Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier

Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	David Wilton; Liberal
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District created	1925
Last contested	2015 (by)
Demographics
Population (2011)	14,038
Electors	12,632
Area (km²)	135.00
Pop. density (per km²)	104
Census division(s)	Cape Breton
Census subdivision(s)	Cape Breton

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

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly is David Wilton. The district consists of the area around New Waterford, including Dominion, Grand Lake Road, Reserve Mines, Gardiner Mines, Lingan Road, Lingan, River Ryan, Scotchtown, New Victoria, Victoria Mines, South Bar.

With the electoral boundary changes announced on September 12, 2012, Cape Breton Centre expanded to include South Bar, Lingan Road, and part of Grand Lake Road, which were formerly of Cape Breton Nova.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Dual-member district (1925-1933)

Legislature	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party
Cape Breton Centre returned two members before 1933
38th	1925-1928	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives \|	Gordon Sidney Harrington	Liberal-Conservative	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives \|	Joseph Macdonald	Liberal-Conservative
39th	1928-1933		Gordon Sidney Harrington	Liberal-Conservative		Joseph Macdonald	Liberal-Conservative

Single-member district (1933-present)

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
40th	1933-1937	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Michael Dwyer	Liberal
41st	1937-1939		Michael Dwyer	Liberal
41st	1939-1941	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/CCF\|	Douglas MacDonald	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
42nd	1941-1945		Douglas MacDonald	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
43rd	1945-1949	rowspan="5" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/CCF\|	Michael James MacDonald	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
44th	1949-1953
45th	1953-1956
46th	1956-1960
47th	1960-1961
47th	1961-1963	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP\|		New Democratic
48th	1963-1967	rowspan="3" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives \|	Mike Laffin	Progressive Conservative
49th	1967-1970
50th	1970-1974
51st	1974-1978	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP\|	James 'Buddy' MacEachern	New Democratic
52nd	1978-1981		James 'Buddy' MacEachern	New Democratic
53rd	1981-1984	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives \|	Mike Laffin	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984-1988		Mike Laffin	Progressive Conservative
55th	1988-1989	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Wayne Connors	Liberal
55th	1989-1993	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Russell MacNeil	Liberal
56th	1993-1998		Russell MacNeil	Liberal
57th	1998-1999	rowspan="6" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP\|	Frank Corbett	New Democratic
58th	1999-2003
59th	2003-2006
60th	2006-2009
61st	2009–2013
62nd	2013–2015
62nd	2015–present	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal\|	David Wilton	Liberal

Election results

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, July 14, 2015 On the resignation of Frank Corbett
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Wilton	3,060	49.02	+5.81
	New Democratic	Tammy Martin	2,538	40.66	-4.63
	Progressive Conservative	Edna Lee	644	10.32	-1.18
Total valid votes			6,242	99.43
Total rejected ballots			36	0.57
Turnout			6,278	47.20
Electors on the lists			13,302	–
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+5.22

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Nova Scotia general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
New Democratic Party	Frank Corbett	3,440	45.29	-33.25
Liberal	David Wilton	3,282	43.21	+30.72
Progressive Conservative	Edna Lee	873	11.49	+4.14
Total valid votes			7,595	99.42
Total rejected ballots			44	0.58
Turnout			7,639	58.48
Electors on the lists			13,062	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-31.98

Nova Scotia general election, 2009 redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic Party	5,738	78.54
	Liberal	913	12.50
	Progressive Conservative	537	7.35
	Green	118	1.62

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Nova Scotia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
New Democratic Party	Frank Corbett	5,096	80.14	+36.49
Liberal	Joe MacPherson	685	10.77	-16.15
Progressive Conservative	Chris Ryan	479	7.53	-20.91
	Green	Chris Alders	99	1.56	+0.57

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Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
New Democratic Party	Frank Corbett	3,490	43.65	-6.99
Progressive Conservative	Darren Bruckschwaiger	2,274	28.44	+23.63
Liberal	Laura Lee MacDonald	2,152	26.92	-17.63
	Green	Frances Oomen	79	0.99	–

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Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
New Democratic Party	Frank Corbett	3,929	50.64	-3.45
Liberal	Basil McGillivray	3,456	44.55	+4.61
Progressive Conservative	Rita Tighe-MacLeod	373	4.81	-1.16

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Nova Scotia general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes
New Democratic Party	Frank Corbett	4,042	54.09
Liberal	Susan Deruelle Marsh	2,985	39.94
Progressive Conservative	John Morrisey	446	5.97

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Nova Scotia general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes
New Democratic Party	Frank Corbett	5,499	64.62
Liberal	Steve Drake	2,435	28.61
Progressive Conservative	Julien Frison	576	6.77

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Nova Scotia general election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Russell MacNeil	5,644	61.28
New Democratic Party	Victor Tomiczek	2,554	27.73
Progressive Conservative	Julien Frison	1,012	10.99

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Cape Breton Centre by-election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Russell MacNeil	3,338	41.02
New Democratic Party	John Stevens	2,543	31.25
Progressive Conservative	Harold MacDonald	2,257	27.73

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Cape Breton Centre by-election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Russell MacNeil	2,758	35.55
Progressive Conservative	Harold MacDonald	2,755	35.51
New Democratic Party	John Stevens	2,245	28.94

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Nova Scotia general election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Wayne 'Buzzy' Connors	3,681	45.80
Progressive Conservative	Harold MacDonald	2,210	27.50
New Democratic Party	John Wilson	2,146	26.70

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Nova Scotia general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	3,276	39.49
New Democratic Party	James 'Buddy' MacEachern	2,812	33.90
Liberal	Art MacDonald	2,208	26.61

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Nova Scotia general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes
New Democratic Party	James 'Buddy' MacEachern	3,594	44.39
Liberal	Francis MacLean	2,993	36.96
Progressive Conservative	Peter MacKinnon	1,510	18.65

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Nova Scotia general election, 1974
Party		Candidate
New Democratic Party	James 'Buddy' MacEachern	3,380
Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	2,743
Liberal	Albert J. Boudreau	1,703

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Nova Scotia general election, 1970
Party		Candidate
Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	3,680
Liberal	Stewart Marsh	1,902
New Democratic Party	Alex MacDonald	1,700

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Nova Scotia general election, 1967
Party		Candidate
Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	3,565
New Democratic Party	Tom O'Leary	1,505
Liberal	William J. Boudreau	1,313

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Nova Scotia general election, 1963
Party		Candidate
Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	3,699
New Democratic Party	Michael James MacDonald	2,197
Liberal	Joseph Rizzetto	939

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Nova Scotia general election, 1960
Party		Candidate
CCF	Michael James MacDonald	3,371
Progressive Conservative	Lowell Murray	1,964
Liberal	James P. McNeil	1,887

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Nova Scotia general election, 1956
Party		Candidate
CCF	Michael James MacDonald	2,948
Liberal	James P. McNeil	2,569
Progressive Conservative	Charles W. Miller	1,289

References

^ "Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. September 12, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

Elections Nova Scotia, Summary Results from 1867 to 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (October 30, 1956). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (June 7, 1960). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (October 8, 1963). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (May 30, 1967). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (October 13, 1970). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (April 2, 1974). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (September 19, 1978). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (October 6, 1981). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (November 6, 1984). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (September 6, 1988). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Return of By-Elections for the House of Assembly 1989 and 1990. Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (May 25, 1993). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (March 24, 1998). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (July 27, 1999). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (August 5, 2003). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (June 13, 2006). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll by Poll Results (June 9, 2009). Retrieved June 28, 2014

External links

[FinalBoundaries2012-1] "Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. September 12, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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