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

Nova Scotia electoral district
Halifax West in relation to other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Geoff Regan Liberal
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	97,710
Electors (2011)	69,960
Area (km²)	482.99
Pop. density (per km²)	202.3
Census divisions	Halifax
Census subdivisions	Halifax

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 2006 was 88,756.

Demographics

From the 2006 census

Ethnic groups:

• White: 90.8%
• Black: 2.7%
• Arab: 2.4%
• South Asian: 1.5%
• Other: 2.6%

Languages:

• English: 89.5%
• French: 2.6%
• Arabic: 2.4%
• Chinese: 0.8%
• Korean: 0.5%
• Other: 4.2%

Religions:

• Protestant: 43.0%
• Catholic: 39.8%
• Jewish: 2.4%
• Muslim: 2.3%
• Other Christian: 1.4%
• Christian Orthodox: 1.1%
• No religious affiliation: 8.4%

Education:

• No certificate, diploma or degree: 16.1%
• High school certificate: 22.4%
• Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma: 9.1%
• Community college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma: 19.1%
• University certificate or diploma: 33.2%

Median Age:

• 38.0

Median total income:

• $29,849

Average total income:

• $37,831

Median household income:

• $59,335

Average household income:

• $72,291

Median family income:

• $73,643

Average family income:

• $85,379

Unemployment:

• 5.9%

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 564 km².

History

The electoral district was created in 1976 from Halifax—East Hants riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Halifax—East Hants prior to 1979
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–present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Geoff Regan	16,230	35.92	-5.61
	Conservative	Bruce Pretty	13,782	30.50	+9.33
	New Democratic	Gregor Ash	13,239	29.30	-0.29
	Green	Thomas Trappenberg	1,931	4.27	-2.81
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,182	100.00
Total rejected ballots			239	0.53	–
Turnout			45,421	63.19	–
Eligible voters			71,877	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Geoff Regan	17,127	41.53	-7.83	$51,446
	New Democratic	Tamara Lorincz	12,205	29.59	+5.16	$26,058
	Conservative	Rakesh Khosla	8,730	21.17	-1.87	$29,490
	Green	Michael Munday	2,921	7.08	+3.90	$2,823
	Christian Heritage	Trevor Ennis	259	0.63	–	$123
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,242	100.00	$81,056
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.5

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Geoff Regan	21,818	49.36	+1.86
	New Democratic	Alan Hill	10,798	24.43	-3.52
	Conservative	Rakesh Khosla	10,184	23.04	+2.10
	Green	Thomas Trappenberg	1,406	3.18	-0.43
Total valid votes			44,206	100.00

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Geoff Regan	19,083	47.50	+8.29
	New Democratic	Bill Carr	11,228	27.95	-2.04
	Conservative	Ken MacPhee	8,413	20.94	-9.52
	Green	Martin Willison	1,452	3.61
Total valid votes			40,176	100.00

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	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

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

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	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

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	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

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	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

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	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

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	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

Canadian federal election, 1979
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 federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "(Code 12005) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=12005&Geo2=PR&Code2=12&Data=Count&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All. Retrieved 2011-03-03. 

External links

• Riding history for Halifax West (1976– ) from the Library of Parliament
• Official Site of Geoff Regan, MP, Halifax West