Cape Breton Highlands—Canso

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Cape Breton Highlands—Canso was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1997.

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[edit] History

This riding was created in 1966 from Antigonish—Guysborough, Inverness—Richmond and North Cape Breton and Victoria ridings.

It consisted initially of:

  • the counties of Antigonish and Inverness, and
  • parts of the counties of Guysborough, Victoria and Richmond.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:

  • the County of Antigonish, and
  • parts of the Counties of Inverness, Victoria, Richmond and Guysborough lying to the east of the meridian of Longitude 62(30'00" West.

It was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed into Bras d'Or, Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough and Sydney—Victoria ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

  1. Allan J. MacEachen, Liberal (1968-1984)
  2. Lawrence I. O'Neil, Progressive Conservative (1984-1988)
  3. Francis LeBlanc, Liberal (1988-1997)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal MACEACHEN, Allan Joseph 13,725
     Progressive Conservative GILLIS, D. Hugh 13,195
     New Democrat JESSENS, Ieva 445


Canadian federal election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal MACEACHEN, Allan Joseph 16,929
     Progressive Conservative MACISAAC, Angus 14,463
     New Democrat SCHWAB, Robert 1,929


Canadian federal election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal MACEACHEN, Allan J. 17,977
     Progressive Conservative MACISAAC, Angus 12,401
     New Democrat SLATER, Alick Mackenzie 1,819


Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal MACEACHEN, Allan J. 17,047
     Progressive Conservative KELLY, F.B. Wm Bill 13,736
     New Democrat WOODFINE, William J. 4,657


Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal MACEACHEN, Allan J. 18,262
     Progressive Conservative KELLY, Bill 12,799
     New Democrat WOODFINE, William J. 4,902
     Independent MAY, Elizabeth Evans 272


Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative O'NEIL, Lawrence I. 19,371
     Liberal MACKINNON, Kenzie 15,026
     New Democrat MACINNES, Daniel W. 4,308
Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal LEBLANC, Francis G. 20,318
     Progressive Conservative O'NEIL, Lawrence I. 17,557
     New Democrat CUDE, Wilf 2,036


Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal LEBLANC, Francis 22,713
     Progressive Conservative MACKINNON, Lewis 7,916
     Reform VAN BERKEL, Henry 2,972
     New Democrat BERNARD, Junior 1,375
     Natural Law LAFFORD, Earl 337

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