Cape Breton South (provincial electoral district)
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly |
District created | 1933 |
District abolished | 2013 |
Last contested | 2009 |
Demographics | |
Population (2011) | 19,891 |
Electors | 16,838 |
Census division(s) | Cape Breton Regional Municipality |
Cape Breton South is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed from 1933-2013. It elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the district included Sydney and its western suburbs until the and south along the Sydney River until Blacketts Lake.
In 1933, the County of Cape Breton was divided into five electoral districts, one of which was named Cape Breton South. In 2003, it lost part of the Ashby area to Cape Breton Nova and gained Balls Creek and the Coxheath area. Following the 2012 electoral boundary review, the district was dissolved into Northside-Westmount, Sydney-Whitney Pier and Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg.
Members of the Legislative Assembly[]
The electoral district was represented by the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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61st | 2009-2013 | Manning MacDonald | Liberal | |
60th | 2006-2009 | |||
59th | 2003-2006 | |||
58th | 1999-2003 | |||
57th | 1998-1999 | |||
56th | 1993-1998 | |||
55th | 1988-1993 | Vince MacLean | Liberal | |
54th | 1984-1988 | |||
53rd | 1981-1984 | |||
52nd | 1978-1981 | |||
51st | 1974-1978 | |||
50th | 1970-1974 | John Burke | Progressive Conservative | |
49th | 1967-1970 | Donald C. MacNeil | Progressive Conservative | |
48th | 1963-1967 | |||
47th | 1960-1963 | |||
46th | 1956-1960 | |||
45th | 1953-1956 | John Smith MacIvor | Liberal | |
44th | 1949-1953 | |||
43rd | 1945-1949 | |||
42nd | 1941-1945 | Donald MacDonald | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | |
41st | 1937-1941 | George MacKay Morrison | Liberal | |
40th | 1933-1937 | Gordon S. Harrington | Conservative |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Manning MacDonald | 4278 | 46.65 | +3.15 | |
New Democratic Party | Wayne McKay | 3332 | 36.33 | +14.9 | |
Progressive Conservative | Stephen Tobin | 1387 | 15.12 | -17.24 | |
Green | Cathy Theriault | 174 | 1.90 | -0.81 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Manning MacDonald | 4383 | 43.5 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Scott Boyd | 3261 | 32.36 | ||
New Democratic Party | Jamie Crane | 2160 | 21.43 | ||
Green | Stephen Doucet | 273 | 2.71 | – |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Manning MacDonald | 5057 | 53.96 | ||
New Democratic Party | Mike MacSween | 2717 | 28.99 | ||
Progressive Conservative | John Morrison | 1598 | 17.05 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Manning MacDonald | 5356 | |||
New Democratic Party | Elizabeth Cusack | 2451 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Leland Lewis | 708 |
References[]
- Government of Nova Scotia. "Election Summary From 1867 - 2006" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
- Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll by Poll Results (June 9, 2009)[permanent dead link]. Retrieved August 5, 2009
External links[]
- Former Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts
- Politics of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality