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Biography
Charles Edward Haliburton (born April 23, 1938) is a jurist and former politician in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
Education
Haliburton graduated from Dalhousie University in 1962 with a Bachelor of Laws.
Career
A lawyer by profession, Haliburton was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1972 federal election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for South Western Nova. He lost his seat in the 1974 election, but regained a seat for the new riding of South West Nova in the 1979 federal election that brought the Tories to power under Joe Clark. He again lost his seat in the 1980 federal election following the defeat of Clark's minority government in the House of Commons.
Haliburton returned to private practice and was subsequently appointed to the bench in 1993. He currently sits on the Nova Scotia Supreme Court.