Cape Breton—The Sydneys
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Cape Breton—The Sydneys was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1997.
This riding was created in 1966 from Cape Breton South. It consisted initially of part of the county of Cape Breton, including the city of Sydney. In 1987, it was redefined to consist of parts of the Counties of Inverness, Victoria and Cape Breton including the City of Sydney. It was abolished in 1996 .
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[edit] Members of Parliament
- Bob Muir, Progressive Conservative (1968-1979)
- Russell MacLellan, Liberal (1979-1997)
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1968 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Muir | 14,971 | |||
| Liberal | Vincent Morrison | 10,543 | |||
| New Democrat | Martin J. Merner | 3,426 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1972 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Muir | 15,394 | |||
| Liberal | Mark Johnstone | 9,529 | |||
| New Democrat | Bill Mozvik | 7,314 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1974 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Muir | 14,373 | |||
| Liberal | Russell MacLellan | 12,622 | |||
| New Democrat | Tom King | 5,523 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1979 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Russell MacLellan | 12,857 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Joyce MacDougall | 12,011 | |||
| New Democrat | Ed Murphy | 10,310 | |||
| Marxist-Leninist | Glen Brown | 128 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1980 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Russell MacLellan | 15,164 | |||
| New Democrat | Ed Murphy | 10,180 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Joyce MacDougall | 9,191 | |||
| Marxist-Leninist | Glen Brown | 85 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1984 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Russell MacLellan | 16,051 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Joe Salter | 13,658 | |||
| New Democrat | Ed Murphy | 6,673 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1988 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Russell MacLellan | 23,931 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | David A. MacDonald | 10,901 | |||
| New Democrat | Ed MacLeod | 2,999 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1993 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Russell MacLellan | 25,185 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Marlene Lovett | 3,732 | |||
| New Democrat | Robert Arthur Hawley | 2,126 | |||
| Reform | Keith Dingwall | 1,907 | |||
| Natural Law | Avard Mills | 287 | |||
