| Edward D. Haliburton | |
| Birth Date: | 28 March 1898 |
| Birth Place: | St. John's, Newfoundland |
| Death Place: | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Office1: | MLA for Kings South |
| Term Start1: | 1956 |
| Term End1: | 1970 |
| Predecessor1: | new riding |
| Successor1: | Harry How |
| Office2: | MLA for Kings County |
| Term Start2: | 1953 |
| Term End2: | 1956 |
| Predecessor2: | William H. Pipe David Durell Sutton |
| Successor2: | riding dissolved |
| Party: | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation: | farmer, journalist |
Edward Douglas Haliburton (March 28, 1898 – March 12, 1990) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Kings County and Kings South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1953 to 1970. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.[1]
Born in 1898 at St. John's, Newfoundland, Haliburton was educated at Dalhousie University, and University of King's College.[2] He married Louella Jean Tattrie in March 1926.[2] By career, Haliburton was a farmer, fruit grower, and journalist.[2]
Haliburton first attempted to enter provincial politics in the 1949 election, but was defeated by 184 votes.[3] He ran again in the 1953 election, and was elected in the dual-member riding of Kings County with Progressive Conservative George Arthur Boggs.[4] In the 1956 election, Haliburton was re-elected in the new Kings South riding by 774 votes.[5] In November 1956, Haliburton was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Agriculture and Marketing.[2] [6] In July 1959, he was given an additional role in cabinet as Minister of Lands and Forests.[2] Haliburton was re-elected in the 1960,[7] and 1963 elections.[8] In July 1964, Haliburton was moved to Minister of Fisheries, while remaining as Minister of Lands and Forests.[2] [9] He was re-elected in the 1967 election.[10] When George Isaac Smith was sworn in as premier in September 1967, Haliburton retained his previous cabinet roles, but was also named Minister of Education.[2] [11] In May 1968, Smith shuffled his cabinet, moving Haliburton to Provincial Secretary.[2] [12] He did not reoffer in the 1970 election.[1]
Haliburton died at Halifax on March 12, 1990.[13]