Cape Breton South (federal electoral district)

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Cape Breton South was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1911 and from 1925 to 1968.

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

[edit] History

This riding was created in 1903 from Cape Breton riding. It consisted of the southern part of the county of Cape Breton, i.e., the districts of Balls Creek Bateston, Big Pond, Bridgeport, Catalone, Dominion No. 1 and Reverse Mines, Fast Bay (South), Gabarus, Grand Mira, Hillside, Loch Lomond, Louisbourg, Main-à-Dieu, Port Morien, Sydney Forks, Trout Creek, Victoria Mines and Lingan, and the towns of Glace Bay, Louisbourg and Sydney.

It was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Cape Breton South and Richmond.

It was created again in 1924 from Cape Breton South and Richmond. The new riding consisted of the part of the County of Cape Breton not included in the electoral district of Cape Breton North-Victoria and lying north of a line described as commencing in Mira Bay and following the Mira River and Mira Lake to Marion Bridge, the Mira Road to the Morley Road, the Morley Road to the main road between St. Peters and Sydney, that road to the road leading to East Bay and Gillisville, and that road to the waters of East Bay.

It 1933, it was redefined to cosist of the part of the county of Cape Breton contained in the municipal districts of Dominion No. 6 (No. 11), Hillside (No. 3), Lingan (No. 20), Port-Morien (No. 12), Reserve Mines (No. 1) and South Forks (No. 18), and including the city of Sydney and the towns of Glace Bay, New Waterford and Dominion. In 1947, it was redefined to exclude Hillside and South Forks.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Cape Breton—East Richmond and Cape Breton—The Sydneys ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

1904-1911

1. Alexander Johnston, Liberal (1904-1908)
2. James William Maddin, Liberal-Conservative (1908-1911)
3. William F. Carroll, Liberal (1908-1911)

1925-1968

1. Finlay MacDonald, Conservative (1925-1935)
2. David James Hartigan, Liberal (1935-1940)
3. Clarence Gillis, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1940-1957)
4. Donald MacInnis, Progressive Conservative (1957-1962)
5. Malcolm Vic MacInnis, New Democratic Party (1962-1963)
6. Donald MacInnis, Progressive Conservative (1963-1968)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	JOHNSTON, Alex.	3,459
	Conservative	MCKAY, William	3,154
	Labour	MCNEIL, S.B.	869

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	MADDIN, James William	5,048
	Liberal	JOHNSTON, Alexander	4,823

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	CARROLL, William F.	5,069
	Liberal	MADDIN, James William	4,965
	Independent	MCKINNON, Alexander	223

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	MACDONALD, Finlay	9,551
	Liberal	CURRIE, Laughlin Daniel	4,510
	Labour	MACLACHLAN, James Bryson	3,617

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	MACDONALD, Finlay	8,924
	Labour	MORRISON, Daniel W.	6,412

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	MACDONALD, Finlay	15,886
	Liberal	CAMERON, Daniel Alexander	9,268

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	HARTIGAN, David James	10,409
	Conservative	MACDONALD, Finlay	7,355
	Conservative	MCLACHLAN, James Bryson	5,365
	Reconstruction	MORRISON, Dan William	5,008

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	GILLIS, Clarence	11,582
	Liberal	HARTIGAN, David James	11,364
	National Government	NUNN, Joseph Clyde	9,719

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	GILLIS, Clarence	16,575
	Liberal	HARTIGAN, David James	10,529
	Progressive Conservative	BUCKLEY, Donald Joseph	7,343
	Labour-Progressive	MADDEN, James	917

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	GILLIS, Clarence	15,057
	Liberal	SLAVEN, George Benjamin	12,608
	Progressive Conservative	CADEGAN, Perry Lewis	5,618

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	GILLIS, Clarence	14,971
	Liberal	MCINTYRE, Leo	10,151
	Progressive Conservative	FERGUSSON, Layton	4,726
	Labour-Progressive	MACEACHERN, Ronald George	794

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MACINNIS, Donald	14,894
	Liberal	MCINTYRE, Leo	11,539
	Co-operative Commonwealth	GILLIS, Clarence	10,447

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MACINNIS, Donald	17,636
	Co-operative Commonwealth	GILLIS, Clarence	13,044
	Liberal	DUBINSKY, J. Louis	7,754

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	MACINNIS, Malcolm Vic	17,409
	Progressive Conservative	MACINNIS, Donald	13,602
	Liberal	MACINNIS, Earl V.	7,774

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MACINNIS, Donald	14,307
	New Democrat	MACINNIS, Malcolm Vic	13,327
	Liberal	MACEACHERN, Joe	9,184

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MACINNIS, Donald	13,670
	Liberal	MACEACHERN, Joseph E.	12,455
	New Democrat	JOHNSTON, Ed	10,846

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Cape Breton South (1903–1914) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Cape Breton South (1924–1966) from the Library of Parliament