The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Halifax
Federal riding · NS · No. 12006 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Shannon Miedema Liberal
- 2025 result
- Liberal hold by 22,947 votes
- Turnout
- 72.6% of 72,377 electors
- Population
- 98,880 2021 census
- Area
- 663 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Youngest median ageMedian age 34.4, 9th lowest of 343 (Median age, 2021 census)
- Widest margin in Nova ScotiaWon by 43.9 points (22,947 votes) · 2nd of 11 in Nova Scotia · 33rd of 343 in Canada
- Smallest by area in Nova Scotia663 km² · 3rd of 11 in Nova Scotia · 187th of 343 in Canada
In brief
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Shannon Miedema
- Chair: Environment and Sustainable Development
- Chair: Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
- Member: Environment and Sustainable Development
- Member: Liaison
IDid this riding change?
Yes — it shrank. All of today's Halifax comes from the old Halifax, but it is only 99% of that riding. The rest went elsewhere.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
100.0%Halifax 99% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
Liberal hold
Elected
Shannon Miedema
Liberal
32,886
63.0% of valid votes
Margin
22,947
votes · +43.9 pts
Runner-up
Mark Boudreau
Conservative
9,939
19.1% of valid votes
Liberal 63.0% · Conservative 19.1% · New Democratic 16.6%
Turnout72.6% of 72,377 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon Miedema | Liberal | 32,886 | 63.0% | 42.0% | +21.0 |
| Mark Boudreau | Conservative | 9,939 | 19.1% | 12.7% | +6.4 |
| Lisa Roberts | New Democratic | 8,642 | 16.6% | 40.0% | −23.4 |
2 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
| Amethyste Hamel-Gregory | Green | 422 | 0.8% |
| Maricar Aliasut | People's | 271 | 0.5% |
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
Swing needed to flip
21.9 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
8,642 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 22,947-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
10 of 154
1 poll ended in an exact tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 11,474 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 22.0% of the 52,160 valid votes, 21.9 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Liberal32,886
Conservative9,939
Still Liberal by 22,947 votes. Actual margin: 22,947.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 46.8% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Liberal57.6%67.9%+10.3
Conservative22.7%15.9%−6.8
New Democratic18.0%15.3%−2.7
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.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $69,500 — about 83 percent of the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest57th lowest of 343
- Median age is 34.4 — about 83 percent of the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest9th lowest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 55.5% — about 2.0 times the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest27th highest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 13.7% — about 79 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest152nd lowest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 38.9% — about 54 percent of the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest17th 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
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 12006NS · 2025
Halifax
Shannon Miedema
- Result
- Liberal hold by 22,947
- Turnout
- 72.6%
- Population
- 98,880
- Area
- 663 km²
Youngest median ageWidest margin in Nova ScotiaSmallest by area in Nova Scotia
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