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Halifax (provincial electoral district)

Coordinates: 44°38′56″N 63°36′18″W / 44.649°N 63.605°W / 44.649; -63.605
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Halifax was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected three, and then five members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 to 1933, at which point Halifax County was divided into five separate electoral districts: Halifax South, Halifax Centre, Halifax North, Halifax East and Halifax West.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

From 1867–1916, Halifax elected three members to the Legislative Assembly. From 1916–1933, it elected five members.

Halifax County elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly.[1]

Legislature Years Member Party Member Party
39th 1930-1933 George Henry Murphy Liberal-Conservative Angus MacDonald Morton Liberal-Conservative
1928-1930 John Francis Mahoney Liberal-Conservative Gordon B. Isnor Liberal
Edward Joseph Cragg Liberal
Josiah Frederick Fraser Liberal-Conservative
38th 1925-1928
John Archibald Walker Liberal-Conservative William Drysdale Piercey Liberal-Conservative
Alexander Montgomerie Liberal-Conservative
37th 1923-1925 Walter J. A. O'Hearn Liberal John Brown Douglas Liberal
1920-1923 Robert Emmett Finn Liberal
Adam Dunlap Burris Liberal
Henry Gibson Bauld Liberal
John L. Connolly Liberal
36th 1916-1920
Henry Gibson Bauld Liberal
Hector MacInnes Liberal-Conservative
George Everett Faulkner Liberal


Legislature Years Member Party Member Party Member Party
35th 1911-1916 Robert Emmett Finn Liberal George Everett Faulkner Liberal Fullton Johnson Logan Liberal
34th 1906-1911 David McPherson Liberal
33rd 1901-1906 Michael Edwin Keefe Liberal George Mitchell Liberal
32nd 1900-1901
1897-1900 William Bernard Wallace Liberal
31st 1896-1897 William Anderson Black Liberal-Conservative William Roche Liberal
1894-1896 William Stevens Fielding Liberal
30th 1890-1894 Michael Joseph Power Liberal
29th 1886-1890
28th 1882-1886 William D. Harrington Liberal-Conservative
27th 1879-1882 John F. Stairs Liberal-Conservative John Pugh Liberal-Conservative
1878-1879 Charles J. Macdonald Liberal-Conservative
26th 1874-1878 Philip Carteret Hill Liberal Edward Farrell Liberal Donald Archibald Liberal
25th 1873-1874 John Taylor Liberal John Flinn Liberal
1871-1873 William Garvie Liberal
24th 1870-1871 Phillip Carteret Hill Confederation Party James Cochran Anti-Confederation Party Henry Balcom Anti-Confederation Party
1867-1870 Jeremiah Northup Anti-Confederation Party

References

  1. ^ a b "Electoral History for Halifax County" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. October 30, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2019.

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