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.
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.
It was renamed Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier for the 2021 Nova Scotia general election.
Members of the Legislative Assembly This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
Single-member district (1933–present)
Dual-member district (1925–1933) Legislature Years Member Party Member Party 39th 1928–1933 Gordon Sidney HarringtonLiberal-Conservative Joseph MacdonaldLiberal-Conservative 38th 1925–1928 Cape Breton Centre returned two members before 1933
Election results
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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
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See also List of Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (March 24, 1998). Retrieved June 28, 2014 Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (August 5, 2003). Retrieved June 28, 2014 Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (June 13, 2006). Retrieved June 28, 2014 Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll by Poll Results (June 9, 2009). Retrieved June 28, 2014
External links Electoral history for Cape Breton Centre 2013 riding profile