Cape Breton–Canso

Cape Breton–Canso

Nova Scotia electoral district
Cape Breton—Canso in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Rodger Cuzner Liberal
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	71,968
Electors (2011)	57,753
Area (km²)	9,438
Pop. density (per km²)	7.6
Census divisions
Census subdivisions	Cape Breton, Guysborough, Port Hawkesbury

Cape Breton—Canso is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 75,221. It is the successor to Bras d'Or (later known as Bras d'Or—Cape Breton, which was represented in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 Political geography 4 History 4.1 Members of Parliament 5 Election results 5.1 Cape Breton–Canso 5.2 Bras d'Or–Cape Breton 5.3 Bras d'Or 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

Demographics

From the 2006 census ^[1]

Ethnic groups:

• White: 96.7%
• First Nations: 2.1%
• Other: 1.2%

Languages:

• English: 89.7%
• French: 7.5%
• Mi'kmaq: 0.8%
• Other: 2.0%

Religions:

• Catholic: 67.0%
• Protestant: 28.7%
• No religious affiliation: 3.7%

Education:

• No certificate, diploma or degree: 32.1%
• High school certificate: 22.0%
• Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma: 14.5%
• Community college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma: 16.4%
• University certificate or diploma: 14.8%

Median Age:

• 45.5

Median total income:

• $20,392

Average total income:

• $26,406

Median household income:

• $42,853

Average household income:

• $51,812

Median family income:

• $52,692

Average family income:

• $60,211

Unemployment:

• 15.8%

Geography

The district includes eastern Guysborough County, and the western, southern and eastern coasts of Cape Breton Island. Communities include Glace Bay, Louisbourg, Inverness, Cheticamp, St. Peters, Port Hawkesbury, Mulgrave, Guysborough, Dominion and Canso. The area is 9,438 km².

Political geography

In 2008, the Liberals won most of their support on Cape Breton Island, whereas the mainland portion of the riding voted Conservative with a few Liberal and NDP pockets The Conservatives and the NDP both won a small handful of polls on the island, and the Greens won a poll containing Judique. [1]

History

The riding of Bras d'Or was created in 1996 from parts of Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Cape Breton—East Richmond ridings.

Bras d'Or was renamed "Bras d'Or—Cape Breton" in 1998. It was abolished in 2003. Most of its territory (except for the community of Sydney River) was incorporated into a new riding called "Cape Breton—Canso", and it also added a portion of Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough on the mainland.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Cape Breton Highlands—Canso, Cape Breton—East Richmond prior to 1997
Bras d'Or
36th	1997–2000		Michelle Dockrill	New Democratic
Bras d'Or—Cape Breton
37th	2000–2004		Rodger Cuzner	Liberal
Cape Breton—Canso
38th	2004–2006		Rodger Cuzner	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results

Cape Breton–Canso

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Rodger Cuzner	16,478	46.45	-1.61
	Conservative	Clarence Derrick Kennedy	10,873	30.65	+7.10
	New Democrat	Marney Simmons	6,984	19.69	-1.41
	Green	Glen Carabin	1,141	3.22	-4.06
Total valid votes/Expense limit			35,476	100.00
Total rejected ballots			336	0.94
Turnout			35,812	62.79
Eligible voters			57,033

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Rodger Cuzner	17,444	48.06	-5.00	$35,546
	Conservative	Allan Murphy	8,549	23.55	-0.57	$51,512
	New Democrat	Mark MacNeill	7,659	21.10	+1.03	$6,482
	Green	Dwayne MacEachern	2,642	7.28	+4.54	$3,315
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,294	100.00		$80,776

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rodger Cuzner	21,428	53.06	-0.20
	Conservative	Kenzie MacNeil	9,741	24.12	+3.88
	New Democrat	Hector Morrison	8,106	20.07	-4.25
	Green	Rob Hines	1,106	2.74	+0.57
Total valid votes			40,381	100.00

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rodger Cuzner	20,139	53.26	-0.29
	New Democrat	Shirley Hartery	9,197	24.32	+5.46
	Conservative	Kenzie MacNeil	7,654	20.24	-5.05
	Green	Seumas Gibson	820	2.17	-
Total valid votes			37,810	100.00

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

Bras d'Or–Cape Breton

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rodger Cuzner	20,815	54.85	+16.41
	Progressive Conservative	Alfie MacLeod	8,114	21.38	+1.12
	New Democrat	Michelle Dockrill	7,537	19.86	-21.44
	Canadian Alliance	John Currie	1,483	3.91	-
Total valid votes			37,949	100.00

Bras d'Or

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democrat	Michelle Dockrill	17,575	41.30
	Liberal	David Dingwall	16,358	38.44
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Crowdis	8,620	20.26
Total valid votes			42,553	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

External links

• Riding history for Bras d'Or (1996–1998) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Bras d'Or—Cape Breton (1998–2003) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Cape Breton—Canso (2003– ) from the Library of Parliament

Federal ridings in Nova Scotia Liberal Cape Breton—Canso • Halifax West • Kings—Hants • Sydney-Victoria Conservative Central Nova • Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley • South Shore—St. Margaret's • West Nova New Democratic Dartmouth—Cole Harbour • Halifax • Sackville—Eastern Shore

Federal ridings in Atlantic Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Avalon • Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor • Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte • Labrador • Random—Burin—St. George's • St. John's East • St. John's South—Mount Pearl Nova Scotia Cape Breton—Canso • Central Nova • Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley • Dartmouth—Cole Harbour • Halifax • Halifax West • Kings—Hants • Sackville—Eastern Shore • South Shore—St. Margaret's • Sydney—Victoria • West Nova Prince Edward Island Cardigan • Charlottetown • Egmont • Malpeque New Brunswick Acadie—Bathurst • Beauséjour • Fredericton • Fundy Royal • Madawaska—Restigouche • Miramichi • Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe • New Brunswick Southwest • Saint John • Tobique—Mactaquac