Cumberland West
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly |
| District created | 1949 |
| District abolished | 1993 |
| Last contested | 1988 |
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]
| Cumberland West | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| District created from Cumberland County (1867–1949) | ||||
| 44th | 1949–1953 | Thomas A. Giles | Progressive Conservative | |
| 45th | 1953–1956 | Allison T. Smith | Liberal | |
| 46th | 1956–1960 | |||
| 47th | 1960–1963 | |||
| 48th | 1963–1967 | D. L. George Henley | Progressive Conservative | |
| 49th | 1967–1970 | |||
| 50th | 1970–1974 | |||
| 51st | 1974–1978 | |||
| 52nd | 1978–1981 | |||
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | |||
| 54th | 1984–1988 | Gardner Hurley | ||
| 55th | 1988–1993 | Ross Bragg | Liberal | |
Election results
1988
| 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 (2024). "Electoral History for Cumberland West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2018. | ||||||||
1984
| 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 | Alexander Graham | 487 | 10.07% | -1.95% | ||||
| Total | 4,835 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cumberland West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2017. | ||||||||
1981
| 1981 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | D. L. George Henley | 2,745 | 54.12% | 3.89% | ||||
| Liberal | Bartley Babineau | 1,717 | 33.85% | -9.87% | ||||
| New Democratic | Douglas Meekins | 610 | 12.03% | 5.98% | ||||
| Total | 5,072 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cumberland West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirtieth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2017. | ||||||||
1978
| 1978 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | D. L. George Henley | 2,633 | 50.23% | 1.91% | ||||
| Liberal | Duncan Lake | 2,292 | 43.72% | -2.14% | ||||
| New Democratic | John S. Edgecombe | 317 | 6.05% | 0.22% | ||||
| Total | 5,242 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cumberland West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018. | ||||||||
1974
| 1974 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | D. L. George Henley | 2,323 | 48.32% | -9.03% | ||||
| Liberal | W. J. (Bill) Brown | 2,205 | 45.86% | 3.21% | ||||
| New Democratic | A. Bradley Colpitts | 280 | 5.82% | – | ||||
| Total | 4,808 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cumberland West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018. | ||||||||
1970
| 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 (2024). "Electoral History for Cumberland West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Legislative Assembly (1970). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, 1970 (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. | ||||||||
1967
| 1967 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | D. L. George Henley | 2,506 | 57.81% | 3.78% | ||||
| Liberal | Ruth Fullerton | 1,698 | 39.17% | -6.80% | ||||
| New Democratic | Shirley Spicer | 131 | 3.02% | – | ||||
| Total | 4,335 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cumberland West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. | ||||||||
1963
| 1963 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | D. L. George Henley | 2,515 | 54.03% | 8.24% | ||||
| Liberal | Allison T. Smith | 2,140 | 45.97% | -3.92% | ||||
| Total | 4,655 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cumberland West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. | ||||||||
1960
| 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 (2024). "Electoral History for Cumberland West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. | ||||||||
1956
| 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 (2024). "Electoral History for Cumberland West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018. | ||||||||
1953
| 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% | -6.17% | ||||
| Total | 5,131 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cumberland West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018. | ||||||||
1949
| 1949 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive 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 (2024). "Electoral History for Cumberland West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018. | ||||||||
See also
References
- 1 2 Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Cumberland West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.