Cape Breton South (provincial electoral district)
| Nova Scotia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| 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 | Cape Breton Regional Municipality |
Cape Breton South is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed from 1933 to 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 North West Arm and south along the Sydney River until Blacketts Lake.[1]
In 1933, the Cape Breton County 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.[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
The electoral district was represented by the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Cape Breton South | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| District created from Cape Breton County (1867–1933) | ||||
| 40th | 1933–1937 | Gordon Sidney Harrington | Liberal-Conservative | |
| 41st | 1937–1941 | George M. Morrison | Liberal | |
| 42nd | 1941–1945 | Donald MacDonald | Co-operative Commonwealth | |
| 43rd | 1945–1949 | John Smith MacIvor | Liberal | |
| 44th | 1949–1953 | |||
| 45th | 1953–1956 | |||
| 46th | 1956–1960 | Donald C. MacNeil | Progressive Conservative | |
| 47th | 1960–1963 | |||
| 48th | 1963–1967 | |||
| 49th | 1967–1970 | |||
| 50th | 1970–1974 | John Francis Burke | ||
| 51st | 1974–1978 | Vince MacLean | Liberal | |
| 52nd | 1978–1981 | |||
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | |||
| 54th | 1984–1988 | |||
| 55th | 1988–1993 | |||
| 56th | 1993–1998 | Manning MacDonald | ||
| 57th | 1998–1999 | |||
| 58th | 1999–2003 | |||
| 59th | 2003–2006 | |||
| 60th | 2006–2009 | |||
| 61st | 2009–2013 | |||
| District dissolved into dissolved into Northside-Westmount (2013–Present), Sydney-Whitney Pier (2013–2021), and Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg (2013–2021) |
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Election results
2009
| 2009 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Manning MacDonald | 4,278 | 46.65% | 3.15% | ||||
| New Democratic | Wayne McKay | 3,332 | 36.33% | 14.89% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Stephen Tobin | 1,387 | 15.12% | -17.23% | ||||
| Green | Cathy Theriault | 174 | 1.90% | -0.81% | ||||
| Total | 9,171 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2006
| 2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Manning MacDonald | 4,383 | 43.50% | -10.82% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Scott Boyd | 3,260 | 32.35% | 15.09% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jamie Crane | 2,160 | 21.44% | -6.97% | ||||
| Green | Stephen Doucet | 273 | 2.71% | – | ||||
| Total | 10,076 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2003
| 2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Manning MacDonald | 5,275 | 54.32% | -8.58% | ||||
| New Democratic | Mike MacSween | 2,759 | 28.41% | -0.37% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Morrison | 1,677 | 17.27% | 8.95% | ||||
| Total | 9,711 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1999
| 1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Manning MacDonald | 5,356 | 62.90% | 2.60% | ||||
| New Democratic | Elizabeth Cusack | 2,451 | 28.78% | -0.77% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Leland Lewis | 708 | 8.31% | -1.83% | ||||
| Total | 8,515 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Fifth General Election (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. | ||||||||
1998
| 1998 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Manning MacDonald | 5,118 | 60.30% | 2.79% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ed Murphy | 2,508 | 29.55% | 7.65% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Anna Steele | 861 | 10.14% | -10.44% | ||||
| Total | 8,487 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1993
| 1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Manning MacDonald | 5,629 | 57.52% | -5.25% | ||||
| New Democratic | Peter Mancini | 2,143 | 21.90% | 12.43% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Norm Ferguson | 2,015 | 20.59% | -7.19% | ||||
| Total | 9,787 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 18, 2018. | ||||||||
1988
| 1988 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Vince MacLean | 7,820 | 62.76% | 13.13% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Murdock Smith | 3,461 | 27.78% | -14.26% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ed MacLeod | 1,179 | 9.46% | 4.19% | ||||
| Total | 12,460 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2018. | ||||||||
1984
| 1984 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Vince MacLean | 5,961 | 49.63% | -6.14% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Murdock Smith | 5,049 | 42.04% | 9.88% | ||||
| New Democratic | John Chisholm | 633 | 5.27% | -6.80% | ||||
| Labour | Kim MacEwan | 367 | 3.06% | – | ||||
| Total | 12,010 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 31, 2017. | ||||||||
1981
| 1981 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Vince MacLean | 6,633 | 55.78% | -4.06% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Murray Hannem | 3,824 | 32.16% | 8.69% | ||||
| New Democratic | Linda Gallant | 1,435 | 12.07% | -4.63% | ||||
| Total | 11,892 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirtieth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 31, 2017. | ||||||||
1978
| 1978 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Vince MacLean | 7,041 | 59.84% | 8.96% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald C. MacNeil | 2,761 | 23.46% | -5.72% | ||||
| New Democratic | Sandy MacNeil | 1,965 | 16.70% | -2.44% | ||||
| Total | 11,767 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 18, 2018. | ||||||||
1974
| 1974 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Vince MacLean | 6,487 | 50.87% | 8.21% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Francis Burke | 3,721 | 29.18% | -15.18% | ||||
| New Democratic | Earl Johnston | 2,441 | 19.14% | 6.17% | ||||
| Independent | Angus Currie | 102 | 0.80% | – | ||||
| Total | 12,751 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 18, 2018. | ||||||||
1970
| 1970 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Francis Burke | 5,234 | 44.36% | -2.82% | ||||
| Liberal | Vince MacLean | 5,034 | 42.66% | 4.24% | ||||
| New Democratic | Don MacPherson | 1,531 | 12.98% | 0.22% | ||||
| Total | 11,799 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Legislative Assembly (1970). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, 1970 (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2018. | ||||||||
1967
| 1967 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald C. MacNeil | 4,843 | 47.18% | -2.03% | ||||
| Liberal | Charles O'Connell | 3,944 | 38.42% | 5.08% | ||||
| New Democratic | Charles Palmer | 1,309 | 12.75% | -4.70% | ||||
| Independent | Angus Currie | 169 | 1.65% | – | ||||
| Total | 10,265 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2018. | ||||||||
1963
| 1963 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald C. MacNeil | 5,283 | 49.21% | 2.98% | ||||
| Liberal | John F. MacIntosh | 3,579 | 33.34% | -0.02% | ||||
| New Democratic | Edward Johnston | 1,873 | 17.45% | -2.96% | ||||
| Total | 10,735 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2018. | ||||||||
1960
| 1960 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald C. MacNeil | 5,153 | 46.23% | -1.53% | ||||
| Liberal | Ritchie McCoy | 3,718 | 33.36% | -8.31% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Bernard O'Neil | 2,275 | 20.41% | 9.83% | ||||
| Total | 11,146 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2018. | ||||||||
1956
| 1956 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald C. MacNeil | 5,101 | 47.76% | 25.83% | ||||
| Liberal | John Smith MacIvor | 4,450 | 41.66% | -3.86% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Albert Martin | 1,130 | 10.58% | -21.97% | ||||
| Total | 10,681 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2018. | ||||||||
1953
| 1953 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Smith MacIvor | 6,467 | 45.52% | -1.68% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Vincent Allan Morrison | 4,625 | 32.55% | 6.37% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | A. O. Gunn | 3,115 | 21.93% | -4.69% | ||||
| Total | 14,207 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2018. | ||||||||
1949
| 1949 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Smith MacIvor | 6,742 | 47.20% | 4.10% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ross Anderson MacKimmie | 3,802 | 26.62% | 9.83% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Vincent Allan Morrison | 3,740 | 26.18% | -13.94% | ||||
| Total | 14,284 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2018. | ||||||||
1945
| 1945 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Smith MacIvor | 4,778 | 43.10% | 7.13% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Donald MacDonald | 4,448 | 40.12% | 3.59% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Malcolm Cameron | 1,861 | 16.79% | -10.73% | ||||
| Total | 11,087 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1945). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2018. | ||||||||
1941
| 1941 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Donald MacDonald | 4,008 | 36.53% | – | ||||
| Liberal | George M. Morrison | 3,946 | 35.96% | -16.04% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald John McLean | 3,019 | 27.51% | -20.49% | ||||
| Total | 10,973 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1941). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2024. | ||||||||
1937
| 1937 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George M. Morrison | 5,879 | 52.00% | 9.17% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon Sidney Harrington | 5,427 | 48.00% | 4.19% | ||||
| Total | 11,306 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1937). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 1, 2019. | ||||||||
1933
| 1933 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal-Conservative | Gordon Sidney Harrington | 4,757 | 43.81% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Malcolm A. Patterson | 4,650 | 42.83% | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Lauchlin D. Mackay | 1,451 | 13.36% | – | ||||
| Total | 10,858 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1933). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 1, 2019. | ||||||||
See also
References
- ^ Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
- ^ MacNeil, Teresa (2012). Electoral Boundaries Commission: Toward Fair and Effective Representation (PDF) (Report). Nova Scotia, Electoral Boundaries Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2013.
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