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.

Cape Breton-Richmond

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Alana Paon 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
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
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

2013 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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

2009 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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

2006 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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

2003 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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

1999 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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

1998 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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

1. Cape Breton-Richmond - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature

• Summary of Official Results by District (2013 election). Elections Nova Scotia, retrieved November 25, 2013.

External links

• 2013 riding profile