Cape Breton West
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly |
| District created | 1933 |
| District abolished | 2013 |
| Last contested | 2009 |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2011) | 18,933 |
| Electors | 14,843 |
| Census divisions | Cape Breton Regional Municipality |
Cape Breton West is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada that existed from 1933-2013. It elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the district included much of the southern parts of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality including Sydney River, Port Morien and Louisbourg.
The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral district of Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
The electoral district was represented by the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61st | 2009–2013 | Alfie MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | |
| 60th | 2006-2009 | |||
| 59th | 2005-2006 | Russell MacKinnon | Independent | |
| 2003-2005 | Liberal | |||
| 58th | 1999-2003 | |||
| 57th | 1998-1999 | |||
| 56th | 1995-1998 | Alfie MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | |
| 1993-1995 | Russell MacKinnon | Liberal | ||
| 55th | 1988-1993 | |||
| 54th | 1984-1988 | Donnie MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | |
| 53rd | 1981-1984 | |||
| 52nd | 1978-1981 | David Muise | Liberal | |
| 51st | 1976-1978 | Osborne Fraser | Liberal | |
| 1974-1976 | Allan Sullivan | Liberal | ||
| 50th | 1970-1974 | |||
| 49th | 1967-1970 | Edward Manson | Progressive Conservative | |
| 48th | 1963-1967 | |||
| 47th | 1960-1963 | |||
| 46th | 1956-1960 | |||
| 45th | 1953-1956 | Malcolm A. Patterson | Liberal | |
| 44th | 1949-1953 | |||
| 43rd | 1945-1949 | |||
| 42nd | 1941-1945 | |||
| 41st | 1937-1941 | |||
| 40th | 1933-1937 | Weldon W. Patton | Conservative | |
Election results
| Nova Scotia general election, 2009 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Alfie MacLeod | 3,986 | 43.88 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Delton MacDonald | 2,750 | 30.28 | ||
| Liberal | Josephine Kennedy | 2,206 | 24.29 | ||
| Green | Michael Parsons | 141 | 1.55 | – | |
| Nova Scotia general election, 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Alfie MacLeod | 4,729 | 53.76 | ||
| Liberal | Dave LeBlanc | 2,488 | 28.28 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Terry Crawley | 1,344 | 15.28 | ||
| Green | Michael P. Milburn | 236 | 2.68 | – | |
| Nova Scotia general election, 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Russell MacKinnon | 4615 | 52.86 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Ivan Doncaster | 2221 | 25.44 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Doug MacKinlay | 1895 | 21.70 | ||
| Nova Scotia general election, 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Russell MacKinnon | 5,094 | 51.83 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Brian Slaney | 3,359 | 34.18 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Joe Boudreau | 1,375 | 13.99 | ||
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