Halifax Chebucto

It is one of several ridings within the Halifax Regional Municipality. It encompasses the neighbourhood known informally as the West End. The economy consists mostly of military employment from CFB Halifax, the Queen Elizabeth II Health Science's Centre as well as retail stores on Quinpool Road.

The riding is one of the few in the province to have a long history of New Democratic Party (NDP) representation. It been represented by an NDP Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for all but two terms since 1981. In the 2013 election, the Liberal candidate, Joachim Stroink was elected to represent the riding in the House of Assembly during the collapse of the NDP province-wide. However, the 2017 election saw the new leader of the NDP Gary Burrill elected, defeating Stroink after only one term.

The riding has produced two provincial NDP leaders, Alexa McDonough (who would go on to lead the federal NDP) and Burrill.

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Legislature	Years		Party
64th	2021–Present	Gary Burrill	New Democratic
63rd	2017-2021	Gary Burrill	New Democratic
62nd	2013–2017	Joachim Stroink	Liberal
61st	2009-2013	Howard Epstein	New Democratic
60th	2006-2009
59th	2003-2006
58th	1999-2003
57th	1998-1999
56th	1993-1998	Jay Abbass	Liberal
55th	1988-1993	Alexa McDonough	New Democratic
54th	1984-1988
53rd	1981-1984
52nd	1978-1981	Walter Fitzgerald	Liberal
51st	1974-1978	Walter Fitzgerald	Liberal
50th	1970-1974	James L. Connolly	Liberal
49th	1967-1970	James H. Vaughan	Progressive Conservative

Geography

The land area of Halifax Chebucto is 4.00 km² (1.54 sq mi).^[3] With a population of 18,939 people as of 2016,^[4] the population density was approximately 4,734.8/km² (12,262.9/sq mi).

Election results

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James H. Vaughan	5,154	52.01%	–
	Liberal	K. Peter Richard	4,253	42.92%	–
	New Democratic	Keith B. Jobson	503	5.08%	–
Total			9,910	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Chebucto" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James L. Connolly	5,276	50.39%	7.47%
	Progressive Conservative	James H. Vaughan	4,015	38.34%	-13.66%
	New Democratic	Burris Devanney	1,180	11.27%	6.19%
Total			10,471	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Chebucto" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Fitzgerald	5,608	53.47%	3.08%
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Ashworth	3,233	30.82%	-7.52%
	New Democratic	Burris Devanney	1,648	15.71%	4.44%
Total			10,489	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Chebucto" (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.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Fitzgerald	3,998	44.28%	-9.19%
	Progressive Conservative	Margaret Stanbury	3,733	41.34%	10.52%
	New Democratic	Donald F. Mielke	1,298	14.38%	-1.34%
Total			9,029	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Chebucto" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Alexa McDonough	3,886	40.12%	25.74%
	Progressive Conservative	D. C. McNeil	3,394	35.04%	-6.31%
	Liberal	Walter Fitzgerald	2,407	24.85%	-19.43%
Total			9,687	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Chebucto" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Alexa McDonough	4,374	49.65%	9.53%
	Progressive Conservative	Helen Gillis	2,630	29.85%	-5.18%
	Liberal	Dan Clarke	1,806	20.50%	-4.35%
Total			8,810	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Chebucto" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Alexa McDonough	3,238	35.99%	-13.66%
	Progressive Conservative	J. Clair Callaghan	3,214	35.72%	5.87%
	Liberal	Penny Doherty	2,546	28.30%	7.80%
Total			8,998	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Chebucto" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jay Abbass	3,906	36.42%	8.12%
	New Democratic	Eileen O'Connell	3,800	35.43%	-0.55%
	Progressive Conservative	J. Clair Callaghan	2,903	27.07%	-8.65%
	Natural Law	Christopher Collrin	116	1.08%	–
Total			10,725	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Chebucto" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Howard Epstein	4,158	46.65%	11.22%
	Liberal	Kenzie MacKinnon	3,165	35.51%	-0.91%
	Progressive Conservative	Sean Phillips	1,590	17.84%	-9.23%
Total			8,913	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Chebucto" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Howard Epstein	3,159	37.69%	-8.96%
	Progressive Conservative	Sean Phillips	2,811	33.54%	15.70%
	Liberal	Royden Trainer	2,286	27.27%	-8.24%
	Nova Scotia Party	Hilda M. Stevens	126	1.50%	–
Total			8,382	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Chebucto" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Howard Epstein	3,682	44.04%	6.36%
	Liberal	Kenzie MacKinnon	2,592	31.00%	3.73%
	Progressive Conservative	Sandy Phillips	1,983	23.72%	-9.82%
	Nova Scotia Party	Scott Higgins	103	1.23%	-0.27%
Total			8,360	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Chebucto" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Howard Epstein	4,216	54.15%	10.11%
	Progressive Conservative	Sean Phillips	1,720	22.09%	-1.63%
	Liberal	Peter Verner	1,481	19.02%	-11.98%
	Green	Christopher Harborne	369	4.74%	–
Total			7,786	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Chebucto" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Howard Epstein	4,446	56.47%	2.32%
	Liberal	Jane Spurr	2,535	32.20%	13.18%
	Progressive Conservative	David Atchison	544	6.91%	-15.18%
	Green	Chris Hanlon	348	4.42%	-0.32%
Total			7,873	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Chebucto" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2013

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joachim Stroink	4,352	49.87
	New Democratic Party	Gregor Ash	3,376	38.68
	Progressive Conservative	Christine Dewell	874	10.02
	Independent	Michael Marshall	125	1.43

2017

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gary Burrill	4,197	46.15	+7.47
	Liberal	Joachim Stroink	3,573	39.29	-10.58
	Progressive Conservative	John Wesley Chisholm	963	10.58	+0.56
	Green	Casey Meijer	361	3.96
Total valid votes			9,094	100
Total rejected ballots			30
Turnout			9,124	53.07
Eligible voters			17,194
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+9.03
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[5]^[6]

2021

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Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gary Burrill	4,009	51.99	+5.84
	Liberal	Jackie Kinley	2,478	32.14	-7.15
	Progressive Conservative	John Wesley Chisholm	911	11.81	+1.23
	Green	Lily Barraclough	313	4.06	+0.10
Total valid votes			7,711	99.64
Total rejected ballots			28	0.36
Turnout			7,739	62.01
Eligible voters			12,481
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+6.50
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[7]

References

^ "Financial Return for Candidate; Summary of Election Expenses" (PDF). electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
^ "Finding a Primary Care Provider in Nova Scotia - July 2021" (PDF). nshealth.ca. Nova Scotia Health Authority. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
^ "Find Your Electoral District for the next Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
^ "Finding a Primary Care Provider in Nova Scotia - July 2021" (PDF). nshealth.ca. Nova Scotia Health Authority. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

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Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts

Current

Historic

to 2021:	Argyle-Barrington Bedford Clare-Digby Preston-Dartmouth Queens-Shelburne
to 2013:	Argyle Cape Breton North Cape Breton Nova Cape Breton South Cape Breton West Clare Cole Harbour Dartmouth South-Portland Valley Digby-Annapolis Guysborough-Sheet Harbour Halifax Clayton Park Halifax Fairview Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville Preston Queens Richmond Shelburne Truro-Bible Hill
to 2003:	Bedford-Fall River Cape Breton East Cape Breton The Lakes Dartmouth South Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Guysborough–Port Hawkesbury Halifax Bedford Basin Sackville-Beaver Bank Victoria
to 1993:	Annapolis East Annapolis West Colchester South Cumberland Centre Cumberland East Cumberland West Digby Guysborough Halifax Cornwallis Halifax Eastern Shore Halifax St. Margarets Inverness North Inverness South Lunenburg Centre Lunenburg East Sackville
to 1978:	Colchester Halifax Cobequid
to 1967:	Halifax Centre Halifax County Dartmouth Halifax East Halifax North Halifax Northwest Halifax South Halifax West
to 1956:	Kings
to 1949:	Cumberland Hants Pictou
to 1933:	Halifax Richmond and Cape Breton West
to 1925:	Cape Breton

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