Lisa Roberts (politician)

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2025 Canadian federal election: Halifax

Lisa Roberts
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Halifax Needham
In office August 30, 2016 –July 17, 2021
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Shannon Miedema	32,886	63.05	+20.81
	Conservative	Mark Boudreau	9,939	19.05	+6.30
	New Democratic	Lisa Roberts	8,642	16.57	-23.72
	Green	Amethyste Hamel-Gregory	422	0.81	-1.40
	People's	Maricar Aliasut	271	0.52	-1.59
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,160	99.31
Total rejected ballots			365	0.69
Turnout			52,525	73.49
Eligible voters [a]			71,469
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+7.26
Source: Elections Canada [6] [7]
Number of eligible voters does not include election day registrations.

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election : Halifax
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Andy Fillmore	21,905	42.74	+0.27	$103,501.55
	New Democratic	Lisa Roberts	20,347	39.70	+9.66	$90,503.01
	Conservative	Cameron Ells	6,601	12.88	+1.30	$2,924.56
	Green	Jo-Ann Roberts	1,128	2.20	–12.17	$12,448.57
	People's	B. Alexander Hébert	1,069	2.09	+0.95	$3,500.64
	Communist	Katie Campbell	198	0.39	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,248	99.38		$108,761.04
Total rejected ballots			322	0.62	–0.02
Turnout			51,570	66.06	–6.96
Registered voters			78,065
	Liberal hold		Swing		–4.70
Source: Elections Canada [8]

Provincial

2017 Nova Scotia general election : Halifax Needham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lisa Roberts	3,880	51.36	+0.43
	Liberal	Melinda Daye	2,075	27.47	-6.13
	Progressive Conservative	Matthew Donahoe	1,135	15.02	+2.86
	Green	Andrew Jamieson	465	6.15	+2.94
Total valid votes			7,555	99.42	-0.16
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			44	0.58	+0.16
Turnout			7,599	46.16	+13.66
Eligible voters			16,558
	New Democratic hold		Swing

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, August 30, 2016: Halifax Needham Resignation of Maureen MacDonald
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lisa Roberts	2,519	50.97	+6.98
	Liberal	Rod Wilson	1,662	33.63	-6.77
	Progressive Conservative	Andy Arsenault	600	12.14	+1.32
	Green	Thomas Trappenberg	161	3.26	-1.53
Total valid votes			4,942	99.58	+0.50
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			21	0.42	-0.50
Turnout			4,963	32.50	-17.93
Eligible voters			15,270
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+6.87

References

1. "Lisa Roberts wins Halifax-Needham byelection for Nova Scotia's NDP". CBC News. August 30, 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
2. "Women to make up one-third of Nova Scotia Legislature". CBC News. May 31, 2017. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
3. "MLA Lisa Roberts to seek federal NDP nomination in Halifax". Halifax Examiner. February 1, 2021. Archived from the original on February 1, 2021. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
4. "Liberals claim sweeping victory in Halifax-area ridings". SaltWire Network. September 20, 2021. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
5. "Lisa Roberts to represent NDP in Halifax riding in next federal election". SaltWire Network. November 26, 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
6. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
7. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
8. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 24 December 2024.