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Halifax West (provincial electoral district)

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Halifax West was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1933 when Halifax County was divided into five distinct electoral districts.^[1] In 1955, the district of Halifax Northwest was created from a portion of Halifax West.^[2] Following a name change in 1966 to Halifax County West, the district was redistributed entirely to create the current district of Halifax-St. Margaret's in 1967.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

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Legislature	Years		Party
48th	1963-1967	Douglas C. McNeil	Progressive Conservative
47th	1960-1963	Charles H. Reardon	Liberal
46th	1956-1960	Charles H. Reardon	Liberal
45th	1953-1956	Ronald Manning Fielding	Liberal
44th	1949-1953
43rd	1945-1949
42nd	1941-1945
41st	1937-1941	George E. Hagen	Liberal
40th	1933-1937	George E. Hagen	Liberal

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1933 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	George E. Hagen	4,804	54.83%
	Liberal–Conservative	Angus MacDonald Morton	3,957	45.17%
Total			8,761	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1933). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

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1937 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George E. Hagen	5,034	54.00%	-0.83%
	Liberal–Conservative	Earle C. Phinney	4,288	46.00%	0.83%
Total			9,322	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1937). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

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1941 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Manning Fielding	4,459	58.37%	4.37%
	Liberal–Conservative	John Shenstone Roper	3,180	41.63%	-4.37%
Total			7,639	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1941). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

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1945 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Manning Fielding	4,997	49.11%	-9.26%
	Liberal–Conservative	Malcolm Edgbert Walker	2,786	27.38%	-14.25%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Fred M. Young	2,392	23.51%	–
Total			10,175	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1945). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

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1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Manning Fielding	6,788	49.88%	0.76%
	Liberal–Conservative	Malcolm Edgbert Walker	3,795	27.88%	0.50%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Fred M. Young	3,027	22.24%	-1.27%
Total			13,610	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

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1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Manning Fielding	8,061	51.31%	1.43%
	Progressive Conservative	Earle Harverstock	6,927	44.09%	–
	Co-operative Commonwealth	L. C. Wilson	723	4.60%	-17.64%
Total			15,711	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

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1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles H. Reardon	6,119	51.02%	-0.29%
	Progressive Conservative	William J. Dalton	5,875	48.98%	4.89%
Total			11,994	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

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1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles H. Reardon	6,925	46.68%	-4.33%
	Progressive Conservative	D. C. McNeil	6,684	45.06%	-3.92%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harold J. Martell	1,225	8.26%	–
Total			14,834	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

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1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	D. C. McNeil	8,792	57.00%	11.94%
	Liberal	Charles H. Reardon	6,126	39.72%	-6.97%
	New Democratic	Harold J. Martell	506	3.28%	–
Total			15,424	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

[1]
"Electoral History for Halifax West" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. October 30, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
[2]
"Electoral History for Halifax Northwest" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. October 30, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2019.

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