Cape Breton Highlands—Canso

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

Contents 1 History 1.1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1. Allan J. MacEachen, Liberal (1968-1984)
2. Lawrence I. O'Neil, Progressive Conservative (1984-1988)
3. Francis LeBlanc, Liberal (1988-1997)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MACEACHEN, Allan Joseph	13,725
	Progressive Conservative	GILLIS, D. Hugh	13,195
	New Democrat	JESSENS, Ieva	445

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MACEACHEN, Allan Joseph	16,929
	Progressive Conservative	MACISAAC, Angus	14,463
	New Democrat	SCHWAB, Robert	1,929

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MACEACHEN, Allan J.	17,977
	Progressive Conservative	MACISAAC, Angus	12,401
	New Democrat	SLATER, Alick Mackenzie	1,819

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MACEACHEN, Allan J.	17,047
	Progressive Conservative	KELLY, F.B. Wm Bill	13,736
	New Democrat	WOODFINE, William J.	4,657

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MACEACHEN, Allan J.	18,262
	Progressive Conservative	KELLY, Bill	12,799
	New Democrat	WOODFINE, William J.	4,902
	Independent	MAY, Elizabeth Evans	272

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	O'NEIL, Lawrence I.	19,371
	Liberal	MACKINNON, Kenzie	15,026
	New Democrat	MACINNES, Daniel W.	4,308

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	LEBLANC, Francis G.	20,318
	Progressive Conservative	O'NEIL, Lawrence I.	17,557
	New Democrat	CUDE, Wilf	2,036

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	LEBLANC, Francis	22,713
	Progressive Conservative	MACKINNON, Lewis	7,916
	Reform	VAN BERKEL, Henry	2,972
	New Democrat	BERNARD, Junior	1,375
	Natural Law	LAFFORD, Earl	337

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Riding history for (1966–1996) from the Library of Parliament