Cape Breton—The Sydneys

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Cape Breton—The Sydneys was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons 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 .

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Members of Parliament

1. Bob Muir, Progressive Conservative (1968-1979)
2. Russell MacLellan, Liberal (1979-1997)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MUIR, Robert	14,971
	Liberal	MORRISON, Vincent	10,543
	New Democrat	MERNER, Martin J.	3,426

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MUIR, Robert	15,394
	Liberal	JOHNSTONE, Mark	9,529
	New Democrat	MOZVIK, Bill	7,314

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MUIR, Bob	14,373
	Liberal	MACLELLAN, Russell	12,622
	New Democrat	KING, Tom	5,523

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MACLELLAN, Russell	12,857
	Progressive Conservative	MACDOUGALL, Joyce	12,011
	New Democrat	MURPHY, Ed	10,310
	Marxist-Leninist	BROWN, Glen	128

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MACLELLAN, Russell	15,164
	New Democrat	MURPHY, Ed	10,180
	Progressive Conservative	MACDOUGALL, Joyce	9,191
	Marxist-Leninist	BROWN, Glen	85

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MACLELLAN, Russell	16,051
	Progressive Conservative	SALTER, Joe	13,658
	New Democrat	MURPHY, Ed	6,673

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MACLELLAN, Russell	23,931
	Progressive Conservative	MACDONALD, David A.	10,901
	New Democrat	MACLEOD, Ed	2,999

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MACLELLAN, Russell	25,185
	Progressive Conservative	LOVETT, Marlene	3,732
	New Democrat	HAWLEY, Robert Arthur	2,126
	Reform	DINGWALL, Keith	1,907
	Natural Law	MILLS, Avard	287

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] 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