Cape Breton West

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Cape Breton West
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Nova Scotia House of Assembly
District created 1933
District abolished 2013
Last contested 2009
Demographics
Population (2011) 18,933
Electors 14,843
Census divisions Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Cape Breton West is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada that existed from 1933-2013. It elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the district included much of the southern parts of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality including Sydney River, Port Morien and Louisbourg.

The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral district of Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The electoral district was represented by the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature Years Member Party
61st 2009–2013     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
GreenMichael 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
GreenMichael 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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