Cape Breton North

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Cape Breton North
 Nova Scotia House of Assembly
electoral district
Member of the
Legislative Assembly		       Cecil Clarke
PC
Population (2001) 18,450
Electors (2006) 14,075
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created
Census divisions Cape Breton RM
Subdivisions North Sydney
Sydney Mines

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 Justice and the provinces Attorney General.

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[edit] Demographics

Population: 18,450
Unemployment: 16%
Average income: $21,100

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly

Legislature Years Member Party
60th 2006-Present     Cecil Clarke Progressive Conservative
59th 2003-2006
58th 2001-2003
1999-2001     Russell MacLellan Liberal
57th 1998-1999
56th 1997-1998
1993-1997     Ron Stewart Liberal
55th 1988-1993     Brian Young Progressive Conservative
54th 1984-1988
53rd 1981-1984

[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


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Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts
Current
Annapolis • Antigonish • Argyle • Bedford • Cape Breton Centre • Cape Breton North • Cape Breton Nova • Cape Breton South • Cape Breton West • Chester-St. Margaret's • Clare • Colchester North • Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley • Cole Harbour • Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage • Cumberland North • Cumberland South • Dartmouth East • Dartmouth North • Dartmouth South-Portland Valley • Digby-Annapolis • Eastern Shore • Glace Bay • Guysborough-Sheet Harbour • Halifax Atlantic • Halifax Chebucto • Halifax Citadel • Halifax Clayton Park • Halifax Fairview • Halifax Needham • Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville • Hants East • Hants West • Inverness • Kings North • Kings South • Kings West • Lunenburg • Lunenburg West • Pictou Centre • Pictou East • Pictou West • Preston • Queens • Richmond • Sackville-Cobequid • Shelburne • Timberlea-Prospect • Truro-Bible Hill • Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank • Yarmouth • Victoria-The Lakes
Historic
to 2003: Cape Breton East • Cape Breton The Lakes • Dartmouth South • Dartmouth-Cole Harbour • Halifax Bedford Basin • Sackville-Beaver Bank • Victoria
to 1993: Annapolis East • Annapolis West • Colchester South • Cumberland Centre • Cumberland East • Cumberland West • Digby • Guysborough • Halifax Cornwallis • Halifax Eastern Shore • Halifax St. Margarets • Inverness North • Inverness South • Lunenburg Centre • Lunenburg East • Sackville
to 1978: Colchester • Halifax Cobequid
to 1967: Halifax Centre • Halifax County Dartmouth • Halifax East • Halifax North • Halifax Northwest • Halifax South • Halifax West
to 1956: Annapolis County • Kings
to 1949: Cumberland • Hants • Pictou
to 1933: Halifax • Richmond and Cape Breton West
to 1925: Cape Breton
See also: 2006 election • List of elections • Politics of Nova Scotia