Halifax Centre

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.

Halifax Centre

Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
District created	1933
District abolished	1967
Last contested	1963

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Halifax Centre elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly:

Halifax Centre
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
District created from Halifax (1867–1933)
40th	1933–1937		Guy Murray Logan	Liberal
41st	1937–1939		William Duff Forrest
	1939–1941		James Edward Rutledge
42nd	1941–1945
43rd	1945–1949
44th	1949–1953
45th	1953–1956
46th	1956–1960		Gordon S. Cowan
47th	1960–1963		Donald MacKeen Smith	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963–1967
District reformed into Halifax Citadel (1967–2009)

Election results

1963

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 (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018.

1960

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 (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018.

1956

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 (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018.

1953

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%	–
Total			9,712	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018.

1949

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 (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018.

1945

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 (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1945). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018.

1941

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 (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1941). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2024.

1939

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, December 5, 1939
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Edward Rutledge	acclaimed	N/A	–
Total				–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1937

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 (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1937). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2019.

1933

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	Joe Wallace	146	1.62%	–
Total			9,028	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Halifax Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1933). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2019.

See also

• List of Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts