Cape Breton South (provincial electoral district)

Cape Breton South
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) 19,891
Electors 16,838
Census divisions Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Cape Breton South is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed from 1933-2013. It elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the district included Sydney and its western suburbs until the North West Arm and south along the Sydney River until Blacketts Lake.

The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral districts of Northside-Westmount, Sydney-Whitney Pier and 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
40th 1933-1937 Gordon S. Harrington Conservative
41st 1937-1941 George MacKay Morrison Liberal
42nd 1941-1945 Donald MacDonald Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
43rd 1945-1949 John Smith MacIvor Liberal
44th 1949-1953
45th 1953-1956
46th 1956-1960 Donald C. MacNeil Progressive Conservative
47th 1960-1963
48th 1963-1967
49th 1967-1970
50th 1970-1974 John Burke Progressive Conservative
51st 1974-1978     Vince MacLean Liberal
52nd 1978-1981
53rd 1981-1984
54th 1984-1988
55th 1988-1993
56th 1993-1998 Manning MacDonald Liberal
57th 1998-1999
58th 1999-2003
59th 2003-2006
60th 2006-2009
61st 2009-2013

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2009
Party Candidate Votes % ±
LiberalManning MacDonald 4278 46.65 +3.15
     New Democratic Party Wayne McKay 3332 36.33 +14.9
     Progressive Conservative Stephen Tobin 1387 15.12 -17.24
GreenCathy Theriault 174 1.90 -0.81
Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     Liberal Manning MacDonald 4383 43.5
     Progressive Conservative Scott Boyd 3261 32.36
     New Democratic Party Jamie Crane 2160 21.43
GreenStephen Doucet 273 2.71
Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     Liberal Manning MacDonald 5057 53.96
     New Democratic Party Mike MacSween 2717 28.99
     Progressive Conservative John Morrison 1598 17.05
Nova Scotia general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     Liberal Manning MacDonald 5356
     New Democratic Party Elizabeth Cusack 2451
     Progressive Conservative Leland Lewis 708

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