Halifax Armdale

Halifax Armdale
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Rod Wilson; New Democratic
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District created	2012
First contested	2013
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Electors	12,467
Area (km²)	12.00
Census division	Halifax Regional Municipality

Halifax Armdale is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. 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.

LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly

MLA

Rod Wilson
New Democratic

District created2012

First contested2013

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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 Halifax Bedford Basin; and the area west of the CNR tracks, formerly part of Halifax Chebucto. 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.^[2]

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Legislature	Years		Party
Halifax Fairview Riding created from Halifax Bedford Basin and Halifax Chebucto
56th	1993–1996	Alexa McDonough	New Democratic
56th	1996–1998	Eileen O'Connell
57th	1998–1999
58th	1999–2001
58th	2001–2003	Graham Steele
59th	2003–2005
60th	2006–2009
61st	2009–2013
Halifax Armdale
62nd	2013–2017	Lena Diab	Liberal
63rd	2017–2021	Lena Diab
64th	2021–2024	Ali Duale
65th	2024–present	Rod Wilson	New Democratic

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Rod Wilson	2,521	39.40	+5.04
	Progressive Conservative	Craig Myra	2,280	35.64	+13.36
	Liberal	Ali Duale	1,597	24.96	-15.72
Total			6,398	–
Total rejected ballots			45
Turnout			6,443	44.66
Eligible voters			14,426
	New Democratic gain		Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[4]

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ali Duale	3,070	40.35	–3.22	$70,351.56
	New Democratic	Julie Melanson	2,593	34.08	+1.33	$53,488.81
	Progressive Conservative	Richard MacLean	1,681	22.09	+3.43	$26,722.37
	Green	Jo-Ann Roberts	202	2.65	–1.26	$260.94
	Independent	Stephen Chafe	63	0.83	–	$2,271.79
Total valid votes/expense limit			7,609	99.67	–	$82,778.45
Total rejected ballots			25	0.33
Turnout			7,634	53.52
Eligible voters			14,265
	Liberal hold		Swing		–2.28
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[5]^[6]

2017 provincial election redistributed results^[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	3,354	43.57
	New Democratic	2,521	32.75
	Progressive Conservative	1,437	18.67
	Green	301	3.91
	Atlantica	85	1.10

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lena Diab	2,962	44.58	−4.76
	New Democratic	David C. Wheeler	2,098	31.58	−2.76
	Progressive Conservative	Sylvia Gillard	1,253	18.86	2.54
	Green	Marc-André Tremblay	246	3.70
	Atlantica	Michael McLeod	85	1.28
Total valid votes			6,644	100
Total rejected ballots			23	0.35
Turnout			6,667	53.50
Eligible voters			12,461
	Liberal hold		Swing		−1.00
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[8]^[9]

Halifax Armdale

Geography

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

2024

2021

2017

2013

2009

2006

2003

2001 by-election

1999

1998

1996 by-election

1993

See also

References

External links

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2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lena Diab	3,208	49.57%	28.55%
	New Democratic	Drew Moore	2,203	34.04%	-29.67
	Progressive Conservative	Irvine T. Carvery	1,061	16.39%	4.23
Total			6,472	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Armdale" (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 Fairview
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Graham Steele	4,680	63.71%	5.08%
	Liberal	Brad Armitage	1,544	21.02%	6.52%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Henderson	893	12.16%	-11.13%
	Green	Jane Hester	229	3.12%	-0.47%
Total			7,346	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Fairview" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Fairview
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Graham Steele	4,162	58.63%	12.78%
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce MacCharles	1,653	23.28%	0.83%
	Liberal	Cecil MacDougall	1,029	14.49%	-15.95%
	Green	Kris MacLellan	255	3.59%	–
Total			7,099	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Fairview" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, March 6, 2001: Halifax Fairview
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Graham Steele	2,164	58.17%	11.94%
	Liberal	Jeremy Akerman	1,021	27.45%	3.30%
	Progressive Conservative	Narayana Swamy	466	12.53%	-14.55%
	Marijuana	Melanie Patriquen	38	1.02%	–
	Nova Scotia Party	Heather Drope	31	0.83%	-1.71%
Total			3,720	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Fairview" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Complete Results and Statistics of Provincial By-Elections 1930–2007, Complete Poll By Poll Results (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2007.