 Nova Scotia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1924 |
| District abolished | 1966 |
| First contested | 1925 |
| Last contested | 1965 |
Cape Breton South (French : Cap-Breton-Sud) was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1911 and from 1925 to 1968.
This riding was created in 1903 from Cape Breton riding. It consisted of the southern part of the county of Cape Breton, i.e., the districts of Balls Creek Bateston, Big Pond, Bridgeport, Catalone, Dominion No. 1 and Reserve Mines, Fast Bay (South), Gabarus, Grand Mira, Hillside, Loch Lomond, Louisbourg, Main-à-Dieu, Port Morien, Sydney Forks, Trout Creek, Victoria Mines and Lingan, and the towns of Glace Bay, Louisbourg and Sydney.
It was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Cape Breton South and Richmond.
It was created again in 1924 from Cape Breton South and Richmond. The new riding consisted of the part of the County of Cape Breton not included in the electoral district of Cape Breton North-Victoria and lying north of a line described as commencing in Mira Bay and following the Mira River and Mira Lake to Marion Bridge, the Mira Road to the Morley Road, the Morley Road to the main road between St. Peters and Sydney, that road to the road leading to East Bay and Gillisville, and that road to the waters of East Bay.
It 1933, it was redefined to consist of the part of the county of Cape Breton contained in the municipal districts of Dominion No. 6 (No. 11), Hillside (No. 3), Lingan (No. 20), Port-Morien (No. 12), Reserve Mines (No. 1) and South Forks (No. 18), and including the city of Sydney and the towns of Glace Bay, New Waterford and Dominion. In 1947, it was redefined to exclude Hillside and South Forks.
The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Cape Breton—East Richmond and Cape Breton—The Sydneys ridings.
This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Breton South Riding created from Cape Breton | ||||
| 10th | 1904–1908 | Alexander Johnston | Liberal | |
| 11th | 1908–1911 | James William Maddin | Liberal–Conservative | |
| 12th | 1911–1917 | William F. Carroll | Liberal | |
| Riding dissolved into Cape Breton South and Richmond | ||||
| Riding re-created from Cape Breton South and Richmond | ||||
| 15th | 1925–1926 | Finlay MacDonald | Conservative | |
| 16th | 1926–1930 | |||
| 17th | 1930–1935 | |||
| 18th | 1935–1940 | David James Hartigan | Liberal | |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Clarence Gillis | Co-operative Commonwealth | |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | |||
| 21st | 1949–1953 | |||
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | |||
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Donald MacInnis | Progressive Conservative | |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | |||
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Malcolm MacInnis | New Democratic | |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Donald MacInnis | Progressive Conservative | |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Cape Breton—East Richmond and Cape Breton—The Sydneys | ||||
| 1904 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Alexander Johnston | 3,459 | ||||||
| Conservative | William McKay | 3,154 | ||||||
| Labour | S.B. McNeil | 869 | ||||||
| 1908 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | James William Maddin | 5,048 | ||||||
| Liberal | Alexander Johnston | 4,823 | ||||||
| 1911 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | William F. Carroll | 5,069 | ||||||
| Liberal | James William Maddin | 4,965 | ||||||
| Independent | Alexander McKinnon | 223 | ||||||
| 1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Finlay MacDonald | 9,551 | ||||||
| Liberal | Laughlin Daniel Currie | 4,510 | ||||||
| Labour | J. B. McLachlan | 3,617 | ||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Finlay MacDonald | 8,924 | ||||||
| Labour | Daniel W. Morrison | 6,412 | ||||||
| 1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Finlay MacDonald | 15,886 | ||||||
| Liberal | Daniel Alexander Cameron | 9,268 | ||||||
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | David James Hartigan | 10,409 | ||||||
| Conservative | Finlay MacDonald | 7,355 | ||||||
| Communist | J. B. McLachlan | 5,365 | ||||||
| Reconstruction | Dan William Morrison | 5,008 | ||||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Clarence Gillis | 11,582 | ||||||
| Liberal | David James Hartigan | 11,364 | ||||||
| National Government | Joseph Clyde Nunn | 9,719 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Clarence Gillis | 16,575 | ||||||
| Liberal | David James Hartigan | 10,529 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Joseph Buckley | 7,343 | ||||||
| Labor–Progressive | James Madden | 917 | ||||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Clarence Gillis | 15,057 | ||||||
| Liberal | George Benjamin Slaven | 12,608 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Perry Lewis Cadegan | 5,618 | ||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Clarence Gillis | 14,971 | ||||||
| Liberal | Leo McIntyre | 10,151 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Layton Fergusson | 4,726 | ||||||
| Labor–Progressive | Ronald George MacEachern | 794 | ||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald MacInnis | 14,894 | ||||||
| Liberal | Leo McIntyre | 11,539 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Clarence Gillis | 10,447 | ||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald MacInnis | 17,636 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Clarence Gillis | 13,044 | ||||||
| Liberal | J. Louis Dubinsky | 7,754 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| New Democratic | Malcolm Vic MacInnis | 17,409 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald MacInnis | 13,602 | ||||||
| Liberal | Earl V. MacInnis | 7,774 | ||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald MacInnis | 14,307 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Malcolm Vic MacInnis | 13,327 | ||||||
| Liberal | Joe MacEachern | 9,184 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald MacInnis | 13,670 | ||||||
| Liberal | Joseph E. MacEachern | 12,455 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Ed Johnston | 10,846 | ||||||
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