Cape Breton South (federal electoral district)

Cape Breton South (French: Cap-Breton-Sud) was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1911 and from 1925 to 1968.

Cape Breton South
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1924
District abolished1966
First contested1925
Last contested1965

History

This riding was created in 1903 from Cape Breton riding. It consisted of the southern part of the county of Cape Breton, i.e., the districts of Balls Creek Bateston, Big Pond, Bridgeport, Catalone, Dominion No. 1 and Reserve Mines, Fast Bay (South), Gabarus, Grand Mira, Hillside, Loch Lomond, Louisbourg, Main-à-Dieu, Port Morien, Sydney Forks, Trout Creek, Victoria Mines and Lingan, and the towns of Glace Bay, Louisbourg and Sydney.

It was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Cape Breton South and Richmond.

It was created again in 1924 from Cape Breton South and Richmond. The new riding consisted of the part of the County of Cape Breton not included in the electoral district of Cape Breton North-Victoria and lying north of a line described as commencing in Mira Bay and following the Mira River and Mira Lake to Marion Bridge, the Mira Road to the Morley Road, the Morley Road to the main road between St. Peters and Sydney, that road to the road leading to East Bay and Gillisville, and that road to the waters of East Bay.

It 1933, it was redefined to consist of the part of the county of Cape Breton contained in the municipal districts of Dominion No. 6 (No. 11), Hillside (No. 3), Lingan (No. 20), Port-Morien (No. 12), Reserve Mines (No. 1) and South Forks (No. 18), and including the city of Sydney and the towns of Glace Bay, New Waterford and Dominion. In 1947, it was redefined to exclude Hillside and South Forks.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Cape Breton—East Richmond and Cape Breton—The Sydneys ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Cape Breton South
Riding created from Cape Breton
10th  1904–1908     Alexander Johnston Liberal
11th  1908–1911     James William Maddin Liberal–Conservative
12th  1911–1917     William F. Carroll Liberal
Riding dissolved into Cape Breton South and Richmond
Riding re-created from Cape Breton South and Richmond
15th  1925–1926     Finlay MacDonald Conservative
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940     David James Hartigan Liberal
19th  1940–1945     Clarence Gillis Co-operative Commonwealth
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958     Donald MacInnis Progressive Conservative
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963     Malcolm MacInnis New Democratic
26th  1963–1965     Donald MacInnis Progressive Conservative
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Cape Breton—East Richmond
and Cape Breton—The Sydneys

Election results

Cape Breton South, 1904–1917
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAlexander Johnston3,459
ConservativeWilliam McKay3,154
LabourS.B. McNeil869
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeJames William Maddin5,048
LiberalAlexander Johnston4,823
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWilliam F. Carroll5,069
LiberalJames William Maddin4,965
IndependentAlexander McKinnon223

Cape Breton South, 1925–1968
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeFinlay MacDonald9,551
LiberalLaughlin Daniel Currie4,510
LabourJames Bryson MacLachlan3,617
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeFinlay MacDonald8,924
LabourDaniel W. Morrison6,412
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeFinlay MacDonald15,886
LiberalDaniel Alexander Cameron9,268
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDavid James Hartigan10,409
ConservativeFinlay MacDonald7,355
CommunistJames Bryson McLachlan5,365
ReconstructionDan William Morrison5,008
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Co-operative CommonwealthClarence Gillis11,582
LiberalDavid James Hartigan11,364
National GovernmentJoseph Clyde Nunn9,719
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Co-operative CommonwealthClarence Gillis16,575
LiberalDavid James Hartigan10,529
Progressive ConservativeDonald Joseph Buckley7,343
Labor–ProgressiveJames Madden917
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Co-operative CommonwealthClarence Gillis15,057
LiberalGeorge Benjamin Slaven12,608
Progressive ConservativePerry Lewis Cadegan5,618
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Co-operative CommonwealthClarence Gillis14,971
LiberalLeo McIntyre10,151
Progressive ConservativeLayton Fergusson4,726
Labor–ProgressiveRonald George MacEachern794
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeDonald MacInnis14,894
LiberalLeo McIntyre11,539
Co-operative CommonwealthClarence Gillis10,447
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeDonald MacInnis17,636
Co-operative CommonwealthClarence Gillis13,044
LiberalJ. Louis Dubinsky7,754
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
New DemocraticMalcolm Vic MacInnis17,409
Progressive ConservativeDonald MacInnis13,602
LiberalEarl V. MacInnis7,774
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeDonald MacInnis14,307
New DemocraticMalcolm Vic MacInnis13,327
LiberalJoe MacEachern9,184
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeDonald MacInnis13,670
LiberalJoseph E. MacEachern12,455
New DemocraticEd Johnston10,846
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