Victoria-The Lakes
Victoria—The Lakes is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 1867 | ||
| Last contested | 2013 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 11,518 | ||
| Electors | 11,823 | ||
| Area (km²) | 3,438 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 3.4 | ||
| Census division(s) | Victoria County, Cape Breton RM | ||
Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since the 2017 election has been Keith Bain of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.
It was created in 1867 as Victoria, composing all of Victoria County. In 1993, the district gained the area north of the southern border of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park.[1] In 2003, Victoria was renamed Victoria-The Lakes. It lost the top of Inverness County to Inverness and gained some of the rural areas of Cape Breton The Lakes.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63rd | 2017–present | Keith Bain | Progressive Conservative | |
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | Pam Eyking | Liberal | |
| 61st | 2009–2013 | Keith Bain | Progressive Conservative | |
| 60th | 2006-2009 | |||
| 59th | 2003-2006 | Gerald Sampson | Liberal | |
| 58th | 1999-2003 | Kennie MacAskill | Liberal | |
| 57th | 1998-1999 | |||
| 56th | 1993-1998 | |||
| 55th | 1988-1993 | |||
| 54th | 1984-1988 | Fisher Hudson | Progressive Conservative | |
| 53rd | 1981-1984 | |||
| 52nd | 1980-1981 | |||
| 1978-1980 | Peter John Nicholson | Liberal | ||
| 51st | 1974-1978 | Maynard MacAskill | Liberal | |
| 50th | 1970-1974 | Fisher Hudson | Progressive Conservative | |
| 49th | 1967-1970 | |||
| 48th | 1963-1967 | Carleton L. MacMillan | Liberal | |
| 47th | 1960-1963 | |||
| 46th | 1956-1960 | |||
| 45th | 1953-1956 | |||
| 44th | 1949-1953 | |||
| 43rd | 1945-1949 | John Malcolm Campbell | ||
| 42nd | 1941-1945 | |||
| 41st | 1937-1941 | |||
| 40th | 1933-1937 | Frederick Walker Baldwin | Liberal-Conservative | |
Election results
2017 general election
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Keith Bain | 4,373 | 59.55 | +24.31 | ||||
| Liberal | Pam Eyking | 1,969 | 26.81 | -12.18 | ||||
| New Democratic | Lisa Bond | 544 | 7.41 | -16.19 | ||||
| Green | Adrianna MacKinnon | 265 | 3.61 | N/A | ||||
| Independent | Stemer MacLeod | 192 | 2.61 | +0.43 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,343 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 37 | 0.50 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,380 | 59.75 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 12,352 | |||||||
2013 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Party of Nova Scotia | Pam Eyking | 3,150 | 38.99 | +8.39 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Keith Bain | 2,847 | 35.24 | -3.44 | |
| New Democratic Party | John Frank Tomey | 1,907 | 23.60 | -3.28 | |
| Independent | Stewart M. (Stemer) MacLeod | 176 | 2.18 | +0.28 | |
2009 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Keith Bain | 2,417 | 38.68 | -8.8 | |
| Liberal | Gerald Sampson | 1,912 | 30.60 | -5.34 | |
| New Democratic Party | Fraser Patterson | 1,680 | 26.88 | +14.94 | |
| Green | Jim O'Brien | 143 | 2.74 | -0.45 | |
| Independent | Stemer MacLeod | 97 | 1.90 | -0.35 | |
2006 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Keith Bain | 3,001 | 47.48 | ||
| Liberal | Gerald Sampson | 2,272 | 35.94 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Joan O'Liari | 755 | 11.94 | ||
| Green | Michelle Smith | 173 | 2.74 | – | |
| Independent | Stemer MacLeod | 120 | 1.90 | ||
2003 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Gerald Sampson | 2,284 | 36.44 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Keith Bain | 2,036 | 32.48 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Nancy MacKeigan | 934 | 14.90 | ||
| Independent | Brian Boudreau | 750 | 11.97 | ||
| Independent | Stemer MacLeod | 120 | 4.21 | ||
References
- Inverness - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
- http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist50.pdf
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