Cumberland South

Cumberland South
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Tory Rushton ; Progressive Conservative
;
District created	1993
First contested	1993
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2011)	13,202
Electors (2018)	10,889
Area (km²)	3,263
Pop. density (per km²)	4
Census division(s)	Cumberland County
Census subdivision(s)	Cumberland, Subd. A, Cumberland Subd. B, Cumberland Subd. C, Cumberland Subd. D, Oxford, Parrsboro (dissolved in 2016)

Last updated December 14, 2024

Cumberland South is a provincial electoral district in Cumberland Country, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding was created before the 1993 election from most of Cumberland West and Cumberland Centre ridings and a small part of Cumberland East.

Geography

The land area of Cumberland South is 3,263 km² (1,260 sq mi).^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Cumberland South
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Cumberland Centre, Cumberland North and Cumberland West
56th	1993–1998		Guy Brown	Liberal
57th	1998–1999		Murray Scott	Progressive Conservative
58th	1999–2003
59th	2003–2005
60th	2006–2009
61st	2009–2010
61st	2010–2013		Jamie Baillie
62nd	2013–2017
63rd	2017–2018
63rd	2018–2021		Tory Rushton
64th	2021–2024
65th	2024–present

Election results

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Guy Brown	6,713	75.63%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Mac Bennett	1,570	17.69%	–
	New Democratic	Douglas Meekins	431	4.86%	–
	Independent	Philip T. Donkin	162	1.83%	–
Total			8,876	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Scott	4,714	58.69%	41.00%
	Liberal	Mike Uberoi	2,153	26.81%	-48.83%
	New Democratic	Sandy Graham	1,089	13.56%	8.70%
	Independent	James MacLeod	76	0.95%	–
Total			8,032	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Scott	5,527	74.01%	15.32%
	Liberal	John Harrison	1,000	13.39%	-13.41%
	New Democratic	Scott McKee	941	12.60%	-0.96%
Total			7,468	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Scott	4,898	71.69%	-2.32%
	Liberal	Harriet McCready	1,189	17.40%	4.01%
	New Democratic	Scott McKee	745	10.90%	-1.70%
Total			6,832	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Scott	5,082	76.76%	5.06%
	New Democratic	Andrew Kernohan	753	11.37%	0.47%
	Liberal	Mary Dee MacPherson	681	10.29%	-7.12%
	Green	James Dessart	92	1.39%	–
	Independent	David Amos	13	0.20%	–
Total			6,621	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Scott	4,334	67.66%	-9.10%
	New Democratic	Don Tabor	1,659	25.90%	14.52%
	Liberal	Joseph Archibald	325	5.07%	-5.21%
	Green	Danny Melvin	88	1.37%	-0.02%
Total			6,406	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2010 by-election

October 26, 2010 by-election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Jamie Baillie	3,262	57.20%	-10.26
Liberal	Kenny Jackson	2,165	37.96%	+32.89
New Democratic Party	Scott McKee	276	4.84%	-21.06

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jamie Baillie	3,655	51.0%	-6.2
	Liberal	Kenny Jackson	2,884	40.2%	+2.2
	New Democratic Party	Larry Duchesne	486	6.8%	+2.0
	Green	Bruce McCulloch	147	2.0%	+2.0
Total valid votes			7,172	100.00
Total rejected ballots			50	0.7
Turnout			7,222	65.73
Eligible voters			10,987

2017

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jamie Baillie	3,536	51.49	+0.53
	Liberal	Kenny John Jackson	2,779	40.47	+0.26
	New Democratic	Larry Duchesne	398	5.80	-0.98
	Atlantica	Thor Lengies	154	2.24
Total valid votes			6,897	100.00
Total rejected ballots			35	0.51	-0.19
Turnout			6,902	62.37	-3.36
Eligible voters			11,066
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+0.14
Source: Elections Nova Scotia ^[3]^[4]

2018 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, June 19, 2018 Resignation of Jamie Baillie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Tory Rushton	3,417	59.19	+7.70	$22,387
	Liberal	Scott Lockhart	1,829	31.68	-8.79	$32,332
	New Democratic	Larry Duchesne	292	5.06	-0.74	$9,239
	Green	Bruce McCulloch	235	4.07	—	$1,234
Total valid votes			5,773
Total rejected ballots			17
Turnout			5,773	53.02	-9.35
Eligible voters			10,889
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+8.24
Source: Elections Nova Scotia ^[5]

2021

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Tory Rushton	3,900	68.47	+9.28	$29,144.30
	Liberal	Rollie Lawless	1,092	19.17	-12.51	$22,771.07
	New Democratic	Larry Duchesne	524	9.20	+4.14	$1,495.12
	Green	Nicholas Hendren	180	3.16	-0.91	$200.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			5,696	99.46	–	$66,923.01
Total rejected ballots			31	0.54
Turnout			5,727	52.12
Eligible voters			10,989
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+10.90
Source: Elections Nova Scotia ^[6]

2024

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tory Rushton	3,440	77.4%
	Liberal	Liam MacDonald	530	11.9%
	New Democratic	Larry Duchesne	476	10.7%
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			4,446
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia ^[7]

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References

↑ Cumberland South - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
↑ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
↑ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
↑ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
↑ Chief Electoral Officer (January 21, 2019). "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Proceedings of the Cumberland South By-Election" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia.
↑ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
↑ https://globalnews.ca/news/10865514/nova-scotia-election-2024-cumberland-south/

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[1] Cumberland South - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature

[2] "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[3] "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

[4] "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

[5] Chief Electoral Officer (January 21, 2019). "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Proceedings of the Cumberland South By-Election" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia.

[6] "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

[7] ttps://globalnews.ca/news/10865514/nova-scotia-election-2024-cumberland-south/

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