Cape Breton—Canso
Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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Cape Breton—Canso in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 1996 | ||
First contested | 1997 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2021)[1] | 71,380 | ||
Electors (2021) | 60,559 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 9,308 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 7.7 | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Cape Breton, Guysborough, Port Hawkesbury |
Cape Breton—Canso is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2011 was 75,247. It is the successor to Bras d'Or (later known as Bras d'Or—Cape Breton), which was represented in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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2001 | 75,221 | — |
2006 | 71,968 | −4.3% |
2011 (2003 redist.) | 68,435 | −4.9% |
2011 (2015 redist.) | 74,597 | +9.0% |
2016 | 71,962 | −3.5% |
From the 2016 census[2]
Languages (mother tongue): 90.8% English, 6.5% French, 1.2% Mi'kmaq, 0.4% German, 0.2% Dutch, 0.1%Mandarin, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Scottish Gaelic, 0.1% Tagalog[3]
Average age: 46.4
Average household size: 2.3
Geography
The district includes eastern Guysborough County, and the western, southern and eastern coasts of Cape Breton Island. Communities include Glace Bay, Louisbourg, Inverness, Chéticamp, St. Peters, Port Hawkesbury, Mulgrave, Guysborough, Dominion and Canso. The area is 9,438 km2[citation needed].
Political geography
In 2008, the Liberals won most of their support on Cape Breton Island, whereas the mainland portion of the riding voted Conservative with a few Liberal and NDP pockets The Conservatives and the NDP both won a small handful of polls on the island, and the Greens won a poll containing Judique. [1]
History
The riding of Bras d'Or was created in 1996 from parts of Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Cape Breton—East Richmond ridings.
Bras d'Or was renamed "Bras d'Or—Cape Breton" in 1998. It was abolished in 2003. Most of its territory (except for the community of Sydney River) was incorporated into a new riding called "Cape Breton—Canso", and it also added a portion of Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough on the mainland.
Under the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding gained 9% of its new territory from Central Nova.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding will largely be replaced by Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish. It will gain the remainder of Antigonish County from Central Nova, and exchange territory with Sydney—Victoria, gaining Victoria, the remainder of Inverness and the rural western part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, and losing the urban part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality from Sydney Forks to Morien, including the Glace Bay area.[4]
Members of Parliament
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Bras d'Or Riding created from Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Cape Breton—East Richmond | ||||
36th | 1997–2000 | Michelle Dockrill | New Democratic | |
Bras d'Or—Cape Breton | ||||
37th | 2000–2004 | Rodger Cuzner | Liberal | |
Cape Breton—Canso | ||||
38th | 2004–2006 | Rodger Cuzner | Liberal | |
39th | 2006–2008 | |||
40th | 2008–2011 | |||
41st | 2011–2015 | |||
42nd | 2015–2019 | |||
43rd | 2019–2021 | Mike Kelloway | ||
44th | 2021–present |
Election results
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Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish
2021 federal election redistributed results[5] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Liberal | 19,259 | 45.43 | |
Conservative | 14,882 | 35.11 | |
New Democratic | 6,252 | 14.75 | |
People's | 1,676 | 3.95 | |
Green | 206 | 0.49 | |
Others | 116 | 0.27 |
Cape Breton—Canso
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2021
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Mike Kelloway | 18,288 | 46.46 | +7.58 | $84,296.86 | |||
Conservative | Fiona MacLeod | 13,805 | 35.07 | +0.55 | $87,677.71 | |||
New Democratic | Jana Reddick | 5,618 | 14.27 | -0.53 | $7,070.64 | |||
People's | Brad Grandy | 1,649 | 4.19 | +2.04 | $0.00 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 39,360 | 99.19 | +0.57 | $107,460.21 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 350 | 0.81 | -0.57 | |||||
Turnout | 39,710 | 65.57 | -6.13 | |||||
Registered voters | 60,559 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.52 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6][7] |
2019
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Mike Kelloway | 16,694 | 38.88 | -35.51 | none listed | |||
Conservative | Alfie MacLeod | 14,821 | 34.52 | +20.07 | $99,102.26 | |||
New Democratic | Laurie Suitor | 6,354 | 14.80 | +6.59 | none listed | |||
Green | Clive Doucet | 3,321 | 7.73 | +4.77 | $23,886.83 | |||
People's | Billy Joyce[8] | 925 | 2.15 | - | $0.00 | |||
Independent | Michelle Dockrill | 685 | 1.60 | - | none listed | |||
National Citizens Alliance | Darlene Lynn LeBlanc | 140 | 0.33 | - | $0.00 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 42,940 | 98.62 | $102,831.89 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 601 | 1.38 | +0.75 | |||||
Turnout | 43,541 | 71.73 | +0.15 | |||||
Eligible voters | 60,699 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -27.79 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[9] |
2015
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Rodger Cuzner | 32,163 | 74.39 | +30.29 | $69,357.97 | |||
Conservative | Adam Daniel Rodgers | 6,246 | 14.45 | –18.17 | $36,970.92 | |||
New Democratic | Michelle Smith | 3,547 | 8.20 | –11.84 | $3,803.75 | |||
Green | Maria Goretti Coady | 1,281 | 2.96 | –0.28 | – | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 43,237 | 99.37 | $205,381.80 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 274 | 0.63 | ||||||
Turnout | 43,511 | 71.58 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 60,785 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +24.23 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[10][11] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[12] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Liberal | 17,196 | 44.10 | |
Conservative | 12,719 | 32.62 | |
New Democratic | 7,818 | 20.05 | |
Green | 1,265 | 3.24 |
2011
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Rodger Cuzner | 16,478 | 46.45 | -1.65 | $63,928.72 | |||
Conservative | Clarence Derrick Kennedy | 10,873 | 30.65 | +7.15 | $75,474.80 | |||
New Democratic | Marney Simmons | 6,984 | 19.69 | -1.43 | $2,528.46 | |||
Green | Glen Carabin | 1,141 | 3.22 | -4.06 | $346.95 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 35,476 | 100.0 | $83,274.40 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 336 | 0.94 | +0.14 | |||||
Turnout | 35,812 | 62.47 | -0.84 | |||||
Eligible voters | 57,331 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.40 | ||||||
Sources:[13][14] |
2008
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Rodger Cuzner | 17,447 | 48.10 | -5.09 | $35,405.44 | |||
Conservative | Allan Murphy | 8,524 | 23.50 | -0.68 | $51,511.90 | |||
New Democratic | Mark MacNeill | 7,660 | 21.12 | +0.98 | $6,483.40 | |||
Green | Dwayne MacEachern | 2,641 | 7.28 | +4.78 | $5,315.05 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 36,272 | 100.0 | $80,776 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 292 | 0.80 | +0.09 | |||||
Turnout | 36,564 | 63.31 | -3.21 | |||||
Eligible voters | 57,753 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.20 |
2006
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Rodger Cuzner | 21,424 | 53.19 | -0.07 | $62,038.40 | |||
Conservative | Kenzie MacNeil | 9,740 | 24.18 | +3.94 | $47,590.43 | |||
New Democratic | Hector Morrison | 8,111 | 20.14 | -4.18 | $7,662.93 | |||
Green | Rob Hines | 1,006 | 2.50 | +0.33 | $323.17 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 40,281 | 100.0 | $76,321 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 288 | 0.71 | -0.24 | |||||
Turnout | 40,569 | 66.52 | +2.72 | |||||
Eligible voters | 60,984 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.00 |
2004
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Rodger Cuzner | 20,139 | 53.26 | -0.33 | $63,078.17 | |||
New Democratic | Shirley Hartery | 9,197 | 24.32 | +5.44 | $21,160.51 | |||
Conservative | Kenzie MacNeil | 7,654 | 20.24 | -7.19 | $49,919.36 | |||
Green | Seumas Gibson | 820 | 2.17 | – | none listed | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 37,810 | 100.0 | $73,856 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 361 | 0.95 | ||||||
Turnout | 38,171 | 63.80 | -3.38 | |||||
Eligible voters | 59,825 | |||||||
Liberal notional hold | Swing | -2.88 | ||||||
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals. |
2000 federal election redistributed results | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Liberal | 21,200 | 53.59 | |
Progressive Conservative | 9,291 | 23.49 | |
New Democratic | 7,469 | 18.88 | |
Alliance | 1,558 | 3.94 | |
Others | 42 | 0.11 |
Bras d'Or–Cape Breton
2000
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Rodger Cuzner | 20,815 | 54.85 | +16.41 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Alfie MacLeod | 8,114 | 21.38 | +1.12 | ||||
New Democratic | Michelle Dockrill | 7,537 | 19.86 | -21.44 | ||||
Alliance | John Currie | 1,483 | 3.91 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 37,949 | 100.00 | ||||||
Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +18.93 |
Bras d'Or
1997
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
New Democratic | Michelle Dockrill | 17,575 | 41.30 | |||||
Liberal | David Dingwall | 16,358 | 38.44 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Frank Crowdis | 8,620 | 20.26 | |||||
Total valid votes | 42,553 | 100.00 |
See also
References
- "Cape Breton—Canso (Code 12001) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
Notes
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2012
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
- ^ "Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census - 100% Data". August 2, 2017.
- ^ "New Federal Electoral Map for Nova Scotia". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution 2022. April 26, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ "Confirmed candidates — Cape Breton—Canso". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
- ^ "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
- ^ Mack Lamoureux (September 11, 2019). "A QAnon YouTuber Is Running for Office in Canada". Vice. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. February 29, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
- ^ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
- ^ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election
External links
- Riding history for Bras d'Or (1996–1998) from the Library of Parliament
- Riding history for Bras d'Or—Cape Breton (1998–2003) from the Library of Parliament
- Riding history for Cape Breton—Canso (2003– ) from the Library of Parliament