Statue of Winston Churchill (Halifax)

*Sir Winston Churchill*
Sir Winston Churchill
	The statue in 2015
Artist	Oscar Nemon
Year	1980; 45 years ago
Type	Bronze sculpture
Subject	Winston Churchill
Weight	1.5 t (3,300 lb)
Location	Spring Garden Road; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;
	44°38′38″N 63°34′28″W / 44.643949°N 63.574403°W

Sir Winston Churchill is a bronze sculpture located in Halifax, Nova Scotia depicting the British prime minister Winston Churchill. The sculpture was created by Oscar Nemon and unveiled in 1980 in front of the Halifax Memorial Library on Spring Garden Road.

History

The creation of the statue of Winston Churchill was announced in 1979 and financed via fundraising efforts by Leonard Kitz, a former mayor of Halifax.^[1] It was reported at the time that the statue was to be over eight feet tall and cost CAD$60,000.^[a]^[2] The statue was sculpted by Oscar Nemon, and unveiled on 20 January 1980 in Grafton Park in front of the Halifax Memorial Library.^[3]

The statue has been described as controversial.^[4] In the summer of 2020, a demonstration was held around the statue calling for its removal, coming two years after the removal of the statue of Edward Cornwallis from an urban square in the south end of Halifax.^[5]

Description

The statue depicts Winston Churchill with his hands behind his back and stepping forward with his left foot, wearing a formal suit with a bow tie.^[5] The statue weighs 1.5 metric tons (3,300 lb) and stands 10 feet (3.0 m) in height.^[3]

References

Notes

^ (equivalent to $236,000 in 2023)

Citations

^ Tattrie (2020); The Canadian Press (1979b).
^ The Canadian Press (1979a); The Canadian Press (1979b).
^ ^a ^b Heritage Advisory Committee, pp. 32–33.
^ Ziafati 2020.
^ ^a ^b Tattrie 2020.

Sources

"Case H00469: Request to Include 5381 Spring Garden Road, Halifax in the Registry of Heritage Property for the Halifax Regional Municipality" (PDF). Halifax Regional Municipality. Heritage Advisory Committee. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2025. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
Tattrie, John (3 July 2020). "A 'Walk against Winston' stirs debate over another Halifax statue". CBC News. Nova Scotia: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 17 May 2025. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
Ziafati, Noushin (3 July 2020). "Halifax's monuments, street names with controversial histories — and their future". PNI Atlantic News. Postmedia Network. Archived from the original on 17 May 2025. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
"Halifax to receive Churchill statue". Star-Phoenix. Halifax, NS: The Canadian Press. 16 January 1979. Retrieved 17 May 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
"Halifax to get Churchill statue". Saint John Times Globe. Halifax, NS: The Canadian Press. 16 January 1979. Retrieved 17 May 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Data related to Statue of Winston Churchill (Halifax) at Wikidata
Sir Winston Churchill – via Halifax Municipal Archives
Photo of Halifax Mayor Edmund Morris and the statue in 1980, The Toronto Star – via Newspapers.com
Nemon and Churchill – via oscarnemon.org.uk

[2] (equivalent to $236,000 in 2023)

[FOOTNOTETattrie2020The_Canadian_Press1979b-1] Tattrie (2020); The Canadian Press (1979b).

[FOOTNOTEThe_Canadian_Press1979aThe_Canadian_Press1979b-3] The Canadian Press (1979a); The Canadian Press (1979b).

[FOOTNOTEHeritage_Advisory_Committee32–33-4] Heritage Advisory Committee, pp. 32–33.

[FOOTNOTEZiafati2020-5] Ziafati 2020.

[FOOTNOTETattrie2020-6] Tattrie 2020.

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v t e Public art in Halifax
Works	Halifax Explosion Memorial Sculpture Life Sebastopol Monument South African War Memorial Sir Winston Churchill Statue of Edward Cornwallis
Related	Art Gallery of Nova Scotia NSCAD University