Halifax Chebucto

2009 Results

HALIFAX CHEBUCTO
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Jun. 9, 2009 3:09 PM ADT		27/46 polls
NDP	Howard Epstein	3,027	65.73	Elected
PC	David Atchison	744	16.16
LIB	Jane Spurr	574	12.46
GRN	Chris Hanlon	260	5.65

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

Current MLA: Howard Epstein (NDP)

District profile: This largely residential Metro Halifax riding contains a number of shopping centres and small businesses.

In the 2003 redistribution, a small amount of territory was added to the south of the district.

District map: Halifax Chebucto (PDF)

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Candidate	Party	Vote count	Vote share	Elected
Howard Epstein	NDP	4,216	54.15%	X
Sean Phillips	PC	1,720	22.09%
Peter Verner	LIB	1,481	19.02%
Christopher Harborne	GRN	369	4.74%

2006:	NDP incumbent Howard Epstein was re-elected with more than 54 per cent of the vote, more the double the vote tally of second place finisher Sean Phillips of the PCs.
2003:	Epstein received 44 per cent of the vote to defeat Liberal Kenzie Mackinnon by 1,090 votes. PC Sandy Phillips was third.
1999:	Epstein defeated Phillips, the second-place finisher, by 348 votes.
1998:	Epstein defeated MacKinnon of the Liberals by 993 votes.
1993:	Liberal Jay Abbass narrowly defeated New Democrat Eileen O'Connell by 106 votes.