Victoria-The Lakes
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 1867 | ||
| First contested | 1867 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 11,518 | ||
| Electors | 11,823 | ||
| Area (km²) | 3,482 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 3.3 | ||
| Census division(s) | Victoria County, Cape Breton RM | ||
Victoria—The Lakes is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since the 2017 election has been Keith Bain of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.
It was created in 1867 as Victoria, composing all of Victoria County. In 1993, the district gained the area north of the southern border of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park.[1] In 2003, Victoria was renamed Victoria-The Lakes. It lost the top of Inverness County to Inverness and gained some of the rural areas of Cape Breton The Lakes.
Geography[]
Victoria-The Lakes has a landmass of 3,482 km2 (1,344 sq mi).[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly[]
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64th | 2021–present | Keith Bain | Progressive Conservative | |
| 63rd | 2017-2021 | |||
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | Pam Eyking | Liberal | |
| 61st | 2009–2013 | Keith Bain | Progressive Conservative | |
| 60th | 2006-2009 | |||
| 59th | 2003-2006 | Gerald Sampson | Liberal | |
| 58th | 1999-2003 | Kennie MacAskill | Liberal | |
| 57th | 1998-1999 | |||
| 56th | 1993-1998 | |||
| 55th | 1988-1993 | |||
| 54th | 1984-1988 | Fisher Hudson | Progressive Conservative | |
| 53rd | 1981-1984 | |||
| 52nd | 1980-1981 | |||
| 1978-1980 | Peter John Nicholson | Liberal | ||
| 51st | 1974-1978 | Maynard MacAskill | Liberal | |
| 50th | 1970-1974 | Fisher Hudson | Progressive Conservative | |
| 49th | 1967-1970 | |||
| 48th | 1963-1967 | Carleton L. MacMillan | Liberal | |
| 47th | 1960-1963 | |||
| 46th | 1956-1960 | |||
| 45th | 1953-1956 | |||
| 44th | 1949-1953 | |||
| 43rd | 1945-1949 | John Malcolm Campbell | ||
| 42nd | 1941-1945 | |||
| 41st | 1937-1941 | |||
| 40th | 1933-1937 | Frederick Walker Baldwin | Liberal-Conservative | |
Election results[]
2021 general election[]
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Keith Bain | 3,536 | 54.37 | -5.18 | ||||
| Liberal | Nadine Bernard | 2,224 | 34.20 | +7.39 | ||||
| New Democratic | Adrianna MacKinnon | 627 | 9.64 | +2.23 | ||||
| Independent | Stemer MacLeod | 116 | 1.78 | -0.83 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,503 | 99.51 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 32 | 0.49 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,535 | 51.50 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 12,690 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -6.23 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3] | ||||||||
2017 general election[]
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Keith Bain | 4,373 | 59.55 | +24.31 | ||||
| Liberal | Pam Eyking | 1,969 | 26.81 | -12.18 | ||||
| New Democratic | Lisa Bond | 544 | 7.41 | -16.19 | ||||
| Green | Adrianna MacKinnon | 265 | 3.61 | N/A | ||||
| Independent | Stemer MacLeod | 192 | 2.61 | +0.43 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,343 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 37 | 0.50 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,380 | 59.75 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 12,352 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +18.25 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4][5] | ||||||||
2013 general election[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Party of Nova Scotia | Pam Eyking | 3,150 | 38.99 | +8.39 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Keith Bain | 2,847 | 35.24 | -3.44 | |
| New Democratic Party | John Frank Tomey | 1,907 | 23.60 | -3.28 | |
| Independent | Stewart M. (Stemer) MacLeod | 176 | 2.18 | +0.28 | |
2009 general election[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Keith Bain | 2,417 | 38.68 | -8.8 | |
| Liberal | Gerald Sampson | 1,912 | 30.60 | -5.34 | |
| New Democratic Party | Fraser Patterson | 1,680 | 26.88 | +14.94 | |
| Green | Jim O'Brien | 143 | 2.74 | -0.45 | |
| Independent | Stemer MacLeod | 97 | 1.90 | -0.35 | |
2006 general election[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Keith Bain | 3,001 | 47.48 | ||
| Liberal | Gerald Sampson | 2,272 | 35.94 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Joan O'Liari | 755 | 11.94 | ||
| Green | Michelle Smith | 173 | 2.74 | – | |
| Independent | Stemer MacLeod | 120 | 1.90 | ||
2003 general election[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Gerald Sampson | 2,284 | 36.44 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Keith Bain | 2,036 | 32.48 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Nancy MacKeigan | 934 | 14.90 | ||
| Independent | Brian Boudreau | 750 | 11.97 | ||
| Independent | Stemer MacLeod | 120 | 4.21 | ||
References[]
- ^ Inverness - 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist50.pdf
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