Cumberland West
Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
Cumberland West was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1949 when Cumberland County was divided into three new districts, the other two being Cumberland Centre and Cumberland East. It existed until 1993, when it was redistributed to include all of Cumberland Centre and a portion of Cumberland East, at which point it was renamed Cumberland South.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Cumberland West elected the following members to the legislature:[1]
Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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55th | 1988-1993 | Ross Bragg | Liberal | |
54th | 1984-1988 | Gardner Hurley | Progressive Conservative | |
53rd | 1981-1984 | D. L. George Henley | Progressive Conservative | |
52nd | 1978-1981 | |||
51st | 1974-1978 | |||
50th | 1970-1974 | |||
49th | 1967-1970 | |||
48th | 1963-1967 | |||
47th | 1960-1963 | Allison T. Smith | Liberal | |
46th | 1956-1960 | |||
45th | 1953-1956 | |||
44th | 1949-1953 | Thomas A. Giles | Progressive Conservative |
Election results
1949
1949 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal–Conservative | Thomas A. Giles | 2,822 | 51.62% | – | ||||
Liberal | Kenneth Judson Cochrane | 2,645 | 48.38% | – | ||||
Total | 5,467 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1953
1953 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Allison T. Smith | 2,799 | 54.55% | 6.17% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Thomas A. Giles | 2,332 | 45.45% | – | ||||
Total | 5,131 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1956
1956 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Allison T. Smith | 2,618 | 54.82% | 0.26% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | William Harmon Wasson | 2,158 | 45.18% | -0.26% | ||||
Total | 4,776 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1960
1960 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Allison T. Smith | 2,418 | 49.90% | -4.92% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | George Percy Graham | 2,219 | 45.79% | 0.61% | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Thomas Alton Johnstone | 209 | 4.31% | – | ||||
Total | 4,846 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1963
1963 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | D. L. George Henley | 2,516 | 54.04% | 8.25% | ||||
Liberal | Allison T. Smith | 2,140 | 45.96% | -3.93% | ||||
Total | 4,656 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1967
1967 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | D. L. George Henley | 2,506 | 57.81% | 3.77% | ||||
Liberal | Ruth Fullerton | 1,698 | 39.17% | -6.79% | ||||
New Democratic | Shirley Spicer | 131 | 3.02% | – | ||||
Total | 4,335 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1970
1970 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | D. L. George Henley | 2,458 | 57.35% | -0.46% | ||||
Liberal | Thomas H. Tonner | 1,828 | 42.65% | 3.48% | ||||
Total | 4,286 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1974
1974 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | D. L. George Henley | 2,323 | 48.32% | -9.03% | ||||
Liberal | (Mill) Bill Brown | 2,205 | 45.86% | 3.21% | ||||
New Democratic | Brad Colpitts | 280 | 5.82% | – | ||||
Total | 4,808 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1978
1978 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | D. L. George Henley | 2,633 | 47.51% | -0.81% | ||||
Liberal | Duncan Lake | 2,592 | 46.77% | 0.91% | ||||
New Democratic | John S. Edgecombe | 317 | 5.72% | -0.10% | ||||
Total | 5,542 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1981
1981 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | D. L. George Henley | 2,745 | 54.12% | 6.61% | ||||
Liberal | Bartley Babineau | 1,717 | 33.85% | -12.92% | ||||
New Democratic | Doug Meekins | 610 | 12.03% | 6.31% | ||||
Total | 5,072 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1984
1984 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Gardner Hurley | 2,503 | 51.77% | -2.35% | ||||
Liberal | Gary Gordon | 1,845 | 38.16% | 4.31% | ||||
New Democratic | Sandy Graham | 487 | 10.07% | -1.95% | ||||
Total | 4,835 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
1988
1988 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Ross Bragg | 2,389 | 45.91% | 7.75% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Gardner Hurley | 2,306 | 44.31% | -7.46% | ||||
New Democratic | Barbara Jack | 509 | 9.78% | -0.29% | ||||
Total | 5,204 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. |
References
- ^ a b "Electoral History for Cumberland West" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. July 10, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
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