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Halifax Centre

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Halifax Centre was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1933 to 1967.

Election results

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1933

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1933 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Guy Murray Logan 4,915 54.44%
Liberal–Conservative Russell McInnes 3,967 43.94%
United Front Joseph S. Wallace 146 1.62%
Total 9,028
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1933). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1937

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1937 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Duff Forrest 5,186 54.61% 0.17%
Liberal–Conservative Arthur Wilfred Morton 4,310 45.39% 1.45%
Total 9,496
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1937). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1941

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1941 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Edward Rutledge 4,226 59.49% 4.88%
Liberal–Conservative Arthur Wilfred Morton 2,878 40.51% -4.88%
Total 7,104
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1941). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1945

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1945 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Edward Rutledge 4,737 55.22% -4.26%
Liberal–Conservative Carl Palm Bethune 2,279 26.57% -13.94%
Co-operative Commonwealth R. B. Mitchell 1,562 18.21%
Total 8,578
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1945). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1949

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1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Edward Rutledge 5,725 54.71% -0.52%
Liberal–Conservative Jack L. Dowell 3,573 34.14% 7.57%
Co-operative Commonwealth Elmore Webber 1,167 11.15% -7.06%
Total 10,465
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1953

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1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Edward Rutledge 5,603 57.69% 2.99%
Progressive Conservative R. Leo Simmonds 4,109 42.31% 6.17%
Total 9,712
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1956

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1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gordon S. Cowan 5,642 52.91% -4.78%
Progressive Conservative David Milsom 5,022 47.09% 4.78%
Total 10,664
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1960

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1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Donald MacKeen Smith 4,921 48.01% 0.92%
Liberal Gordon S. Cowan 4,651 45.38% -7.53%
Co-operative Commonwealth James M. Murray 678 6.61%
Total 10,250
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1963

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1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Donald MacKeen Smith 5,478 58.57% 10.56%
Liberal Gordon S. Cowan 3,875 41.43% -3.95%
Total 9,353
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

References

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