Cape Breton Nova

Cape Breton Nova
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
District created1956
District abolished2013
Last contested2009
Demographics
Population (2011)12,820
Electors10,748
Census division(s)Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Census subdivision(s)Sydney

Cape Breton Nova is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1956 and 2013. It elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the district included the northern parts of Sydney including Whitney Pier, as well as a small area of Cape Breton County, all within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.

The district was created in 1956. In 1993, it gained the Ashby area between Welton Street and Ashby Road from Cape Breton South and the Grand Lake Road area from Cape Breton West. It lost the Scotchtown and River Ryan/Lingan areas to Cape Breton Centre. In 2003, it lost the New Victoria area and gained part of northern Sydney. In 2013, Cape Breton Nova was absorbed by Cape Breton Centre, Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg, and Sydney-Whitney Pier.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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The electoral district was represented by the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature Years Member Party
61st 2009–2013 Gordie Gosse New Democratic
60th 2006-2009
59th 2003-2006
58th 1999-2003     Paul MacEwan Liberal
57th 1998-1999
56th 1993-1998
55th 1990-1993
1988-1990     Independent
54th 1984-1988
1984     Cape Breton Labour
53rd 1982-1984
1981-1982     Independent
52nd 1980-1981
1978-1980     New Democratic
51st 1974-1978
50th 1970-1974
49th 1967-1970 Percy Gaum Progressive Conservative
48th 1963-1967
47th 1960-1963
46th 1956-1960

Election results

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1956

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1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Percy Gaum 2,582 39.41% –
Liberal Gus Brown 1,682 25.68% –
Co-operative Commonwealth John A. Chisholm 1,475 22.52% –
Independent Charles O'Connell 812 12.40% –
Total 6,551 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1960

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1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Percy Gaum 2,525 36.93% -2.48%
Co-operative Commonwealth Albert Ollie Wilson 2,218 32.44% 9.93%
Liberal Wilfred Gillis 2,094 30.63% 4.95%
Total 6,837 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1963

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1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Percy Gaum 3,344 53.37% 16.44%
New Democratic Albert Ollie Wilson 1,709 27.27% –
Liberal Charles Richard Sigut 1,213 19.36% -11.27%
Total 6,266 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1967

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1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Percy Gaum 2,873 47.13% -6.24%
Liberal Tom Miller 1,829 30.00% 10.64%
New Democratic Paul MacEwan 1,394 22.87% -4.41%
Total 6,096 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970

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1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Paul MacEwan 2,927 43.35% 20.48%
Progressive Conservative Percy Gaum 2,866 42.45% -4.68%
Liberal Ronald F. Di Penta 959 14.20% -15.80%
Total 6,752 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1974

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1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Paul MacEwan 3,809 51.35% 8.00%
Progressive Conservative Percy Gaum 2,334 31.46% -10.98%
Liberal Ronald DiPenta 1,275 17.19% 2.98%
Total 7,418 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (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

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1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Paul MacEwan 3,918 47.28% -4.07%
Liberal Earle O. Tubrett 2,867 34.60% 17.41%
Progressive Conservative Percy Gaum 1,502 18.12% -13.34%
Total 8,287 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (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

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1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Paul MacEwan 3,691 48.20% –
Liberal Earle O. Tubrett 2,307 30.13% -4.47%
Progressive Conservative Russell Brake 1,487 19.42% 1.29%
New Democratic Tony Gale 173 2.26% -45.02%
Total 7,658 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (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

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1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul MacEwan 3,832 52.36% –
Progressive Conservative Jim Neville 1,747 23.87% 4.45%
Liberal John Ryan 1,066 14.56% -15.56%
New Democratic Alex MacIsaac 674 9.21% 6.95%
Total 7,319 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (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

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1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Paul MacEwan 3,194 42.34% –
Liberal Dan MacRury 2,603 34.51% 19.94%
Progressive Conservative Joe Burke 1,060 14.05% -9.82%
New Democratic Terry Crawley 686 9.09% -0.11%
Total 7,543 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (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

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1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul MacEwan 6,816 82.22% 47.71%
New Democratic Blair Riley 1,031 12.44% 3.34%
Progressive Conservative Joe Currie 443 5.34% -8.71%
Total 8,290 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (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

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1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul MacEwan 3,944 53.98% -28.24%
New Democratic Lou Surette 3,050 41.75% 29.31%
Progressive Conservative Walter Hagen 312 4.27% -1.07%
Total 7,306 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

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1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul MacEwan 4,004 53.44% -0.54%
New Democratic Gordie Gosse 3,253 43.42% 1.67%
Progressive Conservative Harold Dorrington 235 3.14% -1.13%
Total 7,492 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

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2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Gordie Gosse 3,168 45.61% 2.19%
Liberal Mel Crowe 3,094 44.54% -8.90%
Progressive Conservative Todd Marsman 684 9.85% 6.71%
Total 6,946 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

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2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Gordie Gosse 4,315 60.92% 15.31%
Liberal Mel Crowe 1,794 25.33% -19.22%
Progressive Conservative Todd Marsman 855 12.07% 2.22%
Green Chris Milburn 119 1.68% –
Total 7,083 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

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2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Gordie Gosse 4,735 71.07% 10.15%
Liberal Donnie Morrison 1,549 23.25% -2.08%
Progressive Conservative Cory Hann 276 4.14% -7.93%
Green Michael P. Milburn 102 1.53% -0.15%
Total 6,662 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

References

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  1. ^ Sydney-Whitney Pier - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
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