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

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.

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

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

1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRobert Muir14,971
LiberalVincent Morrison10,543
New DemocraticMartin J. Merner3,426
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRobert Muir15,394
LiberalMark Johnstone9,529
New DemocraticBill Mozvik7,314
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRobert Muir14,373
LiberalRussell MacLellan12,622
New DemocraticTom King5,523
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRussell MacLellan12,857
Progressive ConservativeJoyce MacDougall12,011
New DemocraticEd Murphy10,310
Marxist–LeninistGlen Brown128
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRussell MacLellan15,164
New DemocraticEd Murphy10,180
Progressive ConservativeJoyce MacDougall9,191
Marxist–LeninistGlen Brown85
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRussell MacLellan16,051
Progressive ConservativeJoe Salter13,658
New DemocraticEd Murphy6,673
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRussell MacLellan23,931
Progressive ConservativeDavid A. MacDonald10,901
New DemocraticEd MacLeod2,999
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalRussell MacLellan25,185
Progressive ConservativeMarlene Lovett3,732
New DemocraticRobert Arthur Hawley2,126
ReformKeith Dingwall1,907
Natural LawAvard Mills287

See also

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