Halifax Armdale Explained

Prov-Status:active
Province:Nova Scotia
Prov-Rep-Party:NDP
Prov-Rep:Rod Wilson
Prov-Election-First:2013
Prov-Election-Last:2024
Demo-Electors:12,467[1]
Demo-Area:12.00
Prov-Created:2012
Demo-Cd:Halifax Regional Municipality

Halifax Armdale is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. This Halifax district covers the growing population of the Fairmount, Armdale and Cowie Hill areas. The northern boundary is Highway 102, the eastern boundary is Joseph Howe Drive and the Northwest Arm, while the southern boundary is Frog Pond Park in Armdale.

The district was created in 1992 as Halifax Fairview and encompassed the Cowie Hill area, formerly part of Halifax Atlantic; the Fairview area, formerly part of Halifax Bedford Basin; and the area west of the CNR tracks, formerly part of Halifax Chebucto. In 2013, following the recommendations of the 2012 Electoral Boundaries Commission, it was renamed Halifax Armdale and gained 18 per cent of the district of Halifax Atlantic, including the area east of Herring Cove Road and north of the Frog Pond Park. It lost the area north of Highway 102 and east of Northwest Arm Drive and Dunbrack Street to Fairview-Clayton Park.[2]

Geography

Halifax Armdale has a relatively small landmass at 12km2.[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Election results

2017

2017 provincial election redistributed results[4]
PartyVote%
 3,354 43.57
 2,521 32.75
 1,437 18.67
 301 3.91
 85 1.10

2013

|-|Liberal|Lena Diab|style="text-align:right"| 3,208|style="text-align:right"| 49.34|style="text-align:right"| 28.32|-|New Democratic Party|Drew Moore|style="text-align:right"| 2,233|style="text-align:right"| 34.34|style="text-align:right"| –29.37|-|Progressive Conservative|Irvine Carvery|style="text-align:right"| 1,061|style="text-align:right"| 16.32|style="text-align:right"| 4.17|}

2001 by-election

|-|New Democratic Party|Graham Steele|style="text-align:right"|2,164|style="text-align:right"|58.17|style="text-align:right"|11.94|-|-|Progressive Conservative|Narayana Swamy|style="text-align:right"|466|style="text-align:right"|12.53|style="text-align:right"|–14.55|-|}

1996 by-election

|-|New Democratic Party|Eileen O'Connell|style="text-align:right"|4,434|style="text-align:right"|65.24|style="text-align:right"|19.72|-|Progressive Conservative|Rosanna Liberatore|style="text-align:right"|1,250|style="text-align:right"|18.39|style="text-align:right"|–1.36|-|}

1993

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Financial Return for Candidate; Summary of Election Expenses . electionsnovascotia.ca . Elections Nova Scotia . 17 March 2020.
  2. http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/halifax%20armdale.pdf Halifax Armdale - Constituency History
  3. Web site: Find Your Electoral District for the next Provincial General Election . enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca . Elections Nova Scotia . 18 July 2021.
  4. https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/TranspositionofVotesReport_2017PGE_2019ElectoralDirstricts_reportApril2021.pdf Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries