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Halifax Clayton Park

2009 Results

HALIFAX CLAYTON PARK
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Jun. 9, 2009 10:11 PM ADT		63/63 polls
LIB	Diana Whalen	5,030	49.02	Elected
NDP	Linda Power	3,924	38.24
PC	Debbie Hum	1,084	10.56
GRN	Amanda Hester	172	1.68
IND	Jonathan Dean	51	0.50

All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Nova Scotia.

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Candidates

Jonathan Dean	IND
Amanda Hester	GRN
Debbie Hum	PC
Linda Power	NDP
Diane Whelan	LIB

Current MLA: Diana Whalen (LIB)

District profile: Created in 2003, Halifax Clayton Park was formed from about 75 per cent of the former Halifax-Bedford Basin. It's home to Mount St. Vincent University and some big-box stores.

New subdivisions, a library and an indoor soccer facility have been built here since the last provincial election.

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.

Clayton Park is one of the fastest growing and ethnically diverse districts in the province. More than two dozen cultures are represented at the Halifax West high school.

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Candidate	Party	Vote count	Vote share	Elected
Diana Whalen	LIB	3,404	37.32%	X
Linda Power	NDP	3,040	33.33%
Mary Ann McGrath	PC	2,450	26.86%
Sheila Richardson	GRN	228	2.5%

2006:	Liberal Diana Whalen was re-elected by 364 votes over the NDP's Linda Power and PC Mary Ann McGrath.
2003:	Whalen received 37 per cent of the vote to defeat McGrath, the PC incumbent, by 295 votes. New Democrat Roberta Morrison came in third with 2,312 votes and Independent Greg Lavern received 152.

Overall Results

Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share (%)
Updated: Jun. 9, 2009, 10:11 PM ADT
NDP	31	0	31	45.26
LIB	11	0	11	27.22
PC	10	0	10	24.52
GRN	0	0	0	2.33
IND	0	0	0	0.67

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