Glace Bay (electoral district)

Glace Bay

Nova Scotia electoral district
Glace Bay in relation to other Cape Breton electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Geoff MacLellan Liberal
District created	1925
First contested	1928
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Population (2011)	15,487
Electors (2012)	12,236
Area (km²)	23
Pop. density (per km²)	673.3
Census divisions	Cape Breton County
Census subdivisions	Cape Breton RM

Glace Bay (formerly Cape Breton East) is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

The Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2010 is Geoff MacLellan of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
62nd	2013–Present		Geoff MacLellan	Liberal
61st	2010-2013
	2009–2010		Dave Wilson	Liberal
60th	2006–2009
59th	2003–2006
58th	2000–2003
57th	1998–1999		Reeves Matheson	Independent
	1998			New Democratic
56th	1993–1998		John MacEachern	Liberal
55th	1988–1993
54th	1984–1988		Donnie MacLeod	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981–1984
52nd	1980–1981
	1978–1980		Jeremy Akerman	New Democratic
51st	1974–1978
50th	1970–1974
49th	1967–1970		Layton Fergusson	Progressive Conservative
48th	1953–1967
47th	1960–1963
46th	1956–1960
45th	1953–1956		Russell Cunningham	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
44th	1949–1953
43rd	1945–1949
42nd	1941–1945		Douglas Neil Brodie	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
41st	1937–1941		Lauchlin Currie	Liberal
40th	1933–1937

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Geoff MacLellan	5,547	80.36
	NDP	Mary Beth MacDonald	1,001	14.50
	PC	Thomas Bethell	355	5.14

Byelection June 22, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Geoff MacLellan	3901	53.91
	NDP	Myrtle Campbell	2281	31.52
	PC	Michelle Wheelhouse	759	10.48
	Independent	Edna Lee	195	2.69
	Atlantica	Dan Wilson	56	0.77

Nova Scotia general election, 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Dave Wilson	3380	47.60
	NDP	Myrtle Campbell	2829	39.84
	PC	Tom MacPherson	810	11.41
	Green	Todd Pettigrew	82	1.15	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Dave Wilson	3,327	43.08
	NDP	Myrtle Turnbull Campbell	2,234	28.93
	PC	Mark Bettens	2,074	26.85
	Green	Todd Pettigrew	88	1.14	–

Nova Scotia general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Dave Wilson	4,420	54.48
	NDP	Vince Hall	2,342	28.87
	PC	Mark Bettens	1,351	16.65

By-election, April 4, 2000: Cape Breton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Dave Wilson	4,017	43.33
	NDP	Cecil Saccary	3,609	38.93
	PC	Brad Kerr	1,644	17.74

Nova Scotia general election, 1999: Cape Breton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Dave Wilson	3,704	40.12
	NDP	Cecil Saccary	3,699	40.06
	PC	Brad Kerr	1,043	11.30
	Independent	Gerard Burke	787	8.52

Nova Scotia general election, 1998: Cape Breton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	NDP	Reeves Matheson	5,002
	Liberal	Clarence Routledge	2,859
	PC	Henry Boutilier	1,651

Nova Scotia general election, 1993: Cape Breton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John MacEachern	7,566
	NDP	Terry McVarish	1,659
	PC	Greg Hicks	1,069

Nova Scotia general election, 1988: Cape Breton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John MacEachern	5,739
	PC	Bruce Clark	4,014
	NDP	Terry McVarish	1,590

Nova Scotia general election, 1984: Cape Breton East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Donnie MacLeod	4,787
	Liberal	Cha Keliher	3,579
	Cape Breton Labour	Michael Blais Matheson	1,724
	New Democratic	Jim Jobe	1,351

Nova Scotia general election, 1981: Cape Breton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PC	Donnie MacLeod	4,699
	Liberal	Shelly McNeil	3,053
	NDP	Joe Kanary	1,849
	Independent	Blair Matheson	716

By-election, December 2, 1980: Cape Breton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PC	Donnie MacLeod	4,505
	NDP	Reeves Matheson	2,996
	Liberal	Vincent Kachafanas	2,904
	Independent	Ignatius V. Kennedy	101

Nova Scotia general election, 1978: Cape Breton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	NDP	Jeremy Akerman	5,135
	PC	Frank Edwards	3,182
	Liberal	Vincent Kachafanas	3,109

Nova Scotia general election, 1974: Cape Breton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	NDP	Jeremy Akerman	5,929
	Liberal	Vincent Kachafanas	3,443
	PC	Fred Adshade	1,611
	Independent	Archie MacDonald	183

Nova Scotia general election, 1970: Cape Breton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	NDP	Jeremy Akerman	5,334
	PC	N. Layton Fergusson	3,807
	Liberal	Robert MacKay	2,037

Nova Scotia general election, 1967: Cape Breton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PC	N. Layton Fergusson	5,094
	NDP	James Aitchison	3,048
	Liberal	William O'Leary	1,417

Nova Scotia general election, 1963: Cape Breton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PC	N. Layton Fergusson	5,870
	NDP	John L. MacKinnon	2,881
	Liberal	Bernard Currie	1,359

Nova Scotia general election, 1960: Cape Breton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PC	N. Layton Fergusson	4,862
	CCF	James Aitchison	4,243
	Liberal	William O'Leary	1,567

Nova Scotia general election, 1956: Cape Breton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PC	N. Layton Fergusson	4,324
	Liberal	C. Roy MacDonald	3,058
	CCF	Russell Cunningham	2,864

Nova Scotia general election, 1953: Cape Breton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CCF	Russell Cunningham	5,096
	Liberal	Joseph McIntyre	3,934
	PC	William Wilton	1,356

Nova Scotia general election, 1949: Cape Breton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CCF	Russell Cunningham	4,543
	Liberal	Chas. Roy MacDonald	3,829
	PC	Thomas H. Dickson	2,093

Nova Scotia general election, 1945: Cape Breton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CCF	Russell Cunningham	5,332
	Liberal	Gus McGillivary	2,719
	PC	Kenneth Daniel Beaton	1,002

Nova Scotia general election, 1941: Cape Breton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CCF	Douglas Neil Brodie	6,222
	Liberal	Lauchlin D. Currie	4,052

Nova Scotia general election, 1937: Cape Breton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Lauchlin D. Currie	4,172
	Labour	William T. Mercer	3,396
	Conservative	Roderick Kerr	2,832

Nova Scotia general election, 1933: Cape Breton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Lauchlin D. Currie	3,655
	Conservative	Daniel R. Cameron	3,632
	United Farmers	James B. McLachlan	1,737
	CCF	William T. Mercer	297

External links

• riding profile
• June 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll By Poll Results
• June 9, 2009 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll By Poll Results

Coordinates: 46°12′00″N 59°58′01″W / 46.200°N 59.967°W