Edward Haliburton

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image =

| name = Edward D. Haliburton

| birth_date = {{birth date|1898|3|28}}

| birth_place = St. John's, Newfoundland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|3|12|1898|3|28}}

| death_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia

| office1 = MLA for Kings South

| term_start1 = 1956

| term_end1 = 1970

| predecessor1 = new riding

| successor1 = Harry How

| office2 = MLA for Kings County

| term_start2 = 1953

| term_end2 = 1956

| predecessor2 = William H. Pipe
David Durell Sutton

| successor2 = riding dissolved

| party = Progressive Conservative

| religion =

| occupation = farmer, journalist

}}

Edward Douglas Haliburton (March 28, 1898 – March 12, 1990) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Kings County and Kings South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1953 to 1970. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/kings%20south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Kings South|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2018-04-04}}

Born in 1898 at St. John's, Newfoundland, Haliburton was educated at Dalhousie University, and University of King's College.{{cite book|last1=Elliott|first1=Shirley B.|title=The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory|url=https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/86|accessdate=2018-04-04|year=1984|publisher=Public Archives of Nova Scotia|isbn=0-88871-050-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/86 86]}} He married Louella Jean Tattrie in March 1926. By career, Haliburton was a farmer, fruit grower, and journalist.

Haliburton first attempted to enter provincial politics in the 1949 election, but was defeated by 184 votes.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201949.pdf |title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1949 |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |year=1949 |page=47 |accessdate=2015-04-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518081248/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201949.pdf |archivedate=2015-05-18 }} He ran again in the 1953 election, and was elected in the dual-member riding of Kings County with Progressive Conservative George Arthur Boggs.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201953.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1953|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1953|page=47|accessdate=2015-04-27}} In the 1956 election, Haliburton was re-elected in the new Kings South riding by 774 votes.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201956.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1956|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1956|page=52|accessdate=2015-04-27}} In November 1956, Haliburton was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Agriculture and Marketing.{{cite news|title=N.S. Premier names cabinet of eight men|work=The Globe and Mail|date=November 21, 1956}} In July 1959, he was given an additional role in cabinet as Minister of Lands and Forests. Haliburton was re-elected in the 1960,{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201960.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1960|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1960|page=55|accessdate=2015-04-27}} and 1963 elections.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201963.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1963|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1963|page=58|accessdate=2015-04-27}} In July 1964, Haliburton was moved to Minister of Fisheries, while remaining as Minister of Lands and Forests.{{cite news|title=N.S. cabinet is reshuffled by Stanfield|work=The Globe and Mail|date=July 1, 1964}} He was re-elected in the 1967 election.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201967.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1967|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1967|page=60|accessdate=2015-04-27}} When George Isaac Smith was sworn in as premier in September 1967, Haliburton retained his previous cabinet roles, but was also named Minister of Education.{{cite news|title=G.I. Smith sworn in as N.S. Premier; Stanfield gets ready for Ottawa move|work=The Globe and Mail|date=September 14, 1967}} In May 1968, Smith shuffled his cabinet, moving Haliburton to Provincial Secretary.{{cite news|title=Premier shifts 7 portfolios in N.S. cabinet|work=The Globe and Mail|date=May 10, 1968}} He did not reoffer in the 1970 election.

Haliburton died at Halifax on March 12, 1990.{{cite news|title=Haliburton praised by former political colleagues|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=March 14, 1990}}