Cumberland Centre

For the Census Designated Place in Maine, see Cumberland Center, Maine.

Cumberland Centre was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1949 to 1993.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This electoral district elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature Years Member Party
55th 1988–1993     Guy Brown Liberal
54th 1984–1988
53rd 1981–1984
52nd 1978–1981
51st 1974–1978
50th 1970–1974     Raymond M. Smith Progressive Conservative
49th 1968–1970
1967–1968     Stephen T. Pyke Progressive Conservative
48th 1963–1967
47th 1960–1963
46th 1956–1960
45th 1953–1956
44th 1949–1953     Archibald J. Mason Liberal

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Guy Brown 3117
     Progressive Conservative Scott Lockart 1108
     New Democratic Party Gary Thomas 162
Nova Scotia general election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Guy Brown 2436
     Progressive Conservative Douglas Marshall 1804
     New Democratic Party Stanley H. McCormick 157
Nova Scotia general election, 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Guy Brown 2579
     Progressive Conservative Arthur L. Brennan 1469
     New Democratic Party Florence Welton 290
Nova Scotia general election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Guy Brown 2515
     Progressive Conservative Russell Fisher 1354
     New Democratic Party Dennis R. Calder 810
Nova Scotia general election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Guy Brown 2283
     Progressive Conservative Raymond M. Smith 1601
     New Democratic Party Elroy Tabor 493
Nova Scotia general election, 1970
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Raymond M. Smith 2220
     Liberal William H. Mont 1611
     New Democratic Party John E. Burbine 215
Nova Scotia by-elections, November 26, 1968
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Raymond M. Smith 2030
     Liberal William H. Mont 1484
Nova Scotia general election, 1967
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Stephen T. Pyke 2437
     Liberal Charles H. Sarson 1022
     New Democratic Party J. Reginald Daborn 160
Nova Scotia general election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Stephen T. Pyke 2545
     Liberal William T. Noiles 1272
Nova Scotia general election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Stephen T. Pyke 2308
     Liberal Ralph F. Gilroy 1753
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation John R. Tabor 301
Nova Scotia general election, 1956
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Stephen T. Pyke 2738
     Liberal Ralph F. Gilroy 1803
Nova Scotia general election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Stephen T. Pyke 2262
     Liberal Archibald J. Mason 2012
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Florence Welton 676
Nova Scotia general election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Archibald J. Mason 2219
     Progressive Conservative Archie B. Smith 1607
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Florence Welton 1406

References

Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts
Current
Annapolis • Antigonish • Argyle • Bedford-Birch Cove • Cape Breton Centre • Cape Breton North • Cape Breton Nova • Cape Breton South • Cape Breton West • Chester-St. Margaret's • Clare • Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley • Colchester North • 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 • Victoria-The Lakes • Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank • Yarmouth
Historic
to 2003: Bedford-Fall River • 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: Kings
to 1949: Cumberland • Hants • Pictou
to 1933: Halifax • Richmond and Cape Breton West
to 1925: Cape Breton