Halifax Needham is a provincial
electoral district in
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native En ...
, Canada, that elects one member of the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (french: Assemblée législative de la Nouvelle-Écosse; gd, Taigh Seanaidh Alba Nuadh), or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Each General Assembly of the ...
. It has existed since 1967, though its boundaries have changed periodically.
Halifax Needham encompasses what is largely known as the
North End of Halifax. It has been held by members of each of the three major political parties in Nova Scotia at different times. The riding was once the home of
Liberal Premier
Gerald Regan before going to
Progressive Conservative Edmund L. Morris for the majority of the 1980s. Morris served as a
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house ...
for
Halifax under Progressive Conservative Prime Minister
John Diefenbaker
John George Diefenbaker ( ; September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was the 13th prime minister of Canada, serving from 1957 to 1963. He was the only Progressive Conservative party leader between 1930 and 1979 to lead the party to an electio ...
before becoming the Mayor of Halifax. He served in the Provincial Cabinet as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Municipal Affairs, Fisheries, and Social Services.
When he stepped down in 1988, the Progressive Conservatives lost the seat in that election to
Gerry O'Malley
Gerald Joseph O'Malley (25 November 1927 – 16 November 2018) was a Canadians, Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Halifax Needham in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1988 to 1998, as a member of the Nova Scotia ...
, who was unseated from his position as Liberal Minister of Supply and Services in 1998.
Maureen MacDonald held the seat from 1998 until 2016. The seat is considered a reasonably safe seat for the NDP, though the
2013 election was close, amid a province-wide swing to the
Liberals.
It was created in 1966 when
Halifax North was divided into three districts, one of which was Halifax City North East. The district was renamed Halifax Needham in 1967. In 2003, it gained an area east of Citadel Hill from
Halifax Citadel
Citadel Hill is a hill that is a National Historic Site in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Four fortifications have been constructed on Citadel Hill since the city was founded by the English in 1749, and were referred to as Fort George—but only ...
. In 2013, it lost the area south of Robie Street and east of Young Street to
Halifax Chebucto and gained the area north of Bayers Road and east of Connaught Avenue from
Halifax Chebucto.
Halifax Needham - Constituency History
Nova Scotia Legislature
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly
A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. ...
:
Geography
The land-area of Halifax Needham is .
Election results
1967 general election
1970 general election
1974 general election
1978 general election
1981 general election
1984 general election
1988 general election
1993 general election
1998 general election
1999 general election
2003 general election
2006 general election
2009 general election
2013 general election
, -
, New Democratic Party
, Maureen MacDonald
, align="right", 3,392
, align="right", 43.99
, align="right", -23.25
, -
, Liberal
, Chris Poole
, align="right", 3,115
, align="right", 40.40
, align="right", +18.51
, -
, Progressive Conservative
, Mary D.S. Hamblin
, align="right", 834
, align="right", 10.82
, align="right", +4.23
, -
, align="right", 369
, align="right", 4.79
, align="right", +0.51
2016 by-election
, -
, New Democratic Party
, Lisa Roberts
, align="right", 2,519
, align="right", 50.97
, align="right", +6.98
, -
, Liberal
, Rod Wilson
, align="right", 1,662
, align="right", 33.63
, align="right", -6.77
, -
, Progressive Conservative
, Andy Arsenault
, align="right", 600
, align="right", 12.14
, align="right", +1.32
, -
, align="right", 161
, align="right", 3.26
, align="right", -1.53
2017 general election
2021 general election
References
External links
2006 Poll by Poll Results
2003 Poll by Poll Results2003 riding profile1999 Poll by Poll Results1998 Poll by Poll ResultsMauren MacDonald, MLA
{{Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts
Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts
Politics of Halifax, Nova Scotia