Cape Breton North

Cape Breton North

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)	16,008
Electors	14,397
Census divisions	Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Census subdivisions	North Sydney Sydney Mines

Cape Breton North is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada that existed from 1933-2013. It elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the district included North Sydney, Sydney Mines and Point Aconi, all within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.

The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral districts of Northside-Westmount and Victoria-The Lakes.

Demographics

Population: 18,450
Unemployment: 16%
Average income: $21,100

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The electoral district was represented by the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
40th	1933-1937		Joseph Macdonald	Conservative
41st	1937-1941		George Belcher Murray	Liberal
42nd	1941-1945		Alexander O'Handley	Liberal
43rd	1945-1949
44th	1949-1953
45th	1953-1956
46th	1956-1960		John M. Macdonald	Progressive Conservative
47th	1960-1963		Tom McKeough	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963-1967
49th	1967-1970
50th	1970-1974
51st	1974-1978
52nd	1978-1981		Len J. Arsenault	New Democratic
53rd	1981-1984		Brian Young	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984-1988
55th	1988-1993
56th	1993-1997		Ron Stewart	Liberal
	1997-1998		Russell MacLellan	Liberal
57th	1998-1999
58th	1999-2001
	2001-2003		Cecil Clarke	Progressive Conservative
59th	2003-2006
60th	2006-2009
61st	2009-2011
	2011-2013		Eddie Orrell	Progressive Conservative

Election results

June 21, 2011 By-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Eddie Orrell	3975	54.88
	New Democratic Party	Russell MacDonald	2265	31.27
	Liberal	Brian McGean	931	12.85
	Atlantica	Jonathan Dean	72	0.99

Nova Scotia general election, 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil Clarke	3477	44.47
	New Democratic Party	Russell MacDonald	3312	42.36
	Liberal	Ken Jardine	921	11.78
	Green	Chris Milburn	108	1.38	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil Clarke	4310	50.71
	New Democratic Party	Russell MacDonald	2195	25.83
	Liberal	Fred Tilley	1869	21.99
	Green	Mark Doucet	125	1.47	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil Clarke	3754	43.46
	Liberal	Mike White	3170	36.70
	New Democratic Party	Cecil Snow	1714	19.84

Nova Scotia general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Russell MacLellan	4222	48.69
	New Democratic Party	Archie MacKinnon	2587	29.83
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Johnston	1863	21.48

References

• Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (September 6, 1988). Retrieved December 14, 2007.
• Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (May 25, 1993). Retrieved December 14, 2007.
• Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (March 24, 1998). Retrieved December 14, 2007.
• Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (July 27, 1999). Retrieved December 14, 2007.
• Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (August 5, 2003). Retrieved December 14, 2007.
• Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (June 13, 2006). Retrieved December 14, 2007.
• Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll by Poll Results (June 9, 2009). Retrieved August 5, 2009.

External links

• Electoral History for Cape Breton North
• map
• CBC riding profile