Inverness (provincial electoral district)

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Inverness
 Nova Scotia House of Assembly
electoral district
Member of the
Legislative Assembly		       Rodney MacDonald
PC
Population (2001)
Electors (2006)
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created 1993
Census divisions Inverness County
Subdivisions

Inverness is a provincial electoral district on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 1999 is Rodney J. MacDonald of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. MacDonald has been Premier of Nova Scotia since 2006.

The electoral district was created in 1993 and used to consist of most of Inverness North and Inverness South.

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly

[edit] Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Rodney MacDonald 7404 70.47
     Liberal Mary MacLennan 1627 15.49
     New Democratic Party Tim Murphy 1342 12.77
     Green Party John G. Gibson 133 1.27
Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Rodney MacDonald 5398 51.19
     Liberal Debbie Gillis 3871 36.71
     New Democratic Party Tim Murphy 1277 12.11
Nova Scotia general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Rodney MacDonald 3876 42.89
     Liberal Charles MacDonald 3527 39.27
     New Democratic Party Roy Yipp 1612 17.84
Nova Scotia general election, 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Charles MacDonald 4396 47.8
     New Democratic Party Maria Coady 2274 24.7
     Progressive Conservative Randy MacDonald 1951 21.2
Independent Ed MacDonald 569 6.2
Nova Scotia general election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Charles MacArthur 5804
     Progressive Conservative Frank Crowdis 2944
     New Democratic Party Mary T. Godwin 902

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See also: 2006 election • List of elections • Politics of Nova Scotia