halifax (electoral district)

Halifax is the name of a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada. Its population is 88,931. (2001) The two strongest parties in Halifax are the Liberals and the NDP. Alexa McDonough stepped down as NDP leader in 2003, but continued to represent Halifax and ran for reelection against popular city councillor Sheila Fougere in 2004. Fougere came close to beating the incumbent, but McDonough pulled ahead based partially on a strong showing in Halifax's North End.

Demographics

Ethnic Groups: 89.3% White, 4.5% Black, 1.4% Chinese
Languages: 90.2% English, 2.5% French, 6.5% Other
Religions: 38.4% Protestant, 37.4% Catholic, 1.4% Christian Orthodox, 1.5% Other Christian, 1.1% Jewish, 1.0% Buddhist, 1.0% Muslim, 17.2% No Affiliation
Average Income: $30,156

Geography

The district includes the old city of Halifax except for the extreme western part, the area along the west coast of Halifax Harbour and along the Atlantic Ocean until Pennant. It also includes Sable Island. The Area is 231 sq. km.

History

The electoral district was created at Confederation in 1867. It returned two members until 1968. List of Members

arliament	colspan=2\|Member(s)
gcolor="darkgray"\|1st (1867-1872)	bgcolor="#EABB94"\|Alfred Jones Anti-Confederate	bgcolor="#EABB94"\|Patrick Power Anti-Confederate
gcolor="darkgray"\|2nd (1872-1874)	bgcolor="powderblue"\|William Johnston Almon Liberal-Conservative	bgcolor="lightcoral"\|Stephen Tobin Liberal
gcolor="darkgray"\|3rd (1874-1878)	bgcolor="lightcoral"\|Patrick Power Independent Liberal	bgcolor="gainsboro"\|Alfred Jones Independent
gcolor="darkgray"\|4th (1878-1882)	bgcolor="powderblue" rowspan=2\|M. H. Richey Liberal-Conservative (1878-1883) John Fitz William Stairs Conservative (1883 by-e-1887)	bgcolor="powderblue" rowspan=2\|M. B. Daly Liberal-Conservative
gcolor="darkgray"\|5th (1882-1887)
gcolor="darkgray"\|6th (1887-1891)	bgcolor="lightcoral"\|Alfred Jones Liberal	bgcolor="powderblue" rowspan=2\|Thomas Edward Kenny Conservative
gcolor="darkgray"\|7th (1891-1896)	bgcolor="powderblue"\|John F. Stairs Conservative
gcolor="darkgray"\|8th (1896-1900)	bgcolor="powderblue" rowspan=2\|Robert Laird Borden Conservative	bgcolor="lightcoral"\|Benjamin Russell Liberal
gcolor="darkgray"\|9th (1900-1904)	bgcolor="lightcoral" rowspan=2\|William Roche Liberal
gcolor="darkgray"\|10th (1904-1908)	bgcolor="lightcoral"\|Michael Carney Liberal
gcolor="darkgray"\|11th (1908-1911)	bgcolor="powderblue" rowspan=2\|Robert Laird Borden Conservative	bgcolor="powderblue"\|Adam B. Crosby Conservative
gcolor="darkgray"\|12th (1911-1917)	rowspan=6\|Alexander Kenneth MacLean Liberal (1911-1917) Unionist (1917-1921) Liberal (1921-1923) William Anderson Black Conservative (1923 by-e-1935)
gcolor="darkgray"\|13th (1917-1921)	bgcolor="powderblue"\|Peter Francis Martin Unionist
gcolor="darkgray"\|14th (1921-1925)	bgcolor="lightcoral"\|Edward Blackadder Liberal (1921-1922) Robert Emmett Finn Liberal (1922 by-e-1925)
gcolor="darkgray"\|15th (1925-1926)	bgcolor="powderblue" rowspan=3\|Felix Patrick Quinn Conservative
gcolor="darkgray"\|16th (1926-1930)
gcolor="darkgray"\|17th (1930-1935)
gcolor="darkgray"\|18th (1935-1940)	bgcolor="lightcoral" rowspan=5\|Gordon B. Isnor Liberal (1935-1950) Samuel R. Balcom Liberal (1950 by-e-1957	bgcolor="lightcoral"\|Robert Emmett Finn Liberal
gcolor="darkgray"\|19th (1940-1945)	bgcolor="lightcoral" rowspan=4\|William Chisholm MacDonald Liberal (1940-1946) John H. Dickey Liberal (1947 by-e-1957)
gcolor="darkgray"\|20th (1945-1949)
gcolor="darkgray"\|21st (1949-1953)
gcolor="darkgray"\|22nd (1953-1957)
gcolor="darkgray"\|23rd (1957-1958)	bgcolor="powderblue" rowspan=3\|Robert McCleave Prog. Cons.	bgcolor="powderblue" rowspan=3\|Edmund Morris Prog. Cons.
gcolor="darkgray"\|24th (1958-1962)
gcolor="darkgray"\|25th (1962-1963)
gcolor="darkgray"\|26th (1963-1965)	bgcolor="lightcoral"\|John E. Lloyd Liberal	bgcolor="lightcoral"\|Gerald A. Regan Liberal
gcolor="darkgray"\|27th (1965-1968)	bgcolor="powderblue"\|Robert McCleave Prog. Cons.	bgcolor="powderblue"\|J. Michael Forrestall Prog. Cons.
olspan=3 align=center\|Halifax returns only one member from here on
gcolor="darkgray"\|28th (1968-1972)	bgcolor="powderblue" colspan=2 rowspan=3\|Robert L. Stanfield Prog. Cons.
gcolor="darkgray"\|29th (1972-1974)
gcolor="darkgray"\|30th (1974-1979)
gcolor="darkgray"\|31st (1979-1980)	bgcolor="powderblue" colspan=2\|George Cooper Prog. Cons.
gcolor="darkgray"\|32nd (1980-1984)	bgcolor="lightcoral" colspan=2\|Gerald Regan Liberal
gcolor="darkgray"\|33rd (1984-1988)	bgcolor="powderblue" colspan=2\|Stewart McInnes Prog. Cons.
gcolor="darkgray"\|34th (1988-1993)	bgcolor="lightcoral" colspan=2 rowspan=2\|Mary Clancy Liberal
gcolor="darkgray"\|35th (1993-1997)
gcolor="darkgray"\|36th (1997-2000)	bgcolor="sandybrown" colspan=2 rowspan=3\|Alexa McDonough NDP
gcolor="darkgray"\|37th (2000-2004)
gcolor="darkgray"\|38th (2004- )

2004 Federal Election Results:

arty	Votes	Percentage
a href="/encyclopedia/Alexa-McDonough" title="Alexa McDonough">Alexa McDonough	NDP	18,341	41.5
a href="/encyclopedia/Sheila-Fougere" title="Sheila Fougere">Sheila Fougere	Liberal	17,267	39.1
a href="/encyclopedia/Kevin-Leslie-Keefe" title="Kevin Leslie Keefe">Kevin Leslie Keefe	Conservative	6,457	14.6
a href="/encyclopedia/Michael-Oddy" title="Michael Oddy">Michael Oddy	Green	2,081	4.7

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