Cape Breton—The Sydneys

Cape Breton—The Sydneys

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—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 Conservative	Robert Muir	14,971
	Liberal	Vincent Morrison	10,543
	New Democratic	Martin J. Merner	3,426

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Muir	15,394
	Liberal	Mark Johnstone	9,529
	New Democratic	Bill Mozvik	7,314

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Russell MacLellan	12,857
	Progressive Conservative	Joyce MacDougall	12,011
	New Democratic	Ed Murphy	10,310
	Marxist–Leninist	Glen Brown	128

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Russell MacLellan	15,164
	New Democratic	Ed Murphy	10,180
	Progressive Conservative	Joyce MacDougall	9,191
	Marxist–Leninist	Glen Brown	85

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Russell MacLellan	16,051
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Salter	13,658
	New Democratic	Ed Murphy	6,673

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Russell MacLellan	23,931
	Progressive Conservative	David A. MacDonald	10,901
	New Democratic	Ed MacLeod	2,999

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Russell MacLellan	25,185
	Progressive Conservative	Marlene Lovett	3,732
	New Democratic	Robert Arthur Hawley	2,126
	Reform	Keith Dingwall	1,907
	Natural Law	Avard Mills	287

See also

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

External links

• Riding history for Cape Breton—The Sydneys (1966–1987) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Cape Breton—The Sydneys (1987–1996) from the Library of Parliament