Cape Breton-Richmond
Cape Breton-Richmond is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
MLA |
Independent | ||
District created | 1933 | ||
Last contested | 2017 | ||
Demographics | |||
Area (km²) | 1,795 | ||
Census divisions | Cape Breton County, Richmond County, Inverness | ||
Census subdivisions | Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Chapel Island 5, Port Hawkesbury, Richmond, Subd. A, Richmond, Subd. B, Richmond, Subd. C |
Replacing the former district of Richmond-Cape Breton West, it was created in 1933 when the counties of Cape Breton and Richmond were divided into three new electoral districts. In 1992, it was renamed Richmond. In 2013, at the recommendation of the Electoral Boundaries Commission, the district was renamed Cape Breton-Richmond, gained the town of Port Hawkesbury from Inverness and expanded northeast to include the area east of East Bay and west of the Mira River to Morley Road from Cape Breton West.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Prior to dissolution of the Legislative Assembly, the electoral district was represented by the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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63rd | 2019– | Alana Paon | Independent | |
2017–2019 | Progressive Conservative | |||
62nd | 2013–2017 | Michel Samson | Liberal | |
61st | 2009–2013 | |||
60th | 2006-2009 | |||
59th | 2003-2006 | |||
58th | 1999-2003 | |||
57th | 1998-1999 | |||
56th | 1993-1998 | Richie Mann | Liberal | |
55th | 1988-1993 | |||
54th | 1984-1988 | Greg MacIsaac | Progressive Conservative | |
53rd | 1981-1984 | |||
52nd | 1980-1981 | John E. LeBrun | Liberal | |
1978-1980 | Gaston T. LeBlanc | Liberal | ||
51st | 1974-1978 | |||
50th | 1970-1974 | Gerald Doucet | Progressive Conservative | |
49th | 1967-1970 | |||
48th | 1963-1967 | |||
47th | 1960-1963 | Earl W. Urquhart | Liberal | |
46th | 1956-1960 | |||
45th | 1953-1956 | |||
44th | 1949-1953 | |||
1949 | Lauchlin Currie | Liberal | ||
43rd | 1945-1949 | |||
42nd | 1941-1945 | |||
1941 | Donald David Boyd | Liberal | ||
41st | 1937-1941 | |||
40th | 1933-1937 | George R. Deveau | Liberal |
Election results
2017 general election
2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Alana Paon | 3,337 | 43.57 | |||||
Liberal | Michel Samson | 3,316 | 43.30 | |||||
New Democratic | Larry Keating | 1,006 | 13.13 | |||||
Total valid votes | 7,659 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 42 | 0.54 | ||||||
Turnout | 7,701 | 69.92 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 11,014 |
2013 general election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Michel Samson | 4,369 | 56.51 | N/A | |
Progressive Conservative | Joe Janega | 1,696 | 21.93 | N/A | |
New Democratic Party | Bert Lewis | 1,667 | 21.56 | N/A |
2009 general election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Michel Samson | 3,228 | 55.31 | +6.76 | |
New Democratic Party | Clair Rankin | 1,477 | 25.31 | +15.88 | |
Progressive Conservative | John Greene | 1,045 | 17.91 | -22.65 | |
Green | John Percy | 86 | 1.47 | -0.1 |
2006 general election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Michel Samson | 2,722 | 48.55 | ||
Progressive Conservative | John Greene | 2,268 | 40.56 | ||
New Democratic Party | Mary Pat Cude | 529 | 9.43 | ||
Green | Noreen Hartlen | 88 | 1.57 | – |
2003 general election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Michel Samson | 3,047 | 51.36 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Richie Cotton | 1,850 | 31.18 | ||
New Democratic Party | Clair Rankin | 1,036 | 17.46 |
1999 general election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Michel Samson | 3,105 | 47.00 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Joseph MacPhee | 1,905 | 28.84 | ||
New Democratic Party | Wilma Conrod | 1,595 | 24.15 |
1998 general election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Michel Samson | 3,230 | 48.40 | ||
New Democratic Party | Wilma Conrod | 2,051 | 30.74 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Frank Sutherland | 1,392 | 20.86 |
References
- Cape Breton-Richmond - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
- Summary of Official Results by District (2013 election). Elections Nova Scotia, retrieved November 25, 2013.