Cape Breton Highlands—Canso

Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1966
District abolished 1996
First contested 1968
Last contested 1993

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

History

This riding was created in 1966 from Antigonish—Guysborough, Inverness—Richmond and North Cape Breton and Victoria ridings.

It consisted initially of:

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:

It was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed into Bras d'Or, Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough and Sydney—Victoria ridings.

Members of Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
Riding created from Antigonish—Guysborough, Inverness—Richmond
and North Cape Breton and Victoria
28th  1968–1972     Allan MacEachen Liberal
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988     Lawrence O'Neil Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993     Francis LeBlanc Liberal
35th  1993–1997
Riding dissolved into Bras d'Or, Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough
and Sydney—Victoria

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAllan J. MacEachen 13,725
Progressive ConservativeD. Hugh Gillis 13,195
New DemocraticIeva Jessens 445
Canadian federal election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAllan J. MacEachen 16,929
Progressive ConservativeAngus MacIsaac 14,463
New DemocraticRobert Schwaab 1,929
Canadian federal election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAllan J. MacEachen 17,977
Progressive ConservativeAngus MacIsaac 12,401
New DemocraticAlick Mackenzie Slater 1,819
Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAllan J. MacEachen 17,047
Progressive ConservativeF.B. William Bill Kelly 13,736
New DemocraticWilliam J. Woodfine 4,657
Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAllan J. MacEachen 18,262
Progressive ConservativeF.B. William Bill Kelly 12,799
New DemocraticWilliam J. Woodfine 4,902
IndependentElizabeth May 272
Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeLawrence O'Neil 19,371
LiberalKenzie MacKinnon 15,026
New DemocraticDaniel W. MacInnes 4,308
Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalFrancis LeBlanc 20,318
Progressive ConservativeLawrence O'Neil 17,557
New DemocraticWilf Cude 2,036
Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalFrancis LeBlanc 22,713
Progressive ConservativeLewis MacKinnon 7,916
ReformHenry Van Berkel 2,972
New DemocraticJunior Bernard 1,375
Natural LawEarl Lafford 337

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