Halifax Armdale is a provincial

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, that elects one member of the

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. This Halifax district covers the growing population of the Fairmount, Armdale and Cowie Hill areas. The northern boundary is Highway 102, the eastern boundary is Joseph Howe Drive and the Northwest Arm, while the southern boundary is Frog Pond Park in Armdale. The district was created in 1992 as Halifax Fairview and encompassed the Cowie Hill area, formerly part of Halifax Atlantic; the Fairview area, formerly part of

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; and the area west of the CNR tracks, formerly part of

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. In 2013, following the recommendations of the 2012 Electoral Boundaries Commission, it was renamed Halifax Armdale and gained 18 per cent of the district of Halifax Atlantic, including the area east of Herring Cove Road and north of the Frog Pond Park. It lost the area north of Highway 102 and east of Northwest Arm Drive and Dunbrack Street to Fairview-Clayton Park.

Geography

Halifax Armdale has a relatively small landmass at .

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following

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Election results

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2021

2017

2013

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, style="text-align:right", 3,208 , style="text-align:right", 49.34 , style="text-align:right", 28.32 , - ,

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, Drew Moore , style="text-align:right", 2,233 , style="text-align:right", 34.34 , style="text-align:right", –29.37 , - , Progressive Conservative , Irvine Carvery , style="text-align:right", 1,061 , style="text-align:right", 16.32 , style="text-align:right", 4.17

2009

2006

2003

2001 by-election

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, Graham Steele , style="text-align:right", 2,164 , style="text-align:right", 58.17 , style="text-align:right", 11.94 , - , - , Progressive Conservative , Narayana Swamy , style="text-align:right", 466 , style="text-align:right", 12.53 , style="text-align:right", –14.55 , -

1999

1998

1996 by-election

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, Eileen O'Connell , style="text-align:right", 4,434 , style="text-align:right", 65.24 , style="text-align:right", 19.72 , - , Progressive Conservative , Rosanna Liberatore , style="text-align:right", 1,250 , style="text-align:right", 18.39 , style="text-align:right", –1.36 , -

1993

References

External links

2013 riding profile
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