Halifax Centre

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.

Election results

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	Joseph S. Wallace	146	1.62%
Total			9,028	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1933). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

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 (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1937). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

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 (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1941). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

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 (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1945). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

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 (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

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%	6.17%
Total			9,712	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

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 (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

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 (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

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 (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

References

• Elections Nova Scotia - Summary Results from 1867 to 2011 (PDF) Archived 2017-01-11 at the Wayback Machine