Canada Votes Ridings
Halifax West
Supporting Story Content
Your Riding, Your Take
End of Supporting Story Content
Back to accessibility linksResults
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 232/232 polls | Updated: May. 3, 2011 3:40 AM EDT | |||
| LIB | Geoff Regan | 16,230 | 35.92 |
Elected |
| CON | Bruce Robert Pretty | 13,778 | 30.50 |
|
| NDP | Gregor Ash | 13,239 | 29.30 |
|
| GRN | Thomas Trappenberg | 1,931 | 4.27 |
|
All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Canada. CBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Beginning of Story Content
Riding Info
This riding stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the south to the boundary of Halifax Regional Municipality in the east and Pockwock Lake and Highway 101 in the north. Shad Bay is the boundary in the southwest, while Pennant River is the southeast boundary.
From 1867, this was part of the two-seat riding of Halifax. This riding was created in 1976 from a major part of Halifax-East Hants and a small part of Dartmouth-Halifax East. In 1996, there were major boundary revisions and 30 per cent of the Halifax riding was moved into Halifax West. In 2004, only 56 per cent of the old riding was kept; it was combined with the northwest portion of Halifax riding and a small area from Dartmouth.
Population: 88,756 (2006 census; an increase of 11% since 2001)
Political History
Liberal incumbent Geoff Regan had no trouble holding his seat in 2008, winning by almost 5,000 votes over Tamara Lorincz of the NDP. In 2006 Regan defeated his closest competitor, New Democrat Alan Hill, by 11,000 votes, more than a 2-to-1 margin.
In 2004, Regan defeated New Democrat Bill Carr to win a third term in office. He was appointed minister of fisheries and oceans in 2003. Regan is the son of former Nova Scotia premier and former Halifax riding MP Gerald Regan.
Progressive Conservative Robert McCleave won one of the Halifax seats in 1957, 1958 and 1962. When the riding was divided, McCleave won another three terms in Halifax-East Hants. The 1978 byelection to replace McCleave was held under the new boundaries of the riding of Halifax West. PC Howard Crosby won and was re-elected in 1979, 1980, 1984 and 1988.
- 1978 byelection to 1988 inclusive - PC
- 1993 - LIB
- 1997 - NDP
- 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008 - LIB
Demographics
Ethnic Origin
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| British Isles | 60.02% (48,540) |
| French | 11.96% (9,675) |
| Aboriginal | 5.17% (4,180) |
| American | 0.66% (530) |
| Canadian | 45.75% (37,000) |
| Caribbean | 0.20% (165) |
| Latin, Central, South | 0.13% (105) |
| Western European | 16.88% (13,650) |
| Northern European | 1.27% (1,030) |
| Eastern European | 2.01% (1,625) |
| S European | 1.63% (1,315) |
| Other European | 0.40% (320) |
| Scandinavian | 1.16% (940) |
| Baltic | 0.12% (100) |
| Czech/Slovak | 0.11% (90) |
| African | 0.70% (570) |
| Arab | 0.59% (480) |
| Maghrebi | 0.00% (0) |
| West Asia | 0.15% (125) |
| South Asia | 0.18% (145) |
| East/SE Asia | 0.80% (650) |
| Oceania | 0.07% (55) |
| Pacific Islands | 0.00% (0) |
| Statistics Canada Population: 80,870 | |
Mother Tongue
| Language | Percentage |
|---|---|
| English | 96% (77,585) |
| French | 1% (950) |
| Algonquin | 0% (0) |
| Atikamekw | 0% (0) |
| Blackfoot | 0% (0) |
| Carrier | 0% (0) |
| Chilcotin | 0% (0) |
| Chipewyan | 0% (0) |
| Cree | 0% (0) |
| Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) | 0% (0) |
| Dene | 0% (0) |
| Dogrib | 0% (0) |
| Gitksan | 0% (0) |
| Inuinnaqtun | 0% (0) |
| Inuktitut, n.i.e. | 0% (0) |
| Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) | 0% (0) |
| Malecite | 0% (0) |
| Mi'kmaq | 0% (0) |
| Mohawk | 0% (0) |
| Montagnais-Naskapi | 0% (0) |
| Nisga'a | 0% (0) |
| North Slave (Hare) | 0% (0) |
| Ojibway | 0% (0) |
| Oji-Cree | 0% (0) |
| Shuswap | 0% (0) |
| South Slave | 0% (0) |
| Tlingit | 0% (0) |
| Italian | 0% (20) |
| Portuguese | 0% (15) |
| Romanian | 0% (10) |
| Spanish | 0% (80) |
| Danish | 0% (30) |
| Dutch | 0% (395) |
| Flemish | 0% (10) |
| Frisian | 0% (15) |
| German | 1% (505) |
| Norwegian | 0% (20) |
| Swedish | 0% (0) |
| Yiddish | 0% (0) |
| Bosnian | 0% (0) |
| Bulgarian | 0% (0) |
| Croatian | 0% (0) |
| Czech | 0% (10) |
| Macedonian | 0% (0) |
| Polish | 0% (80) |
| Russian | 0% (45) |
| Serbian | 0% (10) |
| Serbo-Croatian | 0% (0) |
| Slovak | 0% (10) |
| Slovenian | 0% (0) |
| Ukrainian | 0% (25) |
| Latvian | 0% (10) |
| Lithuanian | 0% (0) |
| Estonian | 0% (0) |
| Finnish | 0% (10) |
| Hungarian | 0% (15) |
| Greek | 0% (10) |
| Armenian | 0% (0) |
| Turkish | 0% (35) |
| Amharic | 0% (0) |
| Arabic | 0% (130) |
| Hebrew | 0% (0) |
| Maltese | 0% (0) |
| Somali | 0% (0) |
| Tigrigna | 0% (0) |
| Bengali | 0% (20) |
| Gujarati | 0% (0) |
| Hindi | 0% (15) |
| Kurdish | 0% (0) |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 0% (0) |
| Pashto | 0% (0) |
| Persian (Farsi) | 0% (0) |
| Sindhi | 0% (0) |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0% (0) |
| Urdu | 0% (0) |
| Malayalam | 0% (0) |
| Tamil | 0% (0) |
| Telugu | 0% (10) |
| Japanese | 0% (25) |
| Korean | 0% (70) |
| Cantonese | 0% (20) |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 0% (235) |
| Mandarin | 0% (75) |
| Taiwanese | 0% (0) |
| Lao | 0% (0) |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0% (0) |
| Vietnamese | 0% (0) |
| Bisayan languages | 0% (10) |
| Ilocano | 0% (0) |
| Malay | 0% (0) |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 0% (0) |
| Akan (Twi) | 0% (0) |
| Swahili | 0% (0) |
| Creoles | 0% (0) |
| Statistics Canada Population (Single Responses): 80,710 | |
Industry
| Industry | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 1.72 |
| Mining | 0.34 |
| Utilities | 1.77 |
| Construction | 4.81 |
| Manufacturing | 0.00 |
| Wholesale | 1.96 |
| Retail | 10.74 |
| Transport | 4.03 |
| Info Culture | 1.90 |
| Finance Insurance | 2.39 |
| Real Estate | 2.03 |
| ProSciTech | 6.44 |
| Management | 0.08 |
| Waste/Remediation | 6.26 |
| Education | 8.12 |
| Heath/Social Assistance | 9.76 |
| Arts/Entertainment | 1.28 |
| Hospitality | 0.00 |
| Other Services | 4.54 |
| Public Admin | 19.27 |
| Statistics Canada Population (Total labour force): 48,275 | |
Overall
- Unemployment Rate
- 7.6%
9.1% National
6.6%
- Seniors
- 14.68%
15.13%% National
13.71%%
- Home Owners
- 30.36%
29.68%% National
26.92%%
- Avg Family Income
- $63,097
$67,672 National
$82,325
- Immigration
- 10%
5% National
20%
- Post-Secondary Degree
- 32.06%
33.65% National
33.35%
Candidate Info
We'll be updating these info pages as the campaign progresses. If you have any corrections, suggestions or new information to pass on, please email us.
Return to candidate listing
End of Story Content
Back to accessibility linksShare Tools
Related News Content
Big Box Advertisement
-
Citizen blogs roundup
by Your Take Team May. 6, 2011 10:02 AM
Now that the election is over, the Your Take bloggers have been sending in their final posts and giving us a sense of how everything played out in their area. The following are some of the entries we'd like to highlight.
-
Kincardine: New knowledge
by Your Take Team May. 6, 2011 9:58 AM
"I'm glad for the NDP but I also thought that all the parties deserved more than what they got, especially the Green Party and the Liberals."
-
Dubai: Post-election thoughts
by Your Take Team May. 4, 2011 4:39 PM
Your Take blogger Anna AbouZeid talks to other Canadians living overseas about their post-election feelings.
-
Montreal: Bitter Orange
by Your Take Team May. 4, 2011 3:11 PM
Your Take blogger Cédric Levasseur-Laberge gets reaction from some young Quebecers on the bitter orange taste left after election night.
-
Montreal: 'Hurricane Jack reshaped the Quebec political landscape'
by Your Take Team May. 4, 2011 2:49 PM
Your Take blogger Liam Chapman reports reaction to the NDP wave in Quebec.
Federal Election Results
Updated: May. 3, 2011, 3:40 AM EDT
| Party | Elected | Leading | Total | Vote Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | 167 | 0 | 167 | 39.62 |
| NDP | 102 | 0 | 102 | 30.62 |
| LIB | 34 | 0 | 34 | 18.91 |
| BQ | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6.05 |
| GRN | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.91 |
| IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.43 |
All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Canada. CBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
-
What is truth in an election campaign?
by Ira Basen Apr. 30, 2011 3:47 PM
Fail At Reality Check we take what politicians say at face value. Maybe that's a mistake.
-
The cost of being tough on crime
by David McKie Apr. 30, 2011 9:54 AM
Fail The Conservatives have used their so-called tough-on-crime agenda to drive a wedge between themselves and their political opponents. But the issue here is cost.
-
The NDP's cap-and-trade plan: Brace for sticker shock
by Reality Check Team Apr. 29, 2011 5:10 PM
Fail The NDP wants to curb GHG emissions and raise billions in revenue by imposing cap-and-trade on big polluters. But these costs will be passed along.
-
The NDP and price of doctors
by Meagan Fitzpatrick Apr. 29, 2011 4:08 PM
50-50 The NDP is promising to add 1,200 doctors over the next 10 years and has a thought-out plan. But is it really accounting for all the additional costs to the health-care system?
-
What comes next? Post-election scenarios and the Constitution
by Laura Payton Apr. 29, 2011 1:03 PM
Pass The surprising increase in NDP popularity makes this election harder than usual to predict. But there are three main scenarios that could play out after election day.
Latest Canada Votes Headlines
- Record number of women elected
- There will be more female faces in the House of Commons following Monday's federal election that saw 76 women elected, the highest number of women ever. more »
- Layton defends inexperienced Quebec caucus
- NDP Leader Jack Layton defends his youngest, least-experienced caucus members after Quebec voters elect three McGill University students and a pub manager who doesn't speak French or live in the francophone riding she'll represent. more »
- Ignatieff quits as Liberal leader
- Michael Ignatieff is quitting as the Liberal leader after his party took an electoral drubbing on Monday night. more »
- Harper faces cabinet gaps
- With Parliament expected to return to work at the end of May, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will have openings to fill after losing several cabinet ministers on election night. more »
Latest Nova Scotia News Headlines
- Pink Shirt Day co-founder seeks Tory nomination
- The Nova Scotia co-founder of the anti-bullying campaign known as Pink Shirt Day announced Tuesday he wants to run for the Progressive Conservatives in the next provincial election. more »
- Annapolis Valley apple orchard quarantined
- An orchard in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley has been placed under quarantine after the detection of apple proliferation phytoplasma, a plant pest that is considered one of the most critical diseases of apple trees. more »
- Patience urged for former Bowater plant renewal
- The chair of the government agency spearheading a new business plan for the former Bowater-Mersey paper mill in Nova Scotia's Queens County is warning not to expect immediate results. more »
- Dominion Beach closed as berm construction begins
- While the Victoria Day long weekend marked the opening of most of Nova Scotia's provincial parks for the season, Cape Breton's Dominion Beach remained closed as part of a major construction project to stabilize the beach. more »
