Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier

Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Kendra Coombes; New Democratic
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District created	1925
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2011)	14,038
Electors	12,632
Area (km²)	135.00
Pop. density (per km²)	104
Census division(s)	Cape Breton
Census subdivision(s)	Cape Breton

Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier, formerly Cape Breton Centre is a provincial electoral district in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly is Kendra Coombes. The district consists of the area around New Waterford, including Dominion, Grand Lake Road, Reserve Mines, Gardiner Mines, Lingan Road, Lingan, River Ryan, Scotchtown, New Victoria, Victoria Mines, South Bar.

It was created in 1925 when the counties of Cape Breton and Richmond were divided into three electoral districts. In 2003, it expanded west to include New Victoria. In 2013, it gained South Bar, Lingan Road, and part of Grand Lake Road from Cape Breton Nova.^[1]^[2]

It was re-named Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier for the 2021 Nova Scotia general election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Single-member district (1933-present)

Legislature	Years		Party
Cape Breton Centre Riding returned 2 seats before 1933
40th	1933–1937	Guy Murray Logan	Liberal
41st	1937–1939	Guy Murray Logan	Liberal
41st	1939–1941	Douglas MacDonald	Co-operative Commonwealth
42nd	1941–1945	Douglas MacDonald
43rd	1945–1949	Michael James MacDonald
44th	1949–1953
45th	1953–1956
46th	1956–1960
47th	1960–1961
47th	1961–1963		New Democratic
48th	1963–1967	Mike Laffin	Progressive Conservative
49th	1967–1970
50th	1970–1974
51st	1974–1978	James 'Buddy' MacEachern	New Democratic
52nd	1978–1981	James 'Buddy' MacEachern	New Democratic
53rd	1981–1984	Mike Laffin	Progressive Conservative
54th	1984–1988	Mike Laffin	Progressive Conservative
55th	1988–1989	Wayne Connors	Liberal
55th	1989–1993	Russell MacNeil
56th	1993–1998	Russell MacNeil
57th	1998–1999	Frank Corbett	New Democratic
58th	1999–2003
59th	2003–2006
60th	2006–2009
61st	2009–2013
62nd	2013–2015
62nd	2015–2017	David Wilton	Liberal
63rd	2017–2020	Tammy Martin	New Democratic
63rd	2020–2021	Kendra Coombes	New Democratic
Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier
64th	2021–present	Kendra Coombes	New Democratic

Dual-member district (1925-1933)

Legislature	Years		Party		Party
39th	1928-1933	Gordon Sidney Harrington	Liberal-Conservative	Joseph Macdonald	Liberal-Conservative
38th	1925-1928	Gordon Sidney Harrington	Liberal-Conservative	Joseph Macdonald	Liberal-Conservative
Cape Breton Centre returned two members before 1933

Election results

1925

1925 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Gordon Sidney Harrington	7,621	34.13%
	Liberal–Conservative	Joseph Macdonald	7,611	34.09%
	Liberal	Daniel McDonald	3,277	14.68%
	Liberal	James McConnell	3,210	14.38%
	Labour	Joseph Steele	313	1.40%
	Labour	Emerson Campbell	295	1.32%
Total			22,327	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1928

1928 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Gordon Sidney Harrington	5,949	29.22%
	Liberal–Conservative	Joseph Macdonald	5,762	28.31%
	Liberal	Malcolm A. Patterson	4,384	21.54%
	Liberal	Luke Daye	4,261	20.93%
Total			20,356	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1933

1933 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Michael Dwyer	3,263	47.84%
	Liberal–Conservative	Neil R. McArthur	2,969	43.53%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Thomas Ling	588	8.62%
Total			6,820	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1933). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1937

1937 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Dwyer	4,148	59.56%	11.72%
	Liberal–Conservative	Robert Simpson MacLellan	2,816	40.44%	-3.10%
Total			6,964	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1937). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1941

1941 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Douglas MacDonald	3,918	53.32%	–
	Liberal	Gus Brown	2,275	30.96%	-28.60%
	Liberal–Conservative	John Clifford Gregor	1,155	15.72%	-24.72%
Total			7,348	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1941). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1945

1945 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Michael James MacDonald	3,860	54.34%	1.01%
	Liberal	Ronald McIsaac	2,726	38.37%	7.41%
	Liberal–Conservative	Frank Doucette	518	7.29%	-8.43%
Total			7,104	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1945). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1949

1949 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Michael James MacDonald	3,339	41.01%	-13.33%
	Liberal	Ronald McIsaac	3,271	40.17%	1.80%
	Liberal–Conservative	Joseph A. MacDonald	1,532	18.82%	11.52%
Total			8,142	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1953

1953 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Michael James MacDonald	4,451	48.53%	7.52%
	Liberal	Martin MacPherson	2,816	30.70%	-9.47%
	Progressive Conservative	Charles P. Miller	1,905	20.77%	–
Total			9,172	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Michael James MacDonald	2,948	43.31%	-5.21%
	Liberal	James P. McNeil	2,569	37.75%	7.04%
	Progressive Conservative	Charles P. Miller	1,289	18.94%	-1.83%
Total			6,806	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1960

1960 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Michael James MacDonald	3,371	46.68%	3.36%
	Progressive Conservative	Lowell Murray	1,964	27.19%	8.26%
	Liberal	James P. McNeil	1,887	26.13%	-11.62%
Total			7,222	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1963

1963 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	3,699	54.12%	26.92%
	New Democratic	Michael James MacDonald	2,197	32.14%	–
	Liberal	Joseph Flaudio Rizzetto	939	13.74%	-12.39%
Total			6,835	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	3,565	55.85%	1.73%
	New Democratic	Tom O'Leary	1,505	23.58%	-8.57%
	Liberal	William J. Boudreau	1,313	20.57%	6.83%
Total			6,383	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	3,680	50.54%	-5.32%
	Liberal	Stewart Marsh	1,902	26.12%	5.55%
	New Democratic	Alex MacDonald	1,700	23.35%	-0.23%
Total			7,282	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Buddy MacEachern	3,380	43.19%	19.84%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	2,743	35.05%	-15.49%
	Liberal	Albert J. Boudreau	1,703	21.76%	-4.36%
Total			7,826	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Buddy MacEachern	3,594	44.39%	1.20%
	Liberal	Fraser MacLean	2,993	36.96%	15.20%
	Progressive Conservative	Peter MacKinnon	1,510	18.65%	-16.40%
Total			8,097	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	3,276	39.49%	20.84%
	New Democratic	Buddy MacEachern	2,812	33.90%	-10.49%
	Liberal	Art MacDonald	2,208	26.62%	-10.35%
Total			8,296	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Laffin	4,586	58.83%	19.34%
	Liberal	A. Beaver Parsons	1,264	16.22%	-10.40%
	Labour	Dan MacKinnon	1,202	15.42%	–
	New Democratic	Angus Grant	743	9.53%	-24.36%
Total			7,795	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wayne Connors	3,681	45.80%	29.59%
	Progressive Conservative	Harold MacDonald	2,210	27.50%	-31.33%
	New Democratic	John Wilson	2,146	26.70%	17.17%
Total			8,037	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Russell MacNeil	5,644	61.28%	15.48%
	New Democratic	Victor Tomiczek	2,554	27.73%	1.03%
	Progressive Conservative	Julien Frison	1,012	10.99%	-16.51%
Total			9,210	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Frank Corbett	5,499	64.62%	36.89%
	Liberal	Steve Drake	2,435	28.61%	-32.67%
	Progressive Conservative	Julien Frison	576	6.77%	-4.22%
Total			8,510	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Frank Corbett	4,042	54.09%	-10.53%
	Liberal	Susan Deruelle Marsh	2,985	39.94%	11.33%
	Progressive Conservative	John Morrissey	446	5.97%	-0.80%
Total			7,473	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Frank Corbett	3,929	50.64%	-3.44%
	Liberal	Basil McGillivray	3,456	44.55%	4.60%
	Progressive Conservative	Rita Tighe-MacLeod	373	4.81%	-1.16%
Total			7,758	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Frank Corbett	3,490	43.65%	-6.99%
	Progressive Conservative	Darren Bruckschwaiger	2,274	28.44%	23.63%
	Liberal	Laura MacDonald	2,152	26.92%	-17.63%
	Green	Frances Oommen	79	0.99%	–
Total valid votes			7,995	99.64
Total rejected ballots			29	0.36	-0.02
Turnout			8,024	68.08	+0.47
Electors on the lists			11,786	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-15.31
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Frank Corbett	5,096	80.14%	36.49%
	Liberal	Joe MacPherson	685	10.77%	-16.14%
	Progressive Conservative	Chris Ryan	479	7.53%	-20.91%
	Green	Chris Alders	99	1.56%	0.57%
Total valid votes			6,359	99.48
Total rejected ballots			33	0.52	+0.15
Turnout			6,392	51.90	-16.19
Electors on the lists			12,317	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+26.32
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton Centre" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Frank Corbett	3,440	45.29	-33.25
	Liberal	David Wilton	3,282	43.21	+30.71
	Progressive Conservative	Edna Lee	873	11.49	+4.14
Total valid votes			7,595	99.42
Total rejected ballots			44	0.58
Turnout			7,639	58.48
Electors on the lists			13,062	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-31.98

2009 Nova Scotia general election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic Party	5,738	78.54
	Liberal	913	12.50
	Progressive Conservative	537	7.35
	Green	118	1.62

2015 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, July 14, 2015 On the resignation of Frank Corbett
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Wilton	3,120	49.51	+6.30
	New Democratic	Tammy Martin	2,538	40.27	-5.02
	Progressive Conservative	Edna Lee	644	10.22	-1.28
Total valid votes			6,302	99.38
Total rejected ballots			39	0.62	+0.04
Turnout			6,341	47.67	-10.81
Electors on the lists			13,302	–
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+5.66

2017

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election: Cape Breton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Tammy Martin	3,419	43.77	+3.49
	Liberal	David Wilton	2,623	33.58	-15.93
	Progressive Conservative	Louie Piovesan	1,770	22.66	+12.44
Total valid votes			7,812	99.33
Total rejected ballots			53	0.67	+0.06
Turnout			7,865	59.68	+12.01
Eligible voters			13,178
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+9.71

2020 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, March 10, 2020 Resignation of Tammy Martin
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Kendra Coombes	2,731	42.91	-0.86	$37,311.64
	Liberal	David Wilton	1,991	31.28	-2.30	$56,248.79
	Progressive Conservative	Louie Piovesan	1,567	24.26	+1.96	$22,651.09
	Green	Adrianna MacKinnon	76	1.19		$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			6,365	99.76	+0.44	$73,449.93
Total rejected ballots			15	0.24	-0.44
Turnout			6,380	51.56	-9.12
Eligible voters			12,373
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+0.72

2021

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Kendra Coombes	3,309	42.15	-0.76	$42,384.15
	Liberal	Michelle Wilson	3,188	40.61	+9.33	$42,089.66
	Progressive Conservative	Bryden Mombourquette	1,281	16.32	-7.94	$29,698.56
	Green	Robert Hussey	72	0.92	-0.27	$200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			7,850	99.49	–	$85,411.87
Total rejected ballots			40	0.51
Turnout			7,890	53.66
Eligible voters			14,705
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-5.05
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[3]

2024

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Kendra Coombes	3,311	48.4%
	Progressive Conservative	Darren O'Quinn	2,814	41.2%
	Liberal	Joleen Magliaro	713	10.4%
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			6,838
Eligible voters
	New Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[4]

References

^ Sydney-Whitney Pier - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
^ "Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. September 12, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
^ https://globalnews.ca/news/10865497/nova-scotia-election-2024-cape-breton-centre-whitney-pier/

Elections Nova Scotia, Summary Results from 1867 to 2011 Archived 2013-10-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (October 30, 1956). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (June 7, 1960). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (October 8, 1963). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (May 30, 1967). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (October 13, 1970). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (April 2, 1974). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (September 19, 1978). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (October 6, 1981). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (November 6, 1984). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (September 6, 1988). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Return of By-Elections for the House of Assembly 1989 and 1990. Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (May 25, 1993). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (March 24, 1998). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (July 27, 1999). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (August 5, 2003). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (June 13, 2006). Retrieved June 28, 2014
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Poll by Poll Results (June 9, 2009). Retrieved June 28, 2014

External links

[1] Sydney-Whitney Pier - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature

[FinalBoundaries2012-2] "Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. September 12, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2013.

[3] "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

[4] ttps://globalnews.ca/news/10865497/nova-scotia-election-2024-cape-breton-centre-whitney-pier/

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