Cape Breton The Lakes

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Cape Breton The Lakes
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Nova Scotia House of Assembly
District created1978
District abolished2003
Last contested 1999

Cape Breton The Lakes was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

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It was created in 1978 out of areas which were formerly included in the Cape Breton North, Cape Breton South, and Cape Breton West. In 2003, it was reallocated to Victoria-The Lakes, Cape Breton South, Cape Breton North, and Cape Breton West. [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Cape Breton The Lakes
LegislatureYearsMemberParty
District created from Cape Breton North (1933–1978), Cape Breton South (1933–2013), and Cape Breton West (1933–2013)
52nd 1978–1981   Ossie Fraser Liberal
53rd 1981–1983
1983–1984   John Newell Progressive Conservative
54th 1984–1988
55th 1988–1993   Bernie Boudreau Liberal
56th 1993–1997
1997–1998   Helen MacDonald New Democratic
57th 1998–1999
58th 1999–2003   Brian Boudreau Liberal
District dissolved into Victoria-The Lakes (2003–Present), Cape Breton South (1933–2013), Cape Breton North (1933–2013), and Cape Breton West (1933–2013)

Election results

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Brian Boudreau 3,71543.70%1.40%
New Democratic Helen MacDonald 3,61442.51%-9.67%
Progressive Conservative Ken Langley1,17313.80%8.26%
Total8,502–
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Fifth General Election (Report). Elections Nova Scotia.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Helen MacDonald 4,57352.17%2.99%
Liberal Allan Henderson3,70742.29%1.97%
Progressive Conservative Rollie Clarke4855.53%-4.96%
Total8,765–
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1997 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1997-11-04
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Helen MacDonald 3,72749.19%34.88%
Liberal Allan Henderson3,05540.32%-31.58%
Progressive Conservative Rollie Clarke79510.49%-3.30%
Total7,577–
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bernie Boudreau 6,59171.90%26.53%
New Democratic Helen MacDonald 1,31214.31%-4.80%
Progressive Conservative Lauchie G. Leslie1,26413.79%-21.73%
Total9,167–
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 18, 2018.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bernie Boudreau 4,19245.37%7.62%
Progressive Conservative John Newell 3,28235.52%-15.77%
New Democratic Helen MacDonald 1,76619.11%9.92%
Total9,240–
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2018.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative John Newell 4,53551.29%13.01%
Liberal John Coady3,33837.75%0.82%
New Democratic Richard Fogarty8139.19%-8.04%
Labour Mary Strickland1561.76%-5.80%
Total8,842–
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 31, 2017.

1983 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1983-02-23
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative John Newell 3,19038.28%-3.23%
Liberal John Coady3,07836.93%-6.08%
New Democratic Gerald Yetman1,43617.23%1.75%
Labour Gary Mosher6307.56%–
Total8,334–
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ossie Fraser 3,43643.01%-3.25%
Progressive Conservative John Newell 3,31641.51%6.32%
New Democratic Douglas D. MacDonald1,23715.48%-3.07%
Total7,989–
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirtieth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 31, 2017.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ossie Fraser 3,47346.26%–
Progressive Conservative Jim MacDonald2,64235.19%–
New Democratic Irene LeBlanc1,39318.55%–
Total7,508–
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 18, 2018.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.


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