Cumberland West

Last updated January 21, 2026

Cumberland West was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1949 when Cumberland County was divided into three new districts, the other two being Cumberland Centre and Cumberland East. It existed until 1993, when it was redistributed to include all of Cumberland Centre and a portion of Cumberland East, at which point it was renamed Cumberland South.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Cumberland West elected the following members to the legislature:^[1]

Legislature	Years		Party
55th	1988–1993	Ross Bragg	Liberal
54th	1984–1988	Gardner Hurley	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981–1984	D. L. George Henley	Progressive Conservative
52nd	1978-1981
51st	1974–1978
50th	1970–1974
49th	1967–1970
48th	1963–1967
47th	1960–1963	Allison T. Smith	Liberal
46th	1956–1960
45th	1953–1956
44th	1949–1953	Thomas A. Giles	Progressive Conservative

Election results

1949

1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal–Conservative	Thomas A. Giles	2,822	51.62%	–
	Liberal	Kenneth Judson Cochrane	2,645	48.38%	–
Total			5,467	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1953

1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allison T. Smith	2,799	54.55%	6.17%
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas A. Giles	2,332	45.45%	–
Total			5,131	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allison T. Smith	2,618	54.82%	0.26%
	Progressive Conservative	William Harmon Wasson	2,158	45.18%	-0.26%
Total			4,776	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1960

1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allison T. Smith	2,418	49.90%	-4.92%
	Progressive Conservative	George Percy Graham	2,219	45.79%	0.61%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Thomas Alton Johnstone	209	4.31%	–
Total			4,846	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1963

1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	D. L. George Henley	2,516	54.04%	8.25%
	Liberal	Allison T. Smith	2,140	45.96%	-3.93%
Total			4,656	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	D. L. George Henley	2,506	57.81%	3.77%
	Liberal	Ruth Fullerton	1,698	39.17%	-6.79%
	New Democratic	Shirley Spicer	131	3.02%	–
Total			4,335	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	D. L. George Henley	2,458	57.35%	-0.46%
	Liberal	Thomas H. Tonner	1,828	42.65%	3.48%
Total			4,286	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	D. L. George Henley	2,323	48.32%	-9.03%
	Liberal	(Mill) Bill Brown	2,205	45.86%	3.21%
	New Democratic	Brad Colpitts	280	5.82%	–
Total			4,808	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	D. L. George Henley	2,633	47.51%	-0.81%
	Liberal	Duncan Lake	2,592	46.77%	0.91%
	New Democratic	John S. Edgecombe	317	5.72%	-0.10%
Total			5,542	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	D. L. George Henley	2,745	54.12%	6.61%
	Liberal	Bartley Babineau	1,717	33.85%	-12.92%
	New Democratic	Doug Meekins	610	12.03%	6.31%
Total			5,072	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gardner Hurley	2,503	51.77%	-2.35%
	Liberal	Gary Gordon	1,845	38.16%	4.31%
	New Democratic	Sandy Graham	487	10.07%	-1.95%
Total			4,835	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ross Bragg	2,389	45.91%	7.75%
	Progressive Conservative	Gardner Hurley	2,306	44.31%	-7.46%
	New Democratic	Barbara Jack	509	9.78%	-0.29%
Total			5,204	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

References

1 2 "Electoral History for Cumberland West" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

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[:0-1] 1 2 "Electoral History for Cumberland West" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

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