Sydney—Victoria

Sydney—Victoria

Nova Scotia electoral district
Sydney–Victoria in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Mark Eyking Liberal
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	76,801
Electors (2011)	61,448
Area (km²)	5,085
Pop. density (per km²)	15.1
Census divisions
Census subdivisions	Cape Breton, Inverness, Victoria

Sydney–Victoria is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2006 was 76,801. It has 61,448 eligible voters.

It was created in 1996 from parts of Cape Breton—The Sydneys, Cape Breton—East Richmond and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso ridings.

Cape Breton–Canso is the only adjacent riding.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 2.1 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

Demographics

From the 2006 census ^[1]

Ethnic groups:

• White: 93.4%
• First Nations: 5.4%
• Other: 1.2%

Languages:

• English: 93.3%
• Mi'kmaq: 3.8%
• French: 1.0%
• Other: 1.9%

Religions:

• Catholic: 64.3%
• Protestant: 30.5%
• No religious affiliation: 3.6%

Education:

• No certificate, diploma or degree: 31.3%
• High school certificate: 23.5%
• Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma: 14.3%
• Community college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma: 14.2%
• University certificate or diploma: 16.7%

Median Age:

• 43.9

Median total income:

• $19,877

Average total income:

• $25,545

Median household income:

• $39,051

Average household income:

• $48,259

Median family income:

• $49,880

Average family income:

• $57,777

Unemployment:

• 17.3%

Geography

It consists of:

• The County of Victoria;
• the northern part of the County of Inverness, i.e., the part lying north of the southern boundary of Cape Breton Highlands National Park; and
• the northwestern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, i.e., the part lying northwest of a line drawn northeast from Bras d'Or Lake to the northeast extremity of East Bay, due north to Portage Brook, northeast along Portage Brook, Blacketts Lake, the Sydney River, Highway 125, Trunk 4 (Grand Lake Road), Northwest Brook, the western shoreline of Grand Lake, the DEVCO Railway, and its northern branch (running towards the Community of Dominion) to its second intersection with Northwest Brook (north of Grand Lake), and then north and northeast along that brook, Lingan Bay and Indian Bay to the Atlantic Ocean.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Cape Breton—The Sydneys, Cape Breton—East Richmond and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso prior to 1997
36th	1997–2000		Peter Mancini	New Democratic
37th	2000–2004		Mark Eyking	Liberal
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	14,788	39.91	-9.5
	Conservative	Cecil Clarke	14,023	37.85	+17.3
	New Democrat	Kathy MacLeod	7,049	19.02	-5.4
	Green	Chris Milburn	1,191	3.21	-2.3
Total valid votes/Expense limit			37,051	100.00
Total rejected ballots			279	0.75	+0.03
Turnout			37,330	61.88
Eligible voters			60,323

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	17,303	49.4	-0.4	$64,766
	New Democrat	Wayne McKay	8,559	24.4	-4.1	$15,485
	Conservative	Kristen Rudderham	7,223	20.6	+2.3	$60,092
	Green	Collin Harker	1,941	5.5	+2.2	$2,131
Total valid votes/Expense limit			35,026	100.0		$78,337
Total rejected ballots			254	0.72
Turnout			35,280

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	20,277	49.9	-2.3
	New Democrat	John Hugh Edwards	11,587	28.5	+0.8
	Conservative	Howie MacDonald	7,455	18.3	+2.5
	Green	Chris Milburn	1,336	3.3	+1.0
Total valid votes			40,655	100.0

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	19,372	52.1	+2.3
	New Democrat	John Hugh Edwards	10,298	27.7	-8.8
	Conservative	Howie MacDonald	5,897	15.9	+2.2
	Green	Chris Milburn	855	2.3
	Marijuana	Cathy Thériault	474	1.3
	Independent	B. Chris Gallant	264	0.7
Total valid votes			37,160	100.0

Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	19,388	49.8	+23.5
	New Democrat	Peter Mancini	14,216	36.5	-14.6
	Progressive Conservative	Anna Curtis-Steele	3,779	9.7	-12.9
	Canadian Alliance	Rod A.M. Farrell	1,528	3.9
Total valid votes			38,911	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democrat	Peter Mancini	22,455	51.1
	Liberal	Vince MacLean	11,569	26.3
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil Clarke	9,920	22.6
Total valid votes			43,944	100.0

See also

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

References

External links

• Riding history for Sydney–Victoria (1996– ) 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