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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	2021
Demographics
Population (2016)	19,426
Electors	15,372
Area (km²)	6.00
Pop. density (per km²)	3,237.7
Census division(s)	Halifax Regional Municipality

Halifax Needham

Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada

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.

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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
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	2003–2006
60th	2006–2009
61st	2009–2013
62nd	2013–2016
62nd	2016–2017	Lisa Roberts	New Democratic
63rd	2017–2021	Lisa Roberts	New Democratic
64th	2021–present	Suzy Hansen	New Democratic

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerald Regan	3,354	48.18%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil Moore	3,252	46.72%	–
	New Democratic	Buddy Daye	355	5.10%	–
Total			6,961	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerald Regan	4,514	57.92%	9.74%
	Progressive Conservative	David MacKeen	2,887	37.05%	-9.67%
	New Democratic	Alasdair Sinclair	392	5.03%	-0.07%
Total			7,793	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerald Regan	4,364	61.49%	3.57%
	Progressive Conservative	James H. Vaughan	1,854	26.12%	-10.92%
	New Democratic	Marty Dolin	879	12.39%	7.36%
Total			7,097	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerald Regan	3,553	43.38%	-18.11%
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Curran	3,416	41.70%	15.58%
	New Democratic	James "Dusty" Miller	1,222	14.92%	2.53%
Total			8,191	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Needham" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

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2009 Nova Scotia general election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	5,013	67.24
	Liberal	1,632	21.89
	Progressive Conservative	491	6.59
	Green	319	4.28

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Maureen MacDonald	3,392	43.99	-23.25
	Liberal	Chris Poole	3,115	40.40	+18.51
	Progressive Conservative	Mary D.S. Hamblin	834	10.82	+4.23
	Green	Kris MacLellan	369	4.79	+0.51
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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Lisa Roberts	2,519	50.97	+6.98
	Liberal	Rod Wilson	1,662	33.63	-6.77
	Progressive Conservative	Andy Arsenault	600	12.14	+1.32
	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

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^[7]