Halifax Chebucto

{{Short description|Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada}}

{{Infobox Canada electoral district

| province = Nova Scotia

| image = Halifax Chebucto provincial electoral district.svg

| caption =

| prov-status = active

| prov-created = 1967

| prov-election-first = 1967

| prov-election-last = 2024

| prov-rep = Krista Gallagher

| prov-rep-party = NDP

| prov-rep-party-link = New Democratic

| demo-census-date = 2016{{cite web |title=Finding a Primary Care Provider in Nova Scotia - July 2021 |url=https://www.nshealth.ca/sites/nshealth.ca/files/finding_a_primary_care_provider_in_nova_scotia_report_july_2021.pdf |website=nshealth.ca |publisher=Nova Scotia Health Authority |access-date=18 July 2021}}

| demo-pop = 18939

| demo-electors = 17,588{{cite web |title=Financial Return for Candidate; Summary of Election Expenses |url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/2017_ED26LiberalStroinkExp.pdf |website=electionsnovascotia.ca |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |access-date=13 March 2020}}

| demo-electors-date = 2017

| demo-area = 4.00

| demo-cd = Halifax Regional Municipality

| demo-csd =

| warning = no

}}

Halifax Chebucto is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

It is one of several ridings within the Halifax Regional Municipality. It encompasses the neighbourhood known informally as the West End. The economy consists mostly of military employment from CFB Halifax, the Queen Elizabeth II Health Science's Centre as well as retail stores on Quinpool Road.

The riding is one of the few in the province to have a long history of New Democratic Party (NDP) representation. It been represented by an NDP Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for all but two terms since 1981. In the 2013 election, the Liberal candidate, Joachim Stroink was elected to represent the riding in the House of Assembly during the collapse of the NDP province-wide. However, the 2017 election saw the new leader of the NDP Gary Burrill elected, defeating Stroink after only one term.

The riding has produced two provincial NDP leaders, Alexa McDonough (who would go on to lead the federal NDP) and Burrill.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

{{NS-MLA nodata|Halifax Northwest
Riding created from Halifax North}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1956

| ToYr = 1960

| Assembly# = 46

| RepName = Ronald Manning Fielding

| NSParty = Liberal

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1960

| ToYr = 1963

| Assembly# = 47

| RepName = Gordon H. Fitzgerald

| NSParty = PC

| RepTerms# = 2

| PartyTerms# = 2

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1963

| ToYr = 1967

| Assembly# = 48

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1967

| ToYr = 1970

| Assembly# = 49

| RepName = James H. Vaughan

| NSParty = PC

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1970

| ToYr = 1974

| Assembly# = 50

| RepName = James L. Connolly

| NSParty = Liberal

| PartyTerms# = 3

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1974

| ToYr = 1978

| Assembly# = 51

| RepName = Walter Fitzgerald

| RepTerms# = 2

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1978

| ToYr = 1981

| Assembly# = 52

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1981

| ToYr = 1984

| Assembly# = 53

| RepName = Alexa McDonough

| NSParty = NDP

| RepTerms# = 3

| PartyTerms# = 3

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1984

| ToYr = 1988

| Assembly# = 54

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1988

| ToYr = 1993

| Assembly# = 55

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1993

| ToYr = 1998

| Assembly# = 56

| RepName = Jay Abbass

| NSParty = Liberal

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1998

| ToYr = 1999

| Assembly# = 57

| RepName = Howard Epstein

| NSParty = NDP

| RepTerms# = 5

| PartyTerms# = 5

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1999

| ToYr = 2003

| Assembly# = 58

}}

{{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 row

| FromYr = 2013

| ToYr = 2017

| Assembly# = 62

| RepName = Joachim Stroink

| NSParty = Liberal

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2017

| ToYr = 2021

| Assembly# = 63

| RepName = Gary Burrill

| NSParty = NDP

| RepTerms# = 2

| PartyTerms# = 3

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2021

| ToYr = 2024

| Assembly# = 64

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2024

| ToYr =

| Assembly# = 65

| RepName = Krista Gallagher

}}

Geography

The land area of Halifax Chebucto is {{convert|4.00|km2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |title=Find Your Electoral District for the next Provincial General Election |url=https://enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca/edinfo55/Default.aspx?ED=28 |website=enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |access-date=18 July 2021}} With a population of 18,939 people as of 2016,{{cite web |title=Finding a Primary Care Provider in Nova Scotia - July 2021 |url=https://www.nshealth.ca/sites/nshealth.ca/files/finding_a_primary_care_provider_in_nova_scotia_report_july_2021.pdf |website=nshealth.ca |publisher=Nova Scotia Health Authority |access-date=18 July 2021}} the population density was approximately {{Pop density|18939|4|km2|sqmi|prec=1}}.

Election results

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=2017=

=2013=

|Liberal

|Joachim Stroink

|align="right"|4,352

|align="right"|49.87

|align="right"|

|-

|New Democratic Party

|Gregor Ash

|align="right"|3,376

|align="right"|38.68

|align="right"|

|-

|Progressive Conservative

|Christine Dewell

|align="right"|874

|align="right"|10.02

|align="right"|

|-

|Independent

|Michael Marshall

|align="right"|125

|align="right"|1.43

|align="right"|

|-

|}