Cape Breton Nova

Cape Breton Nova
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
District created	1956
District abolished	2013
Last contested	2009
Demographics
Population (2011)	12,820
Electors	10,748
Census division(s)	Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Census subdivision(s)	Sydney

Last updated June 04, 2025

Cape Breton Nova is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1956 and 2013. It elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the district included the northern parts of Sydney including Whitney Pier, as well as a small area of Cape Breton County, all within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.

The district was created in 1956. In 1993, it gained the Ashby area between Welton Street and Ashby Road from Cape Breton South and the Grand Lake Road area from Cape Breton West. It lost the Scotchtown and River Ryan/Lingan areas to Cape Breton Centre. In 2003, it lost the New Victoria area and gained part of northern Sydney. In 2013, Cape Breton Nova was absorbed by Cape Breton Centre, Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg, and Sydney-Whitney Pier.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years		Party
61st	2009–2013	Gordie Gosse	New Democratic
60th	2006-2009
59th	2003-2006
58th	1999-2003	Paul MacEwan	Liberal
57th	1998-1999
56th	1993-1998
55th	1990-1993
55th	1988-1990		Independent
54th	1984-1988		Independent
54th	1984		Cape Breton Labour
53rd	1982-1984		Cape Breton Labour
53rd	1981-1982		Independent
52nd	1980-1981		Independent
52nd	1978-1980		New Democratic
51st	1974-1978
50th	1970-1974
49th	1967-1970	Percy Gaum	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963-1967
47th	1960-1963
46th	1956-1960

Election results

1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Percy Gaum	2,582	39.41%	–
	Liberal	Gus Brown	1,682	25.68%	–
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John A. Chisholm	1,475	22.52%	–
	Independent	Charles O'Connell	812	12.40%	–
Total			6,551	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1960

1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Percy Gaum	2,525	36.93%	-2.48%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Albert Ollie Wilson	2,218	32.44%	9.93%
	Liberal	Wilfred Gillis	2,094	30.63%	4.95%
Total			6,837	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1963

1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Percy Gaum	3,344	53.37%	16.44%
	New Democratic	Albert Ollie Wilson	1,709	27.27%	–
	Liberal	Charles Richard Sigut	1,213	19.36%	-11.27%
Total			6,266	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Percy Gaum	2,873	47.13%	-6.24%
	Liberal	Tom Miller	1,829	30.00%	10.64%
	New Democratic	Paul MacEwan	1,394	22.87%	-4.41%
Total			6,096	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Paul MacEwan	2,927	43.35%	20.48%
	Progressive Conservative	Percy Gaum	2,866	42.45%	-4.68%
	Liberal	Ronald F. Di Penta	959	14.20%	-15.80%
Total			6,752	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Paul MacEwan	3,809	51.35%	8.00%
	Progressive Conservative	Percy Gaum	2,334	31.46%	-10.98%
	Liberal	Ronald DiPenta	1,275	17.19%	2.98%
Total			7,418	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Paul MacEwan	3,918	47.28%	-4.07%
	Liberal	Earle O. Tubrett	2,867	34.60%	17.41%
	Progressive Conservative	Percy Gaum	1,502	18.12%	-13.34%
Total			8,287	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul MacEwan	3,691	48.20%	–
	Liberal	Earle O. Tubrett	2,307	30.13%	-4.47%
	Progressive Conservative	Russell Brake	1,487	19.42%	1.29%
	New Democratic	Tony Gale	173	2.26%	-45.02%
Total			7,658	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul MacEwan	3,832	52.36%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Neville	1,747	23.87%	4.45%
	Liberal	John Ryan	1,066	14.56%	-15.56%
	New Democratic	Alex MacIsaac	674	9.21%	6.95%
Total			7,319	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul MacEwan	3,194	42.34%	–
	Liberal	Dan MacRury	2,603	34.51%	19.94%
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Burke	1,060	14.05%	-9.82%
	New Democratic	Terry Crawley	686	9.09%	-0.11%
Total			7,543	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul MacEwan	6,816	82.22%	47.71%
	New Democratic	Blair Riley	1,031	12.44%	3.34%
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Currie	443	5.34%	-8.71%
Total			8,290	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul MacEwan	3,944	53.98%	-28.24%
	New Democratic	Lou Surette	3,050	41.75%	29.31%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Hagen	312	4.27%	-1.07%
Total			7,306	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul MacEwan	4,004	53.44%	-0.54%
	New Democratic	Gordie Gosse	3,253	43.42%	1.67%
	Progressive Conservative	Harold Dorrington	235	3.14%	-1.13%
Total			7,492	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gordie Gosse	3,168	45.61%	2.19%
	Liberal	Mel Crowe	3,094	44.54%	-8.90%
	Progressive Conservative	Todd Marsman	684	9.85%	6.71%
Total			6,946	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gordie Gosse	4,315	60.92%	15.31%
	Liberal	Mel Crowe	1,794	25.33%	-19.22%
	Progressive Conservative	Todd Marsman	855	12.07%	2.22%
	Green	Chris Milburn	119	1.68%	–
Total			7,083	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gordie Gosse	4,735	71.07%	10.15%
	Liberal	Donnie Morrison	1,549	23.25%	-2.08%
	Progressive Conservative	Cory Hann	276	4.14%	-7.93%
	Green	Michael P. Milburn	102	1.53%	-0.15%
Total			6,662	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

References

↑ Sydney-Whitney Pier - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature

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[1] Sydney-Whitney Pier - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature

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