Cape Breton North
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Cape Breton North is a provincial electoral district in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
The largely urban riding includes the towns of North Sydney, and Sydney Mines and it extends along the coast northward until Point Aconi.
Its current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Progressive Conservative Cecil Clarke, the current Minister of Energy.
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[edit] Demographics
Population: 18,450
Unemployment: 16%
Average income: $21,100
[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly
- Cecil Clarke, Progressive Conservative (2000 - present)
- Russell MacLellan, Liberal (1997 - 2000)
- Ron Stewart, Liberal (1993 - 1997)
- Brian Young, Progressive Conservative (1988 - 1993)
[edit] Election results
| Nova Scotia general election, 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cecil Clarke | 4310 | 50.71 | ||
| Liberal | Fred Tilley | 1869 | 21.99 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Russell MacDonald | 2195 | 25.83 | ||
| Green | Mark Doucet | 125 | 1.47 | ||
| Nova Scotia general election, 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cecil Clarke | 3754 | 43.46 | ||
| Liberal | Mike White | 3170 | 36.70 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Cecil Snow | 1714 | 19.84 | ||
