Richmond and Cape Breton West
Richmond-Cape Breton West was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected two members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1925 to 1933, at which point the district was divided into two distinct electoral districts: Richmond and Cape Breton West.[1]
It elected two members through Plurality block voting.[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Source: [1]
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39th | 1930–1933 | Alonzo Martell | Liberal | seat declared vacant | |||
| 1928–1930 | Edward C. Doyle | Liberal | |||||
| 38th | 1926–1928 | Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc | Liberal-Conservative | John Angus Stewart | Liberal-Conservative | ||
| 1925–1926 | John Alexander Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | |||||
Election results
1925 general election
| 1925 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal–Conservative | John Alexander Macdonald | 3,503 | 28.46% | |||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc | 3,500 | 28.44% | |||||
| Liberal | Donald David Boyd | 2,667 | 21.67% | |||||
| Liberal | George R. Deveau | 2,637 | 21.43% | |||||
| Total | 12,307 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1928 general election
| 1928 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Edward C. Doyle | 2,118 | 25.67% | |||||
| Liberal | Alonzo Martell | 2,055 | 24.90% | |||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc | 2,044 | 24.77% | |||||
| Liberal–Conservative | John Angus Stewart | 2,035 | 24.66% | |||||
| Total | 8,252 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Richmond" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
References
- "Electoral History for Richmond-West Cape Breton" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. October 30, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- Parliamentary Guide
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