Cape Breton North and Victoria

Cape Breton North and Victoria
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1903
District abolished	1966
First contested	1904
Last contested	1965

Cape Breton North and Victoria (also known as North Cape Breton and Victoria and Cape Breton North—Victoria) was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968.

History

This riding was created in 1903 as "North Cape Breton and Victoria"' riding from Cape Breton and Victoria ridings.

It consisted initially of the county of Victoria, the northern part of the County of Cape Breton: the districts of Boisdale, Boularderie, East Bay (North), French Vale, George's River, Grand Narrows, and Little Bras d'Or, and the towns of North Sydney and Sydney Mines.

In 1924, its name was changed to "Cape Breton North—Victoria", and then to "Cape Breton North and Victoria" in 1933. It was redefined to consist of the county of Victoria, and that part of the county of Cape Breton contained in the municipal districts of Balls Creek and Edwardsville (No. 2), Big Pond (No. 13), Boisdale (No. 9), Boularderie (No. 10), East Bay North (No. 19), East Bay South (No. 8), Enon (No. 21), Frenchvale (No. 22), George's River (No. 23), Grand Narrows (No. 14) and Little Bras d'Or (No. 4), and including the towns of Sydney Mines and North Sydney.

In 1947, the riding was expanded to include the municipal districts of Hillside (No. 3), and South Forks (No. 18).

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Cape Breton Highlands—Canso, Cape Breton—East Richmond and Cape Breton—The Sydneys ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
North Cape Breton and Victoria Riding created from Cape Breton and Victoria
10th	1904–1906	Daniel Duncan McKenzie	Liberal
10th	1906–1908	Alexander Charles Ross
11th	1908–1911	Daniel Duncan McKenzie
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921		Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1921		Liberal
	1922–1923
	1923–1925	Fenwick Lionel Kelly
Cape Breton North—Victoria
15th	1925–1926	Lewis Wilkieson Johnstone	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
Cape Breton North and Victoria
18th	1935–1937	Daniel Alexander Cameron	Liberal
18th	1937–1940	Matthew MacLean
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
21st	1944–1953
22nd	1953–1957	William Murdoch Buchanan
23rd	1957–1958	Robert Muir	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Cape Breton Highlands—Canso, Cape Breton—East Richmond and Cape Breton—The Sydneys

Election results

North Cape Breton and Victoria, 1904–1925

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel Duncan McKenzie	2,583
	Conservative	John McCormick	2,519

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 14 March 1906 On Mr. McKenzie being appointed judge, 16 February 1906
	Liberal	Alexander Charles Ross	2,922
	Conservative	John McCormick	2,088

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel Duncan McKenzie	2,849
	Conservative	John McCormick	2,832

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel Duncan McKenzie	3,418
	Conservative	John McCormack	2,803

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Daniel Duncan McKenzie	4,477
	Government (Unionist)	John McCormick	3,649

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel Duncan McKenzie	7,399
	Unknown	Murdoch A. McKenzie	4,060

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 19 January 1922 On Mr. McKenzie's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 29 December 1921
	Liberal	Daniel Duncan McKenzie	acclaimed

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 31 July 1923 On Mr. McKenzie's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 11 April 1923
	Liberal	Fenwick Lionel Kelly	4,839
	Conservative	Robert Hamilton Butts	4,215
	Labour	Daniel David MacDonald	1,652

Cape Breton North—Victoria, 1925–1935

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Lewis Wilkieson Johnstone	6,873
	Liberal	Fenwick Lionel Kelly	4,309

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Lewis Wilkieson Johnstone	6,284
	Liberal	Michael Dwyer	4,691

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Lewis Wilkieson Johnstone	7,075
	Liberal	Michael Dwyer	5,184