NDP has iron grip on Metro Halifax

Tories swept out of Metro Halifax region

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 | 10:11 PM ET

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Metro Halifax is once again a New Democrat stronghold as leader Darrell Dexter's party won seats in the majority of districts around Nova Scotia's capital city en route to forming a majority government.

New Democrats were re-elected in 12 Metro Halifax districts and took one from the Progressive Conservatives. The Liberals held on to two districts and won two others, including a seat previously held by the NDP.

The Progressive Conservatives were shut out of the capital region.

Heading into the election, the NDP represented 13 of the 17 Metro Halifax districts, while the PCs and Liberals each held two districts.

• Bedford-Birch Cove: Liberal candidate Kelly Regan won the district with 44 per cent of the vote followed by the NDP's Brian Mosher with 33 per cent and Tory incumbent Len Goucher with 20 per cent.
• Cole Harbour: NDP Leader Darrell Dexter won the seat with 68 per cent of the vote over Liberal candidate Tony Ince with 18 per cent and PC candidate Mike Josey with 10 per cent.
• Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage: NDP incumbent Becky Kent won the district with 65 per cent of the vote over PC candidate Lloyd Jackson and Liberal candidate Orest Ulan, both who received roughly 15 per cent of the vote.
• Dartmouth East: Liberal Andrew Younger defeated NDP incumbent Joan Massey in the district. Younger won 45 per cent of the vote compared to Massey's 43 per cent.
• Dartmouth North: NDP incumbent Trevor Zinck won the district with 56 per cent of the vote compared to Liberal candidate Jim Smith's 32 per cent and PC candidate David Losey's almost eight per cent.
• Dartmouth South-Portland Valley: NDP incumbent Marilyn More won the district with 54 per cent of the vote compared to Liberal candidate Colin Hebb who won 28 per cent and PC candidate George Jordan who carried 13 per cent.
• Halifax Atlantic: NDP incumbent Michele Raymond won the district with 61 per cent of the vote over Liberal candidate Jim Hoskins with 23 per cent and PC candidate Brian Phillips who had 11 per cent.
• Halifax Chebucto: NDP incumbent Howard Epstein won the district with 56 per cent of the vote over Liberal candidate Jane Spurr's 36 per cent and PC candidate David Atchison's six per cent.
• Halifax Citadel-Sable Island: NDP incumbent Leonard Preyra won the district with 50 per cent of the vote over Liberal Gerry Walsh's 32 per cent and Ted Larsen's 12 per cent.
• Halifax Clayton Park: Liberal incumbent Diane Whelan won the district with 49 per cent of the vote over NDP candidate Linda Power's 38 per cent and PC candidate Debbie Hum's 10 per cent.
• Halifax Fairview: NDP incumbent Graham Steele won the district with 63 per cent over Liberal candidate Brad Armitage's 21 per cent and PC candidate Paul Henderson's 12 per cent.
• Halifax Needham: NDP incumbent Maureen MacDonald won the district with 67 per cent over Liberal candidate Graham Estabrooks who carried 21 per cent of the vote and PC candidate Jason Cameron had six per cent.
• Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville: Mat Whynott won the district with 50 per cent of the vote over Liberal candidate Patrick Doyle's 24 per cent and PC incumbent Barry Barnet's 23 per cent.
• Preston: Liberal incumbent Keith Colwell won the district with 42 per cent of the vote over NDP candidate Janet Sutcliffe's 29 per cent and PC candidate Dwayne Provo's 27 per cent.
• Sackville-Cobequid: NDP incumbent Dave Wilson won district with 65 per cent of the vote over Liberal candidate Scott Hemming's 19 per cent and PC candidate Jessica Alexander's 12 per cent.
• Timberlea-Prospect: NDP incumbent Bill Estabrooks won the district with 70 per cent of the vote over Liberal candidate Lisa Mullin's 18 per cent and PC candidate Gina Byrne's eight per cent.
• Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank: NDP incumbent Percy Paris won the district with 54 per cent of the vote over Liberal candidate Bill Horne's 24 per cent and PC candidate Gary Hines, who carried 18 per cent of the vote.

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