Inverness (provincial electoral district)

Inverness

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Allan MacMaster Progressive Conservative
District created	1836
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Population (2011)	17,963
Electors	11,147
Area (km²)	3,826
Pop. density (per km²)	4.7
Census divisions	Inverness County
Census subdivisions	Inverness, Subd. A, Inverness, Subd. B, Inverness, Subd. C, Whycocomagh 2

Inverness is a provincial electoral district on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

Initially created with the name "Juste-au-Corps", the electoral district of Inverness has existed in various forms since 1836. The name was changed to Inverness after lobbying by William Young led to the change.^[1] It existed continuously as Inverness County until 1981 when it was essentially divided into Inverness North and Inverness South. It was re-formed in 1993.

Following the 2012 redistribution, the riding loses the Town of Port Hawkesbury to the new riding of Cape Breton-Richmond.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Inverness have elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
62nd	2013-Present		Allan MacMaster	Progressive Conservative
61st	2009–2013
	2009	Rodney MacDonald
60th	2006–2009
59th	2003–2006
58th	1999–2003
57th	1998–1999		Charlie MacDonald	Liberal
56th	1993–1998	Charles MacArthur
Inverness North and Inverness South 1981-1993

Inverness returned two members from 1945-1981.

Legislature	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party
52nd	1978–1981		William (Bill) MacEachern	Liberal		John Archie MacKenzie	Liberal
51st	1974–1978
50th	1970–1974		Norman J. MacLean	Progressive Conservative
49th	1967–1970	William N. MacLean
48th	1963–1967
47th	1960–1963		Joseph Clyde Nunn	Liberal	Roderick MacLean
46th	1956–1960
45th	1953–1956	Alexander H. McKinnon
44th	1949–1953
43rd	1945–1949
42nd	1941–1945
41st	1937–1941	Moses Elijah McGarry			John Alexander McDonald	Liberal
40th	1933–1937
39th	1928–1933			Liberal-Conservative		James A. Proudfoot	Liberal-Conservative
38th	1925–1928		Hubert Meen Aucoin	Conservative		Malcolm McKay	Conservative
37th	1920–1925		Donald MacLennan	Liberal		John C. Bourinot	Liberal
36th	1916–1920
35th	1911–1916	James MacDonald
34th	1906–1911			C.E.MacMillan	Liberal-Conservative
33rd	1901–1906			Moses J. Doucet	Liberal
32nd	1897–1901
31st	1894–1897		Alex Campbell	Liberal-Conservative		J.H.Jameison	Liberal-Conservative
30th	1890–1894		John McKinnon	Liberal		Daniel McNeil	Liberal
29th	1886–1890
28th	1882–1886	Duncan J. Campbell			Alex Campbell	Conservative
27th	1878–1882
26th	1874–1878	John McKinnon	Duncan J. Campbell
25th	1871–1874		Hiram Blanchard	Conservative	Samuel McDonnell
24th	1867–1871				Alexander Campbell	Liberal

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Allan MacMaster	3,816	49.29
	Liberal	Jackie Rankin	3,248	41.95
	New Democratic Party	Michelle A. Smith	678	8.76

2009 by-election

October 20, 2009 by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Allan MacMaster	3,155	35.75	-20.30
	Liberal	Ian McNeil	3,105	35.18	+15.29
	New Democratic Party	Bert Lewis	2,342	26.54	+5.66
	Green	Nathalie Arsenault	223	2.53	-1.00

2009 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Rodney MacDonald	5412	56.05	-14.42
	New Democratic Party	Michael MacIsaac	2016	20.88	+8.11
	Liberal	Shaun Bennett	1920	19.89	+4.4
	Green	Nathalie Arsenault	339	3.53	+2.14

2006 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Rodney MacDonald	7404	70.47	+19.28
	Liberal	Mary MacLennan	1627	15.49	-21.22
	New Democratic Party	Tim Murphy	1342	12.77	+0.66
	Green	John G. Gibson	133	1.27	+1.27

2003 general election

Nova Scotia general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Rodney MacDonald	5398	51.19	+8.3
	Liberal	Debbie Gillis	3871	36.71	-2.56
	New Democratic Party	Tim Murphy	1277	12.11	-5.73

Nova Scotia general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Rodney MacDonald	3876	42.89	+21.69
	Liberal	Charles MacDonald	3527	39.27	-8.53
	New Democratic Party	Roy Yipp	1612	17.84	-6.86

Nova Scotia general election, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Charles MacDonald	4396	47.8
	New Democratic Party	Maria Coady	2274	24.7
	Progressive Conservative	Randy MacDonald	1951	21.2
	Independent	Ed MacDonald	569	6.2

Nova Scotia general election, 1993

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Charles MacArthur	5804
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Crowdis	2944
	New Democratic Party	Mary T. Godwin	902

References

1. Beck, J. Murray. "YOUNG, Sir WILLIAM". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Retrieved 2009-09-15.

• Elections Nova Scotia Election Summary From 1867 - 2007
• 2006 Election Results (CBC)
• 2006 Poll by Poll Results
• 2003 Election Results (CBC)
• 2003 Poll by Poll Results
• 1998 Poll by Poll Results
• 1998 Poll by Poll Results