Glace Bay-Dominion

Glace Bay-Dominion
Nova Scotia electoral district
	Glace Bay in relation to other Cape Breton electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	John White; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1925
First contested	1928
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Population (2011)	15,487
Electors (2012)	12,236
Area (km²)	29
Pop. density (per km²)	534
Census division(s)	Cape Breton County
Census subdivision(s)	Cape Breton RM

Glace Bay-Dominion is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

The Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2010 is Geoff MacLellan of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.

It was created in 1933 when the district of Cape Breton was divided into five electoral districts, one of which was named Cape Breton East. In 2001, the district name was changed to Glace Bay. In 2003, the district lost a small area at its southern tip to Cape Breton West.^[1] Following the 2019 redistribution, it gained the Dominion area from Cape Breton Centre and was re-named Glace Bay-Dominion.

Geography[]

The land area of Glace Bay-Dominion is 29 km² (11 sq mi).^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[]

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

Legislature	Years		Party
64th	2021–present	John White	Progressive Conservative
63rd	2017–2021	Geoff MacLellan	Liberal
62nd	2013–2017
61st	2010–2013
61st	2009–2010	Dave Wilson	Liberal
60th	2006–2009
59th	2003–2006
58th	2000–2003
57th	1998–1999	Reeves Matheson	Independent
57th	1998	Reeves Matheson	New Democratic
56th	1993–1998	John MacEachern	Liberal
55th	1988–1993	John MacEachern	Liberal
54th	1984–1988	Donnie MacLeod	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981–1984
52nd	1980–1981
52nd	1978–1980	Jeremy Akerman	New Democratic
51st	1974–1978
50th	1970–1974
49th	1967–1970	Layton Fergusson	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963–1967
47th	1960–1963
46th	1956–1960
45th	1953–1956	Russell Cunningham	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
44th	1949–1953
43rd	1945–1949
42nd	1941–1945	Douglas Neil Brodie	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
41st	1937–1941	Lauchlin Currie	Liberal
40th	1933–1937	Lauchlin Currie	Liberal

Election results[]

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John White	2,754	34.61	-6.74
	New Democratic	John Morgan	2,725	34.24	+24.18
	Liberal	John John McCarthy	2,479	31.15	-15.51
Total valid votes			7,958	99.45
Total rejected ballots			44	0.55
Turnout			8,002	59.37
Eligible voters			13,478
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+4.39
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[3]

2017 provincial election redistributed results^[4]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	3,641	44.59
	Progressive Conservative	3,195	39.13
	New Democratic	1,193	14.61
	Atlantica	137	1.68

v t 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff MacLellan	3,316	46.66	-33.7
	Progressive Conservative	John White	2,938	41.35	+36.21
	New Democratic	Lois MacDougall	715	10.06	-4.44
	Atlantica	Steven MacNeil	137	1.92
Total valid votes			7,110	100
Total rejected ballots			73	1.03
Turnout			7,183	57.4
Eligible voters			12,510
	Liberal hold		Swing		-34.96
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[5]^[6]

2013 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Geoff MacLellan	5,547	80.36
NDP	Mary Beth MacDonald	1,001	14.50
PC	Thomas Bethell	355	5.14

Byelection June 22, 2010
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Geoff MacLellan	3,901	53.91
NDP	Myrtle Campbell	2,281	31.52
PC	Michelle Wheelhouse	759	10.48
Independent	Edna Lee	195	2.69
Atlantica	Dan Wilson	56	0.77

2009 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Dave Wilson	3,380	47.60
NDP	Myrtle Campbell	2,829	39.84
PC	Tom MacPherson	810	11.41
Green	Todd Pettigrew	82	1.15	–

2006 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Dave Wilson	3,327	43.08
NDP	Myrtle Turnbull Campbell	2,234	28.93
PC	Mark Bettens	2,074	26.85
Green	Todd Pettigrew	88	1.14	–

2003 Nova Scotia general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Dave Wilson	4,420	54.48
NDP	Vince Hall	2,342	28.87
PC	Mark Bettens	1,351	16.65

By-election, April 4, 2000: Cape Breton East
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Dave Wilson	4,017	43.33
NDP	Cecil Saccary	3,609	38.93
PC	Brad Kerr	1,644	17.74

1999 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal	Dave Wilson	3,704	40.12
NDP	Cecil Saccary	3,699	40.06
PC	Brad Kerr	1,043	11.30
Independent	Gerard Burke	787	8.52

1998 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East
	Candidate	Votes
NDP	Reeves Matheson	5,002
Liberal	Clarence Routledge	2,859
PC	Henry Boutilier	1,651

1993 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	John MacEachern	7,566
NDP	Terry McVarish	1,659
PC	Greg Hicks	1,069

1988 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	John MacEachern	5,739
PC	Bruce Clark	4,014
NDP	Terry McVarish	1,590

v t 1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Donnie MacLeod	4,787
	Liberal	Cha Keliher	3,579
	Cape Breton Labour	Michael Blais Matheson	1,724
	New Democratic	Jim Jobe	1,351

1981 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East
	Candidate	Votes
PC	Donnie MacLeod	4,699
Liberal	Shelly McNeil	3,053
NDP	Joe Kanary	1,849
Independent	Blair Matheson	716

By-election, December 2, 1980: Cape Breton East
	Candidate	Votes
PC	Donnie MacLeod	4,505
NDP	Reeves Matheson	2,996
Liberal	Vincent Kachafanas	2,904
Independent	Ignatius V. Kennedy	101

1978 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East
	Candidate	Votes
NDP	Jeremy Akerman	5,135
PC	Frank Edwards	3,182
Liberal	Vincent Kachafanas	3,109

1974 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East
	Candidate	Votes
NDP	Jeremy Akerman	5,929
Liberal	Vincent Kachafanas	3,443
PC	Fred Adshade	1,611
Independent	Archie MacDonald	183

1970 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East
	Candidate	Votes
NDP	Jeremy Akerman	5,334
PC	N. Layton Fergusson	3,807
Liberal	Robert MacKay	2,037

1967 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East
	Candidate	Votes
PC	N. Layton Fergusson	5,094
NDP	James Aitchison	3,048
Liberal	William O'Leary	1,417

1963 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East
	Candidate	Votes
PC	N. Layton Fergusson	5,870
NDP	John L. MacKinnon	2,881
Liberal	Bernard Currie	1,359

1960 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East
	Candidate	Votes
PC	N. Layton Fergusson	4,862
CCF	James Aitchison	4,243
Liberal	William O'Leary	1,567

1956 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East
	Candidate	Votes
PC	N. Layton Fergusson	4,324
Liberal	C. Roy MacDonald	3,058
CCF	Russell Cunningham	2,864

1953 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East
	Candidate	Votes
CCF	Russell Cunningham	5,096
Liberal	Joseph McIntyre	3,934
PC	William Wilton	1,356

1949 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East
	Candidate	Votes
CCF	Russell Cunningham	4,543
Liberal	Chas. Roy MacDonald	3,829
PC	Thomas H. Dickson	2,093

1945 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East
	Candidate	Votes
CCF	Russell Cunningham	5,332
Liberal	Gus McGillivary	2,719
PC	Kenneth Daniel Beaton	1,002

1941 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCF	Douglas Neil Brodie	6,222
	Liberal	Lauchlin D. Currie	4,052

1937 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Lauchlin D. Currie	4,172
Labour	William T. Mercer	3,396
Conservative	Roderick Kerr	2,832

1933 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton East
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Lauchlin D. Currie	3,655
Conservative	Daniel R. Cameron	3,632
^[7]^: 80	J. B. McLachlan	1,737
CCF	William T. Mercer	297

References[]

^ Glace Bay - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
^ Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
^ Remes, Jacob (January 2010). "In Search of "Saner Minds": Bishop James Morrison and the Origins of the Antigonish Movement". Acadiensis.

External links[]

Coordinates: 46°12′00″N 59°58′01″W / 46.200°N 59.967°W / 46.200; -59.967

[1] Glace Bay - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature

[2] "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

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

[4] Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries

[5] "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

[6] "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

[Acadiensis1-7] Remes, Jacob (January 2010). "In Search of "Saner Minds": Bishop James Morrison and the Origins of the Antigonish Movement". Acadiensis.

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