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Glace Bay-Dominion

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Glace Bay-Dominion
Nova Scotia electoral district
Glace Bay in relation to other Cape Breton electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
John White
Progressive Conservative
District created1925
First contested1928
Last contested2021
Demographics
Population (2011)15,487
Electors (2012)12,236
Area (km²)29
Pop. density (per km²)534
Census division(s)Cape Breton County
Census subdivision(s)Cape Breton RM

Glace Bay-Dominion 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 2021 is John White of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.

It was created in 1933 when the district of Cape Breton was divided into five electoral districts, one of which was named Cape Breton East. In 2001, the district name was changed to Glace Bay. In 2003, the district lost a small area at its southern tip to Cape Breton West.[1] Following the 2019 redistribution, it gained the Dominion area from Cape Breton Centre and was re-named Glace Bay-Dominion.

Geography

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The land area of Glace Bay-Dominion is 29 km2 (11 sq mi).[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Legislature Years Member Party
64th 2021–present John White Progressive Conservative
63rd 2017–2021 Geoff MacLellan Liberal
62nd 2013–2017
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 1963–1967
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

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1925

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1925 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative John Carey Douglas 7,276 29.77%
Liberal–Conservative Alexander O'Handley 7,071 28.93%
Labour D. W. Morrison 4,185 17.12%
Labour Forman Waye 4,051 16.57%
Liberal Daniel C. McDonald 933 3.82%
Liberal James L. McKinnon 928 3.80%
Total 24,444
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1928

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1928 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Robert Hamilton Butts 5,568 22.08%
Liberal–Conservative Daniel R. Cameron 5,541 21.98%
Liberal Lauchlin Daniel Currie 4,724 18.73%
Liberal Dan C. McDonald 4,520 17.93%
Labour James B. McLachlan 2,589 10.27%
Labour Forman Waye 2,273 9.01%
Total 25,215
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1933

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1933 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Lauchlin Daniel Currie 3,655 39.21%
Liberal–Conservative Daniel R. Cameron 3,632 38.97%
United Front James B. McLachlan 1,737 18.64%
Co-operative Commonwealth Donald O. Fraser 297 3.19%
Total 9,321
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1933). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1937

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1937 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lauchlin Daniel Currie 4,172 40.12% 0.90%
Labour William T. Mercer 3,396 32.65%
Liberal–Conservative Roderick Kerr 2,832 27.23% -11.74%
Total 10,400
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1937). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1941

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1941 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Douglas Neil Brodie 6,222 60.56%
Liberal Lauchlin Daniel Currie 4,052 39.44% -0.68%
Total 10,274
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1941). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1945

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1945 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Russell Cunningham 5,332 58.90% -1.66%
Liberal Gus McGillivray 2,719 30.03% -9.41%
Liberal–Conservative Kenneth Daniel Beaton 1,002 11.07%
Total 9,053
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1945). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1949

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1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Russell Cunningham 4,543 43.41% -15.49%
Liberal Charles Roy MacDonald 3,829 36.59% 6.55%
Liberal–Conservative Thomas Horace Dickson 2,093 20.00% 8.93%
Total 10,465
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1953

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1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Russell Cunningham 5,096 49.07% 5.65%
Liberal Joseph McIntyre 3,934 37.88% 1.29%
Progressive Conservative William Wilton 1,356 13.06%
Total 10,386
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1956

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1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Layton Fergusson 4,324 42.20% 29.15%
Liberal Charles Roy MacDonald 3,058 29.85% -8.03%
Co-operative Commonwealth Russell Cunningham 2,864 27.95% -21.11%
Total 10,246
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1960

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1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Layton Fergusson 4,862 45.56% 3.36%
Co-operative Commonwealth John L. MacKinnon 4,243 39.76% 11.81%
Liberal Joe A. Wadden 1,567 14.68% -15.16%
Total 10,672
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1963

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1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Layton Fergusson 5,870 58.06% 12.50%
New Democratic John L. MacKinnon 2,881 28.50%
Liberal Bernard Currie 1,359 13.44% -1.24%
Total 10,110
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1967

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1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Layton Fergusson 5,094 53.29% -4.77%
New Democratic James H. Aitchison 3,048 31.89% 3.39%
Liberal William O'Leary 1,417 14.82% 1.38%
Total 9,559
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970

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1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Jeremy Akerman 5,334 47.72% 15.83%
Progressive Conservative Layton Fergusson 3,807 34.06% -19.23%
Liberal Robert MacKay 2,037 18.22% 3.40%
Total 11,178
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1974

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1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Jeremy Akerman 5,929 53.10% 5.38%
Liberal Vince Kachafanas 3,443 30.83% 12.61%
Progressive Conservative Fred Adshade 1,611 14.43% -19.63%
Independent Archie MacDonald 183 1.64%
Total 11,166
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1978

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1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Jeremy Akerman 5,135 44.94% -8.16%
Progressive Conservative Frank Edwards 3,182 27.85% 13.42%
Liberal Vincent Kachafanas 3,109 27.21% -3.62%
Total 11,426
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1980 by-election

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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

1981

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1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Donnie MacLeod 4,699 45.55% 17.70%
Liberal Shelly McNeil 3,053 29.59% 2.38%
New Democratic Joe Kanary 1,849 17.92% -27.02%
Independent Blair Matheson 716 6.94%
Total 10,317
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1984

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1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Donnie MacLeod 4,787 44.97% -0.58%
Liberal Cha Keliher 3,579 33.62% 4.03%
Labour Blair Matheson 1,724 16.20%
New Democratic Jim Jobe 555 5.21% -12.71%
Total 10,645
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1988

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1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John MacEachern 5,739 50.60% 16.97%
Progressive Conservative Bruce Clark 4,014 35.39% -9.58%
New Democratic Terry McVarish 1,590 14.02% 8.80%
Total 11,343
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1993

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1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John MacEachern 7,566 73.50% 22.90%
New Democratic Terry McVarish 1,659 16.12% 2.10%
Progressive Conservative Greg Hicks 1,069 10.38% -25.00%
Total 10,294
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1998

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1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Reeves Matheson 5,002 52.59% 36.47%
Liberal Clarence Routledge 2,859 30.06% -43.44%
Progressive Conservative Henry Boutillier 1,651 17.36% 6.97%
Total 9,512
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

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1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dave Wilson 3,704 40.12% 10.06%
New Democratic Cecil Saccary 3,699 40.06% -12.52%
Progressive Conservative Brad Kerr 1,043 11.30% -6.06%
Independent Gerard Burke 787 8.52%
Total 9,233
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2000 by-election

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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

2003

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2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dave Wilson 4,420 54.48% 14.36%
New Democratic Vince Hall 2,342 28.87% -11.20%
Progressive Conservative Mark Bettens 1,351 16.65% 5.36%
Total 8,113
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

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2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dave Wilson 3,327 43.08% -11.40%
New Democratic Myrtle Campbell 2,234 28.93% 0.06%
Progressive Conservative Mark Bettens 2,074 26.85% 10.20%
Green Todd Pettigrew 88 1.14%
Total 7,723
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

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2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dave Wilson 3,380 47.60% 4.52%
New Democratic Myrtle Campbell 2,829 39.84% 10.91%
Progressive Conservative Tom MacPherson 810 11.41% -15.45%
Green Todd Pettigrew 82 1.15% 0.02%
Total 7,101
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton East" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2010 by-election

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Byelection June 22, 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoff MacLellan 3,901 53.91
  NDP Myrtle Campbell 2,281 31.52
  PC Michelle Wheelhouse 759 10.48
  Independent Edna Lee 195 2.69
Atlantica Dan Wilson 56 0.77

2013

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2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Geoff MacLellan 5,547 80.36
  NDP Mary Beth MacDonald 1,001 14.50
  PC Thomas Bethell 355 5.14

2017

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2017 provincial election redistributed results[3]
Party Vote %
  Liberal 3,641 44.59
  Progressive Conservative 3,195 39.13
  New Democratic 1,193 14.61
  Atlantica 137 1.68


2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoff MacLellan 3,316 46.66 -33.7
Progressive Conservative John White 2,938 41.35 +36.21
New Democratic Lois MacDougall 715 10.06 -4.44
Atlantica Steven MacNeil 137 1.92
Total valid votes 7,110 100
Total rejected ballots 73 1.03
Turnout 7,183 57.4
Eligible voters 12,510
Liberal hold Swing -34.96
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4][5]

2021

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2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative John White 2,754 34.61 -6.74 $37,763.63
New Democratic John Morgan 2,725 34.24 +24.18 $55,096.40
Liberal John John McCarthy 2,479 31.15 -15.51 $39,681.23
Total valid votes/Expense limit 7,958 99.45 $79,292.15
Total rejected ballots 44 0.55
Turnout 8,002 59.37
Eligible voters 13,478
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.39
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[6]

References

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  1. ^ Glace Bay - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
  2. ^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. ^ Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
  4. ^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  5. ^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  6. ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
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