Cape Breton Centre

Cape Breton Centre
Nova Scotia electoral district
	Location of Cape Breton Centre in relation of Cape Breton Island
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
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District created	1925
Last contested	2015 (by)
Demographics
Population (2011)	14,038
Electors	12,632
Area (km²)	135.00
Pop. density (per km²)	104
Census divisions	Cape Breton
Census subdivisions	Cape Breton

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.

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly is David Wilton. 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.

With the electoral boundary changes announced on September 12, 2012, Cape Breton Centre expanded to include South Bar, Lingan Road, and part of Grand Lake Road, which were formerly of Cape Breton Nova.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Dual-member district (1925-1933)

Legislature	Years		Party		Party
Cape Breton Centre returned two members before 1933
38th	1925-1928	Gordon Sidney Harrington	Liberal-Conservative	Joseph Macdonald	Liberal-Conservative
39th	1928-1933	Gordon Sidney Harrington	Liberal-Conservative	Joseph Macdonald	Liberal-Conservative

Single-member district (1933-present)

Legislature	Years		Party
40th	1933-1937	Michael Dwyer	Liberal
41st	1937-1939	Michael Dwyer	Liberal
41st	1939-1941	Douglas MacDonald	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
42nd	1941-1945	Douglas MacDonald	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
43rd	1945-1949	Michael James MacDonald	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
44th	1949-1953
45th	1953-1956
46th	1956-1960
47th	1960-1961
47th	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	James 'Buddy' MacEachern	New Democratic
53rd	1981-1984	Mike Laffin	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984-1988	Mike Laffin	Progressive Conservative
55th	1988-1989	Wayne Connors	Liberal
55th	1989-1993	Russell MacNeil	Liberal
56th	1993-1998	Russell MacNeil	Liberal
57th	1998-1999	Frank Corbett	New Democratic
58th	1999-2003
59th	2003-2006
60th	2006-2009
61st	2009–2013
62nd	2013–2015
62nd	2015-present	David Wilton	Liberal

Election results

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, July 14, 2015 On the resignation of Frank Corbett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Wilton	3,060	49.02	+5.81
	New Democratic	Tammy Martin	2,538	40.66	-4.63
	Progressive Conservative	Edna Lee	644	10.32	-1.18
Total valid votes			6,242	99.43
Total rejected ballots			36	0.57
Turnout			6,278	47.20
Electors on the lists			13,302	–
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+5.22

Nova Scotia general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Frank Corbett	3,440	45.29	-33.25
	Liberal	David Wilton	3,282	43.21	+30.72
	Progressive Conservative	Edna Lee	873	11.49	+4.14
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

Nova Scotia general election, 2009 redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic Party	5,738	78.54
	Liberal	913	12.50
	Progressive Conservative	537	7.35
	Green	118	1.62

Nova Scotia general election, 2009
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
New Democratic Party	Frank Corbett	5096	80.14
Liberal	Joe MacPherson	685	10.77
Progressive Conservative	Chris Ryan	479	7.53
Green	Chris Alders	99	1.56	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2006
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
New Democratic Party	Frank Corbett	3490	43.65
Progressive Conservative	Darren Bruckschwaiger	2274	28.44
Liberal	Laura Lee MacDonald	2152	26.92
Green	Frances Oomen	79	0.99	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2003
	Candidate	Votes	%
New Democratic Party	Frank Corbett	3929	50.64
Liberal	Basil McGillivray	3456	44.55
Progressive Conservative	Rita Tighe-MacLeod	373	4.81

Nova Scotia general election, 1999
	Candidate	Votes	%
New Democratic Party	Frank Corbett	4042	54.09
Liberal	Susan Deruelle Marsh	2985	39.94
Progressive Conservative	John Morrisey	446	5.97

Nova Scotia general election, 1998
	Candidate	Votes	%
New Democratic Party	Frank Corbett	5499	64.6
Liberal	Steve Drake	2435	28.6
Progressive Conservative	Julien Frison	576	6.8

Nova Scotia general election, 1993
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Russell MacNeil	5644
New Democratic Party	Victor Tomiczek	2554
Progressive Conservative	Julien Frison	1012

Cape Breton Centre by-election, 1990
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Russell MacNeil	3338
New Democratic Party	John Stevens	2543
Progressive Conservative	Harold MacDonald	2257

Cape Breton Centre by-election, 1989
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Russell MacNeil	2758
Progressive Conservative	Harold MacDonald	2755
New Democratic Party	John Stevens	2245

Nova Scotia general election, 1988
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Wayne 'Buzzy' Connors	3681
Progressive Conservative	Harold MacDonald	2210
New Democratic Party	John Wilson	2146

v t e Nova Scotia general election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	4,586
	Liberal	A. (Beaver) Parsons	1,264
	Cape Breton Labour	Dan 'Diddles' MacKinnon	1,202
	New Democratic	Angus Grant	743

Nova Scotia general election, 1981
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	3276
New Democratic Party	James 'Buddy' MacEachern	2812
Liberal	Art MacDonald	2208

Nova Scotia general election, 1978
	Candidate	Votes
New Democratic Party	James 'Buddy' MacEachern	3594
Liberal	Francis MacLean	2993
Progressive Conservative	Peter MacKinnon	1510

Nova Scotia general election, 1974
	Candidate	Votes
New Democratic Party	James 'Buddy' MacEachern	3380
Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	2743
Liberal	Albert J. Boudreau	1703

Nova Scotia general election, 1970
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	3680
Liberal	Stewart Marsh	1902
New Democratic Party	Alex MacDonald	1700

Nova Scotia general election, 1967
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	3565
New Democratic Party	Tom O'Leary	1505
Liberal	William J. Boudreau	1313

Nova Scotia general election, 1963
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	3699
New Democratic Party	Michael James MacDonald	2197
Liberal	Joseph Rizzetto	939

Nova Scotia general election, 1960
	Candidate	Votes
CCF	Michael James MacDonald	3371
Progressive Conservative	Lowell Murray	1964
Liberal	James P. McNeil	1887

Nova Scotia general election, 1956
	Candidate	Votes
CCF	Michael James MacDonald	2948
Liberal	James P. McNeil	2569
Progressive Conservative	Charles W. Miller	1289

References

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Elections Nova Scotia, Summary Results from 1867 to 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (October 30, 1956). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (June 7, 1960). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (October 8, 1963). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (May 30, 1967). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (October 13, 1970). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (April 2, 1974). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (September 19, 1978). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (October 6, 1981). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (November 6, 1984). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (September 6, 1988). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Return of By-Elections for the House of Assembly 1989 and 1990. Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (May 25, 1993). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (March 24, 1998). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (July 27, 1999). Retrieved June 28, 2014
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
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll by Poll Results (June 9, 2009). Retrieved June 28, 2014

External links

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