The Halifax Fairview constituency was created following the recommendations of the 1992 Electoral Boundaries Commission. The district's boundaries were drawn to encompass the Cowie Hill area, formerly part of Halifax Atlantic; the Fairview area, formerly part of Halifax Bedford Basin; and the area west of the CNR tracks, formerly part of Halifax Chebucto. In 2013, following the reivew of the Electoral Boundaries Commission, this district was renamed Halifax Armdale and it gained the area east of Herring Cove Road and north of Frog Pond Park from Halifax Atlantic. It lost the area north of Highway 102 and east of Northwest Arm Drive / Dunbrack Street to Fairview-Clayton Park.