Cape Breton—Canso
Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 1996 | ||
First contested | 1997 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016)[1] | 71,962 | ||
Electors (2021) | 60,559 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 9,308 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 7.7 | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Cape Breton, Guysborough, Port Hawkesbury |
Cape Breton—Canso is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2011 was 75,247. It is the successor to Bras d'Or (later known as Bras d'Or—Cape Breton), which was represented in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.
Demographics[]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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2001 | 75,221 | — |
2006 | 71,968 | −4.3% |
2011 (2003 redist.) | 68,435 | −4.9% |
2011 (2015 redist.) | 74,597 | +9.0% |
2016 | 71,962 | −3.5% |
From the 2016 census[2]
Languages (mother tongue): 90.8% English, 6.5% French, 1.2% Mi'kmaq, 0.4% German, 0.2% Dutch, 0.1% Mandarin, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Scottish Gaelic, 0.1% Tagalog[3]
Average age: 46.4
Average household size: 2.3
Geography[]
The district includes eastern Guysborough County, and the western, southern and eastern coasts of Cape Breton Island. Communities include Glace Bay, Louisbourg, Inverness, Chéticamp, St. Peters, Port Hawkesbury, Mulgrave, Guysborough, Dominion and Canso. The area is 9,438 km2.
Political geography[]
In 2008, the Liberals won most of their support on Cape Breton Island, whereas the mainland portion of the riding voted Conservative with a few Liberal and NDP pockets The Conservatives and the NDP both won a small handful of polls on the island, and the Greens won a poll containing Judique. [1]
History[]
The riding of Bras d'Or was created in 1996 from parts of Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Cape Breton—East Richmond ridings.
Bras d'Or was renamed "Bras d'Or—Cape Breton" in 1998. It was abolished in 2003. Most of its territory (except for the community of Sydney River) was incorporated into a new riding called "Cape Breton—Canso", and it also added a portion of Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough on the mainland.
Under the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding gained 9% of its new territory from Central Nova.
Members of Parliament[]
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Bras d'Or Riding created from Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Cape Breton—East Richmond |
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36th | 1997–2000 | Michelle Dockrill | New Democratic | |
Bras d'Or—Cape Breton | ||||
37th | 2000–2004 | Rodger Cuzner | Liberal | |
Cape Breton—Canso | ||||
38th | 2004–2006 | Rodger Cuzner | Liberal | |
39th | 2006–2008 | |||
40th | 2008–2011 | |||
41st | 2011–2015 | |||
42nd | 2015–2019 | |||
43rd | 2019–2021 | Mike Kelloway | ||
42nd | 2021–present |
Election results[]
Cape Breton—Canso[]
2021 general election[]
hide2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Mike Kelloway | 17,348 | 46.30 | +7.42 | ||||
Conservative | Fiona MacLeod | 13,133 | 35.05 | +0.53 | ||||
New Democratic | Jana Reddick | 5,395 | 14.40 | -0.40 | ||||
People's | Brad Grandy | 1,589 | 4.24 | +2.09 | ||||
Total valid votes | 37,465 | |||||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | 37,465 | 61.87 | ||||||
Registered voters | 60,559 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[4] |
2019 general election[]
hide2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Mike Kelloway | 16,694 | 38.88 | -35.51 | none listed | |||
Conservative | Alfie MacLeod | 14,821 | 34.52 | +20.07 | $99,102.26 | |||
New Democratic | Laurie Suitor | 6,354 | 14.80 | +6.59 | none listed | |||
Green | Clive Doucet | 3,321 | 7.73 | +4.77 | $23,886.83 | |||
People's | Billy Joyce[5] | 925 | 2.15 | - | $0.00 | |||
Independent | Michelle Dockrill | 685 | 1.60 | - | none listed | |||
National Citizens Alliance | Darlene Lynn LeBlanc | 140 | 0.33 | - | $0.00 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 42,940 | 98.62 | $102,831.89 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 601 | 1.38 | +0.75 | |||||
Turnout | 43,541 | 71.73 | +0.15 | |||||
Eligible voters | 60,699 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -27.79 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6] |
2015 general election[]
hide2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Rodger Cuzner | 32,163 | 74.39 | +30.29 | $69,357.97 | |||
Conservative | Adam Daniel Rodgers | 6,246 | 14.45 | –18.17 | $36,970.92 | |||
New Democratic | Michelle Smith | 3,547 | 8.20 | –11.84 | $3,803.75 | |||
Green | Maria Goretti Coady | 1,281 | 2.96 | –0.28 | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 43,237 | 99.37 | $205,381.80 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 274 | 0.63 | ||||||
Turnout | 43,511 | 71.58 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 60,785 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +24.23 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[7][8] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[9] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Liberal | 17,196 | 44.10 | |
Conservative | 12,719 | 32.62 | |
New Democratic | 7,818 | 20.05 | |
Green | 1,265 | 3.24 |
2011 general election[]
hide2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Rodger Cuzner | 16,478 | 46.45 | -1.65 | $63,928.72 | |||
Conservative | Clarence Derrick Kennedy | 10,873 | 30.65 | +7.15 | $75,474.80 | |||
New Democratic | Marney Simmons | 6,984 | 19.69 | -1.43 | $2,528.46 | |||
Green | Glen Carabin | 1,141 | 3.22 | -4.06 | $346.95 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 35,476 | 100.0 | $83,274.40 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 336 | 0.94 | +0.14 | |||||
Turnout | 35,812 | 62.47 | -0.84 | |||||
Eligible voters | 57,331 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.40 | ||||||
Sources:[10][11] |
2008 general election[]
hide2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Rodger Cuzner | 17,447 | 48.10 | -5.09 | $35,405.44 | |||
Conservative | Allan Murphy | 8,524 | 23.50 | -0.68 | $51,511.90 | |||
New Democratic | Mark MacNeill | 7,660 | 21.12 | +0.98 | $6,483.40 | |||
Green | Dwayne MacEachern | 2,641 | 7.28 | +4.78 | $5,315.05 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 36,272 | 100.0 | $80,776 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 292 | 0.80 | +0.09 | |||||
Turnout | 36,564 | 63.31 | -3.21 | |||||
Eligible voters | 57,753 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.20 |
2006 general election[]
hide2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Rodger Cuzner | 21,424 | 53.19 | -0.07 | $62,038.40 | |||
Conservative | Kenzie MacNeil | 9,740 | 24.18 | +3.94 | $47,590.43 | |||
New Democratic | Hector Morrison | 8,111 | 20.14 | -4.18 | $7,662.93 | |||
Green | Rob Hines | 1,006 | 2.50 | +0.33 | $323.17 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 40,281 | 100.0 | $76,321 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 288 | 0.71 | -0.24 | |||||
Turnout | 40,569 | 66.52 | +2.72 | |||||
Eligible voters | 60,984 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.00 |
2004 general election[]
hide2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Rodger Cuzner | 20,139 | 53.26 | -0.33 | $63,078.17 | |||
New Democratic | Shirley Hartery | 9,197 | 24.32 | +5.44 | $21,160.51 | |||
Conservative | Kenzie MacNeil | 7,654 | 20.24 | -7.19 | $49,919.36 | |||
Green | Seumas Gibson | 820 | 2.17 | – | none listed | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 37,810 | 100.0 | $73,856 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 361 | 0.95 | ||||||
Turnout | 38,171 | 63.80 | -3.38 | |||||
Eligible voters | 59,825 | |||||||
Liberal notional hold | Swing | -2.88 | ||||||
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals. |
2000 federal election redistributed results | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Liberal | 21,200 | 53.59 | |
Progressive Conservative | 9,291 | 23.49 | |
New Democratic | 7,469 | 18.88 | |
Alliance | 1,558 | 3.94 | |
Others | 42 | 0.11 |
Bras d'Or–Cape Breton[]
2000 general election[]
hide2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Rodger Cuzner | 20,815 | 54.85 | +16.41 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Alfie MacLeod | 8,114 | 21.38 | +1.12 | ||||
New Democratic | Michelle Dockrill | 7,537 | 19.86 | -21.44 | ||||
Alliance | John Currie | 1,483 | 3.91 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 37,949 | 100.00 | ||||||
Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +18.93 |
Bras d'Or[]
1997 general election[]
hide1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
New Democratic | Michelle Dockrill | 17,575 | 41.30 | |||||
Liberal | David Dingwall | 16,358 | 38.44 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Frank Crowdis | 8,620 | 20.26 | |||||
Total valid votes | 42,553 | 100.00 |
See also[]
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
References[]
- "(Code 12001) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Statistics Canada: 2012
- ^ http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=12001&Geo2=PR&Code2=12&Data=Count&SearchText=Cape%20Breton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1[bare URL]
- ^ https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=109979&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=888&Temporal=2016,2017&THEME=118&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=[bare URL]
- ^ "Confirmed candidates — Cape Breton—Canso". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ Mack Lamoureux (September 11, 2019). "A QAnon YouTuber Is Running for Office in Canada". Vice. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. 29 February 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
- ^ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
- ^ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election
External links[]
- Riding history for Bras d'Or (1996–1998) from the Library of Parliament
- Riding history for Bras d'Or—Cape Breton (1998–2003) from the Library of Parliament
- Riding history for Cape Breton—Canso (2003– ) from the Library of Parliament
- Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
- Politics of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality
- Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
- Inverness County, Nova Scotia
- Richmond County, Nova Scotia