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Cape Breton—The Sydneys

Cape Breton—The Sydneys was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997.

Cape Breton—The Sydneys
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1966
District abolished1996
First contested1968
Last contested1993

This riding was created in 1966 from Cape Breton South. It consisted initially of part of the county of Cape Breton, including the city of Sydney. In 1987, it was redefined to consist of parts of the Counties of Inverness, Victoria and Cape Breton including the City of Sydney. It was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into Sydney—Victoria.

Members of Parliament edit

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Cape Breton—The Sydneys
Riding created from Cape Breton South
28th  1968–1972     Robert Muir Progressive Conservative
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980     Russell MacLellan Liberal
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997
Riding dissolved into Sydney—Victoria

Election results edit

1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Robert Muir 14,971
Liberal Vincent Morrison 10,543
New Democratic Martin J. Merner 3,426
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Robert Muir 15,394
Liberal Mark Johnstone 9,529
New Democratic Bill Mozvik 7,314
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Russell MacLellan 12,857
Progressive Conservative Joyce MacDougall 12,011
New Democratic Ed Murphy 10,310
Marxist–Leninist Glen Brown 128
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Russell MacLellan 15,164
New Democratic Ed Murphy 10,180
Progressive Conservative Joyce MacDougall 9,191
Marxist–Leninist Glen Brown 85
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Russell MacLellan 16,051
Progressive Conservative Joe Salter 13,658
New Democratic Ed Murphy 6,673
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Russell MacLellan 23,931
Progressive Conservative David A. MacDonald 10,901
New Democratic Ed MacLeod 2,999
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Russell MacLellan 25,185
Progressive Conservative Marlene Lovett 3,732
New Democratic Robert Arthur Hawley 2,126
Reform Keith Dingwall 1,907
Natural Law Avard Mills 287

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