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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]

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
55th 1988-1993 Ross Bragg Liberal
54th 1984-1988 Gardner Hurley Progressive Conservative
53rd 1981-1984 D. L. George Henley Progressive Conservativw
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Conservative Thomas A. Giles 2,82251.62%
Liberal Kenneth Judson Cochrane 2,64548.38%
Total5,467
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1953

1953 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Allison T. Smith 2,79954.55%6.17%
Progressive Conservative Thomas A. Giles 2,33245.45%
Total5,131
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Allison T. Smith 2,61854.82%0.26%
Progressive Conservative William Harmon Wasson2,15845.18%-0.26%
Total4,776
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1960

1960 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Allison T. Smith 2,41849.90%-4.92%
Progressive Conservative George Percy Graham2,21945.79%0.61%
Co-operative Commonwealth Thomas Alton Johnstone2094.31%
Total4,846
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1963

1963 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative D. L. George Henley 2,51654.04%8.25%
Liberal Allison T. Smith 2,14045.96%-3.93%
Total4,656
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative D. L. George Henley 2,50657.81%3.77%
Liberal Ruth Fullerton1,69839.17%-6.79%
New Democratic Shirley Spicer1313.02%
Total4,335
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative D. L. George Henley 2,45857.35%-0.46%
Liberal Thomas H. Tonner1,82842.65%3.48%
Total4,286
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative D. L. George Henley 2,32348.32%-9.03%
Liberal (Mill) Bill Brown2,20545.86%3.21%
New Democratic Brad Colpitts2805.82%
Total4,808
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative D. L. George Henley 2,63347.51%-0.81%
Liberal Duncan Lake2,59246.77%0.91%
New Democratic John S. Edgecombe3175.72%-0.10%
Total5,542
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative D. L. George Henley 2,74554.12%6.61%
Liberal Bartley Babineau1,71733.85%-12.92%
New Democratic Doug Meekins61012.03%6.31%
Total5,072
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Gardner Hurley 2,50351.77%-2.35%
Liberal Gary Gordon1,84538.16%4.31%
New Democratic Sandy Graham48710.07%-1.95%
Total4,835
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ross Bragg 2,38945.91%7.75%
Progressive Conservative Gardner Hurley 2,30644.31%-7.46%
New Democratic Barbara Jack5099.78%-0.29%
Total5,204
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

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References

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