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Cape Breton South (provincial electoral district)

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Cape Breton South
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
District created1933
District abolished2013
Last contested2009
Demographics
Population (2011)19,891
Electors16,838
Census division(s)Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Cape Breton South is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed from 1933 to 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.

In 1933, the County of Cape Breton was divided into five electoral districts, one of which was named Cape Breton South. In 2003, it lost part of the Ashby area to Cape Breton Nova and gained Balls Creek and the Coxheath area. Following the 2012 electoral boundary review, the district was dissolved into Northside-Westmount, Sydney-Whitney Pier and Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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The electoral district was represented by the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature Years Member Party
61st 2009-2013 Manning MacDonald Liberal
60th 2006-2009
59th 2003-2006
58th 1999-2003
57th 1998-1999
56th 1993-1998
55th 1988-1993     Vince MacLean Liberal
54th 1984-1988
53rd 1981-1984
52nd 1978-1981
51st 1974-1978
50th 1970-1974 John Burke Progressive Conservative
49th 1967-1970 Donald C. MacNeil Progressive Conservative
48th 1963-1967
47th 1960-1963
46th 1956-1960
45th 1953-1956 John Smith MacIvor Liberal
44th 1949-1953
43rd 1945-1949
42nd 1941-1945 Donald MacDonald Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
41st 1937-1941 George MacKay Morrison Liberal
40th 1933-1937 Gordon S. Harrington Conservative

Election results

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1933

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1933 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Gordon Sidney Harrington 4,757 43.81%
Liberal Malcolm A. Patterson 4,650 42.83%
Co-operative Commonwealth Lauchlin D. McKay 1,451 13.36%
Total 10,858
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1933). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1937

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1937 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George M. Morrison 5,879 52.00% 9.17%
Liberal–Conservative Gordon Sidney Harrington 5,427 48.00% 4.19%
Total 11,306
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1937). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1941

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1941 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Donald MacDonald 4,008 36.53%
Liberal George M. Morrison 3,946 35.96% -16.04%
Liberal–Conservative Donald John MacLean 3,019 27.51% -20.49%
Total 10,973
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1941). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1945

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1945 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Smith MacIvor 4,778 43.10% 7.13%
Co-operative Commonwealth Donald MacDonald 4,448 40.12% 3.59%
Liberal–Conservative Malcolm Cameron 1,861 16.79% -10.73%
Total 11,087
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1945). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1949

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1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Smith MacIvor 6,742 47.20% 4.10%
Liberal–Conservative Ross Anderson MacKimmie 3,802 26.62% 9.83%
Co-operative Commonwealth Vincent Allan Morrison 3,740 26.18% -13.94%
Total 14,284
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1953

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1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Smith MacIvor 6,467 44.67% -2.53%
Co-operative Commonwealth Vincent Allan Morrison 4,625 31.95% 5.77%
Progressive Conservative A. O. Gunn 3,384 23.38%
Total 14,476
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1956

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1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Donald C. MacNeil 5,101 47.76% 24.38%
Liberal John Smith MacIvor 4,450 41.66% -3.01%
Co-operative Commonwealth Albert Martin 1,130 10.58% -21.37%
Total 10,681
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1960

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1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Donald C. MacNeil 5,153 46.23% -1.53%
Liberal Ritchie MacCoy 3,718 33.36% -8.31%
Co-operative Commonwealth Bernard O'Neil 2,275 20.41% 9.83%
Total 11,146
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1963

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1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Donald C. MacNeil 5,283 49.21% 2.98%
Liberal John F. MacIntosh 3,579 33.34% -0.02%
New Democratic Edward Johnston 1,873 17.45%
Total 10,735
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1967

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1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Donald C. MacNeil 4,843 47.18% -2.03%
Liberal Charles O'Connell 3,944 38.42% 5.08%
New Democratic Charles Palmer 1,309 12.75% -4.70%
Independent Angus Currie 169 1.65%
Total 10,265
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970

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1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Francis Burke 5,234 44.36% -2.82%
Liberal Vince MacLean 5,034 42.66% 4.24%
New Democratic Donald MacPherson 1,531 12.98% 0.22%
Total 11,799
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1974

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1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vince MacLean 6,487 50.87% 8.21%
Progressive Conservative John Francis Burke 3,721 29.18% -15.18%
New Democratic Earl Johnston 2,441 19.14% 6.17%
Independent Angus Currie 102 0.80%
Total 12,751
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1978

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1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vince MacLean 7,041 59.84% 8.96%
Progressive Conservative Donald C. MacNeil 2,761 23.46% -5.72%
New Democratic Sandy MacNeil 1,965 16.70% -2.44%
Total 11,767
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1981

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1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vince MacLean 6,633 55.78% -4.06%
Progressive Conservative Murray Hannem 3,824 32.16% 8.69%
New Democratic Linda Gallant 1,435 12.07% -4.63%
Total 11,892
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1984

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1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vince MacLean 5,961 49.63% -6.14%
Progressive Conservative Murdock Smith 5,049 42.04% 9.88%
New Democratic John Chisholm 633 5.27% -6.80%
Labour Kim MacEwan 367 3.06%
Total 12,010
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1988

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1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vince MacLean 7,820 62.76% 13.13%
Progressive Conservative Murdock Smith 3,461 27.78% -14.26%
New Democratic Ed MacLeod 1,179 9.46% 4.19%
Total 12,460
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1993

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1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Manning MacDonald 5,629 57.52% -5.25%
New Democratic Peter Mancini 2,143 21.90% 12.43%
Progressive Conservative Norm Ferguson 2,015 20.59% -7.19%
Total 9,787
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1998

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1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Manning MacDonald 5,118 60.30% 2.79%
New Democratic Ed Murphy 2,508 29.55% 7.65%
Progressive Conservative Anna Steele 861 10.14% -10.44%
Total 8,487
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

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1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Manning MacDonald 5,356 62.90% 2.60%
New Democratic Elizabeth Cusack 2,451 28.78% -0.77%
Progressive Conservative Leland Lewis 708 8.31% -1.83%
Total 8,515
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

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2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Manning MacDonald 5,275 54.32% -8.58%
New Democratic Mike MacSween 2,759 28.41% -0.37%
Progressive Conservative John Morrison 1,677 17.27% 8.95%
Total 9,711
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

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2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Manning MacDonald 4,383 43.50% -10.82%
Progressive Conservative Scott Boyd 3,261 32.36% 15.09%
New Democratic Jamie Crane 2,160 21.43% -6.98%
Green Stephen Doucet 273 2.71%
Total 10,077
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

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2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Manning MacDonald 4,278 46.65% 3.15%
New Democratic Wayne McKay 3,332 36.33% 14.90%
Progressive Conservative Steve Tobin 1,387 15.12% -17.24%
Green Cathy Theriault 174 1.90% -0.81%
Total 9,171
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

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