Halifax Needham

Halifax Needham
Nova Scotia electoral district
	Location of Halifax Needham in the Metro Halifax area
Coordinates:	44.6632°N 63.600°W
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Suzy Hansen; New Democratic
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District created	1967
First contested	1967
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2016)	19,426
Electors	15,372
Area (km²)	6.00
Pop. density (per km²)	3,237.7
Census division	Halifax Regional Municipality

Halifax Needham is a provincial electoral district in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It has existed since 1967, though its boundaries have changed periodically.

Coordinates:44.6632°N 63.600°W

LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly

MLA

Suzy Hansen
New Democratic

District created1967

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Halifax Needham encompasses what is largely known as the North End of Halifax. It has been held by members of each of the three major political parties in Nova Scotia at different times. The riding was once the home of Liberal Premier Gerald Regan before going to Progressive Conservative Edmund L. Morris for the majority of the 1980s. Morris served as a Member of Parliament for Halifax under Progressive Conservative Prime Minister John Diefenbaker before becoming the Mayor of Halifax. He served in the Provincial Cabinet as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Municipal Affairs, Fisheries, and Social Services.

When he stepped down in 1988, the Progressive Conservatives lost the seat in that election to Gerry O'Malley, who was unseated from his position as Liberal Minister of Supply and Services in 1998. Maureen MacDonald held the seat from 1998 until 2016. The seat is considered a reasonably safe seat for the NDP, though the 2013 election was close, amid a province-wide swing to the Liberals.

It was created in 1966 when Halifax North was divided into three districts, one of which was Halifax City North East. The district was renamed Halifax Needham in 1967. In 2003, it gained an area east of Citadel Hill from Halifax Citadel. In 2013, it lost the area south of Robie Street and east of Young Street to Halifax Chebucto and gained the area north of Bayers Road and east of Connaught Avenue from Halifax Chebucto.^[3]

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Legislature	Years		Party
Halifax North Riding created from Halifax
40th	1933–1937	Gordon Isnor	Liberal
41st	1937–1941	Harold Connolly
42nd	1941–1945
43rd	1945–1949
44th	1949–1953
45th	1953–1956
46th	1956–1960	John E. Ahern
47th	1960–1963	John E. Ahern
48th	1963–1967	James H. Vaughan	Progressive Conservative
Halifax Needham
49th	1967–1970	Gerald Regan	Liberal
50th	1970–1974
51st	1974–1978
52nd	1978–1980
52nd	1980–1981	Edmund L. Morris	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981–1984
54th	1984–1988
55th	1988–1993	Gerry O'Malley	Liberal
56th	1993–1998	Gerry O'Malley	Liberal
57th	1998–1999	Maureen MacDonald	New Democratic
58th	1999–2003
59th	2003–2005
60th	2006–2009
61st	2009–2013
62nd	2013–2016
62nd	2016–2017	Lisa Roberts
63rd	2017–2021	Lisa Roberts
64th	2021–2024	Suzy Hansen
65th	2024–present	Suzy Hansen

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Suzy Hansen	5,063	67.76	+8.79
	Progressive Conservative	Trayvone Clayton	1,279	17.12	+7.08
	Liberal	Jon Frost	1,003	13.42	-15.65
	Green	Amethyste Hamel-Gregory	127	1.70	-0.22
Total			7,472	–
Total rejected ballots			47
Turnout			7,587	43.49
Eligible voters			17,446
	New Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[4]

2017 provincial election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	4,007	51.29
	Liberal	2,220	28.42
	Progressive Conservative	1,125	14.40
	Green	460	5.89

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Suzy Hansen	5,308	58.96	+7.67	$70,071.07
	Liberal	Colin Coady	2,617	29.07	+0.65	$63,403.44
	Progressive Conservative	Scott Ellis	904	10.04	-4.36	$25,818.91
	Green	Kai Trappenberg	173	1.92	-3.97	$200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			9,002	99.52	–	$97,461.81
Total rejected ballots			43	0.48
Turnout			9,045	53.34
Eligible voters			16,957
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.51
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[6]^[7]

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lisa Roberts	3,880	51.36	+0.43
	Liberal	Melinda Daye	2,075	27.47	-6.13
	Progressive Conservative	Matthew Donahoe	1,135	15.02	+2.86
	Green	Andrew Jamieson	465	6.15	+2.94
Total valid votes			7,599	45.9
Total rejected ballots			44
Eligible voters			16,558
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-3.28
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[8]^[9]

Halifax Needham

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Geography

Election results

2024

2021

2017

2016 by-election

2013

2009

2006

2003

1999

1998

1993

1988

1984

1981

1980

1978

1974

1970

1967

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Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 2016-08-30
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lisa Roberts	2,519	50.93	6.94
	Liberal	Rod Wilson	1,666	33.68	-6.72
	Progressive Conservative	Andy Arsenault	600	12.13	1.31
	Green	Thomas Trappenberg	161	3.26	-1.53
Total valid votes			4,942	100.00
Total rejected ballots			21	0.42	-0.50
Turnout			4,963	32.50	-17.93
Electors on the lists			15,270	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+6.87
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Maureen MacDonald	3,392	43.99	-23.30
	Liberal	Christopher (Chris) Poole	3,115	40.40	19.09
	Progressive Conservative	Mary D. S. Hamblin	834	10.82	4.06
	Green	Kris MacLellan	369	4.79	0.16
Total valid votes			7,710	100.00
Total rejected ballots			72	0.93
Turnout			7,782	50.43
Electors on the lists			15,432	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-20.88
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (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.

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerry O'Malley	4,527	45.18	3.28
	New Democratic	Innis MacDonald	3,555	35.48	2.95
	Progressive Conservative	Ron W. Milsom	1,852	18.48	-7.08
	Natural Law	Ian Temple	85	0.85	–
Total			10,019	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (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
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerry O'Malley	3,469	41.91	14.09
	New Democratic	Maureen MacDonald	2,693	32.53	0.87
	Progressive Conservative	Randy Dewell	2,116	25.56	-14.41
Total			8,278	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (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.