Cape Breton West

Cape Breton West

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)	18,933
Electors	14,843
Census divisions	Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Cape Breton West 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 much of the southern parts of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality including Sydney River, Port Morien and Louisbourg.

The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral district of Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
61st	2009–2013		Alfie MacLeod	Progressive Conservative
60th	2006-2009
59th	2005-2006		Russell MacKinnon	Independent
	2003-2005			Liberal
58th	1999-2003
57th	1998-1999
56th	1995-1998		Alfie MacLeod	Progressive Conservative
	1993-1995		Russell MacKinnon	Liberal
55th	1988-1993
54th	1984-1988		Donnie MacLeod	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981-1984
52nd	1978-1981		David Muise	Liberal
51st	1976-1978		Osborne Fraser	Liberal
	1974-1976		Allan Sullivan	Liberal
50th	1970-1974
49th	1967-1970		Edward Manson	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963-1967
47th	1960-1963
46th	1956-1960
45th	1953-1956		Malcolm A. Patterson	Liberal
44th	1949-1953
43rd	1945-1949
42nd	1941-1945
41st	1937-1941
40th	1933-1937		Weldon W. Patton	Conservative

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Alfie MacLeod	3,986	43.88
	New Democratic Party	Delton MacDonald	2,750	30.28
	Liberal	Josephine Kennedy	2,206	24.29
	Green	Michael Parsons	141	1.55	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Alfie MacLeod	4,729	53.76
	Liberal	Dave LeBlanc	2,488	28.28
	New Democratic Party	Terry Crawley	1,344	15.28
	Green	Michael P. Milburn	236	2.68	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Russell MacKinnon	4615	52.86
	Progressive Conservative	Ivan Doncaster	2221	25.44
	New Democratic Party	Doug MacKinlay	1895	21.70

Nova Scotia general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Russell MacKinnon	5,094	51.83
	New Democratic Party	Brian Slaney	3,359	34.18
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Boudreau	1,375	13.99

External links

• June 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll By Poll Results