Cape Breton West

Cape Breton West
 Nova Scotia House of Assembly
provincial electoral district
Member of the
Legislative Assembly
      Alfie MacLeod
PC
Population (2001) 19,290
Electors (2009) 14,843
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created 1933
Census divisions Cape Breton RM
Subdivisions

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

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2006 has been Alfie MacLeod of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party. It includes much of the southern parts of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, the communities of Sydney River, Port Morien and Louisbourg.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature Years Member Party
61st 2009-Present     Alfie MacLeod Progressive Conservative
60th 2006-2009
59th 2005-2006     Russell MacKinnon Independent
2003-2005     Liberal
58th 1999-2003
57th 1998-1999
56th 1995-1998     Alfie MacLeod Progressive Conservative
1993-1995     Russell MacKinnon Liberal
55th 1988-1993
54th 1984-1988     Donnie MacLeod Progressive Conservative
53rd 1981-1984
52nd 1978-1981     David Muise Liberal
51st 1976-1978     Osborne Fraser Liberal
1974-1976     Allan Sullivan Liberal
50th 1970-1974
49th 1967-1970     Edward Manson Progressive Conservative
48th 1963-1967
47th 1960-1963
46th 1956-1960
45th 1953-1956     Malcolm A. Patterson Liberal
44th 1949-1953
43rd 1945-1949
42nd 1941-1945
41st 1937-1941
40th 1933-1937     Weldon W. Patton Conservative

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2009
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Alfie MacLeod 3986 43.88
     New Democratic Party Delton MacDonald 2750 30.28
     Liberal Josephine Kennedy 2206 24.29
     Green Michael Parsons 141 1.55
Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Alfie MacLeod 4738 53.9
     Liberal Dave LeBlanc 2479 28.2
     New Democratic Party Terry Crawley 1344 15.29
     Green Michael P. Milburn 230 2.62
Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Russell MacKinnon 4615 52.86
     Progressive Conservative Ivan Doncaster 2221 25.44
     New Democratic Party Doug MacKinlay 1895 21.70
Nova Scotia general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Russell MacKinnon 5094
     New Democratic Party Brian Slaney 3359
     Progressive Conservative Joe Boudreau 1375

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