballots4650.85+0.49
Turnout54,82270.71−1.00
Eligible voters77,531
Liberal hold Swing −11.42
Source: Elections Canada [9]

2015

2015 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Geoff Regan 34,37768.65+31.38$51,596.91
Conservative Michael McGinnis7,83715.65–14.53$34,660.89
New Democratic Joanne Hussey5,89411.77–16.68$38,094.46
Green Richard Henryk Zurawski1,9713.94–0.17$258.75
Total valid votes/expense limit50,079100.00 $203,472.37
Total rejected ballots1810.36
Turnout50,26071.71
Eligible voters70,089
Liberal hold Swing +22.95
Source: Elections Canada [10] [11]
2011 federal election redistributed results [12]
PartyVote%
  Liberal 14,82437.27
  Conservative 12,00530.18
  New Democratic 11,31828.45
  Green 1,6324.10

2011

2011 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Geoff Regan 16,23035.92-5.64$61,795.88
Conservative Bruce Pretty13,78230.50+9.37$51,236.29
New Democratic Gregor Ash13,23929.30-0.30$42,761.72
Green Thomas Trappenberg1,9314.27-2.81$860.31
Total valid votes/expense limit45,182100.0   $84,619.08
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots2390.53+0.16
Turnout45,42162.34+3.21
Eligible voters72,862
Liberal hold Swing -7.47
Sources: [13] [14]

2008

2008 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Geoff Regan 17,12941.56-7.80$50,515.55
New Democratic Tamara Lorincz12,20129.60+5.17$25,480.72
Conservative Rakesh Khosla8,70821.13-1.91$29,390.36
Green Michael Munday2,9207.08+3.90$2,823.08
Christian Heritage Trevor Ennis2570.62–$123.50
Total valid votes/expense limit41,215100.0   $81,056
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1540.37+0.04
Turnout41,36959.13-3.92
Eligible voters69,960
Liberal hold Swing -6.48

2006

2006 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Geoff Regan 21,81849.36+1.86$54,533.58
New Democratic Alan Hill10,79824.43-3.52$15,656.30
Conservative Rakesh Khosla10,18423.04+2.10$46,536.45
Green Thomas Trappenberg1,4063.18-0.43$642.68
Total valid votes/expense limit44,206100.0   $75,552
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1470.33-0.02
Turnout44,35363.05-0.46
Eligible voters70,349
Liberal hold Swing +2.69

2004

2004 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Geoff Regan 19,08347.50+6.55$60,896.27
New Democratic Bill Carr11,22827.95-0.12$33,350.95
Conservative Ken MacPhee8,41320.94-9.26$32,442.47
Green Martin Willison1,4523.61–$1,152.00
Total valid votes/expense limit40,176100.0   $71,525
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1410.35
Turnout40,31763.51+3.64
Eligible voters63,479
Liberal notional hold Swing +3.34
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
2000 federal election redistributed results
PartyVote%
  Liberal 14,28940.95
  New Democratic 9,79728.07
  Progressive Conservative 7,41221.24
  Alliance 3,1268.96
 Others2730.78

2000

2000 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Geoff Regan 18,32739.21+8.32
New Democratic Gordon Earle 14,01629.99-4.64
Progressive Conservative Charles Cirtwill9,70120.76-2.70
Alliance Hilda Stevens4,5319.70-0.77
Marxist–Leninist Tony Seed1600.34+0.19
Total valid votes46,735100.00
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +6.48

Changes for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.

1997

1997 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Gordon Earle 16,01334.63+26.23
Liberal Geoff Regan 14,28430.89-14.73
Progressive Conservative Heather Foley10,84823.46-0.29
Reform Stephen Oickle4,84310.47-8.93
Natural Law John Runkle1790.39-0.42
Marxist–Leninist Gary Zatzman700.15
Total valid votes46,237100.00
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +20.48

1993

1993 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Geoff Regan 26 90445.62+7.01
Progressive Conservative Joel Matheson 14 00523.75-21.00
Reform Jim Donohue11,43919.40
New Democratic Sheila Richardson4,9528.40-7.85
National Kirby Judge1,2012.04
Natural Law Bernard Gormley4750.81
Total valid votes58,976100.00
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +14.01

1988

1988 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Howard Crosby 24,81544.75-9.53
Liberal Michael Kelly21,40938.61+14.36
New Democratic Lois Wiseman9,01116.25-4.59
Commonwealth of Canada Bob Fulcher2170.39
Total valid votes55,452100.00

1984

1984 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Howard Crosby 30,28754.28+14.31
Liberal Ben Prossin13,52924.25-14.32
New Democratic Dennis Theman11,62620.84-0.07
Independent Arthur Canning3550.64+0.09
Total valid votes55,797100.00

1980

1980 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Howard Crosby 19,19539.97-7.24
Liberal Dick Boyce18,52238.57+3.85
New Democratic Dennis Theman10,04320.91+3.73
Independent Arthur Canning2660.55-0.02
Total valid votes48,026100.00
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1979

1979 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Howard Crosby 22,71447.21
Liberal Dick Boyce16,70234.72
New Democratic Dennis Theman8,26517.18
Independent Arthur Canning2750.57
Independent David Morgan1520.32
Total valid votes48,108100.00

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Data table". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 159, Number 6". Government of Canada. 22 April 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Data table". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  4. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2 August 2024). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Halifax West [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Nova Scotia". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada . Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "September 20, 2021 General Election Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Halifax West (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  12. ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
  13. ↑ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
  14. ↑ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

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