public poll. In December 2022, Halifax council voted in favour of the new name, which will take effect in September 2023. In popular culture Edward Cornwallis is the subject of The Hampton Grease Band song entitled "Halifax" which appears on the double album Music to Eat. See also Military history of Nova Scotia Military history of the Mi'kmaq people Military history of the Acadians Groom of the Chamber Notes References Bibliography External links Documentary on Cornwallis Statue – CBC Radio – Maritime Magazine Archives Centre Acadien (1996) Cornwallis – Founder of Freemasonry in Halifax Image of letter signed by Cornwallis Military history of Acadia Canadian military personnel from Nova Scotia Military history of New England Military history of the Thirteen Colonies Canadian military personnel from New Brunswick 1713 births 1776 deaths 40th Regiment of Foot officers Governors of the Colony of Nova Scotia Governors of Gibraltar Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British Army lieutenant generals British Army personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession British Army personnel of the Jacobite rising of 1745 British Army personnel of the Seven Years' War King's Regiment (Liverpool) officers Lancashire Fusiliers officers Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada) South Wales Borderers officers Younger sons of barons British MPs 1741–1747 British MPs 1747–1754 British MPs 1754–1761 British MPs 1761–1768 Edward English twins People of Father Le Loutre's War People educated at Eton College