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Halifax County Dartmouth

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Halifax County-Dartmouth was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1956 from portions of the former Halifax County district and existed until 1967, at which point the district was reformed into Dartmouth North and Dartmouth South.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Halifax County-Dartmouth elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly:[1]

Legislature Years Member Party
48th 1963-1967 Irvin William Akerley Progressive Conservative
47th 1960-1963 Gordon L. S. Hart Liberal
46th 1956-1960 Geoffrey W. Stevens Liberal

Election results

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1956

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1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoffrey W. Stevens 7,276 49.69%
Progressive Conservative C. J. Creighton 6,811 46.51%
Co-operative Commonwealth Gerald Yetman 557 3.80%
Total 14,644
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax County Dartmouth" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1960

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1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gordon L. S. Hart 8,258 46.46% -3.23%
Progressive Conservative Murray Ritcey 7,653 43.05% -3.46%
Co-operative Commonwealth Percy W. Dares 1,864 10.49% 6.68%
Total 17,775
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax County Dartmouth" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1963

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1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Irvin William Akerley 9,884 52.88% 9.83%
Liberal Gordon L. S. Hart 8,150 43.60% -2.85%
New Democratic Edward B. Doyle 657 3.52%
Total 18,691
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax County Dartmouth" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

References

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