Sydney-Whitney Pier
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
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| District created | 2012 | ||
| Last contested | 2013 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Area (km²) | 21 | ||
| Census divisions | Cape Breton County | ||
| Census subdivisions | Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Membertou 28B | ||
Sydney-Whitney Pier is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 2012 from 79% of Cape Breton Nova and 59% of Cape Breton South. The district contains the communities of Sydney and Whitney Pier.
The riding is represented by Derek Mombourquette of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. He won the seat in a byelection on July 14, 2015,[1] following the resignation of MLA Gordie Gosse.[2]
Election results
| Nova Scotia general election, 2009 redistributed results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| New Democratic Party | 5,774 | 54.62 | |
| Liberal | 3,724 | 35.23 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 887 | 8.39 | |
| Green | 186 | 1.76 | |
| Nova Scotia general election, 2013 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| New Democratic | Gordie Gosse | 5,084 | 49.37 | -5.25 | ||||
| Liberal | Derek Mombourquette | 4,534 | 44.03 | +8.80 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Leslie MacPhee | 680 | 6.60 | -1.79 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,298 | 99.40 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 62 | 0.60 | ||||||
| Turnout | 10,360 | 57.86 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 17,906 | – | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -7.03 | ||||||
| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, July 14, 2015 On the resignation of Gordie Gosse | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Derek Mombourquette | 3,794 | 49.05 | +5.02 | ||||
| New Democratic | Madonna Doucette | 2,332 | 30.15 | -19.22 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian E. MacArthur | 1,609 | 20.80 | +14.20 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,735 | 99.55 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 35 | 0.45 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,770 | 42.60 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 18,238 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +12.12 | ||||||
References
- ↑ "Mombourquette takes Sydney-Whitney Pier for Liberals". Cape Breton Post. July 14, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
- ↑ "Frank Corbett, Gordie Gosse resign from legislature". Cape Breton Post. April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
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