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Cumberland West was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1949 when Cumberland County was divided into three new districts, the other two being Cumberland Centre and Cumberland East. It existed until 1993, when it was redistributed to include all of Cumberland Centre and a portion of Cumberland East, at which point it was renamed Cumberland South.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Cumberland West elected the following members to the Legislature:[1]

Legislature Years Member Party
55th 1988-1993 Ross Bragg Liberal
54th 1984-1988 Gardner Hurley Progressive Conservative
53rd 1981-1984 D. L. George Henley Progressive Conservativw
52nd 1978-1981
51st 1974-1978
50th 1970-1974
49th 1967-1970
48th 1963-1967
47th 1960-1963 Allison T. Smith Liberal
46th 1956-1960
45th 1953-1956
44th 1949-1953 Thomas A. Giles Progressive Conservative

Election results

1949 general election

1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal–Conservative Thomas A. Giles 2,822 51.62% –
Liberal Kenneth Judson Cochrane 2,645 48.38% –
Total 5,467 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1953 general election

1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Allison T. Smith 2,799 54.55% 6.17%
Progressive Conservative Thomas A. Giles 2,332 45.45% –
Total 5,131 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1956 general election

1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Allison T. Smith 2,618 54.82% 0.26%
Progressive Conservative William Harmon Wasson 2,158 45.18% -0.26%
Total 4,776 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1960 general election

1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Allison T. Smith 2,418 49.90% -4.92%
Progressive Conservative George Percy Graham 2,219 45.79% 0.61%
Co-operative Commonwealth Thomas Alton Johnstone 209 4.31% –
Total 4,846 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1963 general election

1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative D. L. George Henley 2,516 54.04% 8.25%
Liberal Allison T. Smith 2,140 45.96% -3.93%
Total 4,656 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1967 general election

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative D. L. George Henley 2,506 57.81% 3.77%
Liberal Ruth Fullerton 1,698 39.17% -6.79%
New Democratic Shirley Spicer 131 3.02% –
Total 4,335 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1970 general election

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative D. L. George Henley 2,458 57.35% -0.46%
Liberal Thomas H. Tonner 1,828 42.65% 3.48%
Total 4,286 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1974 general election

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative D. L. George Henley 2,323 48.32% -9.03%
Liberal (Mill) Bill Brown 2,205 45.86% 3.21%
New Democratic Brad Colpitts 280 5.82% –
Total 4,808 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1978 general election

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative D. L. George Henley 2,633 47.51% -0.81%
Liberal Duncan Lake 2,592 46.77% 0.91%
New Democratic John S. Edgecombe 317 5.72% -0.10%
Total 5,542 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1981 general election

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative D. L. George Henley 2,745 54.12% 6.61%
Liberal Bartley Babineau 1,717 33.85% -12.92%
New Democratic Doug Meekins 610 12.03% 6.31%
Total 5,072 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1984 general election

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gardner Hurley 2,503 51.77% -2.35%
Liberal Gary Gordon 1,845 38.16% 4.31%
New Democratic Sandy Graham 487 10.07% -1.95%
Total 4,835 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1988 general election

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ross Bragg 2,389 45.91% 7.75%
Progressive Conservative Gardner Hurley 2,306 44.31% -7.46%
New Democratic Barbara Jack 509 9.78% -0.29%
Total 5,204 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

References

  1. ^ a b "Electoral History for Cumberland West" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. July 10, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2020.

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