Fairview-Clayton Park is a provincial

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, that elects one member of the

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. The riding was created in 2012 with 45 per cent of the former district of

Halifax Fairview 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 north ...

, 39 per cent of the former district of

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and 10 per cent of

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. The riding is primarily residential, containing new single-family homes and high-density apartment complexes favoured by people moving into the city for the first time.

Geography

The land area of Fairview-Clayton Park is .

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following

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Election results

, - ,

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References

External links

2013 riding profile
{{coord missing, Nova Scotia Politics of Halifax, Nova Scotia Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts 2012 establishments in Nova Scotia