Halifax Needham

Halifax Needham is a provincial electoral district in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It has existed since 1967, though its boundaries have changed periodically.

Halifax Needham encompasses what is largely known as the North End of Halifax. It has been held by members of each of the three major political parties in Nova Scotia at different times. The riding was once the home of Liberal Premier Gerald Regan before going to Progressive Conservative Edmund L. Morris for the majority of the 1980s. Morris served as a Member of Parliament for Halifax under Progressive Conservative Prime Minister John Diefenbaker before becoming the Mayor of Halifax. He served in the Provincial Cabinet as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Municipal Affairs, Fisheries, and Social Services.

When he stepped down in 1988, the Progressive Conservatives lost the seat in that election to Gerry O'Malley, who was unseated from his position as Liberal Minister of Supply and Services in 1998. Maureen MacDonald held the seat from 1998 until 2016. The seat was once considered a safe seat for the NDP, though the 2013 election was close, amid a province-wide swing to the Liberals.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years		Party
62nd	2016-Present	Lisa Roberts	New Democratic
62nd	2013–2016	Maureen MacDonald	New Democratic
61st	2009–2013
60th	2006–2009
59th	2003–2006
58th	1999–2003
57th	1998–1999
56th	1993–1998	Gerry O'Malley	Liberal
55th	1988–1993	Gerry O'Malley	Liberal
54th	1984–1988	Edmond L. Morris	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981–1984
52nd	1980–1981
52nd	1978–1980	Gerald Regan	Liberal
51st	1974–1978
50th	1970–1974
49th	1967–1970

Election results

August 30, 2016 by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	New Democratic Party	Lisa Roberts	2,519	50.97	+6.98
	Liberal	Rod Wilson	1,662	33.63	-6.77
	Progressive Conservative	Andy Arsenault	600	12.14	+1.32
	Green	Thomas Trappenberg	161	3.26	-1.53
Total valid votes			4,942	100.00
Total rejected ballots			21	0.42	-0.50
Turnout			4,963	32.50	-17.93
Electors on the lists			15,270	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+6.87

Nova Scotia general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	New Democratic Party	Maureen MacDonald	3,392	43.99	-23.25
	Liberal	Chris Poole	3,115	40.40	+18.51
	Progressive Conservative	Mary D.S. Hamblin	834	10.82	+4.23
	Green	Kris MacLellan	369	4.79	+0.51
Total valid votes			7,710	100.00
Total rejected ballots			72	0.93
Turnout			7,782	50.43
Electors on the lists			15,432	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-20.88

Nova Scotia general election, 2009 redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	5,013	67.24
	Liberal	1,632	21.89
	Progressive Conservative	491	6.59
	Green	319	4.28

Nova Scotia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	New Democratic Party	Maureen MacDonald	5,336	67.30	+6.86
	Liberal	Graham Estabrooks	1,690	21.31	+4.65
	Progressive Conservative	Jason Cameron	536	6.76	-11.41
	Green	Kris MacLellan	367	4.63	+0.08
Total valid votes			7,929	100.00
Total rejected ballots			31	0.39
Turnout			7,960	49.01
Electors on the lists			16,241	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+1.01

Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	New Democratic Party	Maureen MacDonald	4,438	60.62	+10.36
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Black	1,330	18.17	-0.49
	Liberal	Dr. Errol Guam	1,220	16.66	-12.85
	Green	Amanda Myers	333	4.55	–
Total valid votes			7,321	100.00
Total rejected ballots			32	0.44
Turnout			7,353	49.85
Electors on the lists			14,750	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+5.43

Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic Party	Maureen MacDonald	3,709	50.26
	Liberal	Mike Rogers	2,178	29.51
	Progressive Conservative	Linda Carvery	1,377	18.66
	Nova Scotia Party	Blair Baxter	116	1.57
Total valid votes			7,380	100.00
Total rejected ballots			59	0.79
Turnout			7,439	55.17
Electors on the lists			13,484	–

Nova Scotia general election, 1999
	Candidate	Votes	%
New Democratic Party	Maureen MacDonald	3,525	44.95
Progressive Conservative	Linda Carvery	2,185	27.86
Liberal	Mike Rogers	1,970	25.12
Nova Scotia Party	Scott Higgins	162	2.07

Nova Scotia general election, 1998
	Candidate	Votes	%
New Democratic Party	Maureen MacDonald	4,837	58.51
Liberal	Gerry O'Malley	2,506	30.31
Progressive Conservative	Atho Kartsaklis	924	11.18

Nova Scotia general election, 1993
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Gerry O'Malley	4,527	45.18
New Democratic Party	Innis MacDonald	3,555	35.48
Progressive Conservative	Ron Walker Milsom	1,852	18.48
Natural Law Party	Ian Temple	85	0.85

Nova Scotia general election, 1988
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Gerry O'Malley	3,469	41.91
New Democratic Party	Maureen MacDonald	2,693	32.53
Progressive Conservative	Randy Dewell	2,116	25.56

Nova Scotia general election, 1984
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive Conservative	Edmund Morris	3,173	39.97
New Democratic Party	Maureen MacDonald	2,514	31.67
Liberal	Walter Fitzgerald	2,208	27.81
Labour	Bernice Kaizer	44	0.55

Nova Scotia general election, 1981
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive Conservative	Edmund Morris	3,300	38.05
Liberal	Dan Clarke	2,801	32.30
New Democratic Party	Phil Davis	2,572	29.66

Nova Scotia by-election, 1980
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive Conservative	Edmund Morris	2,618	44.30
Liberal	Dan Clarke	2,592	43.86
New Democratic Party	Burnley "Rocky" Jones	700	11.84

Nova Scotia general election, 1978
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Gerald Regan	3,553	43.38
Progressive Conservative	Pat Curran	3,416	41.70
New Democratic Party	James "Dusty" Miller	1,222	14.92

Nova Scotia general election, 1974
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Gerald Regan	4,364
Progressive Conservative	James H. Vaughan	1,854
New Democratic Party	Martin Dolin	879

Nova Scotia general election, 1970
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Gerald Regan	4,514
Prog. Cons.	David MacKeen	2,887
N.D.P.	Alasdair Sinclair	392

Nova Scotia general election, 1967
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Gerald Regan	3,354
Prog. Cons.	Cecil Moore	3,252
N.D.P.	Buddy Daye	355

External links

Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts

Current

Historic

to 2013:	Argyle Cape Breton North Cape Breton Nova Cape Breton South Cape Breton West Clare Cole Harbour Dartmouth South-Portland Valley Digby-Annapolis Guysborough-Sheet Harbour Halifax Clayton Park Halifax Fairview Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville Preston Queens Richmond Shelburne Truro-Bible Hill

to 2003:	Bedford-Fall River Cape Breton East Cape Breton The Lakes Dartmouth South Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Halifax Bedford Basin Sackville-Beaver Bank Victoria

to 1993:	Annapolis East Annapolis West Colchester South Cumberland Centre Cumberland East Cumberland West Digby Guysborough Halifax Cornwallis Halifax Eastern Shore Halifax St. Margarets Inverness North Inverness South Lunenburg Centre Lunenburg East Sackville

to 1978:	Colchester Halifax Cobequid

to 1967:	Halifax Centre Halifax County Dartmouth Halifax East Halifax North Halifax Northwest Halifax South Halifax West

to 1956:	Kings

to 1949:	Cumberland Hants Pictou

to 1933:	Halifax Richmond and Cape Breton West

to 1925:	Cape Breton

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