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Halifax — Canadian Federal Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Halifax was won by Liberal at the 2021 general election, with a margin of 1,558 votes over NDP. This page covers every general election in Halifax from 1867 to 2021.

Full Election History, 1867–2021

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1867 Labour Labour 2,381 34.5% Anti-Confederate (2,367) 14 (0.2 pts)
1872 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 2,528 25.5% Liberal (2,486) 42 (0.4 pts)
1874 Independent Liberal Independent Liberal 3,186 45.5% Independent (2,979) 207 (3.0 pts)
1878 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 3,532 38.9% Independent (2,863) 669 (7.4 pts)
1882 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 2,811 34.7% Independent (2,720) 91 (1.1 pts)
1887 Liberal Liberal 4,243 50.4% Conservative (4,181) 62 (0.7 pts)
1891 Conservative Conservative 5,274 54.9% Liberal (4,335) 939 (9.8 pts)
1896 Conservative Conservative 6,170 50.7% Liberal (5,997) 173 (1.4 pts)
1900 Conservative Conservative 5,705 50.6% Liberal (5,577) 128 (1.1 pts)
1904 Liberal Liberal 7,430 52.1% Conservative (6,830) 600 (4.2 pts)
1908 Conservative Conservative 7,386 52.7% Liberal (6,635) 751 (5.4 pts)
1911 Conservative Conservative 7,040 50.3% Liberal (6,946) 94 (0.7 pts)
1921 Liberal Liberal 16,157 51.6% Conservative (11,016) 5,141 (16.4 pts)
1925 Conservative Conservative 18,796 63.5% Liberal (10,815) 7,981 (27.0 pts)
1926 Conservative Conservative 17,911 55.9% Liberal (14,139) 3,772 (11.8 pts)
1930 Conservative Conservative 21,611 52.6% Liberal (19,439) 2,172 (5.3 pts)
1935 Liberal Liberal 24,158 54.8% Conservative (13,624) 10,534 (23.9 pts)
1940 Liberal Liberal 22,089 43.3% National Government (18,197) 3,892 (7.6 pts)
1945 Liberal Liberal 26,407 48.4% Progressive Conservative (18,182) 8,225 (15.1 pts)
1949 Liberal Liberal 33,401 57.3% Progressive Conservative (18,826) 14,575 (25.0 pts)
1953 Liberal Liberal 34,587 54.2% Progressive Conservative (26,552) 8,035 (12.6 pts)
1957 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 41,140 50.4% Liberal (38,504) 2,636 (3.2 pts)
1958 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 53,693 59.3% Liberal (34,227) 19,466 (21.5 pts)
1962 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 42,964 46.4% Liberal (41,472) 1,492 (1.6 pts)
1963 Liberal Liberal 46,274 49.9% Progressive Conservative (42,548) 3,726 (4.0 pts)
1965 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 46,007 48.0% Liberal (39,942) 6,065 (6.3 pts)
1968 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 19,569 60.3% Liberal (11,555) 8,014 (24.7 pts)
1972 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 17,966 56.0% Liberal (10,039) 7,927 (24.7 pts)
1974 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 14,865 49.3% Liberal (12,282) 2,583 (8.6 pts)
1979 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 16,570 40.5% Liberal (16,555) 15 (0.0 pts)
1980 Liberal Liberal 16,949 41.6% Progressive Conservative (15,710) 1,239 (3.0 pts)
1984 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 18,779 44.8% Liberal (14,411) 4,368 (10.4 pts)
1988 Liberal Liberal 22,470 43.0% Progressive Conservative (19,840) 2,630 (5.0 pts)
1993 Liberal Liberal 21,326 46.0% Progressive Conservative (9,600) 11,726 (25.3 pts)
1997 NDP NDP 21,837 49.0% Progressive Conservative (10,361) 11,476 (25.8 pts)
2000 NDP NDP 16,563 40.3% Liberal (13,539) 3,024 (7.4 pts)
2004 NDP NDP 18,341 41.5% Liberal (17,267) 1,074 (2.4 pts)
2006 NDP NDP 23,420 46.9% Liberal (15,437) 7,983 (16.0 pts)
2008 NDP NDP 19,252 42.7% Liberal (12,458) 6,794 (15.1 pts)
2011 NDP NDP 23,746 51.6% Liberal (11,793) 11,953 (26.0 pts)
2015 Liberal Liberal 27,431 51.7% NDP (19,162) 8,269 (15.6 pts)
2019 Liberal Liberal 23,681 42.5% NDP (16,747) 6,934 (12.4 pts)
2021 Liberal Liberal 21,905 42.7% NDP (20,347) 1,558 (3.0 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1867

PartyVotesShare
Labour2,38134.5%
Anti-Confederate2,36734.3%
Unknown2,15831.2%

1872

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative2,52825.5%
Liberal2,48625.1%
Independent Liberal2,45224.8%
Independent2,43024.6%

1874

PartyVotesShare
Independent Liberal3,18645.5%
Independent2,97942.6%
Unknown83411.9%

1878

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative3,53238.9%
Independent2,86331.5%
Independent Liberal2,69529.6%

1882

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative2,81134.7%
Independent2,72033.6%
Liberal2,56331.7%

1887

PartyVotesShare
Liberal4,24350.4%
Conservative4,18149.6%

1891

PartyVotesShare
Conservative5,27454.9%
Liberal4,33545.1%

1896

PartyVotesShare
Conservative6,17050.7%
Liberal5,99749.3%

1900

PartyVotesShare
Conservative5,70550.6%
Liberal5,57749.4%

1904

PartyVotesShare
Liberal7,43052.1%
Conservative6,83047.9%

1908

PartyVotesShare
Conservative7,38652.7%
Liberal6,63547.3%

1911

PartyVotesShare
Conservative7,04050.3%
Liberal6,94649.7%

1921

PartyVotesShare
Liberal16,15751.6%
Conservative11,01635.2%
Labour4,14113.2%

1925

PartyVotesShare
Conservative18,79663.5%
Liberal10,81536.5%

1926

PartyVotesShare
Conservative17,91155.9%
Liberal14,13944.1%

1930

PartyVotesShare
Conservative21,61152.6%
Liberal19,43947.4%

1935

PartyVotesShare
Liberal24,15854.8%
Conservative13,62430.9%
Reconstruction6,30714.3%

1940

PartyVotesShare
Liberal22,08943.3%
National Government18,19735.6%
Independent Liberal9,21718.0%
CCF1,5613.1%

1945

PartyVotesShare
Liberal26,40748.4%
Progressive Conservative18,18233.3%
CCF8,93716.4%
Labor-Progressive5601.0%
Independent4880.9%

1949

PartyVotesShare
Liberal33,40157.3%
Progressive Conservative18,82632.3%
CCF6,01810.3%

1953

PartyVotesShare
Liberal34,58754.2%
Progressive Conservative26,55241.6%
CCF2,7314.3%

1957

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative41,14050.4%
Liberal38,50447.2%
CCF1,9842.4%

1958

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative53,69359.3%
Liberal34,22737.8%
CCF2,5522.8%

1962

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative42,96446.4%
Liberal41,47244.7%
NDP6,4647.0%
Social Credit1,7841.9%

1963

PartyVotesShare
Liberal46,27449.9%
Progressive Conservative42,54845.9%
NDP3,8604.2%

1965

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative46,00748.0%
Liberal39,94241.7%
NDP8,9839.4%
Independent9501.0%

1968

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative19,56960.3%
Liberal11,55535.6%
NDP1,3144.1%

1972

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative17,96656.0%
Liberal10,03931.3%
NDP3,93612.3%
Independent1210.4%

1974

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative14,86549.3%
Liberal12,28240.7%
NDP2,8179.3%
Social Credit1400.5%
Marxist-Leninist Party750.2%

1979

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative16,57040.5%
Liberal16,55540.4%
NDP7,59018.5%
Independent1550.4%
Communist640.2%
Marxist-Leninist Party270.1%

1980

PartyVotesShare
Liberal16,94941.6%
Progressive Conservative15,71038.6%
NDP8,00919.7%
Marxist-Leninist Party480.1%

1984

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative18,77944.8%
Liberal14,41134.4%
NDP8,57620.4%
Independent1740.4%

1988

PartyVotesShare
Liberal22,47043.0%
Progressive Conservative19,84038.0%
NDP9,26917.7%
Libertarian Party of Canada2920.6%
Communist1510.3%
Independent1340.3%
Party for the Commonwealth of Canada940.2%

1993

PartyVotesShare
Liberal21,32646.0%
Progressive Conservative9,60020.7%
Reform6,71714.5%
NDP6,21413.4%
National Party of Canada1,3833.0%
Natural Law Party of Canada4481.0%
Green3070.7%
Independent2770.6%
Marxist-Leninist Party840.2%

1997

PartyVotesShare
NDP21,83749.0%
Progressive Conservative10,36123.3%
Liberal9,63821.6%
Reform2,4225.4%
Natural Law Party of Canada1970.4%
Marxist-Leninist Party890.2%

2000

PartyVotesShare
NDP16,56340.3%
Liberal13,53933.0%
Progressive Conservative7,27917.7%
Canadian Alliance2,3465.7%
Marijuana Party6271.5%
Green5871.4%
Marxist-Leninist Party1130.3%

2004

PartyVotesShare
NDP18,34141.5%
Liberal17,26739.1%
Conservative6,45714.6%
Green2,0814.7%

2006

PartyVotesShare
NDP23,42046.9%
Liberal15,43730.9%
Conservative8,99318.0%
Green1,9483.9%
Marxist-Leninist Party1640.3%

2008

PartyVotesShare
NDP19,25242.7%
Liberal12,45827.6%
Conservative9,29520.6%
Green3,9318.7%
Marxist-Leninist Party1620.4%

2011

PartyVotesShare
NDP23,74651.6%
Liberal11,79325.6%
Conservative8,27618.0%
Green2,0204.4%
Marxist-Leninist Party1520.3%

2015

PartyVotesShare
Liberal27,43151.7%
NDP19,16236.1%
Conservative4,5648.6%
Green1,7453.3%
Marxist-Leninist Party1300.2%

2019

PartyVotesShare
Liberal23,68142.5%
NDP16,74730.0%
Green8,01314.4%
Conservative6,45611.6%
People's Party6331.1%
Animal Protection Party of Canada2220.4%

2021

PartyVotesShare
Liberal21,90542.7%
NDP20,34739.7%
Conservative6,60112.9%
Green1,1282.2%
People's Party1,0692.1%
Communist1980.4%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each contested election, coloured by the winning party. Acclaimed elections (no opposing candidate) aren't plotted since there's no margin to measure.

1867: Labour margin 0.2 pts 1872: Liberal-Conservative margin 0.4 pts 1874: Independent Liberal margin 3.0 pts 1878: Liberal-Conservative margin 7.4 pts 1882: Liberal-Conservative margin 1.1 pts 1887: Liberal margin 0.7 pts 1891: Conservative margin 9.8 pts 1896: Conservative margin 1.4 pts 1900: Conservative margin 1.1 pts 1904: Liberal margin 4.2 pts 1908: Conservative margin 5.4 pts 1911: Conservative margin 0.7 pts 1921: Liberal margin 16.4 pts 1925: Conservative margin 27.0 pts 1926: Conservative margin 11.8 pts 1930: Conservative margin 5.3 pts 1935: Liberal margin 23.9 pts 1940: Liberal margin 7.6 pts 1945: Liberal margin 15.1 pts 1949: Liberal margin 25.0 pts 1953: Liberal margin 12.6 pts 1957: Progressive Conservative margin 3.2 pts 1958: Progressive Conservative margin 21.5 pts 1962: Progressive Conservative margin 1.6 pts 1963: Liberal margin 4.0 pts 1965: Progressive Conservative margin 6.3 pts 1968: Progressive Conservative margin 24.7 pts 1972: Progressive Conservative margin 24.7 pts 1974: Progressive Conservative margin 8.6 pts 1979: Progressive Conservative margin 0.0 pts 1980: Liberal margin 3.0 pts 1984: Progressive Conservative margin 10.4 pts 1988: Liberal margin 5.0 pts 1993: Liberal margin 25.3 pts 1997: NDP margin 25.8 pts 2000: NDP margin 7.4 pts 2004: NDP margin 2.4 pts 2006: NDP margin 16.0 pts 2008: NDP margin 15.1 pts 2011: NDP margin 26.0 pts 2015: Liberal margin 15.6 pts 2019: Liberal margin 12.4 pts 2021: Liberal margin 3.0 pts 1867 1872 1874 1878 1882 1887 1891 1896 1900 1904 1908 1911 1921 1925 1926 1930 1935 1940 1945 1949 1953 1957 1958 1962 1963 1965 1968 1972 1974 1979 1980 1984 1988 1993 1997 2000 2004 2006 2008 2011 2015 2019 2021

Trend

Halifax has been contested at 43 general elections on record since 1867. Winning parties over that span: Labour, Liberal-Conservative, Independent Liberal, Liberal, Conservative, Progressive Conservative, NDP.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Halifax in the 2021 general election?

Liberal won Halifax in 2021 with 21,905 votes (42.7%), a margin of 1,558 votes over NDP in second place.

Which parties have won Halifax since 1867?

Since 1867, Halifax has been won by: Conservative, Independent Liberal, Labour, Liberal, Liberal-Conservative, NDP, Progressive Conservative.

What was the closest result in Halifax?

The closest contested result on record for Halifax was 1979, when Progressive Conservative beat Liberal by 15 votes (0.0 percentage points).

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