Cape Breton—East Richmond

Cape Breton—East Richmond was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997.

Cape Breton—East Richmond

Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1996
First contested	1968
Last contested	1993

This riding was created in 1966 from Cape Breton South, Inverness—Richmond and North Cape Breton and Victoria ridings. It consisted initially of parts the Counties of Cape Breton and Richmond. It was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed into Bras d'Or and Sydney—Victoria.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Cape Breton—East Richmond Riding created from Cape Breton South, Inverness—Richmond and North Cape Breton and Victoria
28th	1968–1972		Donald MacInnis	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979		Andrew Hogan	New Democratic
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984		David Dingwall	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997
Riding dissolved into Bras d'Or and Sydney—Victoria

Election results

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Donald MacInnis	11,583
	Liberal	Leo McIntyre	8,284
	New Democratic	Jeremy Akerman	7,749

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Donald MacInnis	12,071
	New Democratic	John Jake Currie	10,064
	Liberal	William M. Roach	9,066

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Andrew Hogan	14,210
	Liberal	George Wilson	9,746
	Progressive Conservative	James MacDougall	7,847

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Andrew Hogan	15,269
	Liberal	Dan A. Munroe	10,257
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Crosby	7,411
	Independent	Jake Campbell	734

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Dingwall	12,478
	New Democratic	Andrew Hogan	12,184
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Crosby	7,115

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Dingwall	20,270
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Marsh	11,896
	New Democratic	Douglass L. Grant	3,709
	Rhinoceros	Connie MacIntyre	444

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Dingwall	22,786
	Progressive Conservative	Michael L. MacDonald	7,173
	New Democratic	John Stevens	4,482

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Dingwall	24,997
	Progressive Conservative	Sam Boutilier	2,756
	New Democratic	Joanne Lamey	1,769
	Reform	Harry Pollett	1,751
	National	Billy Kennedy	463
	Natural Law	Patrick Gilbert	169

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada