Eddie Orrell

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2021 Canadian federal election: Sydney—Victoria

Eddie Orrell
Orrell in 2016
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Northside-Westmount Cape Breton North (2011–2013)
In office June 21, 2011 –July 31, 2019
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jaime Battiste	14,250	39.2	+8.3	$68,768.55
	Conservative	Eddie Orrell	13,166	36.3	+8.6	none listed
	New Democratic	Jeff Ward	7,217	19.9	-0.2	$11,605.07
	People's	Ronald Angus Barron	1,176	3.2	N/A	$1,145.74
	Green	Mark Embrett	376	1.0	-4.5	$0.00
	Marxist–Leninist	Nikki Boisvert	127	0.3	N/A	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			36,312	98.7	±0.0	$102,433.21
Total rejected ballots			472	1.3	±0.0
Turnout			36,784	61.6	-6.5
Registered voters			59,757
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.2
Source: Elections Canada [11] [12]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election : Sydney—Victoria
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jaime Battiste	12,536	30.90	−42.30	$63,429.21
	Conservative	Eddie Orrell	11,227	27.68	+17.04	none listed
	New Democratic	Jodi McDavid	8,146	20.08	+7.02	none listed
	Independent	Archie MacKinnon	5,679	14.00	New	none listed
	Green	Lois Foster	2,249	5.54	+3.04	$0.00
	Independent	Kenzie MacNeil	480	1.18	New	none listed
	Veterans Coalition	Randy Joy	248	0.61	New	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			40,565	98.72		$99,536.07
Total rejected ballots			528	1.28	+0.71
Turnout			41,093	68.12	−0.84
Eligible voters			60,322
	Liberal hold		Swing		−29.67
Source: Elections Canada [13]

Provincial elections

2013 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Eddie Orrell	4,179	44.03
	Liberal	John Higgins	3,716	39.12
	New Democratic Party	Cecil Snow	1,597	16.82

June 21, 2011 By-election ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Eddie Orrell	3,975	54.88
	New Democratic Party	Russell MacDonald	2,265	31.27
	Liberal	Brian McGean	931	12.85
	Atlantica	Jonathan Dean	72	0.99

References

1. "Nova Scotia PC Party on Twitter: "A very happy birthday to our own @EddieOrrell today!"". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
2. "Nova Scotia Legislature - Home » Members » MLAs » Eddie Orrell". nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
3. "Tory Eddie Orrell wins CB North byelection". CBC News. June 21, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
4. "Orrell takes Northside-Westmount riding after close race". Cape Breton Post . October 8, 2013. Archived from the original on October 24, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
5. "Cape Breton voters buck election trend of change". CBC News. October 9, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
6. "Election brings change to CBRM". Cape Breton Post. May 30, 2017. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
7. "Orrell to seek Conservative nomination in Sydney-Victoria riding". Cape Breton Post. May 10, 2019. Archived from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
8. "Make it three: N.S. MLA Orrell joins d'Entremont and MacLeod as federal Tory candidates". Global News. July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
9. "Three of Nova Scotia's PC MLAs resign to run in federal election". The Chronicle Herald. July 19, 2019. Archived from the original on July 19, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
10. "Two Cape Breton Tory MLA's Resigning Today". The Coast. July 31, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
11. "Confirmed candidates — Sydney—Victoria". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
12. "September 20, 2021 General Election Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
13. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
14. "Cape Breton North byelection results" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. June 21, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2017.

External links

• Members of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly