Halifax Centre

Halifax Centre
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
District created1933
District abolished1967
Last contested1963

Halifax Centre was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1933 to 1967.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Halifax Centre elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly:

Halifax Centre
Legislature Years Member Party
District created from Halifax (1867–1933)
40th 1933–1937     Guy Murray Logan Liberal
41st 1937–1939 William Duff Forrest
1939–1941 James Edward Rutledge
42nd 1941–1945
43rd 1945–1949
44th 1949–1953
45th 1953–1956
46th 1956–1960 Gordon S. Cowan
47th 1960–1963     Donald MacKeen Smith Progressive Conservative
48th 1963–1967
District reformed into Halifax Citadel (1967–2009)

Election results

1963

1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Donald MacKeen Smith 5,478 58.57% 10.56%
Liberal Gordon S. Cowan 3,875 41.43% -3.95%
Total 9,353 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018.

1960

1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Donald MacKeen Smith 4,921 48.01% 0.92%
Liberal Gordon S. Cowan 4,651 45.38% -7.53%
Co-operative Commonwealth James M. Murray 678 6.61% –
Total 10,250 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018.

1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gordon S. Cowan 5,642 52.91% -4.78%
Progressive Conservative David Milsom 5,022 47.09% 4.78%
Total 10,664 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018.

1953

1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Edward Rutledge 5,603 57.69% 2.99%
Progressive Conservative R. Leo Simmonds 4,109 42.31% –
Total 9,712 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018.

1949

1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Edward Rutledge 5,725 54.71% -0.52%
Liberal-Conservative Jack L. Dowell 3,573 34.14% 7.57%
Co-operative Commonwealth Elmore Webber 1,167 11.15% -7.06%
Total 10,465 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018.

1945

1945 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Edward Rutledge 4,737 55.22% -4.26%
Liberal-Conservative Carl Palm Bethune 2,279 26.57% -13.94%
Co-operative Commonwealth R. B. Mitchell 1,562 18.21% –
Total 8,578 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1945). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018.

1941

1941 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Edward Rutledge 4,226 59.49% 4.88%
Liberal-Conservative Arthur Wilfred Morton 2,878 40.51% -4.88%
Total 7,104 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1941). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2024.

1939

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, December 5, 1939
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Edward Rutledge acclaimed N/A –
Total –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1937

1937 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Duff Forrest 5,186 54.61% 0.17%
Liberal-Conservative Arthur Wilfred Morton 4,310 45.39% 1.45%
Total 9,496 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1937). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2019.

1933

1933 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Guy Murray Logan 4,915 54.44% –
Liberal-Conservative Russell McInnes 3,967 43.94% –
United Front Joe Wallace 146 1.62% –
Total 9,028 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1933). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2019.

See also

References

  1. ^ Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.


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