Fairview-Clayton Park is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding was created in 2012 with 45 per cent of the former district of Halifax Fairview, 39 per cent of the former district of Halifax Clayton Park and 10 per cent of Halifax Chebucto.
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 2012 | ||
| First contested | 2013 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors | 17,380 | ||
| Area (km²) | 6 | ||
| Census division(s) | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
The riding is primarily residential, containing new single-family homes and high-density apartment complexes favoured by people moving into the city for the first time.
Geography
editThe land area of Fairview-Clayton Park is 6 km2 (2.3 sq mi).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
editThis riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Fairview-Clayton Park | ||||
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| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Halifax Chebucto, Halifax Clayton Park and Halifax Fairview | ||||
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | Patricia Arab | Liberal | |
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
| 64th | 2021–2024 | |||
| 65th | 2024–present | Lina Hamid | New Democratic | |
Election results
edit| 2024 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Lina Hamid | 2,426 | 39.05 | +1.94 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Nicole Mosher | 2,007 | 32.30 | +9.96 | ||||
| Liberal | Patricia Arab | 1,780 | 28.65 | -9.86 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,213 | 99.33 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 42 | 0.67 | +0.22 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,255 | 39.80 | -7.37 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 15,716 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.90 | ||||||
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Patricia Arab | 2,892 | 38.51 | -1.67 | $51,400.74 | |||
| New Democratic | Joanne Hussey | 2,787 | 37.11 | +8.00 | $56,136.21 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Nicole Mosher | 1,678 | 22.34 | -3.30 | $44,280.70 | |||
| Green | Sheila Richardson | 153 | 2.04 | -3.03 | $200.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 7,510 | 99.55 | – | $91,386.96 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 34 | 0.45 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,544 | 47.17 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 15,992 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -4.83 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[2] | ||||||||
| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 2,662 | 40.18 | |
| New Democratic | 1,929 | 29.11 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 1,699 | 25.64 | |
| Green | 336 | 5.07 | |
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Patricia Arab | 2,925 | 39.90 | -6.73 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joanne Hussey | 2,109 | 28.77 | -2.37 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Beasant | 1,839 | 25.09 | +3.59 | ||||
| Green | Charlene Boyce | 376 | 5.12 | +1.34 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,330 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 35 | 0.48 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,793 | 41.90% | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 20,985 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.18 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4][5] | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Patricia Arab | 3369 | 46.63 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Abad Khan | 2250 | 31.14 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Travis Price | 1294 | 17.91 | ||
| Green | Raland Kinley | 176 | 2.44 | – | |
| Independent | Katie Campbell | 136 | 1.88 | ||
References
edit- ^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
- ^ Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
- ^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- ^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
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