Sydney—Victoria
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 Sydney—Victoria in relation to the other Nova Scotia ridings. |
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| Member of Parliament | Mark Eyking Liberal |
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| Population (2001) | 79 294 | |
| Electors (2006) | 64 589 | |
| Area (km²) | 5085 | |
| Pop. density (per km²) | 15.59 | |
| Riding created | 1996, from Bras d'Or—Cape Breton and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso | |
| Census divisions | Cape Breton Reg. Mun. Inverness County Victoria County |
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| Subdivisions | Regional Municipalities: Cape Breton (New Waterford, North Sydney, Sydney, Sydney Mines) First Nations reserves: Eskasoni 3 Wagmatcook 1 |
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Sydney—Victoria is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 79,294. It has 61,191 eligible voters.
It was created in 1996 from parts of Bras d'Or—Cape Breton and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso ridings.
Cape Breton—Canso is the only adjacent riding.
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[edit] Demographics
Ethnic groups: 93.1% White, 5.4% First Nations
Languages: 93.9% English, 1.1% French, 4.7% Other
Religions: 64.3% Catholic, 30.5% Protestant, 3.6% no affiliation
Average income: $20,605
[edit] Geography:
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, Highway 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.
[edit] Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Bras d'Or—Cape Breton and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso prior to 1997 | ||||
| 36th | 1997-2000 | Peter Mancini | New Democrat | |
| 37th | 2000-2004 | Mark Eyking | Liberal | |
| 38th | 2004-2006 | |||
| 39th | 2006- | |||
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Liberal | Mark Eyking | 20,277 | 49.88% | -2.26% | ||
| New Democrat | John Hugh Edwards | 11,587 | 28.50% | 0.79% | ||
| Conservative | Howie MacDonald | 7,455 | 18.34% | 2.47% | ||
| Green | Chris Milburn | 1,336 | 3.29% | 0.99% | ||
| Total | 40,655 | 100.00% | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Mark Eyking | 19,372 | |||
| New Democrat | John Hugh Edwards | 10,298 | |||
| Conservative | Howie MacDonald | 5,897 | |||
| Green | Chris Milburn | 855 | |||
| Marijuana | Cathy Thériault | 474 | |||
| Independent | B. Chris Gallant | 264 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Mark Eyking | 19,388 | |||
| New Democrat | Peter Mancini | 14,216 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Anna Curtis-Steele | 3,779 | |||
| Canadian Alliance | Rod A. M. Farrell | 1,528 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| New Democrat | Peter Mancini | 22,455 | |||
| Liberal | Vince MacLean | 11,569 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Cecil Clarke | 9,920 | |||
