The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 12007Nova Scotia

Halifax West—Peggy's Cove

Halifax-Ouest—Peggy’s Cove

Formerly Halifax West (Halifax-Ouest); renamed 16 September 2026 by S.C. 2026, c. 20, s. 88. The 2025 election here was fought under the former name.

Halifax West—Peggy's Cove is a federal riding in Nova Scotia, renamed from Halifax West on 2026-09-16. Lena Metlege Diab (Liberal, first elected to the House in 2021) represents Halifax West—Peggy's Cove. Lena Metlege Diab (Liberal) held Halifax West (now Halifax West—Peggy's Cove) for the Liberals in the 2025 election by 21,180 votes (38.4 points), with 65.6% of the vote. Rob Batherson (Conservative) was second with 27.2%, on a turnout of 73.2% of 76,003 electors. Member as of 2026-11-01.

Fig. 1 — Halifax West—Peggy's Cove on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on 2026-11-01. Open it on the board →

Who represents Halifax West—Peggy's Cove

Lena Metlege Diab's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Lena Metlege Diab

Member of Parliament for Halifax West—Peggy's Cove

Liberal

MP since 2021-09-20 · 2 terms

Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

548 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Business of Supply — Department of Citizenship and Immigration—Main Estimates, 2026-27.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result, as Halifax West: Liberal hold

Elected

Lena Metlege Diab

Liberal

36,200

65.6% of valid votes

Margin

21,180

votes · 38.4 pts

Runner-up

Rob Batherson

Conservative

15,020

27.2% of valid votes

Liberal 65.6% · Conservative 27.2% · New Democratic 5.6% · of 55,184 valid votes

Turnout 73.2% of 76,003 electors55,610 ballots cast, 55,184 valid5 candidates

Since 2021LPC +18.3 ptsCPC +5.7 ptsNDP −20.3 pts2021 transposed onto the 2023 boundaries by Elections Canada.

Before 2025

2021 Liberal · Lena Metlege Diab, by 12,413 votes (24.3 pts)
2019 Liberal · Geoff Regan, by 16,397 votes (30.2 pts)
2015 Liberal · Geoff Regan, by 26,540 votes (53.0 pts)

In Halifax West on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Halifax West—Peggy's Cove lived in; Elections Canada's official results. The elections from 2004, carried onto today's lines, are below.

Since 2004

A Liberal stronghold: first here at all eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, by an average of 23.2 points over the next party. In 2025 the Liberals took 65.6% of the vote here, 18.9 points above their average of 46.7% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021. The Liberals have been first here at every general election since 2000, nine in a row.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 77 of the 343 ridings are strongholds. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.

What kind of place Halifax West—Peggy's Cove is

Population: 100,3502021 census
Area: 713km²
Density: 141people per km²
Electors: 76,003on the 2025 lists

Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings

2nd-most populous in Nova Scotia
100,350 people, 2021 census · 2nd of 11 in Nova Scotia · 268th of 343 in Canada
3rd-widest margin in Nova Scotia
Won by 38.4 points (21,180 votes) · 3rd of 11 in Nova Scotia · 54th of 343 in Canada
3rd-highest turnout in Nova Scotia
73.2% of 76,003 electors voted · 3rd of 11 in Nova Scotia · 68th of 343 in Canada

Share of households that own their home is 50.9% — about 71 percent of the median riding's 71.4%.
highestlowest50th lowest of 343
Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44.4% — about 1.6 times the median riding's 28.2%.
highestlowest64th highest of 343
Median age is 39.6 — a little lower than the median riding's 41.6.
highestlowest105th lowest of 343
Share with French as a mother tongue is 2.0% — about 1.3 times the median riding's 1.6%.
highestlowest138th highest of 343
Median total household income is $81,000 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.
highestlowest160th lowest of 343
Share who are immigrants is 17.4% — about the same as the median riding's 17.3%.
highestlowest171st highest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 74% of the 2025 electors in today's Halifax West—Peggy's Cove lived in the old Halifax West; by area, 82% of the riding came from the old South Shore—St. Margarets.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding

74.1%Halifax West 17.7% of the area · 47% of it kept

18.3%South Shore—St. Margarets 81.6% of the area · 5% of it kept

7.6%Halifax 0.7% of the area · 1% of it kept

How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result, as Halifax West

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	2021	±
Lena Metlege Diab	Liberal	36,200	65.6%	47.3%	+18.3
Rob Batherson	Conservative	15,020	27.2%	21.5%	+5.7
Rae Tench	New Democratic	3,083	5.6%	25.9%	−20.3

2 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote

Ron G. Parker	Green	497	0.9%
Adam LeRue	People's	384	0.7%

The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.

IIIHow close was it, really

Third place vs. the margin

3,083 votes

New Democratic took fewer than the 21,180-vote margin.

Election-day polls won by others

5 of 180

No poll ended in a tie.

Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Liberals (175) · ■ won by another party (5).

Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 10,591 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 19.2% of the 55,184 valid votes, 19.2 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Voters who switch: 0021,182

Liberal36,200

Conservative15,020

Still Liberal by 21,180 votes. Actual margin: 21,180.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 44.8% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

Election dayAdvance & specialGap

Liberal59.1%70.9%+11.8

Conservative31.7%23.6%−8.1

New Democratic7.0%4.5%−2.5

An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Halifax West—Peggy's Cove and its 3 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-03.

"Halifax West—Peggy's Cove — federal riding profile and 2025 results."
The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/halifax-west-peggy-s-cove/
Accessed 2026-11-03.