Halifax Cobequid

Halifax Cobequid was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1956 as Halifax Northwest from part of the former district of Halifax West. In 1966, the district was renamed Halifax County North West, and the following year, in 1967 it was renamed Halifax Cobequid.^[1] It existed until 1978, when it was redistributed into four new districts: Sackville, Halifax Bedford Basin, Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley, and Cole Harbour.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The electoral district was represented by the following members of the Legislative Assembly:^[1]

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
46th	1956-1960		Ronald Manning Fielding	Liberal
47th	1960-1963		Gordon H. Fitzgerald	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963-1967
49th	1967-1970
50th	1970-1974		George Riley	Liberal
51st	1974-1978		George Doucet	Liberal

Election results

1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Manning Fielding	3,763	50.40%	–
	Progressive Conservative	S. E. Haverstock	3,573	47.86%	–
	Co-operative Commonwealth	L. C. Wilson	130	1.74%	–
Total			7,466	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (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	Gordon H. Fitzgerald	4,209	46.55%	-1.30%
	Liberal	Ronald Manning Fielding	4,182	46.26%	-4.15%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	L. C. Wilson	650	7.19%	5.45%
Total			9,041	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (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	Gordon H. Fitzgerald	5,559	56.07%	9.51%
	Liberal	George Douglas Burris	4,027	40.62%	-5.64%
	New Democratic	Gerald A. Guptill	329	3.32%	–
Total			9,915	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon H. Fitzgerald	5,463	51.51%	-4.56%
	Liberal	John F. Cruickshank	5,143	48.49%	7.88%
Total			10,606	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Riley	6,453	50.76%	2.27%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon H. Fitzgerald	5,427	42.69%	-8.82%
	New Democratic	B. Dombrowski	833	6.55%	–
Total			12,713	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Doucet	8,691	49.57%	-1.19%
	Progressive Conservative	Silvia Hudson	6,878	39.23%	-3.46%
	New Democratic	George Clement Cann	1,964	11.20%	4.65%
Total			17,533	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (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.