 Nova Scotiaelectoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 2012 | ||
| First contested | 2013 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors | 17,380 | ||
| Area (km²) | 6 | ||
| Census division(s) | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
Fairview-Clayton Park is a provincialelectoral district inNova Scotia,Canada, that elects one member of theNova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding was created in 2012 with 45 per cent of the former district ofHalifax Fairview, 39 per cent of the former district ofHalifax Clayton Park and 10 per cent ofHalifax Chebucto.
The riding is primarily residential, containing new single-family homes and high-density apartment complexes favoured by people moving into the city for the first time.
The land area of Fairview-Clayton Park is 6 km2 (2.3 sq mi).[1]
This riding has elected the followingmembers of the Legislative Assembly:
| Fairview-Clayton Park | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created fromHalifax Chebucto,Halifax Clayton Park andHalifax Fairview | ||||
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | Patricia Arab | Liberal | |
| 63rd | 2017–2021 | |||
| 64th | 2021–2024 | |||
| 65th | 2024–present | Lina Hamid | New Democratic | |
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Lina Hamid | 2,426 | 39.05 | +1.94 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Nicole Mosher | 2,007 | 32.30 | +9.96 | ||||
| Liberal | Patricia Arab | 1,780 | 28.65 | -9.86 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,213 | 99.33 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 42 | 0.67 | +0.22 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,255 | 39.80 | -7.37 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 15,716 | |||||||
| New Democraticgain fromLiberal | Swing | +5.90 | ||||||
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Patricia Arab | 2,892 | 38.51 | -1.67 | $51,400.74 | |||
| New Democratic | Joanne Hussey | 2,787 | 37.11 | +8.00 | $56,136.21 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Nicole Mosher | 1,678 | 22.34 | -3.30 | $44,280.70 | |||
| Green | Sheila Richardson | 153 | 2.04 | -3.03 | $200.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 7,510 | 99.55 | – | $91,386.96 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 34 | 0.45 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,544 | 47.17 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 15,992 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | -4.83 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Nova Scotia[2] | ||||||||
| 2017 provincial election redistributed results[3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 2,662 | 40.18 | |
| New Democratic | 1,929 | 29.11 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 1,699 | 25.64 | |
| Green | 336 | 5.07 | |
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Patricia Arab | 2,925 | 39.90 | -6.73 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joanne Hussey | 2,109 | 28.77 | -2.37 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Beasant | 1,839 | 25.09 | +3.59 | ||||
| Green | Charlene Boyce | 376 | 5.12 | +1.34 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,330 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 35 | 0.48 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,793 | 41.90% | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 20,985 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | -2.18 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Nova Scotia[4][5] | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Patricia Arab | 3369 | 46.63 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Abad Khan | 2250 | 31.14 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Travis Price | 1294 | 17.91 | ||
| Green | Raland Kinley | 176 | 2.44 | – | |
| Independent | Katie Campbell | 136 | 1.88 | ||