Clayton Park West (electoral district)

Clayton Park West
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Rafah DiCostanzo; Liberal
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District created	1978
First contested	1978
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Electors	17,712
Area (km²)	9
Census division(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality

Clayton Park West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

The riding was created in 1978 as Halifax Bedford Basin from a portion of Halifax Cobequid.^[2] In 2003, the district lost a northern area to Bedford and was renamed Halifax Clayton Park. Following the 2012 electoral boundary review, the district was renamed Clayton Park West. It gained Birch Cove and Kearney Lake areas from Bedford-Birch Cove and the Kearney Lake area from Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville. It lost the Susies Lake and Quarrie Lake areas to Timberlea-Prospect; the areas south of Mount Saint Vincent University and Lacewood Drive as well as the Washmill Lake Drive area the Fairview-Clayton Park.^[3]

Geography

The land area of Clayton Park West is 9 km² (3.5 sq mi).^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years		Party
64th	2021-Present	Rafah DiCostanzo	Liberal
63rd	2017-2021	Rafah DiCostanzo
62nd	2013–2017	Diana Whalen
61st	2009–2013
60th	2006-2009
59th	2003-2006
58th	1999-2003	Mary Ann McGrath	Progressive Conservative
57th	1998-1999	Gerry Fogarty	Liberal
56th	1993-1998	Gerry Fogarty	Liberal
55th	1988-1993	Joel Matheson	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984-1988
53rd	1981-1984
52nd	1978-1981

Election results

2021

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Rafah DiCostanzo	3,603	47.60	+1.56	$56,738.05
	Progressive Conservative	Nargis DeMolitor	1,875	24.77	-1.52	$14,590.30
	New Democratic	Reena Davis	1,836	24.25	+4.12	$23,194.34
	Green	Richard Zurawski	210	2.77	-3.00	$200.00
	Atlantica	Helen Lau	46	0.61	-1.17	$200.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			7,570	99.74	+0.08	$83,815.86
Total rejected ballots			20	0.26	-0.08
Turnout			7,590	52.63	+2.73
Eligible voters			14,422
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.54
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[5]^[6]

2017

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rafah DiCostanzo	4,035	46.04	-21.44
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Kimball	2,304	26.29	+11.31
	New Democratic	Rana Zaman	1,764	20.13	+2.58
	Green	Thomas Trappenberg	506	5.77	N/A
	Atlantica	Jonathan Dean	154	1.78	N/A
Total valid votes			8,763	100.0
Total rejected ballots			30	0.34
Turnout			8,793	49.90
Eligible voters			17,620
	Liberal hold		Swing		-16.38
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[7]^[8]

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Diana Whalen	5,569	67.48	N/A
New Democratic Party	Blake Wright	1,448	17.55	N/A
Progressive Conservative	Jaime D. Allen	1,236	14.98	N/A

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Clayton Park
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Diana Whalen	5,030	49.02%	11.70%
	New Democratic	Linda Power	3,924	38.24%	4.92%
	Progressive Conservative	Debbie Hum	1,084	10.56%	-16.29%
	Green	Amanda Hester	172	1.68%	-0.82%
	Independent	Jonathan Dean	51	0.50%	–
Total			10,261	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Clayton Park
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Diana Whalen	3,404	37.32%	-0.40%
	New Democratic	Linda Power	3,040	33.33%	7.13%
	Progressive Conservative	Mary Ann McGrath	2,450	26.86%	-7.51%
	Green	Sheila Richardson	228	2.50%	–
Total			9,122	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Clayton Park
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Diana Whalen	3,329	37.71%	9.97%
	Progressive Conservative	Mary Ann McGrath	3,034	34.37%	-8.06%
	New Democratic	Roberta Morrison	2,312	26.19%	-1.66%
	Independent	Greg Lavern	152	1.72%	–
Total			8,827	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Bedford Basin
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mary Ann McGrath	4,489	42.43%	18.54%
	New Democratic	Errol Gaum	2,946	27.85%	-8.16%
	Liberal	Jack Hardiman	2,935	27.74%	-12.35%
	Nova Scotia Party	Janice Lively	209	1.98%	–
Total			10,579	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Bedford Basin
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerry Fogarty	4,246	40.10%	-1.11%
	New Democratic	Errol Gaum	3,813	36.01%	15.53%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Maddalena	2,530	23.89%	-13.74%
Total			10,589	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Bedford Basin
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerry Fogarty	4,676	41.21%	6.13%
	Progressive Conservative	Joel Matheson	4,270	37.63%	-7.92%
	New Democratic	Clarrie MacKinnon	2,323	20.47%	1.12%
	Natural Law	Pulkesh Lakhanpal	77	0.68%	–
Total			11,346	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Bedford Basin
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Joel Matheson	6,462	45.56%	-1.77%
	Liberal	Penny LaRocque	4,977	35.09%	16.34%
	New Democratic	John Dunsworth	2,746	19.36%	-14.57%
Total			14,185	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Bedford Basin
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Joel Matheson	5,613	47.32%	-2.08%
	New Democratic	Paul Fiander	4,024	33.93%	9.63%
	Liberal	Alan Weeks	2,224	18.75%	-7.55%
Total			11,861	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Bedford Basin
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Joel Matheson	6,087	49.41%	-4.95%
	Liberal	John Genik	3,240	26.30%	-8.78%
	New Democratic	Peter Delefes	2,993	24.29%	13.73%
Total			12,320	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Bedford Basin
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Joel Matheson	6,325	54.36%	–
	Liberal	Wilfred Moore	4,081	35.08%	–
	New Democratic	Tom Orman	1,229	10.56%	–
Total			11,635	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

References

^ "Financial Return for Candidate; Summary of Election Expenses" (PDF). electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
^ Clayton Park West Constituency History Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine Nova Scotia Legislature
^ Constituency History - Clayton Park West Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine Nova Scotia Legislature
^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
^ "41st Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

External links

[1] "Financial Return for Candidate; Summary of Election Expenses" (PDF). electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 18 March 2020.

[2] Clayton Park West Constituency History Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine Nova Scotia Legislature

[3] Constituency History - Clayton Park West Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine Nova Scotia Legislature

[4] "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[5] "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

[6] "41st Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

[7] "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

[8] "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

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