Cumberland East

Last updated February 23, 2024

Cumberland East was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1949 to 1993. It was formed in 1949 when Cumberland County was divided into three new districts, the other two being Cumberland Centre and Cumberland West.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This electoral district elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years		Party
55th	1988–1993	Roger Bacon	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984–1988
53rd	1981–1984
52nd	1978–1981
51st	1974–1978
50th	1970–1974
49th	1967–1970	James A. Langille	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963–1967
47th	1960–1963
46th	1956–1960
45th	1953–1956
44th	1949–1953	Martin J. Kaufman	Liberal

Election results

1949

1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Martin J. Kaufman	4,280	49.79%	–
	Liberal–Conservative	Arnold G. McLellan	3,619	42.10%	–
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Brenton Garnhum	697	8.11%	–
Total			8,596	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1953

1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James A. Langille	4,393	51.04%	–
	Liberal	Martin J. Kaufman	4,214	48.96%	-0.83%
Total			8,607	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James A. Langille	4,406	50.59%	-0.45%
	Liberal	Walter Tremaine Purdy	4,303	49.41%	0.45%
Total			8,709	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1960

1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James A. Langille	5,081	57.08%	6.49%
	Liberal	Walter Tremaine Purdy	3,471	39.00%	-10.41%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Lloyd L. Ayer	349	3.92%	–
Total			8,901	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1963

1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James A. Langille	5,226	63.10%	6.02%
	Liberal	Norman Willard Noonan	2,795	33.75%	-5.25%
	New Democratic	Lloyd L. Ayer	261	3.15%	–
Total			8,282	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James A. Langille	4,415	55.16%	-7.94%
	Liberal	Howard R. Furlong	3,053	38.14%	4.40%
	New Democratic	John E. Burbine	536	6.70%	3.55%
Total			8,004	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Stuart Bacon	4,355	51.89%	-3.27%
	Liberal	Leonard J. Dolan	3,142	37.44%	-0.70%
	New Democratic	James M. MacSwan	895	10.66%	3.97%
Total			8,392	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Stuart Bacon	4,125	48.25%	-3.64%
	Liberal	Russell MacNeil	3,490	40.82%	3.38%
	New Democratic	David W D'Aubin	934	10.93%	0.26%
Total			8,549	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Stuart Bacon	4,955	52.33%	4.08%
	Liberal	Norman J. Mansour	3,234	34.15%	-6.67%
	New Democratic	Francis Soontiens	1,280	13.52%	2.59%
Total			9,469	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Stuart Bacon	4,663	53.08%	0.75%
	Liberal	Shelagh Frances Rayworth	2,413	27.47%	-6.69%
	New Democratic	Hal Davidson	1,709	19.45%	5.94%
Total			8,785	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Stuart Bacon	4,837	61.35%	8.27%
	Liberal	Ira Drysdale	2,349	29.79%	2.33%
	New Democratic	Barbara Anne Marsden	698	8.85%	-10.60%
Total			7,884	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Stuart Bacon	4,758	52.31%	-9.04%
	Liberal	Carolyn Drysdale	3,276	36.02%	6.22%
	New Democratic	Jim Mitchell	1,062	11.68%	2.82%
Total			9,096	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

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