Halifax West

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the public high school located in this riding, see Halifax West High School.

Halifax West (French: Halifax-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. Its population in 2021 was 111,944.

Halifax West

Nova Scotia electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Lena Diab Liberal
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	111,944
Electors (2025)[2]	75,202
Area (km²)[3]	227.31
Pop. density (per km²)	492.5
Census division	Halifax
Census subdivision(s)	Halifax (part), Wallace Hills

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2001	79,933	—
2006	88,756	+11.0%
2011	87,275	−1.7%
2016	96,255	+10.3%
2021	111,944	+16.3%

According to the 2021 Canadian census, 2023 representation order^[4]

Languages: 81.3% English, 3.1% Arabic, 2.9% French, 2.1% Mandarin
Race: 73.7% White, 5.9% South Asian, 4.7% Black, 4.1% Arab, 3.2% Chinese, 3.1% Indigenous, 1.5% Filipino
Religions: 52.9% Christian (24.0% Catholic, 7.8% Anglican, 5.6% United Church, 3.0% Baptist, 1.3% Christian Orthodox, 11.3% other), 5.8% Muslim, 2.7% Hindu, 35.8% none
Median income: $41,600 (2020)
Average income: $55,200 (2020)

Geography

The district includes the communities of Bedford, the west end of Halifax, and an area that extends to the community of Upper Hammonds Plains in the north, Tantallon in the west and Terence Bay in the south. The area is 227.31 km² (87.76 sq mi).

History

The electoral district was created in 1976 from Halifax—East Hants riding. This riding lost territory to South Shore—St. Margarets as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution. Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained the Fairmount area from Halifax and the Chebucto Peninsula from South Shore—St. Margarets and lost the Bedford, Hammonds Plains and Lucasville areas to Sackville—Bedford—Preston. These changes came into effect at the calling of the 2025 Canadian federal election.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Halifax West Riding created from Halifax—East Hants
31st	1979–1980		Howard Edward Crosby	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Geoff Regan	Liberal
36th	1997–2000		Gordon Earle	New Democratic
37th	2000–2004		Geoff Regan	Liberal
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025		Lena Diab	Liberal
45th	2025–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Halifax West (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2025

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lena Metlege Diab	36,200	65.60	+18.04
	Conservative	Rob Batherson	15,020	27.22	+5.67
	New Democratic	Rae Tench	3,083	5.59	-20.41
	Green	Ron G. Parker	497	0.90	-1.55
	People's	Adam LeRue	384	0.70	-1.61
Total valid votes			55,184	99.23
Total rejected ballots			426	0.77	+0.30
Turnout			55,610	73.42	+9.12
Eligible voters[a]			75,745
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+6.19
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
Number of eligible voters does not include election day registrations.

2021

2021 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	21,758	47.55
	New Democratic	11,895	26.00
	Conservative	9,858	21.55
	Green	1,121	2.45
	People's	1,054	2.30
	Christian Heritage	62	0.14
	Communist	6	0.01
Total valid votes		45,754	99.53
Rejected ballots		214	0.47
Registered voters/ estimated turnout		71,497	64.29

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lena Metlege Diab	24,744	48.49	-0.97	$83,716.15
	New Democratic	Jonathan Keith Roberts	12,331	24.16	+4.97	$15,101.47
	Conservative	Eleanor Humphries	11,243	22.03	+2.74	$51,584.17
	People's	Julie Scott	1,447	2.84	–	$4,571.34
	Green	Richard Zurawski	1,181	2.31	-9.75	$1,237.40
	Christian Heritage	Kevin Schulthies	85	0.17	–	$164.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,031	100.00	–	$110,211.79
Total rejected ballots			191
Turnout			51,222	64.97	-5.74
Registered voters			78,839
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.99
Source: Elections Canada[8]

2019

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Geoff Regan	26,885	49.46	−19.19	$47,993.19
	Conservative	Fred Shuman	10,488	19.29	+3.64	$56,155.00
	New Democratic	Jacob Wilson	10,429	19.19	+7.42	$3,588.81
	Green	Richard Zurawski	6,555	12.06	+8.12	$1,525.90
Total valid votes/expense limit			54,357	99.15		$103,859.40
Total rejected ballots			465	0.85	+0.49
Turnout			54,822	70.71	−1.00
Eligible voters			77,531
	Liberal hold		Swing		−11.42
Source: Elections Canada[9]

2015

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Geoff Regan	34,377	68.65	+31.38	$51,596.91
	Conservative	Michael McGinnis	7,837	15.65	–14.53	$34,660.89
	New Democratic	Joanne Hussey	5,894	11.77	–16.68	$38,094.46
	Green	Richard Henryk Zurawski	1,971	3.94	–0.17	$258.75
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,079	100.00		$203,472.37
Total rejected ballots			181	0.36
Turnout			50,260	71.71
Eligible voters			70,089
	Liberal hold		Swing		+22.95
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]

2011 federal election redistributed results[12]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	14,824	37.27
	Conservative	12,005	30.18
	New Democratic	11,318	28.45
	Green	1,632	4.10

2011

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Geoff Regan	16,230	35.92	-5.64	$61,795.88
	Conservative	Bruce Pretty	13,782	30.50	+9.37	$51,236.29
	New Democratic	Gregor Ash	13,239	29.30	-0.30	$42,761.72
	Green	Thomas Trappenberg	1,931	4.27	-2.81	$860.31
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,182	100.0		$84,619.08
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			239	0.53	+0.16
Turnout			45,421	62.34	+3.21
Eligible voters			72,862
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.47
Sources:[13][14]

2008

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Geoff Regan	17,129	41.56	-7.80	$50,515.55
	New Democratic	Tamara Lorincz	12,201	29.60	+5.17	$25,480.72
	Conservative	Rakesh Khosla	8,708	21.13	-1.91	$29,390.36
	Green	Michael Munday	2,920	7.08	+3.90	$2,823.08
	Christian Heritage	Trevor Ennis	257	0.62	–	$123.50
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,215	100.0		$81,056
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			154	0.37	+0.04
Turnout			41,369	59.13	-3.92
Eligible voters			69,960
	Liberal hold		Swing		-6.48

2006

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Geoff Regan	21,818	49.36	+1.86	$54,533.58
	New Democratic	Alan Hill	10,798	24.43	-3.52	$15,656.30
	Conservative	Rakesh Khosla	10,184	23.04	+2.10	$46,536.45
	Green	Thomas Trappenberg	1,406	3.18	-0.43	$642.68
Total valid votes/expense limit			44,206	100.0		$75,552
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			147	0.33	-0.02
Turnout			44,353	63.05	-0.46
Eligible voters			70,349
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.69

2004

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Geoff Regan	19,083	47.50	+6.55	$60,896.27
	New Democratic	Bill Carr	11,228	27.95	-0.12	$33,350.95
	Conservative	Ken MacPhee	8,413	20.94	-9.26	$32,442.47
	Green	Martin Willison	1,452	3.61	–	$1,152.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			40,176	100.0		$71,525
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			141	0.35
Turnout			40,317	63.51	+3.64
Eligible voters			63,479
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+3.34
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	14,289	40.95
	New Democratic	9,797	28.07
	Progressive Conservative	7,412	21.24
	Alliance	3,126	8.96
	Others	273	0.78

2000

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Regan	18,327	39.21	+8.32
	New Democratic	Gordon Earle	14,016	29.99	-4.64
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Cirtwill	9,701	20.76	-2.70
	Alliance	Hilda Stevens	4,531	9.70	-0.77
	Marxist–Leninist	Tony Seed	160	0.34	+0.19
Total valid votes			46,735	100.00
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+6.48

Changes for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.

1997

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gordon Earle	16,013	34.63	+26.23
	Liberal	Geoff Regan	14,284	30.89	-14.73
	Progressive Conservative	Heather Foley	10,848	23.46	-0.29
	Reform	Stephen Oickle	4,843	10.47	-8.93
	Natural Law	John Runkle	179	0.39	-0.42
	Marxist–Leninist	Gary Zatzman	70	0.15
Total valid votes			46,237	100.00
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+20.48

1993

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Regan	26 904	45.62	+7.01
	Progressive Conservative	Joel Matheson	14 005	23.75	-21.00
	Reform	Jim Donohue	11,439	19.40
	New Democratic	Sheila Richardson	4,952	8.40	-7.85
	National	Kirby Judge	1,201	2.04
	Natural Law	Bernard Gormley	475	0.81
Total valid votes			58,976	100.00
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+14.01

1988

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Crosby	24,815	44.75	-9.53
	Liberal	Michael Kelly	21,409	38.61	+14.36
	New Democratic	Lois Wiseman	9,011	16.25	-4.59
	Commonwealth of Canada	Bob Fulcher	217	0.39
Total valid votes			55,452	100.00

1984

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Crosby	30,287	54.28	+14.31
	Liberal	Ben Prossin	13,529	24.25	-14.32
	New Democratic	Dennis Theman	11,626	20.84	-0.07
	Independent	Arthur Canning	355	0.64	+0.09
Total valid votes			55,797	100.00

1980

v t e 1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Crosby	19,195	39.97	-7.24
	Liberal	Dick Boyce	18,522	38.57	+3.85
	New Democratic	Dennis Theman	10,043	20.91	+3.73
	Independent	Arthur Canning	266	0.55	-0.02
Total valid votes			48,026	100.00
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1979

v t e 1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Crosby	22,714	47.21
	Liberal	Dick Boyce	16,702	34.72
	New Democratic	Dennis Theman	8,265	17.18
	Independent	Arthur Canning	275	0.57
	Independent	David Morgan	152	0.32
Total valid votes			48,108	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada