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.[1] It existed until 1978, when it was redistributed into four new districts: Sackville, Halifax Bedford Basin, Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley, and Cole Harbour.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The electoral district was represented by the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:[1]

Legislature Years Member Party
46th 1956-1960 Ronald Manning Fielding Liberal
47th 1960-1963 Gordon H. Fitzgerald Progressive Conservative
48th 1963-1967
49th 1967-1970
50th 1970-1974     George Riley Liberal
51st 1974-1978     George Doucet Liberal

Election results

1956 general election

1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalRonald Manning Fielding3,76350.40%
Progressive ConservativeS. E. Haverstock3,57347.86%
Co-operative CommonwealthL. C. Wilson1301.74%
Total 7,466
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1960 general election

1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGordon H. Fitzgerald4,20946.55%-1.30%
LiberalRonald Manning Fielding4,18246.26%-4.15%
Co-operative CommonwealthL. C. Wilson6507.19%5.45%
Total 9,041
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1963 general election

1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGordon H. Fitzgerald5,55956.07%9.51%
LiberalGeorge Douglas Burris4,02740.62%-5.64%
New DemocraticGerald A. Guptill3293.32%
Total 9,915
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1967 general election

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGordon H. Fitzgerald5,46351.51%-4.56%
LiberalJohn F. Cruickshank5,14348.49%7.88%
Total 10,606
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970 general election

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGeorge Riley6,45350.76%2.27%
Progressive ConservativeGordon H. Fitzgerald5,42742.69%-8.82%
New DemocraticB. Dombrowski8336.55%
Total 12,713
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1974 general election

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGeorge Doucet8,69149.57%-1.19%
Progressive ConservativeSilvia Hudson6,87839.23%-3.46%
New DemocraticGeorge Clement Cann1,96411.20%4.65%
Total 17,533
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

References

  1. 1 2 "Electoral History for Halifax Northwest" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. October 30, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  2. "Electoral History for Halifax Cobequid" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. October 30, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
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