Halifax (provincial electoral district)

Halifax was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected three, and then five members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 to 1933, at which point Halifax County was divided into five separate electoral districts: Halifax South, Halifax Centre, Halifax North, Halifax East and Halifax West.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

From 1867–1916, Halifax elected three members to the Legislative Assembly. From 1916–1933, it elected five members.

Halifax County elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly.[1]

Legislature	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party
39th	1930-1933		George Henry Murphy	Liberal-Conservative		Angus MacDonald Morton	Liberal-Conservative
	1928-1930		John Francis Mahoney	Liberal-Conservative		Gordon B. Isnor	Liberal
						Edward Joseph Cragg	Liberal
						Josiah Frederick Fraser	Liberal-Conservative
38th	1925-1928					Josiah Frederick Fraser	Liberal-Conservative
			John Archibald Walker	Liberal-Conservative		William Drysdale Piercey	Liberal-Conservative
			John Archibald Walker	Liberal-Conservative		Alexander Montgomerie	Liberal-Conservative
37th	1923-1925		Walter J. A. O'Hearn	Liberal		John Brown Douglas	Liberal
	1920-1923		Robert Emmett Finn	Liberal		John Brown Douglas	Liberal
						Adam Dunlap Burris	Liberal
						Henry Gibson Bauld	Liberal
						John L. Connolly	Liberal
36th	1916-1920					John L. Connolly	Liberal
						Henry Gibson Bauld	Liberal
						Hector MacInnes	Liberal-Conservative
						George Everett Faulkner	Liberal

Legislature	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
35th	1911-1916		Robert Emmett Finn	Liberal		George Everett Faulkner	Liberal		Fullton Johnson Logan	Liberal


34th	1906-1911								David McPherson	Liberal
34th	1906-1911
33rd	1901-1906		Michael Edwin Keefe	Liberal		George Mitchell	Liberal
33rd	1901-1906
32nd	1900-1901
32nd	1897-1900		William Bernard Wallace	Liberal
31st	1896-1897		William Bernard Wallace	Liberal		William Anderson Black	Liberal-Conservative		William Roche	Liberal
31st	1894-1896		William Stevens Fielding	Liberal		William Anderson Black	Liberal-Conservative
30th	1890-1894					Michael Joseph Power	Liberal
29th	1886-1890
28th	1882-1886								William D. Harrington	Liberal-Conservative
27th	1879-1882		John F. Stairs	Liberal-Conservative		John Pugh	Liberal-Conservative
27th	1878-1879		Charles J. Macdonald	Liberal-Conservative		John Pugh	Liberal-Conservative
26th	1874-1878		Philip Carteret Hill	Liberal		Edward Farrell	Liberal		Donald Archibald	Liberal
25th	1873-1874		John Taylor	Liberal		John Flinn	Liberal
25th	1871-1873		William Garvie	Liberal		John Flinn	Liberal
24th	1870-1871		Phillip Carteret Hill	Confederation Party		James Cochran	Anti-Confederation Party		Henry Balcom	Anti-Confederation Party
24th	1867-1870		Jeremiah Northup	Anti-Confederation Party		James Cochran	Anti-Confederation Party		Henry Balcom	Anti-Confederation Party

References

"Electoral History for Halifax County" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. October 30, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2019.

Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts

Current

Historic

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

See also: 2013 election
List of elections
Politics of Nova Scotia

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