Sydney-Membertou

Sydney-Membertou
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Derek Mombourquette
Liberal
District created2012
First contested2013
Last contested2024
Demographics
Area (km²)21
Census divisionCape Breton County
Census subdivision(s)Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Membertou 28B

Sydney-Membertou is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 2012 as Sydney-Whtiney Pier from 79% of Cape Breton Nova and 59% of Cape Breton South. Following the 2019 redistribution, the riding lost Whitney Pier to Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier, while gaining some territory from Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg, and was renamed Sydney-Membertou.

The district contains the communities of Sydney, Grand Lake Road, Mira Road, Sydney River, Prime Brook, and the Membertou 28B Indian reserve.

The riding is represented by Derek Mombourquette of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. He won the seat in a byelection on July 14, 2015,[1] following the resignation of MLA Gordie Gosse.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Sydney-Membertou
Legislature Years Member Party
Sydney-Whtiney Pier created from Cape Breton Nova and Cape Breton South
62nd 2013–2015     Gordie Gosse New Democratic
2015–2017     Derek Mombourquette Liberal
63rd 2017–2021
Sydney-Membertou
64th 2021–2024     Derek Mombourquette Liberal
65th 2024–present

Election results

2024

2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Derek Mombourquette 3,691 45.05 -9.22
Progressive Conservative Brian MacArthur 2,905 35.45 +18.00
New Democratic Alison Aho 1,513 18.46 -9.82
Green Steven McGrath 85 1.04 –
Total valid votes 8,194
Total rejected ballots 54
Turnout 8,248 53.01
Eligible voters 15,558
Liberal hold Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3]

2021

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Derek Mombourquette 4,561 54.27 +16.85 $56,323.12
New Democratic Madonna Doucette 2,377 28.28 -4.07 $46,873.89
Progressive Conservative Pauline Singer 1,467 17.45 -12.78 $39,112.21
Total valid votes/expense limit 8,405 99.44 – $92,135.10
Total rejected ballots 47 0.56
Turnout 8,452 52.36
Eligible voters 16,142
Liberal hold Swing +10.46
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4][5]
2017 provincial election redistributed results[6]
Party Vote %
  Liberal 3,257 37.42
  New Democratic 2,816 32.35
  Progressive Conservative 2,632 30.24

2017

2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Derek Mombourquette 3,656 38.72 -10.33
New Democratic Madonna Doucette 3,496 37.03 +6.88
Progressive Conservative Laurie MacIntosh 2,290 24.25 +3.45
Total valid votes 9,442 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 62 0.65
Turnout 9,504 52.80
Eligible voters 18,001
Liberal hold Swing -8.61
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[7][8]

2015 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, July 14, 2015: Sydney-Whitney Pier
On the resignation of Gordie Gosse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Derek Mombourquette 3,794 49.05 +5.02
New Democratic Madonna Doucette 2,332 30.15 -19.22
Progressive Conservative Brian E. MacArthur 1,609 20.80 +14.20
Total valid votes 7,735 99.55
Total rejected ballots 35 0.45
Turnout 7,770 42.60
Electors on the lists 18,238
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +12.12
Source: Elections Nova Scotia

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election: Sydney-Whitney Pier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Gordie Gosse 5,084 49.37 −5.25
Liberal Derek Mombourquette 4,534 44.03 +8.80
Progressive Conservative Leslie MacPhee 680 6.60 −1.79
Total valid votes 10,298 99.40
Total rejected ballots 62 0.60
Turnout 10,360 57.86
Electors on the lists 17,906 –
New Democratic hold Swing −7.03
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[9][10]
2009 Nova Scotia general election redistributed results
Party Vote %
  New Democratic Party 5,774 54.62
  Liberal 3,724 35.23
  Progressive Conservative 887 8.39
  Green 186 1.76

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mombourquette takes Sydney-Whitney Pier for Liberals". Cape Breton Post. July 14, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "Frank Corbett, Gordie Gosse resign from legislature". Cape Breton Post. April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  3. ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). 42nd Provincial General Election, November 26, 2024: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. pp. 262–263. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
  4. ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
  5. ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
  6. ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. April 12, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 17, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  7. ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2017). 40th Provincial General Election, May 30, 2017: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 7, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  8. ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2018). 40th Provincial General Election, May 30, 2017: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
  9. ^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2013). 39th Provincial General Election, October 8, 2013: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 10, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2026.
  10. ^ "Voters in two Cape Breton ridings head to polls Tuesday". Cape Breton Post. July 13, 2015.


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