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

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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

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1956

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1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ronald Manning Fielding 3,763 50.40%
Progressive Conservative S. E. Haverstock 3,573 47.86%
Co-operative Commonwealth L. C. Wilson 130 1.74%
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

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1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gordon H. Fitzgerald 4,209 46.55% -1.30%
Liberal Ronald Manning Fielding 4,182 46.26% -4.15%
Co-operative Commonwealth L. C. Wilson 650 7.19% 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

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1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gordon H. Fitzgerald 5,559 56.07% 9.51%
Liberal George Douglas Burris 4,027 40.62% -5.64%
New Democratic Gerald A. Guptill 329 3.32%
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

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1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gordon H. Fitzgerald 5,463 51.51% -4.56%
Liberal John F. Cruickshank 5,143 48.49% 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

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1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Riley 6,453 50.76% 2.27%
Progressive Conservative Gordon H. Fitzgerald 5,427 42.69% -8.82%
New Democratic B. Dombrowski 833 6.55%
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

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1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Doucet 8,691 49.57% -1.19%
Progressive Conservative Silvia Hudson 6,878 39.23% -3.46%
New Democratic George Clement Cann 1,964 11.20% 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

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  1. ^ a b "Electoral History for Halifax Northwest" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. October 30, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "Electoral History for Halifax Cobequid" Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. October 30, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2019.