Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier

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Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier, formerly Cape Breton Centre is a provincial electoral district in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Kendra Coombes
New Democratic
District created1925
Last contested2021
Demographics
Population (2011)14,038
Electors12,632
Area (km²)135.00
Pop. density (per km²)104
Census division(s)Cape Breton
Census subdivision(s)Cape Breton

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly is Kendra Coombes. The district consists of the area around New Waterford, including Dominion, Grand Lake Road, Reserve Mines, Gardiner Mines, Lingan Road, Lingan, River Ryan, Scotchtown, New Victoria, Victoria Mines, South Bar.

It was created in 1925 when the counties of Cape Breton and Richmond were divided into three electoral districts. In 2003, it expanded west to include New Victoria. In 2013, it gained South Bar, Lingan Road, and part of Grand Lake Road from Cape Breton Nova.[1][2]

It was re-named Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier for the 2021 Nova Scotia general election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Single-member district (1933-present)

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Legislature Years Member Party
Cape Breton Centre
Riding returned 2 seats before 1933
40th 1933–1937     Guy Murray Logan Liberal
41st 1937–1939
1939–1941     Douglas MacDonald Co-operative Commonwealth
42nd 1941–1945
43rd 1945–1949 Michael James MacDonald
44th 1949–1953
45th 1953–1956
46th 1956–1960
47th 1960–1961
1961–1963     New Democratic
48th 1963–1967     Mike Laffin Progressive Conservative
49th 1967–1970
50th 1970–1974
51st 1974–1978     James 'Buddy' MacEachern New Democratic
52nd 1978–1981
53rd 1981–1984     Mike Laffin Progressive Conservative
54th 1984–1988
55th 1988–1989     Wayne Connors Liberal
1989–1993 Russell MacNeil
56th 1993–1998
57th 1998–1999     Frank Corbett New Democratic
58th 1999–2003
59th 2003–2006
60th 2006–2009
61st 2009–2013
62nd 2013–2017
2015–2017     David Wilton Liberal
63rd 2017–2020     Tammy Martin New Democratic
2020–2021 Kendra Coombes
Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier
64th 2021–present     Kendra Coombes New Democratic

Dual-member district (1925-1933)

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Legislature Years Member Party Member Party
39th 1928-1933     Gordon Sidney Harrington Liberal-Conservative     Joseph Macdonald Liberal-Conservative
38th 1925-1928
Cape Breton Centre returned two members before 1933

Election results

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1925

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1925 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Gordon Sidney Harrington 7,621 34.13%
Liberal–Conservative Joseph Macdonald 7,611 34.09%
Liberal Daniel McDonald 3,277 14.68%
Liberal James McConnell 3,210 14.38%
Labour Joseph Steele 313 1.40%
Labour Emerson Campbell 295 1.32%
Total 22,327
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1928

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1928 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Gordon Sidney Harrington 5,949 29.22%
Liberal–Conservative Joseph Macdonald 5,762 28.31%
Liberal Malcolm A. Patterson 4,384 21.54%
Liberal Luke Daye 4,261 20.93%
Total 20,356
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1933

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1933 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Michael Dwyer 3,263 47.84%
Liberal–Conservative Neil R. McArthur 2,969 43.53%
Co-operative Commonwealth Thomas Ling 588 8.62%
Total 6,820
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1933). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1937

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1937 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Michael Dwyer 4,148 59.56% 11.72%
Liberal–Conservative Robert Simpson MacLellan 2,816 40.44% -3.10%
Total 6,964
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1937). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1941

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1941 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Douglas MacDonald 3,918 53.32%
Liberal Gus Brown 2,275 30.96% -28.60%
Liberal–Conservative John Clifford Gregor 1,155 15.72% -24.72%
Total 7,348
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1941). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1945

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1945 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Michael James MacDonald 3,860 54.34% 1.01%
Liberal Ronald McIsaac 2,726 38.37% 7.41%
Liberal–Conservative Frank Doucette 518 7.29% -8.43%
Total 7,104
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1945). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1949

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1949 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Michael James MacDonald 3,339 41.01% -13.33%
Liberal Ronald McIsaac 3,271 40.17% 1.80%
Liberal–Conservative Joseph A. MacDonald 1,532 18.82% 11.52%
Total 8,142
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1953

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1953 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Michael James MacDonald 4,451 48.53% 7.52%
Liberal Martin MacPherson 2,816 30.70% -9.47%
Progressive Conservative Charles P. Miller 1,905 20.77%
Total 9,172
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1956

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1956 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Michael James MacDonald 2,948 43.31% -5.21%
Liberal James P. McNeil 2,569 37.75% 7.04%
Progressive Conservative Charles P. Miller 1,289 18.94% -1.83%
Total 6,806
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1960

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1960 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Michael James MacDonald 3,371 46.68% 3.36%
Progressive Conservative Lowell Murray 1,964 27.19% 8.26%
Liberal James P. McNeil 1,887 26.13% -11.62%
Total 7,222
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1963

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1963 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Mike Laffin 3,699 54.12% 26.92%
New Democratic Michael James MacDonald 2,197 32.14%
Liberal Joseph Flaudio Rizzetto 939 13.74% -12.39%
Total 6,835
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1967

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1967 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Mike Laffin 3,565 55.85% 1.73%
New Democratic Tom O'Leary 1,505 23.58% -8.57%
Liberal William J. Boudreau 1,313 20.57% 6.83%
Total 6,383
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970

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1970 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Mike Laffin 3,680 50.54% -5.32%
Liberal Stewart Marsh 1,902 26.12% 5.55%
New Democratic Alex MacDonald 1,700 23.35% -0.23%
Total 7,282
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1974

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1974 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Buddy MacEachern 3,380 43.19% 19.84%
Progressive Conservative Mike Laffin 2,743 35.05% -15.49%
Liberal Albert J. Boudreau 1,703 21.76% -4.36%
Total 7,826
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1978

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1978 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Buddy MacEachern 3,594 44.39% 1.20%
Liberal Fraser MacLean 2,993 36.96% 15.20%
Progressive Conservative Peter MacKinnon 1,510 18.65% -16.40%
Total 8,097
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1981

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1981 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Mike Laffin 3,276 39.49% 20.84%
New Democratic Buddy MacEachern 2,812 33.90% -10.49%
Liberal Art MacDonald 2,208 26.62% -10.35%
Total 8,296
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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

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1984 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Mike Laffin 4,586 58.83% 19.34%
Liberal A. Beaver Parsons 1,264 16.22% -10.40%
Labour Dan MacKinnon 1,202 15.42%
New Democratic Angus Grant 743 9.53% -24.36%
Total 7,795
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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

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1988 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Wayne Connors 3,681 45.80% 29.59%
Progressive Conservative Harold MacDonald 2,210 27.50% -31.33%
New Democratic John Wilson 2,146 26.70% 17.17%
Total 8,037
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (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.

1993

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1993 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Russell MacNeil 5,644 61.28% 15.48%
New Democratic Victor Tomiczek 2,554 27.73% 1.03%
Progressive Conservative Julien Frison 1,012 10.99% -16.51%
Total 9,210
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1998

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1998 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Frank Corbett 5,499 64.62% 36.89%
Liberal Steve Drake 2,435 28.61% -32.67%
Progressive Conservative Julien Frison 576 6.77% -4.22%
Total 8,510
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

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1999 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Frank Corbett 4,042 54.09% -10.53%
Liberal Susan Deruelle Marsh 2,985 39.94% 11.33%
Progressive Conservative John Morrissey 446 5.97% -0.80%
Total 7,473
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

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2003 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Frank Corbett 3,929 50.64% -3.44%
Liberal Basil McGillivray 3,456 44.55% 4.60%
Progressive Conservative Rita Tighe-MacLeod 373 4.81% -1.16%
Total 7,758
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

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2006 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Frank Corbett 3,490 43.65% -6.99%
Progressive Conservative Darren Bruckschwaiger 2,274 28.44% 23.63%
Liberal Laura MacDonald 2,152 26.92% -17.63%
Green Frances Oommen 79 0.99%
Total valid votes 7,995 99.64
Total rejected ballots 29 0.36 -0.02
Turnout 8,024 68.08 +0.47
Electors on the lists 11,786
New Democratic hold Swing -15.31
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

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2009 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Frank Corbett 5,096 80.14% 36.49%
Liberal Joe MacPherson 685 10.77% -16.14%
Progressive Conservative Chris Ryan 479 7.53% -20.91%
Green Chris Alders 99 1.56% 0.57%
Total valid votes 6,359 99.48
Total rejected ballots 33 0.52 +0.15
Turnout 6,392 51.90 -16.19
Electors on the lists 12,317
New Democratic hold Swing +26.32
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.


2013

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2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  New Democratic Party Frank Corbett 3,440 45.29 -33.25
  Liberal David Wilton 3,282 43.21 +30.71
  Progressive Conservative Edna Lee 873 11.49 +4.14
Total valid votes 7,595 99.42
Total rejected ballots 44 0.58
Turnout 7,639 58.48
Electors on the lists 13,062
New Democratic hold Swing -31.98
2009 Nova Scotia general election redistributed results
Party Vote %
  New Democratic Party 5,738 78.54
  Liberal 913 12.50
  Progressive Conservative 537 7.35
  Green 118 1.62

2015 by-election

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Nova Scotia provincial by-election, July 14, 2015
On the resignation of Frank Corbett
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Wilton 3,120 49.51 +6.30
New Democratic Tammy Martin 2,538 40.27 -5.02
Progressive Conservative Edna Lee 644 10.22 -1.28
Total valid votes 6,302 99.38
Total rejected ballots 39 0.62 +0.04
Turnout 6,341 47.67 -10.81
Electors on the lists 13,302
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +5.66

2017

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2017 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Tammy Martin 3,419 43.77 +3.49
Liberal David Wilton 2,623 33.58 -15.93
Progressive Conservative Louie Piovesan 1,770 22.66 +12.44
Total valid votes 7,812 99.33
Total rejected ballots 53 0.67 +0.06
Turnout 7,865 59.68 +12.01
Eligible voters 13,178
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +9.71

2020 by-election

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Nova Scotia provincial by-election, March 10, 2020
Resignation of Tammy Martin
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Kendra Coombes 2,731 42.91 -0.86 $37,311.64
Liberal David Wilton 1,991 31.28 -2.30 $56,248.79
Progressive Conservative Louie Piovesan 1,567 24.26 +1.96 $22,651.09
Green Adrianna MacKinnon 76 1.19 $0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 6,365 99.76 +0.44 $73,449.93
Total rejected ballots 15 0.24 -0.44
Turnout 6,380 51.56 -9.12
Eligible voters 12,373
New Democratic hold Swing +0.72

2021

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2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Kendra Coombes 3,309 42.15 -0.76 $42,384.15
Liberal Michelle Wilson 3,188 40.61 +9.33 $42,089.66
Progressive Conservative Bryden Mombourquette 1,281 16.32 -7.94 $29,698.56
Green Robert Hussey 72 0.92 -0.27 $200.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 7,850 99.49 $85,411.87
Total rejected ballots 40 0.51
Turnout 7,890 53.66
Eligible voters 14,705
New Democratic hold Swing -5.05
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3]

References

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  1. ^ Sydney-Whitney Pier - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
  2. ^ "Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. September 12, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  3. ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
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