Cape Breton Centre

Cape Breton Centre

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	David Wilton Liberal
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 divisions	Cape Breton
Census subdivisions	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		Gordon Sidney Harrington	Liberal-Conservative		Joseph Macdonald	Liberal-Conservative
39th	1928-1933

Single-member district (1933-present)

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

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

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

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	–

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nova Scotia general election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	4,586
	Liberal	A. (Beaver) Parsons	1,264
	Cape Breton Labour	Dan 'Diddles' MacKinnon	1,202
	New Democratic	Angus Grant	743

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

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

Nova Scotia general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	New Democratic Party	James 'Buddy' MacEachern	3,380
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	2,743
	Liberal	Albert J. Boudreau	1,703

Nova Scotia general election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	3,680
	Liberal	Stewart Marsh	1,902
	New Democratic Party	Alex MacDonald	1,700

Nova Scotia general election, 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	3,565
	New Democratic Party	Tom O'Leary	1,505
	Liberal	William J. Boudreau	1,313

Nova Scotia general election, 1963

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	3,699
	New Democratic Party	Michael James MacDonald	2,197
	Liberal	Joseph Rizzetto	939

Nova Scotia general election, 1960

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CCF	Michael James MacDonald	3,371
	Progressive Conservative	Lowell Murray	1,964
	Liberal	James P. McNeil	1,887

Nova Scotia general election, 1956

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CCF	Michael James MacDonald	2,948
	Liberal	James P. McNeil	2,569
	Progressive Conservative	Charles W. Miller	1,289

References

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.

• 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

• Electoral history for Cape Breton Centre
• 2013 riding profile