Cape Breton The Lakes was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

It was created in 1978 out of areas which were formerly included in the Cape Breton North, Cape Breton South, and Cape Breton West. In 2003, it was reallocated to Victoria-The Lakes, Cape Breton South, Cape Breton North and Cape Breton West.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election results

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1978

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1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ossie Fraser 3,473 46.26%
Progressive Conservative Jim MacDonald 2,642 35.19%
New Democratic Irene Le Blanc 1,393 18.55%
Total 7,508
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (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.

1981

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1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ossie Fraser 3,436 43.01% -3.25%
Progressive Conservative John Newell 3,316 41.51% 6.32%
New Democratic Douglas D. MacDonald 1,237 15.48% -3.07%
Total 7,989
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (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.

1983 by-election

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1983 Nova Scotia By-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Progressive Conservative John Newell 3190 38.28 -3.22
  Liberal John Coady 3078 36.93 -6.07
  NDP Gerald Yetman 1436 17.23 +1.75
  Labour Gary Mosher 630 7.56

1984

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1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Newell 4,535 51.29% 9.78%
Liberal John Coady 3,338 37.75% -5.26%
New Democratic Richard Fogarty 813 9.19% -6.29%
Labour Mary Strickland 156 1.76%
Total 8,842
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (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 Bernie Boudreau 4,192 45.37% 7.62%
Progressive Conservative John Newell 3,282 35.52% -15.77%
New Democratic Helen MacDonald 1,766 19.11% 9.92%
Total 9,240
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (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 Bernie Boudreau 6,591 71.90% 26.53%
New Democratic Helen MacDonald 1,312 14.31% -4.80%
Progressive Conservative Lauchie G. Leslie 1,264 13.79% -21.73%
Total 9,167
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (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.

1997 by-election

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Nova Scotia By-Election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  NDP Helen MacDonald 3727 49.19 +34.88
  Liberal Allan Henderson 3055 40.32 -31.58
  Progressive Conservative Rollie Clarke 795 10.49 -3.31

1998

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1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Helen MacDonald 4,573 52.17% 37.86%
Liberal Allan Henderson 3,707 42.29% -29.61%
Progressive Conservative Rollie Clarke 485 5.53% -8.26%
Total 8,765
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

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1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Brian Boudreau 3,715 43.70% 1.40%
New Democratic Helen MacDonald 3,614 42.51% -9.67%
Progressive Conservative Ken Langley 1,173 13.80% 8.26%
Total 8,502
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

References

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