Cape Breton South (provincial electoral district)

Cape Breton South
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)	19,891
Electors	16,838
Census division	Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Last updated October 28, 2025

Cape Breton South is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed from 1933 to 2013. It elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the district included Sydney and its western suburbs until the North West Arm and south along the Sydney River until Blacketts Lake.

In 1933, the County of Cape Breton was divided into five electoral districts, one of which was named Cape Breton South. In 2003, it lost part of the Ashby area to Cape Breton Nova and gained Balls Creek and the Coxheath area. Following the 2012 electoral boundary review, the district was dissolved into Northside-Westmount, Sydney-Whitney Pier and Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years		Party
61st	2009–2013	Manning MacDonald	Liberal
60th	2006–2009
59th	2003–2006
58th	1999–2003
57th	1998–1999
56th	1993–1998
55th	1988–1993	Vince MacLean	Liberal
54th	1984–1988
53rd	1981–1984
52nd	1978–1981
51st	1974–1978
50th	1970–1974	John Burke	Progressive Conservative
49th	1967–1970	Donald C. MacNeil	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963–1967
47th	1960–1963
46th	1956–1960
45th	1953–1956	John Smith MacIvor	Liberal
44th	1949–1953
43rd	1945–1949
42nd	1941–1945	Donald MacDonald	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
41st	1937–1941	George MacKay Morrison	Liberal
40th	1933–1937	Gordon S. Harrington	Conservative

Election results

1933

1933 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Gordon Sidney Harrington	4,757	43.81%
	Liberal	Malcolm A. Patterson	4,650	42.83%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Lauchlin D. McKay	1,451	13.36%
Total			10,858	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1933). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1937

1937 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George M. Morrison	5,879	52.00%	9.17%
	Liberal–Conservative	Gordon Sidney Harrington	5,427	48.00%	4.19%
Total			11,306	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1937). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1941

1941 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Donald MacDonald	4,008	36.53%	–
	Liberal	George M. Morrison	3,946	35.96%	-16.04%
	Liberal–Conservative	Donald John MacLean	3,019	27.51%	-20.49%
Total			10,973	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1941). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1945

1945 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Smith MacIvor	4,778	43.10%	7.13%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Donald MacDonald	4,448	40.12%	3.59%
	Liberal–Conservative	Malcolm Cameron	1,861	16.79%	-10.73%
Total			11,087	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1945). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1949

1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Smith MacIvor	6,742	47.20%	4.10%
	Liberal–Conservative	Ross Anderson MacKimmie	3,802	26.62%	9.83%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Vincent Allan Morrison	3,740	26.18%	-13.94%
Total			14,284	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1953

1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Smith MacIvor	6,467	44.67%	-2.53%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Vincent Allan Morrison	4,625	31.95%	5.77%
	Progressive Conservative	A. O. Gunn	3,384	23.38%	–
Total			14,476	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Donald C. MacNeil	5,101	47.76%	24.38%
	Liberal	John Smith MacIvor	4,450	41.66%	-3.01%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Albert Martin	1,130	10.58%	-21.37%
Total			10,681	–
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	Donald C. MacNeil	5,153	46.23%	-1.53%
	Liberal	Ritchie MacCoy	3,718	33.36%	-8.31%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Bernard O'Neil	2,275	20.41%	9.83%
Total			11,146	–
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	Donald C. MacNeil	5,283	49.21%	2.98%
	Liberal	John F. MacIntosh	3,579	33.34%	-0.02%
	New Democratic	Edward Johnston	1,873	17.45%	–
Total			10,735	–
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	Donald C. MacNeil	4,843	47.18%	-2.03%
	Liberal	Charles O'Connell	3,944	38.42%	5.08%
	New Democratic	Charles Palmer	1,309	12.75%	-4.70%
	Independent	Angus Currie	169	1.65%	–
Total			10,265	–
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	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Francis Burke	5,234	44.36%	-2.82%
	Liberal	Vince MacLean	5,034	42.66%	4.24%
	New Democratic	Donald MacPherson	1,531	12.98%	0.22%
Total			11,799	–
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	%	±%
	Liberal	Vince MacLean	6,487	50.87%	8.21%
	Progressive Conservative	John Francis Burke	3,721	29.18%	-15.18%
	New Democratic	Earl Johnston	2,441	19.14%	6.17%
	Independent	Angus Currie	102	0.80%	–
Total			12,751	–
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	%	±%
	Liberal	Vince MacLean	7,041	59.84%	8.96%
	Progressive Conservative	Donald C. MacNeil	2,761	23.46%	-5.72%
	New Democratic	Sandy MacNeil	1,965	16.70%	-2.44%
Total			11,767	–
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	%	±%
	Liberal	Vince MacLean	6,633	55.78%	-4.06%
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Hannem	3,824	32.16%	8.69%
	New Democratic	Linda Gallant	1,435	12.07%	-4.63%
Total			11,892	–
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	%	±%
	Liberal	Vince MacLean	5,961	49.63%	-6.14%
	Progressive Conservative	Murdock Smith	5,049	42.04%	9.88%
	New Democratic	John Chisholm	633	5.27%	-6.80%
	Labour	Kim MacEwan	367	3.06%	–
Total			12,010	–
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	%	±%
	Liberal	Vince MacLean	7,820	62.76%	13.13%
	Progressive Conservative	Murdock Smith	3,461	27.78%	-14.26%
	New Democratic	Ed MacLeod	1,179	9.46%	4.19%
Total			12,460	–
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	Manning MacDonald	5,629	57.52%	-5.25%
	New Democratic	Peter Mancini	2,143	21.90%	12.43%
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Ferguson	2,015	20.59%	-7.19%
Total			9,787	–
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	Manning MacDonald	5,118	60.30%	2.79%
	New Democratic	Ed Murphy	2,508	29.55%	7.65%
	Progressive Conservative	Anna Steele	861	10.14%	-10.44%
Total			8,487	–
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	Manning MacDonald	5,356	62.90%	2.60%
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Cusack	2,451	28.78%	-0.77%
	Progressive Conservative	Leland Lewis	708	8.31%	-1.83%
Total			8,515	–
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	%	±%
	Liberal	Manning MacDonald	5,275	54.32%	-8.58%
	New Democratic	Mike MacSween	2,759	28.41%	-0.37%
	Progressive Conservative	John Morrison	1,677	17.27%	8.95%
Total			9,711	–
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	%	±%
	Liberal	Manning MacDonald	4,383	43.50%	-10.82%
	Progressive Conservative	Scott Boyd	3,261	32.36%	15.09%
	New Democratic	Jamie Crane	2,160	21.43%	-6.98%
	Green	Stephen Doucet	273	2.71%	–
Total			10,077	–
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	%	±%
	Liberal	Manning MacDonald	4,278	46.65%	3.15%
	New Democratic	Wayne McKay	3,332	36.33%	14.90%
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Tobin	1,387	15.12%	-17.24%
	Green	Cathy Theriault	174	1.90%	-0.81%
Total			9,171	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Nova" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

References

Government of Nova Scotia. "Election Summary From 1867 - 2006" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll by Poll Results (June 9, 2009) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}. Retrieved August 5, 2009

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