Halifax Cobequid
Halifax Cobequid was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1956 as Halifax Northwest from part of the former district of Halifax West. In 1966, the district was renamed Halifax County North West, and the following year, in 1967 it was renamed Halifax Cobequid.{{Cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/fairview-clayton%20park.pdf|title=Electoral History for Halifax Northwest|date=October 30, 2013|website=Nova Scotia Legislature|access-date=April 4, 2019}} It existed until 1978, when it was redistributed into four new districts: Sackville, Halifax Bedford Basin, Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley, and Cole Harbour.[http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/colchester-musquodoboit%20valley.pdf "Electoral History for Halifax Cobequid"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823064028/http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/colchester-musquodoboit%20valley.pdf |date=2017-08-23 }} (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. October 30, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
The electoral district was represented by the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
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! Legislature ! Years ! colspan="2" | Member ! Party |
| bgcolor="CCCCCC"| 46th
|1956-1960 |rowspan="1" {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}} | |
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 47th
|1960-1963 | rowspan="3" {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}} | | rowspan="3" |Gordon H. Fitzgerald | rowspan="3" |Progressive Conservative |
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 48th
|1963-1967 |
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" |49th
| 1967-1970 |
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 50th
| 1970-1974 | rowspan="1" {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan="1" |George Riley | rowspan="1" |Liberal |
| bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 51st
| 1974-1978 | rowspan="1" {{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan="1" |George Doucet | rowspan="1" |Liberal |
Election results
= 1956 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1956|Halifax Cobequid|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Ronald Manning Fielding|3,763|50.40%|–}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|S. E. Haverstock|3,573|47.86%|–}}
{{CANelec|NS|CCF|L. C. Wilson|130|1.74%|–}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|7,466|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/clayton_park_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Clayton Park West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}
{{cite book|title=Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201956.pdf|date=1956|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}
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= 1960 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1960|Halifax Cobequid|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Gordon H. Fitzgerald|4,209|46.55%|-1.30%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Ronald Manning Fielding|4,182|46.26%|-4.15%}}
{{CANelec|NS|CCF|L. C. Wilson|650|7.19%|5.45%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|9,041|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/clayton_park_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Clayton Park West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}
{{cite book|title=Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201960.pdf|date=1960|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}
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= 1963 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1963|Halifax Cobequid|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Gordon H. Fitzgerald|5,559|56.07%|9.51%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|George Douglas Burris|4,027|40.62%|-5.64%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Gerald A. Guptill|329|3.32%|–}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|9,915|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/clayton_park_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Clayton Park West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}
{{cite book|title=Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201963.pdf|date=1963|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}
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= 1967 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1967|Halifax Cobequid|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Gordon H. Fitzgerald|5,463|51.51%|-4.56%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|John F. Cruickshank|5,143|48.49%|7.88%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|10,606|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/clayton_park_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Clayton Park West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}
{{cite book|title=Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201967.pdf|date=1967|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}
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= 1970 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1970|Halifax Cobequid|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|George Riley|6,453|50.76%|2.27%}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Gordon H. Fitzgerald|5,427|42.69%|-8.82%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|B. Dombrowski|833|6.55%|–}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|12,713|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/clayton_park_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Clayton Park West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}
{{cite book|title=Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201970.pdf|date=1970|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}
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= 1974 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1974|Halifax Cobequid|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|George Doucet|8,691|49.57%|-1.19%}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Silvia Hudson|6,878|39.23%|-3.46%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|George Clement Cann|1,964|11.20%|4.65%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|17,533|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/clayton_park_west.pdf|title=Electoral History for Clayton Park West|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}
{{cite book|title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201974.pdf|date=1974|author=Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}
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References
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