{{Short description|Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox Canada electoral district |prov-status = active |province = Nova Scotia |image = Halifax Armdale provincial electoral district.svg |prov-rep-party = NDP |prov-rep = Rod Wilson |demo-census-date = |demo-pop = |prov-election-first = 2013 |prov-election-last = 2024 |demo-electors = 12,467<ref>{{cite web |title=Financial Return for Candidate; Summary of Election Expenses |url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/2017_ED24LiberalDiabExp.pdf |website=electionsnovascotia.ca |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |access-date=17 March 2020}}</ref> |demo-area = 12.00 |prov-created = 2012 |demo-cd = Halifax Regional Municipality |demo-csd = }} '''Halifax Armdale''' is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. This Halifax district covers the growing population of the Fairmount, Armdale and Cowie Hill areas. The northern boundary is Highway 102, the eastern boundary is Joseph Howe Drive and the Northwest Arm, while the southern boundary is Frog Pond Park in Armdale.
The district was created in 1992 as '''Halifax Fairview''' and encompassed the Cowie Hill area, formerly part of Halifax Atlantic; the Fairview area, formerly part of Halifax Bedford Basin; and the area west of the CNR tracks, formerly part of Halifax Chebucto. In 2013, following the recommendations of the 2012 Electoral Boundaries Commission, it was renamed Halifax Armdale and gained 18 per cent of the district of Halifax Atlantic, including the area east of Herring Cove Road and north of the Frog Pond Park. It lost the area north of Highway 102 and east of Northwest Arm Drive and Dunbrack Street to Fairview-Clayton Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/halifax_armdale.pdf|title=Electoral History for Halifax Armdale|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}</ref>
==Geography==
Halifax Armdale has a relatively small landmass at {{cvt|12|km2}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Find Your Electoral District for the next Provincial General Election |url=https://enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca/edinfo55/Default.aspx?ED=26 |website=enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref>
==Members of the Legislative Assembly== This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly: {{NS-MLA|}} {{NS-MLA nodata|Halifax Fairview<br/>Riding created from Halifax Bedford Basin and Halifax Chebucto}} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 1993 | ToYr = 1996 | Assembly# = 56 | RepName = Alexa McDonough | NSParty = NDP | PartyTerms# = 8 | #ByElections = 1 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 1996 | ToYr = 1998 | RepName = Eileen O'Connell | RepLink = Eileen O'Connell (politician) | RepTerms# = 3 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 1998 | ToYr = 1999 | Assembly# = 57 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 1999 | ToYr = 2001 | Assembly# = 58 | #ByElections = 1 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 2001 | ToYr = 2003 | RepName = Graham Steele | RepTerms# = 4 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 2003 | ToYr = 2005 | Assembly# = 59 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 2006 | ToYr = 2009 | Assembly# = 60 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 2009 | ToYr = 2013 | Assembly# = 61 }} {{NS-MLA nodata|Halifax Armdale}} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 2013 | ToYr = 2017 | Assembly# = 62 | RepName = Lena Diab | NSParty = Liberal | RepTerms# = 2 | PartyTerms# = 3 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 2017 | ToYr = 2021 | Assembly# = 63 }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 2021 | ToYr = 2024 | Assembly# = 64 | RepName = Ali Duale }} {{NS-MLA row | FromYr = 2024 | ToYr = | Assembly# = 65 | RepName = Rod Wilson | RepLink = Rod Wilson (politician) | NSParty = NDP }} {{NS-MLA end}}
==Election results==
===2024=== {{2024 Nova Scotia general election/Halifax Armdale}}
===2021=== {{2021 Nova Scotia general election/Halifax Armdale}}
===2017=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="4" | 2017 provincial election redistributed results<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/TranspositionofVotesReport_2017PGE_2019ElectoralDirstricts_reportApril2021.pdf |title=Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries |access-date=2021-07-18 |archive-date=2021-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717154626/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/TranspositionofVotesReport_2017PGE_2019ElectoralDirstricts_reportApril2021.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- ! style="background:#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party ! style="background:#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! style="background:#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % |- | {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}} | | Liberal ||align=right| 3,354 ||align=right| 43.57 |- | {{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|background}} | | New Democratic ||align=right| 2,521 ||align=right| 32.75 |- | {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}} | | Progressive Conservative ||align=right| 1,437 ||align=right| 18.67 |- | {{Canadian party colour|NS|Green|background}} | | Green ||align=right| 301 ||align=right| 3.91 |- | {{Canadian party colour|NS|Atlantica|background}} | | Atlantica ||align=right| 85 ||align=right| 1.10 |}
{{2017 Nova Scotia general election/Halifax Armdale}}
=== 2013 === {{CANelec/top|NS|2013|Halifax Armdale|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Lena Diab|3,208|49.57%|28.55%}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Drew Moore|2,203|34.04%|-29.67}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|Irvine T. Carvery|1,061|16.39%|4.23}} {{CANelec/total|Total|6,472|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/halifax_armdale.pdf|title=Electoral History for Halifax Armdale|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}<br/>{{cite report |title=39th Provincial General Election, October 8, 2013: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics |author=Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |access-date=February 8, 2026 |date=2013 |url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Web_SOVColour_Final[1].pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410162733/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Web_SOVColour_Final[1].pdf |archive-date=April 10, 2018 |url-status=dead}}}} {{end}}
=== 2009 === {{CANelec/top|NS|2009|Halifax Fairview|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Graham Steele|4,680|63.71%|5.08%}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Brad Armitage|1,544|21.02%|6.52%}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|Paul Henderson|893|12.16%|-11.13%}} {{CANelec|NS|Green|Jane Hester|229|3.12%|-0.47%}} {{CANelec/total|Total|7,346|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/fairview-clayton_park.pdf|title=Electoral History for Halifax Fairview|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}} {{end}}
=== 2006 === {{CANelec/top|NS|2006|Halifax Fairview|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Graham Steele|4,162|58.63%|12.78%}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|Bruce MacCharles|1,653|23.28%|0.83%}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Cecil MacDougall|1,029|14.49%|-15.95%}} {{CANelec|NS|Green|Kris MacLellan|255|3.59%|–}} {{CANelec/total|Total|7,099|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/fairview-clayton_park.pdf|title=Electoral History for Halifax Fairview|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}} {{end}}
=== 2003 === {{CANelec/top|NS|2003|Halifax Fairview|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Graham Steele|3,439|45.85%|-12.32%}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Susan Hayes|2,284|30.45%|3.00%}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|Bruce MacCharles|1,684|22.45%|9.92%}} {{CANelec|NS|Nova Scotia|David F. Boyd|94|1.25%|0.42%}} {{CANelec/total|Total|7,501|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/fairview-clayton_park.pdf|title=Electoral History for Halifax Fairview|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}} {{end}}
=== 2001 by-election === {{CANelec/top|NS|March 6, 2001|Halifax Fairview|by=yes|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Graham Steele|2,164|58.17%|11.94%}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Jeremy Akerman|1,021|27.45%|3.30%}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|Narayana Swamy|466|12.53%|-14.55%}} {{CANelec|NS|Marijuana|Melanie Patriquen|38|1.02%|–}} {{CANelec|NS|Nova Scotia|Heather Drope|31|0.83%|-1.71%}} {{CANelec/total|Total|3,720|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/fairview-clayton_park.pdf|title=Electoral History for Halifax Fairview|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}<br/>{{cite report |title=Complete Results and Statistics of Provincial By-Elections 1930–2007, Complete Poll By Poll Results |url=http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/byElections/By%20Election%202001.pdf |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092027/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/byElections/By%20Election%202001.pdf |archive-date=September 29, 2007}}}} {{end}}
=== 1999 === {{CANelec/top|NS|1999|Halifax Fairview|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Eileen O'Connell|3,615|46.23%|-7.52%}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|Narayana Swamy|2,117|27.08%|10.86%}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Greta Murtagh|1,888|24.15%|-5.88%}} {{CANelec|NS|Nova Scotia|Maria Alexandridis|199|2.55%|–}} {{CANelec/total|Total|7,819|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/fairview-clayton_park.pdf|title=Electoral History for Halifax Fairview|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}<br/>{{cite report |title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Fifth General Election |url=https://archive.org/details/micro_IA40243301_1179 |date=1999 |author=Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia}}}} {{end}}
=== 1998 === {{CANelec/top|NS|1998|Halifax Fairview|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Eileen O'Connell|4,649|53.76%|-11.49%}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Bob Britton|2,597|30.03%|13.67%}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|Brian Nash|1,402|16.21%|-2.18%}} {{CANelec/total|Total|8,648|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/fairview-clayton_park.pdf|title=Electoral History for Halifax Fairview|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}} {{end}}
=== 1996 by-election === {{CANelec/top|NS|June 4, 1996|Halifax Fairview|by=yes|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Eileen O'Connell|4,434|65.24%|19.73%}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|Rosanna Liberatore|1,250|18.39%|-1.36%}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Mary Ann Crowley|1,112|16.36%|-17.46%}} {{CANelec/total|Total|6,796|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/fairview-clayton_park.pdf|title=Electoral History for Halifax Fairview|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}<br/>{{cite report |title=Complete Results and Statistics of Provincial By-Elections 1930–2007, Complete Poll By Poll Results |url=http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/byElections/By%20Election%202001.pdf |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092027/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/byElections/By%20Election%202001.pdf |archive-date=September 29, 2007}}}} {{end}}
=== 1993 === {{CANelec/top|NS|1993|Halifax Fairview|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NS|NDP|Alexa McDonough|4,789|45.52%|–}} {{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Art Flynn|3,558|33.82%|–}} {{CANelec|NS|Progressive Conservative|Rosanna Liberatore|2,078|19.75%|–}} {{CANelec|NS|Natural Law|Mark Hawkins|96|0.91%|–}} {{CANelec/total|Total|10,521|–}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/fairview-clayton_park.pdf|title=Electoral History for Halifax Fairview|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2024 |website=nslegislature.ca}}<br/>{{cite report |title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election |url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf |date=1993 |author=Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Queen's Printer |archive-date=June 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618080257/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf}}}} {{end}}
== See also == * List of Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts * Canadian provincial electoral districts
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nsvotes2013/ridings/024/ 2013 riding profile]
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