Cape Breton Highlands—Canso

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

Cape Breton Highlands—Canso

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

History

This riding was created in 1966 from Antigonish—Guysborough, Inverness—Richmond and North Cape Breton and Victoria ridings.

It consisted initially of:

• the counties of Antigonish and Inverness, and
• parts of the counties of Guysborough, Victoria and Richmond.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:

• the County of Antigonish, and
• parts of the Counties of Inverness, Victoria, Richmond and Guysborough lying to the east of the meridian of Longitude 62(30'00" West.

It was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed into Bras d'Or, Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough and Sydney—Victoria ridings.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Cape Breton Highlands—Canso Riding created from Antigonish—Guysborough, Inverness—Richmond and North Cape Breton and Victoria
28th	1968–1972		Allan MacEachen	Liberal
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Lawrence O'Neil	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993		Francis LeBlanc	Liberal
35th	1993–1997
Riding dissolved into Bras d'Or, Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough and Sydney—Victoria

Election results

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Allan J. MacEachen	13,725
	Progressive Conservative	D. Hugh Gillis	13,195
	New Democratic	Ieva Jessens	445

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Allan J. MacEachen	16,929
	Progressive Conservative	Angus MacIsaac	14,463
	New Democratic	Robert Schwaab	1,929

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Allan J. MacEachen	17,977
	Progressive Conservative	Angus MacIsaac	12,401
	New Democratic	Alick Mackenzie Slater	1,819

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Allan J. MacEachen	17,047
	Progressive Conservative	F.B. William Bill Kelly	13,736
	New Democratic	William J. Woodfine	4,657

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Allan J. MacEachen	18,262
	Progressive Conservative	F.B. William Bill Kelly	12,799
	New Democratic	William J. Woodfine	4,902
	Independent	Elizabeth May	272

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Lawrence O'Neil	19,371
	Liberal	Kenzie MacKinnon	15,026
	New Democratic	Daniel W. MacInnes	4,308

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Francis LeBlanc	20,318
	Progressive Conservative	Lawrence O'Neil	17,557
	New Democratic	Wilf Cude	2,036

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Francis LeBlanc	22,713
	Progressive Conservative	Lewis MacKinnon	7,916
	Reform	Henry Van Berkel	2,972
	New Democratic	Junior Bernard	1,375
	Natural Law	Earl Lafford	337

See also

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