Cape Breton Highlands—Canso

Federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada

Cape Breton Highlands—Canso Nova Scotia electoral district

Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature| House of Commons
District created| 1966
District abolished| 1996
First contested| 1968
Last contested| 1993

Cape Breton Highlands—Canso was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997.

## History

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This riding was created in 1966 from Antigonish—Guysborough, Inverness—Richmond and North Cape Breton and Victoria ridings.

It consisted initially of:

* the counties of Antigonish and Inverness, and
* parts of the counties of Guysborough, Victoria and Richmond.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:

* the County of Antigonish, and
* parts of the Counties of Inverness, Victoria, Richmond and Guysborough lying to the east of the meridian of Longitude 62(30'00" West.

It was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed into Bras d'Or, Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough and Sydney—Victoria ridings.

## Members of Parliament

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Parliament | Years | Member | Party

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Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
Riding created from Antigonish—Guysborough, Inverness—Richmond
and North Cape Breton and Victoria
28th |  1968–1972 |  | Allan MacEachen | Liberal
29th |  1972–1974
30th |  1974–1979
31st |  1979–1980
32nd |  1980–1984
33rd |  1984–1988 |  | Lawrence O'Neil | Progressive Conservative
34th |  1988–1993 |  | Francis LeBlanc | Liberal
35th |  1993–1997
Riding dissolved into Bras d'Or, Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough
and Sydney—Victoria

## Election results

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1968 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Allan J. MacEachen | 13,725
| Progressive Conservative | D. Hugh Gillis | 13,195
| New Democratic | Ieva Jessens | 445
1972 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Allan J. MacEachen | 16,929
| Progressive Conservative | Angus MacIsaac | 14,463
| New Democratic | Robert Schwaab | 1,929
1974 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Allan J. MacEachen | 17,977
| Progressive Conservative | Angus MacIsaac | 12,401
| New Democratic | Alick Mackenzie Slater | 1,819
1979 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Allan J. MacEachen | 17,047
| Progressive Conservative | F.B. William Bill Kelly | 13,736
| New Democratic | William J. Woodfine | 4,657
1980 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Allan J. MacEachen | 18,262
| Progressive Conservative | F.B. William Bill Kelly | 12,799
| New Democratic | William J. Woodfine | 4,902
| Independent | Elizabeth May | 272
1984 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Lawrence O'Neil | 19,371
| Liberal | Kenzie MacKinnon | 15,026
| New Democratic | Daniel W. MacInnes | 4,308
1988 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Francis LeBlanc | 20,318
| Progressive Conservative | Lawrence O'Neil | 17,557
| New Democratic | Wilf Cude | 2,036
1993 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Francis LeBlanc | 22,713
| Progressive Conservative | Lewis MacKinnon | 7,916
| Reform | Henry Van Berkel | 2,972
| New Democratic | Junior Bernard | 1,375
| Natural Law | Earl Lafford | 337

## See also

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* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

## External links

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* Riding history for (1966-1996) from the Library of Parliament

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Federal ridings in Nova Scotia

Liberal|

* Cape Breton—Canso
* Central Nova
* Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
* Halifax
* Halifax West
* Kings—Hants
* Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook
* Sydney—Victoria

Conservative|

* Cumberland—Colchester
* South Shore—St. Margarets
* West Nova

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Historical federal ridings in Nova Scotia

* Annapolis
* Annapolis—Kings
* Annapolis Valley
* Annapolis Valley—Hants
* Antigonish
* Antigonish—Guysborough
* Bras d'Or
* Bras d'Or—Cape Breton
* Cape Breton
* Cape Breton—East Richmond
* Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
* Cape Breton North and Victoria
* Cape Breton North—Victoria
* Cape Breton South
* Cape Breton South and Richmond
* Cape Breton—The Sydneys
* Colchester
* Colchester—Hants
* Cumberland
* Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley
* Cumberland—Colchester North
* Dartmouth
* Dartmouth—Halifax East
* Digby
* Digby and Annapolis
* Digby—Annapolis
* Digby—Annapolis—Kings
* Digby—Yarmouth
* Guysborough
* Halifax—East Hants
* Hants
* Hants—Kings
* Inverness
* Inverness—Richmond
* Kings
* Lunenburg
* North Cape Breton and Victoria
* North Nova
* Pictou
* Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough
* Queens
* Queens—Lunenburg
* Queens—Shelburne
* Richmond
* Richmond—West Cape Breton
* Sackville—Eastern Shore
* Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore
* Shelburne
* Shelburne and Queen's
* Shelburne—Yarmouth
* Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare
* South Shore
* South Shore—St. Margaret's
* South Western Nova
* South West Nova
* Victoria
* Yarmouth
* Yarmouth and Clare

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