Sydney—Victoria

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Sydney—Victoria

Canadian Federal electoral district
Sydney—Victoria in relation to the other Nova Scotia ridings.
Member of Parliament		Mark Eyking Liberal
Population (2001)	79 294
Electors (2006)	64 589
Area (km²)	5085
Pop. density (per km²)	15.59
Riding created	1996, from Bras d'Or—Cape Breton and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
Census divisions	Cape Breton Inverness Victoria
Subdivisions	Regional Municipalities: Cape Breton (New Waterford, North Sydney, Sydney, Sydney Mines) First Nations reserves: Eskasoni 3 Wagmatcook 1

Sydney—Victoria is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 79,294. It has 61,191 eligible voters.

It was created in 1996 from parts of Bras d'Or—Cape Breton and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso ridings.

Cape Breton—Canso is the only adjacent riding.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography: 2.1 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External link

[edit] Demographics

Ethnic groups: 93.1% White, 5.4% First Nations
Languages: 93.9% English, 1.1% French, 4.7% Other
Religions: 64.3% Catholic, 30.5% Protestant, 3.6% no affiliation
Average income: $20,605

[edit] Geography:

It consists of:

• The County of Victoria;
• the northern part of the County of Inverness, i.e., the part lying north of the southern boundary of Cape Breton Highlands National Park; and
• the northwestern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, i.e., the part lying northwest of a line drawn northeast from Bras d'Or Lake to the northeast extremity of East Bay, due north to Portage Brook, northeast along Portage Brook, Blacketts Lake, the Sydney River, Highway 125, Highway 4 (Grand Lake Road), Northwest Brook, the western shoreline of Grand Lake, the DEVCO Railway, and its northern branch (running towards the Community of Dominion) to its second intersection with Northwest Brook (north of Grand Lake), and then north and northeast along that brook, Lingan Bay and Indian Bay to the Atlantic Ocean.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Bras d'Or—Cape Breton and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso prior to 1997
36th	1997-2000		Peter Mancini	New Democrat
37th	2000-2004		Mark Eyking	Liberal
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	20 277	49.88	-2.25
	New Democrat	John Hugh Edwards	11 587	28.50	+0.79
	Conservative	Howie MacDonald	7455	18.34	+2.47
	Green	Chris Milburn	1336	3.29	+0.99
Total valid votes			40 655

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	19 372	52.13	+2.30
	New Democrat	John Hugh Edwards	10 298	27.71	-8.82
	Conservative	Howie MacDonald	5897	15.87	+2.23
	Green	Chris Milburn	855	2.30	Ø
	Marijuana	Cathy Thériault	474	1.28	Ø
	Independent	B. Chris Gallant	264	0.71	Ø
Total valid votes			37 160

Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	19 388	49.83	+23.50
	New Democrat	Peter Mancini	14 216	36.53	-14.57
	Progressive Conservative	Anna Curtis-Steele	3779	9.71	-12.86
	Canadian Alliance	Rod A.M. Farrell	1528	3.93	Ø
Total valid votes			38 911

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Peter Mancini	22 455	51.10	Ø
	Liberal	Vince MacLean	11 569	26.33	Ø
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil Clarke	9920	22.57	Ø
Total valid votes			43 944

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External link

• Riding history for Sydney—Victoria (1996– ) from the Library of Parliament

Federal Ridings in Nova Scotia
Liberal	Cape Breton—Canso | Dartmouth—Cole Harbour | Halifax West | Kings—Hants | Sydney—Victoria | West Nova
Conservative	Central Nova | Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley | South Shore—St. Margaret's
New Democrat	Halifax | Sackville—Eastern Shore

Federal Ridings in Atlantic Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador	Avalon | Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor | Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte | Labrador | Random—Burin—St. George's | St. John's East | St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Prince Edward Island	Cardigan | Charlottetown | Egmont | Malpeque
Nova Scotia	Cape Breton—Canso | Central Nova | Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley | Dartmouth—Cole Harbour | Halifax | Halifax West | Kings—Hants | Sackville—Eastern Shore | South Shore—St. Margaret's | Sydney—Victoria | West Nova
New Brunswick	Acadie—Bathurst | Beauséjour | Fredericton | Fundy Royal | Madawaska—Restigouche | Miramichi | Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe | New Brunswick Southwest | Saint John | Tobique—Mactaquac