Inverness South

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Inverness South was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of 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–Eastern Shore–Tracadie. [1]

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

Inverness South elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly: [2]

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
55th 1988-1993 Danny Graham Liberal
54th 1986-1988 Billy Joe MacLean Independent
1984-1986 Progressive Conservative
53rd 1981-1984

Election results

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Billy Joe MacLean 2,46946.82%
Liberal William MacEachern 2,40745.65%
New Democratic Bill Martin3977.53%
Total5,273
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Inverness South" (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 Billy Joe MacLean 3,27361.89%15.07%
Liberal Danny Graham 1,73632.83%-12.82%
New Democratic Al MacKinnon2464.65%-2.88%
Labour Laddie Golemiec330.62%
Total5,288
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Inverness South" (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 Danny Graham 2,18540.03%7.20%
Independent Billy Joe MacLean 2,06237.78%
Progressive Conservative Archie MacLachlan86615.87%-46.03%
New Democratic Martin Beaton3456.32%1.67%
Total5,458
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Inverness South" (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. "Electoral History for Inverness South" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. October 30, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  2. "Electoral History for Inverness South" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. October 30, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2019.