Victoria-The Lakes

Victoria—The Lakes
 Nova Scotia House of Assembly
provincial electoral district
Member of the
Legislative Assembly		       Keith Bain
PC
Population (2006) 12,233
Electors (2009) 9,328
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created 2003
Census divisions Victoria County,
Cape Breton RM
Subdivisions

Victoria—The Lakes is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since the 2006 election has been Keith Bain of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, who defeated Gerald Sampson of the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature Years Member Party
61st 2009-Present Keith Bain Progressive Conservative
60th 2006-2009
59th 2003-2006     Gerald Sampson Liberal
Cape Breton—The Lakes and Victoria prior to 2003

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2009
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Keith Bain 2417 38.68 -8.8
     Liberal Gerald Sampson 1912 30.60 -5.34
     New Democratic Party Fraser Patterson 1680 26.88 +14.94
     Green Party Jim O'Brien 143 2.74 -0.45
     Independent Stemer MacLeod 97 1.90 -0.35
Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Keith Bain 3001 47.48
     Liberal Gerald Sampson 2272 35.94
     New Democratic Party Joan O'Liari 755 11.94
     Green Party Michelle Smith 173 2.74
     Independent Stemer MacLeod 120 1.90
Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Gerald Sampson 2284 36.44
     Progressive Conservative Keith Bain 2036 32.48
     New Democratic Party Nancy MacKeigan 934 14.90
     Independent Brian Boudreau 750 11.97
     Independent Stemer MacLeod 120 4.21

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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