Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier, formerly Cape Breton Centre is a provincial electoral district in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 1925 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 14,038 | ||
| Electors | 12,632 | ||
| Area (km²) | 135.00 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 104 | ||
| Census division | Cape Breton | ||
| Census subdivision | Cape Breton | ||
Its Member of the Legislative Assembly is Kendra Coombes. The district consists of the area around New Waterford, including Dominion, Grand Lake Road, Reserve Mines, Gardiner Mines, Lingan Road, Lingan, River Ryan, Scotchtown, New Victoria, Victoria Mines, South Bar.
It was created in 1925 when the counties of Cape Breton and Richmond were divided into three electoral districts. In 2003, it expanded west to include New Victoria. In 2013, it gained South Bar, Lingan Road, and part of Grand Lake Road from Cape Breton Nova.[1][2]
It was renamed Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier for the 2021 Nova Scotia general election.[3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
editThis riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
Single-member district (1933–present)
edit| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Breton Centre Riding returned 2 seats before 1933 |
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| 40th | 1933–1937 | Guy Murray Logan | Liberal | |
| 41st | 1937–1939 | |||
| 1939–1941 | Douglas MacDonald | Co-operative Commonwealth | ||
| 42nd | 1941–1945 | |||
| 43rd | 1945–1949 | Michael James MacDonald | ||
| 44th | 1949–1953 | |||
| 45th | 1953–1956 | |||
| 46th | 1956–1960 | |||
| 47th | 1960–1961 | |||
| 1961–1963 | New Democratic | |||
| 48th | 1963–1967 | Mike Laffin | Progressive Conservative | |
| 49th | 1967–1970 | |||
| 50th | 1970–1974 | |||
| 51st | 1974–1978 | James 'Buddy' MacEachern | New Democratic | |
| 52nd | 1978–1981 | |||
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | Mike Laffin | Progressive Conservative | |
| 54th | 1984–1988 | |||
| 55th | 1988–1989 | Wayne Connors | Liberal | |
| 1989–1993 | Russell MacNeil | |||
| 56th | 1993–1998 | |||
| 57th | 1998–1999 | Frank Corbett | New Democratic | |
| 58th | 1999–2003 | |||
| 59th | 2003–2006 | |||
| 60th | 2006–2009 | |||
| 61st | 2009–2013 | |||
| 62nd | 2013–2015 | |||
| 2015–2017 | David Wilton | Liberal | ||
| 63rd | 2017–2020 | Tammy Martin | New Democratic | |
| 2020–2021 | Kendra Coombes | |||
| Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier | ||||
| 64th | 2021–present | Kendra Coombes | New Democratic | |
Dual-member district (1925–1933)
edit| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39th | 1928–1933 | Gordon Sidney Harrington | Liberal-Conservative | Joseph Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | ||
| 38th | 1925–1928 | ||||||
| Cape Breton Centre returned two members before 1933 | |||||||
Election results
edit2024
edit| 2024 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Kendra Coombes | 3,212 | 48.60 | +6.45 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Darren O'Quinn | 2,676 | 40.49 | +24.17 | ||||
| Liberal | Joleen Magilaro | 721 | 10.91 | -29.70 | ||||
| Total | 6,609 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 41 | |||||||
| Turnout | 6,651 | 45.00 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 14,781 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4] | ||||||||
2021
edit| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Kendra Coombes | 3,309 | 42.15 | -0.76 | $42,384.15 | |||
| Liberal | Michelle Wilson | 3,188 | 40.61 | +9.33 | $42,089.66 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Bryden Mombourquette | 1,281 | 16.32 | -7.94 | $29,698.56 | |||
| Green | Robert Hussey | 72 | 0.92 | -0.27 | $200.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 7,850 | 99.49 | – | $85,411.87 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 40 | 0.51 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,890 | 53.66 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 14,705 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -5.05 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5][6] | ||||||||
2020
edit| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, March 10, 2020 Resignation of Tammy Martin | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Kendra Coombes | 2,731 | 42.91 | -0.86 | $37,311.64 | |||
| Liberal | David Wilton | 1,991 | 31.28 | -2.30 | $56,248.79 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Louie Piovesan | 1,567 | 24.26 | +1.96 | $22,651.09 | |||
| Green | Adrianna MacKinnon | 76 | 1.19 | $0.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 6,365 | 99.76 | +0.44 | $73,449.93 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 15 | 0.24 | -0.44 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,380 | 51.56 | -9.12 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 12,373 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +0.72 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2017
edit| 2017 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Tammy Martin | 3,419 | 43.77 | +3.49 | ||||
| Liberal | David Wilton | 2,623 | 33.58 | -15.93 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Louie Piovesan | 1,770 | 22.66 | +12.44 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,812 | 99.33 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 53 | 0.67 | +0.06 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,865 | 59.68 | +12.01 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 13,178 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.71 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[7][8] | ||||||||
2015
edit| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, July 14, 2015: Cape Breton Centre On the resignation of Frank Corbett | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | David Wilton | 3,120 | 49.51% | 6.30% | ||||
| New Democratic | Tammy Martin | 2,538 | 40.27% | -16.51% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Edna Gail Lee | 644 | 10.22% | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,302 | 99.38 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 39 | 0.62 | +0.04 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,341 | 47.67 | -10.81 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 13,302 | – | ||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +5.66 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2013
edit| 2013 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Frank Corbett | 3,440 | 45.29% | -34.85% | ||||
| Liberal | David Wilton | 3,282 | 43.21% | 32.44% | ||||
| New Democratic | Edna Lee | 873 | 11.49% | -68.64% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,595 | 99.42 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 44 | 0.58 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,639 | 58.48 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 13,062 | – | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -31.98 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. 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. | ||||||||
| 2009 Nova Scotia general election redistributed results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| New Democratic Party | 5,738 | 78.54 | |
| Liberal | 913 | 12.50 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 537 | 7.35 | |
| Green | 118 | 1.62 | |
2009
edit| 2009 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Frank Corbett | 5,096 | 80.14% | 36.55% | ||||
| Liberal | Joe MacPherson | 685 | 10.77% | -16.19% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Ryan | 479 | 7.53% | -20.93% | ||||
| Green | Chris Alders | 99 | 1.56% | 0.57% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,359 | 99.48 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 33 | 0.52 | +0.15 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,392 | 51.90 | -16.19 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 12,317 | – | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +26.32 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2006
edit| 2006 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Frank Corbett | 3,482 | 43.58% | -7.06% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Darren Bruckschwaiger | 2,274 | 28.46% | 23.66% | ||||
| Liberal | Laura Lee MacDonald | 2,154 | 26.96% | -17.59% | ||||
| Green | Frances Oommen | 79 | 0.99% | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,995 | 99.64 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 29 | 0.36 | -0.02 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,024 | 68.08 | +0.47 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 11,786 | – | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -15.31 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2003
edit| 2003 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Frank Corbett | 3,929 | 50.64% | -3.44% | ||||
| Liberal | Basil McGillivray | 3,456 | 44.55% | 4.60% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rita Tighe-Macleod | 373 | 4.81% | -1.16% | ||||
| Total | 7,758 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1999
edit| 1999 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Frank Corbett | 4,042 | 54.09% | -10.53% | ||||
| Liberal | Susan Deruelle Marsh | 2,985 | 39.94% | 11.33% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Morrissey | 446 | 5.97% | -0.80% | ||||
| Total | 7,473 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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
edit| 1998 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Frank Corbett | 5,499 | 64.62% | 36.89% | ||||
| Liberal | Steve Drake | 2,435 | 28.61% | -32.67% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Julien Frison | 576 | 6.77% | -4.22% | ||||
| Total | 8,510 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1993
edit| 1993 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Russell MacNeil | 5,644 | 61.28% | 20.26% | ||||
| New Democratic | Victor Tomiczek | 2,554 | 27.73% | -3.52% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Julien Frison | 1,012 | 10.99% | -16.75% | ||||
| Total | 9,210 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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. | ||||||||
1990
edit| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1990-08-28: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Russell MacNeil | 3,338 | 41.02% | 5.47% | ||||
| New Democratic | John Stevens | 2,543 | 31.25% | 2.31% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold (Big) MacDonald | 2,257 | 27.73% | -7.78% | ||||
| Total | 8,138 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. "Return of By-Elections for the House of Assembly: 1989 and 1990" (PDF). Queen's Printer. 1991. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. | ||||||||
1989
edit| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1989-08-22: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Russell MacNeil | 2,758 | 35.55% | -10.25% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold (Big) MacDonald | 2,755 | 35.51% | 8.01% | ||||
| New Democratic | John Stevens | 2,245 | 28.94% | 2.24% | ||||
| Total | 7,758 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. "Return of By-Elections for the House of Assembly: 1989 and 1990" (PDF). Queen's Printer. 1991. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. | ||||||||
1988
edit| 1988 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Wayne Connors | 3,681 | 45.80% | 29.59% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold (Big) MacDonald | 2,210 | 27.50% | -31.33% | ||||
| New Democratic | John Wilson | 2,146 | 26.70% | 17.17% | ||||
| Total | 8,037 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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
edit| 1984 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Laffin | 4,586 | 58.83% | 19.34% | ||||
| Liberal | A. (Beaver) Parsons | 1,264 | 16.22% | -10.40% | ||||
| Labour | Dan (Diddles) MacKinnon | 1,202 | 15.42% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Angus Grant | 743 | 9.53% | -24.36% | ||||
| Total | 7,795 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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
edit| 1981 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Laffin | 3,276 | 39.49% | 20.84% | ||||
| New Democratic | Buddy MacEachern | 2,812 | 33.90% | -10.49% | ||||
| Liberal | Art MacDonald | 2,208 | 26.62% | -10.35% | ||||
| Total | 8,296 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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
edit| 1978 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Buddy MacEachern | 3,594 | 44.39% | 1.20% | ||||
| Liberal | Francis MacLean | 2,993 | 36.96% | 15.20% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Peter MacKinnon | 1,510 | 18.65% | -16.40% | ||||
| Total | 8,097 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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
edit| 1974 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Buddy MacEachern | 3,380 | 43.19% | 19.84% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Laffin | 2,743 | 35.05% | -15.49% | ||||
| Liberal | Albert J. Boudreau | 1,703 | 21.76% | -4.36% | ||||
| Total | 7,826 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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
edit| 1970 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Laffin | 3,680 | 50.54% | -5.32% | ||||
| Liberal | Stewart Marsh | 1,902 | 26.12% | 5.55% | ||||
| New Democratic | Alex McDonald | 1,700 | 23.35% | -0.23% | ||||
| Total | 7,282 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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
edit| 1967 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Laffin | 3,565 | 55.85% | 1.73% | ||||
| New Democratic | Tom O'Leary | 1,505 | 23.58% | -8.57% | ||||
| Liberal | William J. Boudreau | 1,313 | 20.57% | 6.83% | ||||
| Total | 6,383 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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
edit| 1963 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Laffin | 3,699 | 54.12% | 26.92% | ||||
| New Democratic | Michael James MacDonald | 2,197 | 32.14% | -14.54% | ||||
| Liberal | Joseph Flaudio Rizzetto | 939 | 13.74% | -12.39% | ||||
| Total | 6,835 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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
edit| 1960 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Michael James MacDonald | 3,371 | 46.68% | 3.36% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lowell Murray | 1,964 | 27.19% | 8.26% | ||||
| Liberal | James P. McNeil | 1,887 | 26.13% | -11.62% | ||||
| Total | 7,222 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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
edit| 1956 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Michael James MacDonald | 2,948 | 43.31% | -5.21% | ||||
| Liberal | James P. McNeil | 2,569 | 37.75% | 7.04% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles P. Miller | 1,289 | 18.94% | -1.83% | ||||
| Total | 6,806 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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
edit| 1953 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Michael James MacDonald | 4,451 | 48.53% | 7.52% | ||||
| Liberal | Martin McPherson | 2,816 | 30.70% | -9.47% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles P. Miller | 1,905 | 20.77% | 1.95% | ||||
| Total | 9,172 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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
edit| 1949 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Michael James MacDonald | 3,339 | 41.01% | -13.33% | ||||
| Liberal | Ronald McIsaac | 3,271 | 40.17% | 1.80% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Joseph A. MacDonald | 1,532 | 18.82% | 11.52% | ||||
| Total | 8,142 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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
edit| 1945 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Michael James MacDonald | 3,860 | 54.34% | 1.01% | ||||
| Liberal | Ronald McIsaac | 2,726 | 38.37% | 7.41% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Doucette | 518 | 7.29% | -8.43% | ||||
| Total | 7,104 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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
edit| 1941 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Douglas MacDonald | 3,918 | 53.32% | 8.30% | ||||
| Liberal | Gus Brown | 2,275 | 30.96% | -5.16% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Clifford Gregor | 1,155 | 15.72% | – | ||||
| Total | 7,348 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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. | ||||||||
1939
edit| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1939-12-05: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Douglas MacDonald | 2,981 | 45.02% | – | ||||
| Liberal | James L. MacKinnon | 2,392 | 36.12% | -23.44% | ||||
| Independent | Francis Stephenson | 1,249 | 18.86% | – | ||||
| Total | 6,622 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1937
edit| 1937 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Michael Dwyer | 4,148 | 59.56% | 11.72% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Simpson MacLellan | 2,816 | 40.44% | – | ||||
| Total | 6,964 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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
edit| 1933 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Michael Dwyer | 3,263 | 47.84% | 5.38% | ||||
| Liberal-Conservative | Neil R. McArthur | 2,969 | 43.53% | -14.00% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Thomas Ling | 588 | 8.62% | – | ||||
| Total | 6,820 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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. | ||||||||
1928
edit| 1928 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| Liberal-Conservative | Gordon Sidney Harrington | 5,949 | 29.22% |  | ||||
| Liberal-Conservative | Joseph Macdonald | 5,762 | 28.31% | | ||||
| Liberal | Malcolm A. Patterson | 4,384 | 21.54% | |||||
| Liberal | Luke Daye | 4,261 | 20.93% | |||||
| Total | 20,356 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1925 by-election
edit| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1925-08-01: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| Liberal-Conservative | Gordon Sidney Harrington | Acclaimed | N/A | | ||||
| Total | – | |||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1925
edit| 1925 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| Liberal-Conservative | Gordon Sidney Harrington | 7,621 | 34.13% | | ||||
| Liberal-Conservative | Joseph Macdonald | 7,611 | 34.09% | | ||||
| Liberal | Daniel McDonald | 3,277 | 14.68% | |||||
| Liberal | James McConnell | 3,210 | 14.38% | |||||
| Labour | Joseph Steele | 313 | 1.40% | |||||
| Labour | Emerson Campbell | 295 | 1.32% | |||||
| Total | 22,327 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier" (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.
- ↑ Dodds, J. Colin (2019). Balancing effective representation with voter parity: Final Report (PDF) (Report). Nova Scotia, Electoral Boundaries Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2021.
- ↑ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). 42nd Provincial General Election, November 26, 2024: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
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- Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (August 5, 2003). Retrieved June 28, 2014
- Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (June 13, 2006). Retrieved June 28, 2014
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