Cumberland South – Wikipedia
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Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
Cumberland South is a provincial electoral district in Cumberland Country, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding was created before the 1993 election from most of Cumberland West and Cumberland Centre ridings and a small part of Cumberland East.
The communities of Oxford, Parrsboro and Springhill are within its boundaries.
The Member of the Legislative Assembly since 1998 has been held by the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. A Tory stronghold, Cumberland South has been dominated by Progressive Conservative Murray Scott for over a decade and now Tory Rushton
The 2012 redistribution saw the riding gain territory from Cumberland North.[1]
Geography[edit]
The land area of Cumberland South is 3,263 km2 (1,260 sq mi).[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
Election results[edit]
1993 general election[edit]
| 1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
±% |
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| Liberal | Guy Brown | 6,713 | 75.63% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mac Bennett | 1,570 | 17.69% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Douglas Meekins | 431 | 4.86% | – | ||||
| Independent | Philip T. Donkin | 162 | 1.83% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,876 | – | ||||||
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Source(s)
Source:
Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). “Electoral History for Cumberland South” (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
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1998 general election[edit]
1999 general election[edit]
2003 general election[edit]
2006 general election[edit]
2009 general election[edit]
2010 by-election[edit]
2013 general election[edit]
2017 general election[edit]
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2017 Nova Scotia general election |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jamie Baillie | 3,536 | 51.49 | +0.53 | ||||
| Liberal | Kenny John Jackson | 2,779 | 40.47 | +0.26 | ||||
| New Democratic | Larry Duchesne | 398 | 5.80 | -0.98 | ||||
| Atlantica | Thor Lengies | 154 | 2.24 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,897 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 35 | 0.51 | -0.19 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,902 | 62.37 | -3.36 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 11,066 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +0.14 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3][4] | ||||||||
2018 by-election[edit]
2021 general election[edit]
References[edit]
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