electoral district
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in
Nova Scotia
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, Canada, that elects one member of the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly
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The assembly is ...
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It is one of several ridings within the
Halifax Regional Municipality
Halifax is the capital and most populous municipality of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of 2024, it is estimated that the population of the H ...
. It encompasses the neighbourhood known informally as the West End. The economy consists mostly of military employment from
CFB Halifax
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, the Queen Elizabeth II Health Science's Centre as well as retail stores on Quinpool Road.
The riding is one of the few in the province to have a long history of New Democratic Party (NDP) representation. It been represented by an NDP Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for all but two terms since 1981. In the 2013 election, the Liberal candidate, Joachim Stroink was elected to represent the riding in the House of Assembly during the collapse of the NDP province-wide. However, the 2017 election saw the new leader of the NDP
Gary Burrill
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Alexa McDonough
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(who would go on to lead the federal NDP) and Burrill.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following MLAs:
Geography
The land area of Halifax Chebucto is . With a population of 18,939 people as of 2016, the population density was approximately .
Election results
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Independent
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