Halifax—East Hants

Halifax—East Hants
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1976
First contested	1968
Last contested	1978 by-election

Halifax—East Hants was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979. The riding was created in 1966 from parts of Colchester—Hants riding. It consisted of the Municipality of East Hants in the county of Hants, and parts of the county of Halifax and the city of Halifax.

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The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Annapolis Valley—Hants, Halifax and Halifax West ridings.

Parliament	Years		Party
Halifax—East Hants Riding created from Colchester—Hants
28th	1968–1972	Robert McCleave	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1977
30th	1978–1979	Howard Edward Crosby
Riding dissolved into Annapolis Valley—Hants, Halifax and Halifax West

v t e 1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bob McCleave	22,323
	Liberal	Alex J. Cregan	13,488
	New Democratic	Burris Devanney	1,718

v t e 1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bob McCleave	27,645
	Liberal	Mary M. Casey	14,308
	New Democratic	Donald Aube	5,530
	Not affiliated	Barbara Joan Biley	135

v t e 1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bob McCleave	25,563
	Liberal	Bill Ozard	18,308
	New Democratic	Lloyd R. Shaw	5,861
	Social Credit	Robert Kirk	204
	Marxist–Leninist	Robert Andstein	113

Members of Parliament