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Cape Breton—Canso

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.

Cape Breton—Canso
Nova Scotia electoral district
Cape Breton—Canso in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Mike Kelloway
Liberal
District created1996
First contested1997
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, 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

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
200175,221—    
200671,968−4.3%
2011 (2003 redist.)68,435−4.9%
2011 (2015 redist.)74,597+9.0%
201671,962−3.5%

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

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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

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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

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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

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Parliament Years Member Party
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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Graph of election results in Bras d'Or, Bras d'Or–Cape Breton, Cape Breton—Canso (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish

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2021 federal election redistributed results[5]
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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Graph of election results in Cape Breton—Canso (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021

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2021 election by polling area


2021 Canadian federal election
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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2019 Canadian federal election
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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2015 Canadian federal election
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]
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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2011 Canadian federal election
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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2008 Canadian federal election
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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2006 Canadian federal election
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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2004 Canadian federal election
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
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

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2000

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2000 Canadian federal election
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

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1997

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1997 Canadian federal election
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

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References

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  • "Cape Breton—Canso (Code 12001) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "New Federal Electoral Map for Nova Scotia". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution 2022. April 26, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  5. ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  6. ^ "Confirmed candidates — Cape Breton—Canso". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  7. ^ "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  8. ^ Mack Lamoureux (September 11, 2019). "A QAnon YouTuber Is Running for Office in Canada". Vice. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  9. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  10. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. February 29, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  11. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
  13. ^ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
  14. ^ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election
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