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 is considered a reasonably safe seat for the NDP, though the 2013 election was close, amid a province-wide swing to the Liberals.

It was created in 1966 when Halifax North was divided into three districts, one of which was Halifax City North East. The district was renamed Halifax Needham in 1967. In 2003, it gained an area east of Citadel Hill from Halifax Citadel. In 2013, it lost the area south of Robie Street and east of Young Street to Halifax Chebucto and gained the area north of Bayers Road and east of Connaught Avenue from Halifax Chebucto.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years	Member	Party
Halifax North Riding created from Halifax
40th	1933–1937		Gordon Isnor	Liberal
41st	1937–1941	Harold Connolly
42nd	1941–1945
43rd	1945–1949
44th	1949–1953
45th	1953–1956
46th	1956–1960	John E. Ahern
47th	1960–1963
48th	1963–1967		James H. Vaughan	Progressive Conservative
Halifax Needham
49th	1967–1970		Gerald Regan	Liberal
50th	1970–1974
51st	1974–1978
52nd	1978–1980
1980–1981		Edmund L. Morris	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981–1984
54th	1984–1988
55th	1988–1993		Gerry O'Malley	Liberal
56th	1993–1998
57th	1998–1999		Maureen MacDonald	New Democratic
58th	1999–2003
59th	2003–2005
60th	2006–2009
61st	2009–2013
62nd	2013–2016
2016–2017	Lisa Roberts
63rd	2017–2021
64th	2021–2024	Suzy Hansen
65th	2024–present

Geography

The land-area of Halifax Needham is 6 km2 (2.3 sq mi).

Election results

2024

vte2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Suzy Hansen	5,063	67.76	+8.79
	Progressive Conservative	Trayvone Clayton	1,279	17.12	+7.08
	Liberal	Jon Frost	1,003	13.42	-15.65
	Green	Amethyste Hamel-Gregory	127	1.70	-0.22
Total	7,472	–
Total rejected ballots	47
Turnout	7,587	43.49
Eligible voters	17,446
	New Democratic hold	Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia

2021

2017 provincial election redistributed results
Party	Vote	%
	New Democratic	4,007	51.29
	Liberal	2,220	28.42
	Progressive Conservative	1,125	14.40
	Green	460	5.89

vte2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Suzy Hansen	5,308	58.96	+7.67	$70,071.07
	Liberal	Colin Coady	2,617	29.07	+0.65	$63,403.44
	Progressive Conservative	Scott Ellis	904	10.04	-4.36	$25,818.91
	Green	Kai Trappenberg	173	1.92	-3.97	$200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit	9,002	99.52	–	$97,461.81
Total rejected ballots	43	0.48
Turnout	9,045	53.34
Eligible voters	16,957
	New Democratic hold	Swing	+3.51
Source: Elections Nova Scotia

2017

vte2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lisa Roberts	3,880	51.36	+0.43
	Liberal	Melinda Daye	2,075	27.47	-6.13
	Progressive Conservative	Matthew Donahoe	1,135	15.02	+2.86
	Green	Andrew Jamieson	465	6.15	+2.94
Total valid votes	7,599	45.9
Total rejected ballots	44
Eligible voters	16,558
	New Democratic hold	Swing	-3.28
Source: Elections Nova Scotia

2016 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 2016-08-30
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lisa Roberts	2,519	50.93	6.94
	Liberal	Rod Wilson	1,666	33.68	-6.72
	Progressive Conservative	Andy Arsenault	600	12.13	1.31
	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
Source(s)Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2013

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

2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Maureen MacDonald	3,392	43.99	-23.30
	Liberal	Christopher (Chris) Poole	3,115	40.40	19.09
	Progressive Conservative	Mary D. S. Hamblin	834	10.82	4.06
	Green	Kris MacLellan	369	4.79	0.16
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
Source(s)Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2013). (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from (PDF) on 10 April 2018.

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Maureen MacDonald	5,336	67.30	6.60
	Liberal	Graham Estabrooks	1,690	21.31	4.42
	Progressive Conservative	Jason Cameron	536	6.76	-10.87
	Green	Kris MacLellan	367	4.63	-0.15
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
Source(s)Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Maureen MacDonald	4,431	60.70	10.44
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Black	1,287	17.63	-1.03
	Liberal	Errol Gaum	1,233	16.89	-12.62
	Green	Amanda Myers	349	4.78	–
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
Source(s)Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Maureen MacDonald	3,709	50.26	5.31
	Liberal	Mike Rodgers	2,178	29.51	4.39
	Progressive Conservative	Linda Carvery	1,377	18.66	-9.20
	Nova Scotia Party	Blair Baxter	116	1.57	-0.49
Total valid votes	7,380	100.00
Total rejected ballots	59	0.79
Turnout	7,439	55.17
Electors on the lists	13,484	–
Source(s)Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Maureen MacDonald	3,525	44.95	-13.56
	Progressive Conservative	Linda Carvery	2,185	27.86	16.69
	Liberal	Mike Rogers	1,970	25.12	-5.19
	Nova Scotia Party	Scott Higgins	162	2.07	–
Total	7,842	–
Source(s)Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1999). (Report). Elections Nova Scotia.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Maureen MacDonald	4,837	58.51	23.03
	Liberal	Gerry O'Malley	2,506	30.31	-14.87
	Progressive Conservative	Atho Kartsaklis	924	11.18	-7.31
Total	8,267	–
Source(s)Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerry O'Malley	4,527	45.18	3.28
	New Democratic	Innis MacDonald	3,555	35.48	2.95
	Progressive Conservative	Ron W. Milsom	1,852	18.48	-7.08
	Natural Law	Ian Temple	85	0.85	–
Total	10,019	–
Source(s)Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1993). (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from (PDF) on 18 June 2018.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerry O'Malley	3,469	41.91	14.09
	New Democratic	Maureen MacDonald	2,693	32.53	0.87
	Progressive Conservative	Randy Dewell	2,116	25.56	-14.41
Total	8,278	–
Source(s)Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1988). (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from (PDF) on 7 July 2018.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Edmund L. Morris	3,173	39.97	1.92
	New Democratic	Maureen MacDonald	2,514	31.67	2.01
	Liberal	Walter Fitzgerald	2,208	27.81	-4.48
	Labour	Beatrice Kaizer	44	0.55	–
Total	7,939	–
Source(s)Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1984). (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from (PDF) on 31 July 2017.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Edmund L. Morris	3,300	38.05	-6.25
	Liberal	Dan Clarke	2,801	32.30	-11.56
	New Democratic	Phil Davis	2,572	29.66	17.81
Total	8,673	–
Source(s)Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1981). (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from (PDF) on 31 July 2017.

1980

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1980-05-06
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Edmund L. Morris	2,618	44.30	2.59
	Liberal	Dan Clarke	2,592	43.86	0.48
	New Democratic	Rocky Jones	700	11.84	-3.07
Total	5,910	–
Source(s)Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerald Regan	3,553	43.38	-18.11
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Curran	3,416	41.70	15.58
	New Democratic	James "Dusty" Miller	1,222	14.92	2.53
Total	8,191	–
Source(s)Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1978). (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from (PDF) on 18 June 2018.

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerald Regan	4,364	61.49	3.57
	Progressive Conservative	James H. Vaughan	1,854	26.12	-10.92
	New Democratic	Marty Dolin	879	12.39	7.36
Total	7,097	–
Source(s)Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1974). (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from (PDF) on 18 June 2018.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerald Regan	4,514	57.92	9.74
	Progressive Conservative	David MacKeen	2,887	37.05	-9.67
	New Democratic	Alasdair Sinclair	392	5.03	-0.07
Total	7,793	–
Source(s)Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Legislative Assembly (1970). (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from (PDF) on 25 July 2018.

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerald Regan	3,354	48.18	–
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil Moore	3,252	46.72	–
	New Democratic	Buddy Daye	355	5.10	–
Total	6,961	–
Source(s)Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from (PDF) on 25 July 2018.