Halifax Chebucto


Halifax Chebucto is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
It is one of several ridings within the Halifax Regional Municipality. It encompasses the neighbourhood known informally as the West End. The economy consists mostly of military employment from CFB Halifax, the Queen Elizabeth II Health Science's Centre as well as retail stores on Quinpool Road.
The riding is one of the few in the Province to have a long history of New Democratic Party representation. It been represented by an NDP Member of the Legislative Assembly for all but two terms since 1981. In the 2013 election, the Liberal candidate, Joachim Stroink was elected to represent the riding in the House of Assembly during the collapse of the NDP province-wide. However, the 2017 election saw the new leader of the NDP Gary Burrill elected, defeating the one-term cabinet minister.
The riding has produced two provincial NDP leaders, Alexa McDonough and Burrill.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Election results

2017 general election

2013 general election

2009 general election

2006 general election

2003 general election

1999 general election