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
editCumberland West elected the following members to the legislature:[1]
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit1949
edit| 1949 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| 1953 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| 1956 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| 1960 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| 1963 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| 1967 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| 1970 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| 1974 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| 1978 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| 1981 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| 1984 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| 1988 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit- ^ a b "Electoral History for Cumberland West" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. July 10, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
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