Lena Metlege Diab is projected to be elected in Halifax West.
Halifax West consists of the community of Bedford, the west end of Halifax, and the communities of Upper Hammonds Plains to the north, Tantallon in the west and Terence Bay to the south.
Halifax West was a solid Conservative stronghold from 1979 to 1993. Since then, it has almost continuously been represented by long-running Liberal MP Geoff Regan. The NDP’s Gordon Earle briefly represented the riding from 1997 to 2000.
Voters re-elected Regan for the seventh time during the 2019 federal election. He previously served as the 36th House Speaker and is a former cabinet minister.
Regan beat Tory candidate Fred Shuman, gaining 49.5 per cent of the vote.
In March 2021, Regan announced that he was leaving politics, ending his 21-year political career. The new Liberal candidate will have big shoes to fill, given Regan’s legacy in Halifax West.
Candidates
Liberal: Lena Metlege Diab
Conservative: Eleanor Humphries
NDP: Jonathan Roberts
Green: Richard Zurawski
People’s Party: Julie Scott
Christian Heritage Party: Kevin Schulthies
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