Halifax Atlantic

Halifax Atlantic is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

Halifax Atlantic

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Brendan Maguire Progressive Conservative
District created	1967
First contested	1967
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2011)	21,297
Electors	13,518
Area (km²)	158
Pop. density (per km²)	134.8
Census division(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality

The Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2013 has been Brendan Maguire of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia.

It is located in the Halifax Regional Municipality, just south of the Halifax peninsula. It includes Spryfield, Herring Cove, Sambro, and Harrietsfield.

Geography

The land area of Halifax Atlantic is 158 km² (61 sq mi).^[1]

Statistics

Population: 21,360 (2003)
Avg. Income: $27,570 (2003)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Halifax Atlantic
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Halifax West
49th	1967–1970		John Buchanan	Progressive Conservative
50th	1970–1974
51st	1974–1978
52nd	1978–1981
53rd	1981–1984
54th	1984–1988
55th	1988–1990
	1991–1993		Robert Chisholm	New Democratic
56th	1993–1998
57th	1998–1999
58th	1999–2003
59th	2003–2006		Michèle Raymond
60th	2006–2009
61st	2009–2013
62nd	2013–2017		Brendan Maguire	Liberal
63rd	2017–2021
64th	2021–2024
	2024–2024			Progressive Conservative
65th	2024–present

Election results

2024

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Brendan Maguire	3,879	57.4%
	New Democratic	Cathy Cervin	1,883	27.9%
	Liberal	Phil Chisholm	911	13.5%
	Green	Gadfly Stratton	84	1.2%
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			7,210
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+13.86
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2]

2021

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Brendan Maguire	4,213	55.22	-0.26	$45,253.75
	New Democratic	Shauna Hatt	1,740	22.81	+0.08	$34,341.09
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Cranston	1,493	19.57	+2.47	$34,168.26
	Green	Sarah Weston	183	2.40	-2.30	$200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			7,629	99.70	–	$92,718.64
Total rejected ballots			23	0.30	-0.03
Turnout			7,652	47.06	-2.96
Eligible voters			16,259
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.17
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3]

2017

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brendan Maguire	4,219	55.48	+12.94
	New Democratic	Trish Keeping	1,728	22.72	-10.91
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Holland	1,300	17.10	-6.73
	Green	Chelsey Carter	357	4.69
Total valid votes			7,604	100
Total rejected ballots			25	0.33
Turnout			7,629	50.03
Eligible voters			15,250
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.02
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4][5]

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brendan Maguire	3,244	42.54	+19.25
	New Democratic Party	Tanis Crosby	2,564	33.63	-27.45
	Progressive Conservative	Ryan Brennan	1,817	23.83	+12.61

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Michèle Raymond	5,253	61.09%	11.58%
	Liberal	Jim Hoskins	2,003	23.29%	8.01%
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Phillips	965	11.22%	-20.86%
	Green	Anthony Rosborough	378	4.40%	1.27%
Total			8,599	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Michèle Raymond	4,151	49.51%	12.11%
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Cooke	2,690	32.08%	-1.59%
	Liberal	James Hoskins	1,281	15.28%	-11.50%
	Green	Rebecca Mosher	262	3.13%	–
Total			8,384	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Michèle Raymond	3,327	37.40%	-10.97%
	Progressive Conservative	Linda Mosher	2,996	33.68%	2.00%
	Liberal	Ian MacKinnon	2,382	26.78%	10.25%
	Nova Scotia Party	Gerald Rodgers	191	2.15%	-0.51%
Total			8,896	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Robert Chisholm	4,266	48.37%	-7.42%
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Cooke	2,794	31.68%	17.74%
	Liberal	David Melnick	1,458	16.53%	-12.78%
	Nova Scotia Party	Gerald Rodgers	234	2.65%	–
	Independent	Golda M. Redden	68	0.77%	-0.20%
Total			8,820	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Robert Chisholm	5,364	55.79%	18.28%
	Liberal	Darren Watts	2,818	29.31%	-8.03%
	Progressive Conservative	Jeff Campbell	1,340	13.94%	-11.22%
	Independent	Golda M. Redden	93	0.97%	–
Total			9,615	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Robert Chisholm	4,071	37.50%	19.79%
	Liberal	Randy Ball	4,053	37.34%	12.57%
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Umlah	2,731	25.16%	-31.17%
Total			10,855	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	6,284	56.33%	-2.03%
	Liberal	Doug Adams	2,763	24.77%	4.83%
	New Democratic	Rene Quigley	1,976	17.71%	-2.79%
	Independent	Arthur R. Canning	77	0.69%	-0.50%
	Independent	Emanuel Jannasch	55	0.49%	–
Total			11,155	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	5,528	58.37%	-1.92%
	New Democratic	Rene Quigley	1,942	20.50%	-0.60%
	Liberal	David C. Melnick	1,888	19.93%	2.48%
	Independent	Arthur R. Canning	113	1.19%	0.04%
Total			9,471	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	6,023	60.29%	-3.84%
	New Democratic	Rene Quigley	2,108	21.10%	8.78%
	Liberal	Roma J. Aikens	1,744	17.46%	-4.82%
	Independent	Arthur R. Canning	115	1.15%	-0.12%
Total			9,990	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	6,628	64.13%	13.07%
	Liberal	Jerry F. Blom	2,303	22.28%	-13.62%
	New Democratic	Susan Holtz	1,274	12.33%	-0.72%
	Independent	Arthur R. Canning	131	1.27%	–
Total			10,336	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	6,229	51.06%	-3.60%
	Liberal	Darrell E. Wentzell	4,380	35.90%	-3.26%
	New Democratic	Colin Campbell	1,591	13.04%	6.87%
Total			12,200	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	5,284	54.66%	0.92%
	Liberal	Robert Hayes	3,786	39.16%	-3.23%
	New Democratic	Charles Grineault	597	6.18%	2.31%
Total			9,667	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	4,507	53.74%	–
	Liberal	Percy Baker	3,556	42.40%	–
	New Democratic	Charles Grineault	324	3.86%	–
Total			8,387	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Atlantic" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.