Victoria-The Lakes

Victoria-The Lakes
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 		 

Keith Bain
Progressive Conservative

District created 1867
Last contested 2013
Demographics
Population (2011) 11,518
Electors 11,823
Area (km²) 3,438
Pop. density (per km²) 3.4
Census divisions Victoria County,
Cape Breton RM

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 2017 election has been Keith Bain of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.

It was created in 1867 as Victoria, composing all of Victoria County. In 1993, the district gained the area north of the southern border of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park.[1] In 2003, Victoria was renamed Victoria-The Lakes. It lost the top of Inverness County to Inverness and gained some of the rural areas of Cape Breton The Lakes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature Years Member Party
63rd 2017-present Keith Bain Progressive Conservative
62nd 2013–2017     Pam Eyking Liberal
61st 2009–2013 Keith Bain Progressive Conservative
60th 2006-2009
59th 2003-2006     Gerald Sampson Liberal
58th 1999-2003     Kennie MacAskill Liberal
57th 1998-1999
56th 1993-1998
55th 1988-1993
54th 1984-1988 Fisher Hudson Progressive Conservative
53rd 1981-1984
52nd 1980-1981
1978-1980     Peter John Nicholson Liberal
51st 1974-1978     Maynard MacAskill Liberal
50th 1970-1974 Fisher Hudson Progressive Conservative
49th 1967-1970
48th 1963-1967     Carleton L. MacMillan Liberal
47th 1960-1963
46th 1956-1960
45th 1953-1956
44th 1949-1953
43rd 1945-1949 John Malcolm Campbell
42nd 1941-1945
41st 1937-1941
40th 1933-1937 Frederick Walker Baldwin Liberal-Conservative

Election results

2017 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2017
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeKeith Bain 4,373 59.55 +24.31
LiberalPam Eyking 1,969 26.81 -12.18
New DemocraticLisa Bond 544 7.41 -16.19
GreenAdrianna MacKinnon 265 3.61 N/A
IndependentStemer MacLeod 192 2.61 +0.43
Total valid votes 7,343100.0  
Total rejected ballots 370.50
Turnout 7,38059.75
Eligible voters 12,352

2013 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal Party of Nova Scotia Pam Eyking 3,150 38.99 +8.39
  Progressive Conservative Keith Bain 2,847 35.24 -3.44
  New Democratic Party John Frank Tomey 1,907 23.60 -3.28
  Independent Stewart M. (Stemer) MacLeod 176 2.18 +0.28

2009 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2009[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Progressive Conservative Keith Bain 2,417 38.68 -8.8
LiberalGerald Sampson 1,912 30.60 -5.34
  New Democratic Party Fraser Patterson 1,680 26.88 +14.94
GreenJim O'Brien 143 2.74 -0.45
  Independent Stemer MacLeod 97 1.90 -0.35

2006 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Progressive Conservative Keith Bain 3,001 47.48
  Liberal Gerald Sampson 2,272 35.94
  New Democratic Party Joan O'Liari 755 11.94
GreenMichelle Smith 173 2.74 –
  Independent Stemer MacLeod 120 1.90

2003 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal Gerald Sampson 2,284 36.44
  Progressive Conservative Keith Bain 2,036 32.48
  New Democratic Party Nancy MacKeigan 934 14.90
  Independent Brian Boudreau 750 11.97
  Independent Stemer MacLeod 120 4.21

References

  1. ↑ Inverness - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
  2. ↑ http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist50.pdf


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