Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier

Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Kendra Coombes; New Democratic
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District created	1925
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2011)	14,038
Electors	12,632
Area (km²)	135.00
Pop. density (per km²)	104
Census division(s)	Cape Breton
Census subdivision(s)	Cape Breton

Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier, formerly Cape Breton Centre is a provincial electoral district in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly is Kendra Coombes. The district consists of the area around New Waterford, including Dominion, Grand Lake Road, Reserve Mines, Gardiner Mines, Lingan Road, Lingan, River Ryan, Scotchtown, New Victoria, Victoria Mines, South Bar.

It was created in 1925 when the counties of Cape Breton and Richmond were divided into three electoral districts. In 2003, it expanded west to include New Victoria. In 2013, it gained South Bar, Lingan Road, and part of Grand Lake Road from Cape Breton Nova.^[1]^[2]

It was re-named Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier for the 2021 Nova Scotia general election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[]

This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Single-member district (1933-present)[]

Legislature	Years		Party
64th	2021-Present	Kendra Coombes	New Democratic
63rd	2020–2021	Kendra Coombes
63rd	2017–2020	Tammy Martin
62nd	2015–2017	David Wilton	Liberal
62nd	2013–2015	Frank Corbett	New Democratic
61st	2009–2013
60th	2006-2009
59th	2003-2006
58th	1999-2003
57th	1998-1999
56th	1993-1998	Russell MacNeil	Liberal
55th	1989-1993	Russell MacNeil	Liberal
55th	1988-1989	Wayne Connors	Liberal
54th	1984-1988	Mike Laffin	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981-1984	Mike Laffin	Progressive Conservative
52nd	1978-1981	James 'Buddy' MacEachern	New Democratic
51st	1974-1978	James 'Buddy' MacEachern	New Democratic
50th	1970-1974	Mike Laffin	Progressive Conservative
49th	1967-1970
48th	1963-1967
47th	1961-1963	Michael James MacDonald	New Democratic
47th	1960-1961		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
46th	1956-1960
45th	1953-1956
44th	1949-1953
43rd	1945-1949
42nd	1941-1945	Douglas MacDonald	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
41st	1939-1941	Douglas MacDonald	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
41st	1937-1939	Michael Dwyer	Liberal
40th	1933-1937	Michael Dwyer	Liberal

Dual-member district (1925-1933)[]

Legislature	Years		Party		Party
39th	1928-1933	Gordon Sidney Harrington	Liberal-Conservative	Joseph Macdonald	Liberal-Conservative
38th	1925-1928	Gordon Sidney Harrington	Liberal-Conservative	Joseph Macdonald	Liberal-Conservative
Cape Breton Centre returned two members before 1933

Election results[]

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Kendra Coombes	3,309	42.15	-0.76
	Liberal	Michelle Wilson	3,188	40.61	+9.33
	Progressive Conservative	Bryden Mombourquette	1,281	16.32	-7.94
	Green	Robert Hussey	72	0.92	-0.27
Total valid votes			7,850	99.49
Total rejected ballots			40	0.51
Turnout			7,890	53.66
Eligible voters			14,705
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-5.05
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[3]

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, March 10, 2020 Upon the resignation of Tammy Martin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Kendra Coombes	2,731	42.91	-0.86
	Liberal	David Wilton	1,991	31.28	-2.30
	Progressive Conservative	Louie Piovesan	1,567	24.26	+1.96
	Green	Adrianna MacKinnon	76	1.19
Total valid votes			6,365	99.76
Total rejected ballots			15	0.24	-0.44
Turnout			6,380	51.56	-9.12
Eligible voters			12,373
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+0.72

v t 2017 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Tammy Martin	3,419	43.77	+3.49
	Liberal	David Wilton	2,623	33.58	-15.93
	Progressive Conservative	Louie Piovesan	1,770	22.66	+12.44
Total valid votes			7,812	99.33
Total rejected ballots			53	0.67	+0.06
Turnout			7,865	59.68	+12.01
Eligible voters			13,178
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+9.71

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, July 14, 2015 On the resignation of Frank Corbett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Wilton	3,120	49.51	+6.30
	New Democratic	Tammy Martin	2,538	40.27	-5.02
	Progressive Conservative	Edna Lee	644	10.22	-1.28
Total valid votes			6,302	99.38
Total rejected ballots			39	0.62	+0.04
Turnout			6,341	47.67	-10.81
Electors on the lists			13,302	–
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+5.66

2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Frank Corbett	3,440	45.29	-33.25
	Liberal	David Wilton	3,282	43.21	+30.71
	Progressive Conservative	Edna Lee	873	11.49	+4.14
Total valid votes			7,595	99.42
Total rejected ballots			44	0.58
Turnout			7,639	58.48
Electors on the lists			13,062	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-31.98

2009 Nova Scotia general election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic Party	5,738	78.54
	Liberal	913	12.50
	Progressive Conservative	537	7.35
	Green	118	1.62

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Frank Corbett	5,096	80.14	+36.49
	Liberal	Joe MacPherson	685	10.77	-16.14
	Progressive Conservative	Chris Ryan	479	7.53	-20.91
	Green	Chris Alders	99	1.56	+0.57
Total valid votes			6,359	99.48
Total rejected ballots			33	0.52	+0.15
Turnout			6,392	51.90	-16.19
Electors on the lists			12,317	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+26.32

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Frank Corbett	3,490	43.65	-6.99
	Progressive Conservative	Darren Bruckschwaiger	2,274	28.44	+23.63
	Liberal	Laura Lee MacDonald	2,152	26.92	-17.63
	Green	Frances Oomen	79	0.99	–
Total valid votes			7,995	99.64
Total rejected ballots			29	0.36	-0.02
Turnout			8,024	68.08	+0.47
Electors on the lists			11,786	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-15.31

2003 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
New Democratic Party	Frank Corbett	3,929	50.64	-3.45
Liberal	Basil McGillivray	3,456	44.55	+4.61
Progressive Conservative	Rita Tighe-MacLeod	373	4.81	-1.16

1999 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
New Democratic Party	Frank Corbett	4,042	54.09
Liberal	Susan Deruelle Marsh	2,985	39.94
Progressive Conservative	John Morrisey	446	5.97

1998 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
New Democratic Party	Frank Corbett	5,499	64.62
Liberal	Steve Drake	2,435	28.61
Progressive Conservative	Julien Frison	576	6.77

1993 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Russell MacNeil	5,644	61.28
New Democratic Party	Victor Tomiczek	2,554	27.73
Progressive Conservative	Julien Frison	1,012	10.99

Cape Breton Centre by-election, August 28, 1990
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Russell MacNeil	3,338	41.02
New Democratic Party	John Stevens	2,543	31.25
Progressive Conservative	Harold MacDonald	2,257	27.73

Cape Breton Centre by-election, August 22, 1989
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Russell MacNeil	2,758	35.55
Progressive Conservative	Harold MacDonald	2,755	35.51
New Democratic Party	John Stevens	2,245	28.94

1988 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Wayne 'Buzzy' Connors	3,681	45.80
Progressive Conservative	Harold MacDonald	2,210	27.50
New Democratic Party	John Wilson	2,146	26.70

v t 1984 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	4,586
	Liberal	A. (Beaver) Parsons	1,264
	Cape Breton Labour	Dan 'Diddles' MacKinnon	1,202
	New Democratic	Angus Grant	743

1981 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	3,276	39.49
New Democratic Party	James 'Buddy' MacEachern	2,812	33.90
Liberal	Art MacDonald	2,208	26.61

1978 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
New Democratic Party	James 'Buddy' MacEachern	3,594	44.39
Liberal	Francis MacLean	2,993	36.96
Progressive Conservative	Peter MacKinnon	1,510	18.65

1974 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes
New Democratic Party	James 'Buddy' MacEachern	3,380
Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	2,743
Liberal	Albert J. Boudreau	1,703

1970 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	3,680
Liberal	Stewart Marsh	1,902
New Democratic Party	Alex MacDonald	1,700

1967 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	3,565
New Democratic Party	Tom O'Leary	1,505
Liberal	William J. Boudreau	1,313

1963 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	3,699
New Democratic Party	Michael James MacDonald	2,197
Liberal	Joseph Rizzetto	939

1960 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes
CCF	Michael James MacDonald	3,371
Progressive Conservative	Lowell Murray	1,964
Liberal	James P. McNeil	1,887

1956 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes
CCF	Michael James MacDonald	2,948
Liberal	James P. McNeil	2,569
Progressive Conservative	Charles W. Miller	1,289

References[]

^ Sydney-Whitney Pier - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
^ "Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. September 12, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

Elections Nova Scotia, Summary Results from 1867 to 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (October 30, 1956). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (June 7, 1960). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (October 8, 1963). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (May 30, 1967). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (October 13, 1970). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (April 2, 1974). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (September 19, 1978). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (October 6, 1981). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (November 6, 1984). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (September 6, 1988). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Return of By-Elections for the House of Assembly 1989 and 1990. Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (May 25, 1993). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (March 24, 1998). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (July 27, 1999). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (August 5, 2003). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (June 13, 2006). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll by Poll Results (June 9, 2009). Retrieved June 28, 2014

External links[]

[1] Sydney-Whitney Pier - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature

[FinalBoundaries2012-2] "Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. September 12, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2013.

[3] "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

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