Sydney—Victoria
electoral district
Sydney–Victoria in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts (2003 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature
House of Commons
MP
Mark Eyking Liberal
District created
1996
First contested
1997
Last contested
2011
District webpage
profile , map
Demographics
Population (2011 )[ 1]
73,328
Electors (2015)58,932
Area (km²)[ 1]
5,085
Pop. density (per km²)
14.4
Census divisions
Cape Breton , Inverness , Victoria
Census subdivisions
Cape Breton , Eskasoni 3 , Inverness Subd. A , Membertou 28B , Victoria, Subd. A , Victoria, Subd. B , Wagmatcook 1
Sydney—Victoria is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia , Canada , that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
It was created in 1996 from parts of Cape Breton—The Sydneys , Cape Breton—East Richmond and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso ridings.
Cape Breton—Canso is the only adjacent riding.
Demographics [ edit ]
Historical population
Year
Pop. ±%
2001 79,294
—
2006 76,801
−3.1%
2011 73,328
−4.5%
According to the Canada 2011 Census ; 2013 representation[ 2] [ 3]
Ethnic groups: 88.5 White, 8.9% Aboriginal, 1.1% BlackLanguages: 92.9% English, 4.6% Mi'kmaq, 1.2% FrenchReligions: 90.7% Christian (62.8% Catholic, 8.3% United Church, 7.5% Anglican, 4.0% Presbyterian, 1.9% Baptist, 6.2% Other), 8.0% No religionMedian income (2010): $23,704Average income (2010): $30,202
Geography [ edit ] It consists of:
The County of Victoria ;
the northern part of the County of Inverness , i.e., the part lying north of the southern boundary of Cape Breton Highlands National Park ; and
the northwestern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality , i.e., the part lying northwest of a line drawn northeast from Bras d'Or Lake to the northeast extremity of East Bay , due north to Portage Brook, northeast along Portage Brook, Blacketts Lake , the Sydney River , Highway 125 , Trunk 4 (Grand Lake Road), Northwest Brook, the western shoreline of Grand Lake , the DEVCO Railway , and its northern branch (running towards the Community of Dominion ) to its second intersection with Northwest Brook (north of Grand Lake), and then north and northeast along that brook, Lingan Bay and Indian Bay to the Atlantic Ocean .
This riding will maintain its boundaries as per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution .
Members of Parliament [ edit ] This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament :
Election results [ edit ] Sydney—Victoria, 2013 Representation Order [ edit ] This riding will maintain its boundaries for the 42nd Canadian federal election .
Sydney—Victoria, 2003 Representation Order [ edit ]
Canadian federal election, 2011
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
∆% Expenditures
Liberal Mark Eyking 14,788
39.91
-9.49
$67,454.53
Conservative Cecil Clarke 14,023
37.85
+17.23
$77,334.98
New Democratic Kathy MacLeod
7,049
19.02
-5.42
$17,238.77
Green Chris Milburn
1,191
3.21
-2.33
$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit
37,051 100.0 $80,666.28
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
279 0.75 +0.03
Turnout
37,330 61.48 +4.07
Eligible voters
60,719
Liberal hold Swing -13.36
Sources:[ 6] [ 7]
Canadian federal election, 2008
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
∆% Expenditures
Liberal Mark Eyking 17,303
49.40
-0.48
$60,561.52
New Democratic Wayne McKay
8,559
24.44
-4.06
$15,485.05
Conservative Kristen Rudderham 7,223
20.62
+2.28
$60,092.18
Green Collin Harker 1,941
5.54
+2.25
$1,966.54
Total valid votes/Expense limit
35,026 100.0 $78,337
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
254 0.72 +0.16
Turnout
35,280 57.41 -5.89
Eligible voters
61,448
Liberal hold Swing +1.79
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
∆% Expenditures
Liberal Mark Eyking 20,277
49.88
-2.25
$47,473.95
New Democratic John Hugh Edwards
11,587
28.50
+0.79
$28,987.58
Conservative Howie MacDonald
7,455
18.34
+2.47
$26,033.71
Green Chris Milburn
1,336
3.29
+0.99
$537.60
Total valid votes/Expense limit
40,655 100.0 $73,953
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
227 0.56 -0.23
Turnout
40,882 63.30 +2.72
Eligible voters
64,589
Liberal hold Swing -1.52
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
∆% Expenditures
Liberal Mark Eyking 19,372
52.13
+2.14
$51,343.95
New Democratic John Hugh Edwards
10,298
27.71
-8.50
$24,957.69
Conservative Howie MacDonald
5,897
15.87
+2.08
$48,515.46
Green Chris Milburn
855
2.30
–
$580.41
Marijuana Cathy Thériault
474
1.28
–
none listed
Independent B. Chris Gallant
264
0.71
–
$165.54
Total valid votes/Expense limit
37,160 100.0 $71,187
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
297 0.79
Turnout
37,457 60.58
Eligible voters
61,826
Liberal notional hold Swing +5.32
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
Previous elections [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
Nova Scotia electoral district
