Richmond (Nova Scotia provincial electoral district)

Richmond
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Trevor Boudreau; Progressive Conservative
;
District created	1867, 1933
District abolished	1925
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Area (km²)	1,308
Census division(s)	Richmond County
Census subdivision(s)	Chapel Island 5, Richmond, Subd. A, Richmond, Subd. B, Richmond, Subd. C

Richmond is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

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] Following the 2019 electoral boundary review, it lost Port Hawkesbury to Inverness and some territory to Cape Breton East, and reverted to the name Richmond.

A provincial district of Richmond existed from 1867 to 1925. It elected two members, through Block Voting, in this period.^[2]

Geography

The land area of Richmond is 1,308 km² (505 sq mi).^[3]

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		Party
64th	2021–Present	Trevor Boudreau	Progressive Conservative
63rd	2019–2021	Alana Paon	Independent
63rd	2017–2019	Alana Paon	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	Richie Mann	Liberal
54th	1984-1988	Greg MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981-1984	Greg MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative
52nd	1980-1981	John E. LeBrun	Liberal
52nd	1978-1980	Gaston T. LeBlanc	Liberal
51st	1974-1978	Gaston T. LeBlanc	Liberal
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
44th	1949	Lauchlin Currie	Liberal
43rd	1945-1949
42nd	1941-1945
42nd	1941	Donald David Boyd	Liberal
41st	1937-1941	Donald David Boyd	Liberal
40th	1933-1937	George R. Deveau	Liberal

Election results

1867

1867 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edmund Power Flynn	583	39.85%
	Liberal	Josiah Hooper	518	35.41%
	Liberal–Conservative	J. H. Hearn	362	24.74%
Total			1,463	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1871

1871 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edmund Power Flynn	492	39.17%
	Liberal–Conservative	Murdoch McRae	447	35.59%
	Liberal	Isidore LeBlanc	317	25.24%
Total			1,256	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1874

1874 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Charles Boudroit	Acclaimed	–
	Liberal–Conservative	Murdoch McRae	Acclaimed	–
Total				–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1878

1878 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Alexander McCuish	643	28.03%
	Liberal	Isidore LeBlanc	599	26.11%
	Liberal–Conservative	Edward Gagnon	551	24.02%
	Liberal	Joseph Matheson	501	21.84%
Total			2,294	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1882

1882 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Isidore LeBlanc	538	30.31%
	Liberal–Conservative	Murdoch McRae	407	22.93%
	Liberal	Joseph Matheson	354	19.94%
	Liberal–Conservative	Alexander McCuish	326	18.37%
	Liberal–Conservative	Neil L. McNeil	150	8.45%
Total			1,775	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1886

1886 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph Matheson	616	26.61%
	Liberal–Conservative	David A. Hearn	534	23.07%
	Liberal	Angus S. McLean	455	19.65%
	Liberal	Charles LeNoir	394	17.02%
	Liberal–Conservative	Murdoch McRae	316	13.65%
Total			2,315	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1890

1890 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Abraham LeBlanc	865	28.47%
	Liberal	Joseph Matheson	859	28.28%
	Liberal–Conservative	David A. Hearn	669	22.02%
	Liberal–Conservative	Roderick Ferguson	645	21.23%
Total			3,038	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1894

1894 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Simon Joyce	996	25.89%
	Liberal–Conservative	John Morrison	994	25.84%
	Liberal	Joseph Matheson	974	25.32%
	Liberal–Conservative	Abraham LeBlanc	883	22.95%
Total			3,847	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1897

1897 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Duncan Finlayson	1,034	27.87%
	Liberal	Simon Joyce	961	25.90%
	Liberal–Conservative	John Morrison	913	24.61%
	Liberal–Conservative	R. Benoit	802	21.62%
Total			3,710	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1901

1901 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Duncan Finlayson	1,090	34.64%
	Liberal	Simon Joyce	994	31.59%
	Liberal–Conservative	D. G. Stewart	562	17.86%
	Liberal–Conservative	Felix Landry	501	15.92%
Total			3,147	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1906

1906 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Charles P. Bissett	1,140	36.66%
	Liberal–Conservative	Felix Landry	806	25.92%
	Liberal	Simon Joyce	766	24.63%
	Liberal–Conservative	Edward C. Doyle	398	12.80%
Total			3,110	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1911

1911 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Simon Joyce	1,108	28.94%
	Liberal	Charles P. Bissett	1,097	28.66%
	Liberal–Conservative	Felix Landry	821	21.45%
	Liberal–Conservative	James McVicar	802	20.95%
Total			3,828	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1916

1916 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc	1,388	29.63%
	Liberal–Conservative	John Alexander Macdonald	1,384	29.55%
	Liberal	Alexander Finlayson	994	21.22%
	Liberal	Simon Joyce	918	19.60%
Total			4,684	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1920

1920 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	John Alexander Macdonald	1,921	26.56%
	Liberal–Conservative	Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc	1,823	25.20%
	Liberal	G. H. Murray	1,761	24.35%
	Liberal	George R. Deveau	1,728	23.89%
Total			7,233	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1933

1933 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	George R. Deveau	3,000	53.54%
	Liberal–Conservative	Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc	2,603	46.46%
Total			5,603	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1933). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1937

1937 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald David Boyd	2,888	53.38%	-0.16%
	Liberal–Conservative	Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc	2,522	46.62%	0.16%
Total			5,410	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1937). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1941

1941 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald David Boyd	2,176	50.59%	-2.79%
	Liberal–Conservative	Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc	2,125	49.41%	2.79%
Total			4,301	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1941). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1945

1945 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lauchlin Daniel Currie	3,149	76.66%	26.06%
	Liberal–Conservative	Frederick Albert Thurgood	959	23.34%	-26.06%
Total			4,108	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1945). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1949

1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lauchlin Daniel Currie	3,254	66.49%	-10.17%
	Liberal–Conservative	D. W. Morrison	1,640	33.51%	10.17%
Total			4,894	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1953

1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Earl Wallace Urquhart	2,970	58.30%	-8.19%
	Progressive Conservative	Francis Whyte	2,124	41.70%	–
Total			5,094	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Earl Wallace Urquhart	2,636	53.82%	-4.49%
	Progressive Conservative	William C. Boudreau	2,262	46.18%	4.49%
Total			4,898	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1960

1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Earl Wallace Urquhart	2,604	51.11%	-2.71%
	Progressive Conservative	Byron Seymour Langley	2,491	48.89%	2.71%
Total			5,095	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1963

1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Doucet	2,670	50.79%	1.90%
	Liberal	Earl Wallace Urquhart	2,587	49.21%	-1.90%
Total			5,257	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Doucet	3,054	59.42%	8.63%
	Liberal	Rudolph J. Boudreau	2,086	40.58%	-8.63%
Total			5,140	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Doucet	3,439	55.67%	-3.74%
	Liberal	Melvin J. Burt	2,411	39.03%	-1.55%
	New Democratic	Charles J. Gallant	327	5.29%	–
Total			6,177	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gaston LeBlanc	3,697	57.62%	18.59%
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Stewart	2,138	33.32%	-22.35%
	New Democratic	Stanley Pashkoski	581	9.06%	3.76%
Total			6,416	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (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

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gaston LeBlanc	3,287	49.39%	-8.23%
	Progressive Conservative	Eva Landry	2,446	36.75%	3.43%
	New Democratic	Bruce Wright	922	13.85%	4.80%
Total			6,655	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (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

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Greg MacIsaac	3,173	46.03%	9.28%
	Liberal	John E. LeBrun	2,821	40.93%	-8.47%
	New Democratic	Shirley McNamara	899	13.04%	-0.81%
Total			6,893	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (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

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Greg MacIsaac	3,262	47.20%	1.17%
	Liberal	Richie Mann	2,790	40.37%	-0.56%
	New Democratic	Shirley McNamara	828	11.98%	-1.06%
	Labour	Ken Covey	31	0.45%	–
Total			6,911	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (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

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richie Mann	3,528	46.93%	6.56%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert F. Martel	3,135	41.70%	-5.50%
	New Democratic	Clair Rankin	855	11.37%	-0.61%
Total			7,518	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (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

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richie Mann	5,440	74.40%	27.47%
	Progressive Conservative	Chuck Boudreau	1,587	21.70%	-20.00%
	New Democratic	Wilf Cude	285	3.90%	-7.48%
Total			7,312	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (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

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michel Samson	3,230	48.40%	-25.99%
	New Democratic	Wilma Conrod	2,051	30.74%	26.84%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Sutherland	1,392	20.86%	-0.84%
Total			6,673	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michel Samson	3,105	47.01%	-1.39%
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph MacPhee	1,905	28.84%	7.98%
	New Democratic	Wilma Conrod	1,595	24.15%	-6.59%
Total			6,605	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michel Samson	3,047	51.36%	4.35%
	Progressive Conservative	Richie Cotton	1,850	31.18%	2.34%
	New Democratic	Clair Rankin	1,036	17.46%	-6.69%
Total			5,933	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michel Samson	2,722	48.55%	-2.81%
	Progressive Conservative	John Greene	2,268	40.45%	9.27%
	New Democratic	Mary Pat Cude	529	9.43%	-8.03%
	Green	Noreen Hartlen	88	1.57%	–
Total			5,607	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michel Samson	3,228	55.36%	6.81%
	New Democratic	Clair Rankin	1,477	25.33%	15.90%
	Progressive Conservative	John Greene	1,045	17.92%	-22.53%
	Green	John Percy	81	1.39%	-0.18%
Total			5,831	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election
	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

2017

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Alana Paon	3,337	43.57	+21.64
	Liberal	Michel Samson	3,316	43.30	-13.21
	New Democratic	Larry Keating	1,006	13.13	-8.43
Total valid votes			7,659	100
Total rejected ballots			42	0.54
Turnout			7,701	69.92
Eligible voters			11,014
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+17.43
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[4]^[5]

2017 provincial election redistributed results^[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	2,547	44.82
	Progressive Conservative	2,466	43.39
	New Democratic	670	11.79

2021

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Boudreau	2,773	50.86	+7.47*	$29,831.36
	Liberal	Matt Haley	2,009	36.85	-7.97	$33,861.12
	Independent	Alana Paon	396	7.26	-36.13*	$8,167.83
	New Democratic	Bryson Syliboy	274	5.03	-6.76	$13,450.85
Total valid votes/Expense limit			5,452	99.42	–	$48,330.84
Total rejected ballots			32	0.58
Turnout			5,484	71.61
Eligible voters			7,658
	Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.72
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[7]

* vote share change compared to the 2017 result for the Progressive Conservative candidate.

References

^ Cape Breton-Richmond - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). electionsnovascotia.ns.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
^ Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

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

External links

2013 riding profile

[1] Cape Breton-Richmond - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). electionsnovascotia.ns.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[4] "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

[5] "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

[6] Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries

[7] "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

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