Halifax Regional Municipality District 9
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District 9 Albro Lake - Harbourview is one of 23 Halifax Regional Council
districts of the Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia
. The area covers the former wards of 4 and 5 of the former city of Dartmouth
and it includes the provincial electoral riding of Dartmouth North
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Halifax Regional Council
Halifax Regional Council is the governing body for the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia.In April 1996, the councils for the City of Halifax, the City of Dartmouth, Town of Bedford, and Municipality of the County of Halifax were dissolved when those municipalities were amalgamated into...
districts of the Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
. The area covers the former wards of 4 and 5 of the former city of Dartmouth
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Dartmouth founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. Located on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour, Dartmouth has been nicknamed the City of Lakes after the large number of lakes located in the city.On April 1, 1996, the provincial...
and it includes the provincial electoral riding of Dartmouth North
Dartmouth North
Dartmouth North is a provincial electoral district in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....
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Neighbourhoods
- Albro LakeAlbro Lake, Nova ScotiaAlbro Lake is a neighbourhood in the north end of the community of Dartmouth in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.Albro Lake takes its name from the shallow freshwater lake of the same name. The lake was named after Samuel Albro, who first settled in the area in the 1740s with a group of...
- BrightwoodBrightwood, Nova ScotiaBrightwood is a lower to upper middle income neighbourhood in Dartmouth, and part of District 9 of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia....
- BurnsideBurnside, Nova ScotiaBurnside is a Canadian urban neighbourhood located along the northeast shore of Bedford Basin in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.Officially still termed a dispersed rural community, Burnside has been the location of a major concentration of industry and commercial development since the...
- Crystal Heights
- Highfield ParkHighfield Park, Nova ScotiaHighfield Park is a neighbourhood located in the north end of the community of Dartmouth in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.Highfield Park is located in the larger neighbourhood of Albro Lake and is situated on the former site of the Royal Canadian Navy's Naval Radio Station Albro Lake...
- Landcaster Ridge
- Shannon ParkShannon Park, Nova ScotiaShannon Park is a former military community on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour in the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is immediately south of the A. Murray MacKay Bridge in the city of Dartmouth...
- Tuft's Cove
- Wallace HeightsWallace Heights, Nova ScotiaWallace Heights is a Canadian urban neighbourhood in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.Wallace Heights is situated immediately north of Shannon Hill at the southern end of the Bedford Basin, around the northern side of the MacKay bridge in the former city of Dartmouth...
Community involvement
The Dartmouth District 9 Citizens Association an association of all the residents of District 9 who hold monthly meetings airing current concerns of the area.Political Representatives
- Municipal - Jim Smith
- Provincial - Trevor ZinckTrevor ZinckTrevor J. Zinck is a Canadian politician and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, representing the riding of Dartmouth North as an Independent. He was first elected for the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party in the 2006 election, succeeding retiring NDP MLA Jerry Pye...
- Federal - Michael SavageMichael Savage (politician)Michael John Savage was the Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament for the riding of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour. On May 2, 2011, Savage lost his bid for re-election to Parliament to Robert Chisholm of the NDP. Savage received 15,162 votes to Chisholm's 15,661.-Biography:Savage is the son of...
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