Charles Haliburton

Charles Edward Haliburton (born April 23, 1938) is a jurist and former politician in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

Charles E. Haliburton
MP for South Western Nova
In office October 30, 1972 – July 8, 1974
Preceded by	Louis-Roland Comeau
Succeeded by	Coline Campbell
MP for South West Nova
In office May 22, 1979 – February 18, 1980
Preceded by	Coline Campbell
Succeeded by	Coline Campbell
Personal details
Born	(1938-04-23) April 23, 1938 Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Occupation	Judge, politician

Education and legal career

Haliburton graduated from Acadia University in 1959 with a Bachelor of Arts and then from Dalhousie University in 1962 with a Bachelor of Laws. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1978. Haliburton served as an Adjudicator for Small Claims Court, as both a provincial and federal Crown Prosecutor, and as Solicitor for the Municipality and the Town of Digby. He also served as Councilor and then as Mayor of the Town of Digby.

Haliburton returned to private practice after politics and was subsequently appointed to the bench in 1993. He retired from the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in 2013.

Political career

Haliburton was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1972 federal election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for South Western Nova. He lost his seat to Liberal challenger Coline Campbell in the 1974 federal election, but ran again in the renamed riding of South West Nova in the 1979 federal election that brought the Tories to power under Joe Clark after sixteen years of Liberal governance. He sat as a backbench supporter of Clark's minority government for seven months. Following the defeat of the Clark government in the House of Commons, another federal election was called in 1980, and Haliburton lost his seat in a rematch against Campbell.

Electoral record

1972 Canadian federal election: West Nova
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Haliburton	15,039	50.18	-2.15
	Liberal	Fulton Logan	12,471	41.61	-2.61
	New Democratic	Lawrence Meuse	2,104	7.02	+4.66
	Social Credit	Charles Paddock	359	1.20
Total valid votes			29,973	100.00

1974 Canadian federal election: West Nova
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Coline Campbell	15,066	49.10	7.49
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Haliburton	13,841	45.11	-5.07
	New Democratic	Yvonne Coe	1,610	5.25	-1.77
	Social Credit	Cecilia Zwicker	164	0.53	-0.67
Total valid votes			30,681	100.00

1979 Canadian federal election: West Nova
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Haliburton	16,512	44.47	-0.64
	Liberal	Coline Campbell	16,398	44.17	-4.93
	New Democratic	Ian MacPherson	4,217	11.36	+6.11
Total valid votes			37,127	100.00

1980 Canadian federal election: West Nova
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Coline Campbell	19,151	49.82	+5.65
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Haliburton	14,151	36.81	-7.66
	New Democratic	John Lee	4,922	12.80	+1.44
	Independent	Anne Trudell	216	0.56
Total valid votes			38,440	100.00
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References

• Charles Haliburton – Parliament of Canada biography
• Justices of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia

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