Fairview-Clayton Park
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 2012 | ||
| First contested | 2013 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors | 17,380 | ||
| Area (km²) | 6 | ||
| Census division | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
Fairview-Clayton Park is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding was created in 2012 with 45 per cent of the former district of Halifax Fairview, 39 per cent of the former district of Halifax Clayton Park and 10 per cent of Halifax Chebucto.[1]
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 6 km2 (2.3 sq mi).[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Fairview-Clayton Park | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Halifax Chebucto, Halifax Clayton Park and Halifax Fairview | ||||
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | Patricia Arab | Liberal | |
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
| 64th | 2021–2024 | |||
| 65th | 2024–present | Lina Hamid | New Democratic | |
Election results
2024
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Lina Hamid | 2,429 | 38.98 | 1.87 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Nicole Mosher | 2,023 | 32.47 | 10.12 | ||||
| Liberal | Patricia Arab | 1,779 | 28.55 | -9.96 | ||||
| Total | 6,231 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 43 | |||||||
| Turnout | 6,281 | 39.63 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 15,850 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3] | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Patricia Arab | 2,892 | 38.51 | -1.67 | $51,400.74 | |||
| New Democratic | Joanne Hussey | 2,787 | 37.11 | +8.00 | $56,136.21 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Nicole Mosher | 1,678 | 22.34 | -3.30 | $44,280.70 | |||
| Green | Sheila Richardson | 153 | 2.04 | -3.03 | $200.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 7,510 | 99.55 | – | $91,386.96 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 34 | 0.45 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,544 | 47.17 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 15,992 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -4.83 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4][5] | ||||||||
2017
| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 2,662 | 40.18 | |
| New Democratic | 1,929 | 29.11 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 1,699 | 25.64 | |
| Green | 336 | 5.07 | |
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Patricia Arab | 2,925 | 39.90 | -6.73 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joanne Hussey | 2,109 | 28.77 | -2.37 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Beasant | 1,839 | 25.09 | +3.59 | ||||
| Green | Charlene Boyce | 376 | 5.12 | +1.34 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,330 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 35 | 0.48 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,793 | 41.90% | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 20,985 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.18 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[7][8] | ||||||||
2013
| 2013 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Patricia Arab | 3,364 | 46.43 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Abad Khan | 2,274 | 31.39 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Travis Price | 1,294 | 17.86 | – | ||||
| Green | Raland Kinley | 177 | 2.44 | – | ||||
| Independent | Katie Campbell | 136 | 1.88 | – | ||||
| Total | 7,245 | – | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[9] | ||||||||
See also
References
- ^ Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Fairview-Clayton Park" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
- ^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). 42nd Provincial General Election, November 26, 2024: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. pp. 152–153. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2017). 40th Provincial General Election, May 30, 2017: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2018). 40th Provincial General Election, May 30, 2017: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2013). 39th Provincial General Election, October 8, 2013: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
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