Cape Breton The Lakes

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Brian Boudreau, Liberal (1999 - 2003)
Helen MacDonald, NDP (1997-1999)
Bernie Boudreau, Liberal (1988-1997)
John Newell, Progressive Conservative (1983-1988)
Ossie Fraser, Liberal (1978-October 29, 1982)

Election results

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ossie Fraser	3,473	46.26%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Jim MacDonald	2,642	35.19%	–
	New Democratic	Irene Le Blanc	1,393	18.55%	–
Total			7,508	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "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). Queen's Printer.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ossie Fraser	3,436	43.01%	-3.25%
	Progressive Conservative	John Newell	3,316	41.51%	6.32%
	New Democratic	Douglas D. MacDonald	1,237	15.48%	-3.07%
Total			7,989	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "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, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1983 by-election

1983 Nova Scotia By-election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	John Newell	3190	38.28	-3.22
Liberal	John Coady	3078	36.93	-6.07
NDP	Gerald Yetman	1436	17.23	+1.75
Labour	Gary Mosher	630	7.56

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Newell	4,535	51.29%	9.78%
	Liberal	John Coady	3,338	37.75%	-5.26%
	New Democratic	Richard Fogarty	813	9.19%	-6.29%
	Labour	Mary Strickland	156	1.76%	–
Total			8,842	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "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). Queen's Printer.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernie Boudreau	4,192	45.37%	7.62%
	Progressive Conservative	John Newell	3,282	35.52%	-15.77%
	New Democratic	Helen MacDonald	1,766	19.11%	9.92%
Total			9,240	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "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). Queen's Printer.

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernie Boudreau	6,591	71.90%	26.53%
	New Democratic	Helen MacDonald	1,312	14.31%	-4.80%
	Progressive Conservative	Lauchie G. Leslie	1,264	13.79%	-21.73%
Total			9,167	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "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). Queen's Printer.

1997 by-election

Nova Scotia By-Election, 1997
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
NDP	Helen MacDonald	3727	49.19	+34.88
Liberal	Allan Henderson	3055	40.32	-31.58
Progressive Conservative	Rollie Clarke	795	10.49	-3.31

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Helen MacDonald	4,573	52.17%	37.86%
	Liberal	Allan Henderson	3,707	42.29%	-29.61%
	Progressive Conservative	Rollie Clarke	485	5.53%	-8.26%
Total			8,765	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brian Boudreau	3,715	43.70%	1.40%
	New Democratic	Helen MacDonald	3,614	42.51%	-9.67%
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Langley	1,173	13.80%	8.26%
Total			8,502	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

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References

↑ Victoria-The Lakes - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature

Elections Nova Scotia - Summary Results from 1867 to 2011 (PDF) Archived 2017-01-11 at the Wayback Machine

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