Inverness North

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Inverness North was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1981 when the former district of Inverness County was divided into Inverness North and Inverness South. It existed until 1993, when the boundaries were reformed to create the current provincial district of Inverness and the former district of Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury. [1]

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

Legislature [1] YearsMemberParty
55th 1988-1993 Charles MacArthur Liberal
54th 1984-1988 Norman J. MacLean Progressive Conservative
53rd 1981-1984 John Archie MacKenzie Liberal

Election results

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Archie MacKenzie 3,77050.31%
Progressive Conservative Daniel Rankin3,16042.17%
New Democratic Eleanor Joyce Gillis5647.53%
Total7,494
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Inverness North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Norman J. MacLean 3,47545.57%3.40%
Liberal John Archie MacKenzie 3,20942.08%-8.23%
New Democratic Ben Boucher91311.97%4.45%
Labour Nancy Thomas290.38%
Total7,626
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Inverness North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles MacArthur 3,66646.27%4.19%
Progressive Conservative Norman J. MacLean 2,86536.16%-9.41%
New Democratic Ben Boucher1,39217.57%5.60%
Total7,923
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Inverness North" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

References

  1. 1 2 "Electoral History for Inverness North" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. October 30, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2019.