Clayton Park West (electoral district)

Clayton Park West
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Adegoke Fadare; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1978
First contested	1978
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Electors	17,712
Area (km²)	9
Census division	Halifax Regional Municipality

Clayton Park West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly

MLA

Adegoke Fadare
Progressive Conservative

District created1978

First contested1978

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The riding was created in 1978 as Halifax Bedford Basin from a portion of Halifax Cobequid.^[2] In 2003, the district lost a northern area to Bedford and was renamed Halifax Clayton Park. Following the 2012 electoral boundary review, the district was renamed Clayton Park West. It gained Birch Cove and Kearney Lake areas from Bedford-Birch Cove and the Kearney Lake area from Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville. It lost the Susies Lake and Quarrie Lake areas to Timberlea-Prospect; the areas south of Mount Saint Vincent University and Lacewood Drive as well as the Washmill Lake Drive area the Fairview-Clayton Park.^[2]

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Legislature	Years		Party
Halifax Bedford Basin Riding created from Halifax Cobequid and Halifax St. Margarets
52nd	1978–1981	Joel Matheson	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981–1984
54th	1984–1988
55th	1988–1993
56th	1993–1998	Gerry Fogarty	Liberal
57th	1998–1999	Gerry Fogarty	Liberal
58th	1999–2003	Mary Ann McGrath	Progressive Conservative
Halifax Clayton Park
59th	2003–2006	Diana Whalen	Liberal
60th	2006–2009
61st	2009–2013
Clayton Park West
62nd	2013–2017	Diana Whalen	Liberal
63rd	2017–2021	Rafah DiCostanzo
64th	2021–2024	Rafah DiCostanzo
65th	2024–present	Adegoke Fadare	Progressive Conservative

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Adegoke Fadare	2,096	35.41	10.64
	New Democratic	Wendy Hood-Morris	2,010	33.96	9.70
	Liberal	Elizabeth Eustaquio-Domondon	1,813	30.63	-16.97
Total			5,919	–
Total rejected ballots			35
Turnout			5,955	40.75
Eligible voters			14,614
	Progressive Conservative gain		Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[4]

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Rafah DiCostanzo	3,603	47.60	+1.97	$56,738.05
	Progressive Conservative	Nargis DeMolitor	1,875	24.77	-1.39	$14,590.30
	New Democratic	Reena Davis	1,836	24.25	+3.41	$23,194.34
	Green	Richard Zurawski	210	2.77	-2.76	$200.00
	Atlantica	Helen Lau	46	0.61	-1.22	$200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			7,570	99.74		$83,815.86
Total rejected ballots			20	0.26
Turnout			7,590	52.44
Eligible voters			14,474
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.68
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[5]^[6]

2017 provincial election redistributed results^[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	3,312	45.63
	Progressive Conservative	1,899	26.16
	New Democratic	1,513	20.84
	Green	402	5.54
	Atlantica	133	1.83

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rafah DiCostanzo	4,035	46.04	-21.44
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Kimball	2,304	26.29	+11.31
	New Democratic	Rana Zaman	1,764	20.13	+2.58
	Green	Thomas Trappenberg	506	5.77	N/A
	Atlantica	Jonathan Dean	154	1.78	N/A
Total valid votes			8,763	100.0
Total rejected ballots			30	0.34
Turnout			8,793	49.90
Eligible voters			17,620
	Liberal hold		Swing		-16.38
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[8]^[9]

Clayton Park West (electoral district)

Geography

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

2024

2021

2017

2013

2009

2006

2003

1999

1998

1993

1988

1984

1981

1978

See also

References

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2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Diana Whalen	5,929	67.81%	+29.60%
	New Democratic	Blake Wright	1,515	17.33%	-16.35%
	Progressive Conservative	Jaime Allen	1,299	14.86%	3.02%
Total			8,743	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Clayton Park West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2013). 39th Provincial General Election, October 8, 2013: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2026.

2009 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Clayton Park
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Diana Whalen	5,030	49.02%	11.79%
	New Democratic	Linda Power	3,924	38.24%	4.77%
	Progressive Conservative	Debbie Hum	1,084	10.56%	-16.24%
	Green	Amanda Hester	172	1.68%	-0.82%
	Independent (Atlantica)	Jonathan G. Dean	51	0.50%	–
Total			10,261	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Clayton Park" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Bedford Basin
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerry Fogarty	4,676	41.21%	6.13%
	Progressive Conservative	Joel Matheson	4,270	37.63%	-7.92%
	New Democratic	Clarrie MacKinnon	2,323	20.47%	1.12%
	Natural Law	Pulkesh Lakhanpal	77	0.68%	–
Total			11,346	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Bedford Basin" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018.

1988 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Bedford Basin
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Joel Matheson	6,462	45.56%	-1.77%
	Liberal	Penny LaRocque	4,977	35.09%	16.34%
	New Democratic	John Dunsworth	2,746	19.36%	-14.57%
Total			14,185	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Bedford Basin" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2018.