| Nova Scotia House of Assembly provincial electoral district |
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|---|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly |
Jamie Baillie PC |
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| Population (2006) | 13,778 | |
| Electors (2010) | 10,075 | |
| Area (km²) | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | ||
| Riding created | 1993 | |
| Census divisions | Cumberland County | |
| Subdivisions | Oxford Parrsboro Springhill |
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Cumberland South is a provincial electoral district in Cumberland Country, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
The communities of Oxford, Parrsboro and Springhill are within its boundaries.
The Member of the Legislative Assembly since 1998 has been held by the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. A Tory stronghold, Cumberland South has been dominated by Progressive Conservative Murray Scott for over a decade and now Jamie Baillie.
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| Nova Scotia general election, 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Murray Scott | 5527 | 74.01 | ||
| Liberal | John Harrison | 1000 | 13.39 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Scott McKee | 941 | 12.60 | ||
| Nova Scotia general election, 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Murray Scott | 4898 | 71.70 | ||
| Liberal | Harriet McCready | 1189 | 17.40 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Scott McKee | 745 | 10.90 | ||
| Nova Scotia general election, 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Murray Scott | 5082 | 76.76 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Andrew Kernohan | 753 | 11.37 | ||
| Liberal | Mary Dee MacPherson | 681 | 10.29 | ||
| Green | James Dessart | 92 | 1.39 | ||
| Independent | David R. Amos | 13 | .20 | ||
| Nova Scotia general election, 2009 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Murray Scott | 4353 | 67.94 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Don Tabor | 1641 | 25.61 | ||
| Liberal | Joseph Archibald | 325 | 5.07 | ||
| Green | Danny Melvin | 88 | 1.37 | ||
| October 26, 2010 by-election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jamie Baillie | 3,262 | 57.20% | ||
| Liberal | Kenny Jackson | 2,165 | 37.96% | ||
| New Democratic Party | Scott McKee | 276 | 4.84% | ||