Halifax Clayton Park

Halifax Clayton Park
Nova Scotia electoral district

Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
District created	2003
District abolished	2013
Last contested	2009
Demographics
Population (2011)	26,833
Electors	19,976
Census divisions	Halifax Regional Municipality
Census subdivisions	Halifax

Halifax Clayton Park is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed from 2003-2013. It elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the electoral district included part of the neighbourhood of Clayton Park in the Halifax Regional Municipality.

The electoral district was created in 2003 out of the electoral district of Halifax Bedford Basin. The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral district of Clayton Park West.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The electoral district was represented by the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years		Party
61st	2009–2013	Diana Whalen	Liberal
60th	2006-2009
59th	2003-2006

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2009
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Liberal	Diana Whalen	5030	49.02
New Democratic Party	Linda Power	3924	38.24
Progressive Conservative	Debbie Hum	1,084	10.56
Green	Amanda Hester	172	1.68	–
Independent	Jonathan Dean	51	0.50

Nova Scotia general election, 2006
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Liberal	Diana Whalen	3404	37.32
New Democratic Party	Linda Power	3040	33.33
Progressive Conservative	Mary Ann McGrath	2450	26.86
Green	Sheila Richardson	228	2.5	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2003
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Diana Whalen	3329	37.71
Progressive Conservative	Mary Ann McGrath	3034	34.52
New Democratic Party	Roberta Morrison	2312	26.14
Independent	Greg Lavern	152	1.72

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Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts

Current

Historic

to 2013:	Argyle Cape Breton North Cape Breton Nova Cape Breton South Cape Breton West Clare Cole Harbour Dartmouth South-Portland Valley Digby-Annapolis Guysborough-Sheet Harbour Halifax Clayton Park Halifax Fairview Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville Preston Queens Richmond Shelburne Truro-Bible Hill

to 2003:	Bedford-Fall River Cape Breton East Cape Breton The Lakes Dartmouth South Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Halifax Bedford Basin Sackville-Beaver Bank Victoria

to 1993:	Annapolis East Annapolis West Colchester South Cumberland Centre Cumberland East Cumberland West Digby Guysborough Halifax Cornwallis Halifax Eastern Shore Halifax St. Margarets Inverness North Inverness South Lunenburg Centre Lunenburg East Sackville

to 1978:	Colchester Halifax Cobequid

to 1967:	Halifax Centre Halifax County Dartmouth Halifax East Halifax North Halifax Northwest Halifax South Halifax West

to 1956:	Kings

to 1949:	Cumberland Hants Pictou

to 1933:	Halifax Richmond and Cape Breton West

to 1925:	Cape Breton

Coordinates: 44°39′33″N 63°39′17″W / 44.6591°N 63.6548°W / 44.6591; -63.6548

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