Inverness (provincial electoral district)

Inverness
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Kyle MacQuarrie; Progressive Conservative
;
District created	1836
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2011)	17,963
Electors	11,147
Area (km²)	3,889
Pop. density (per km²)	4.6
Census division	Inverness County
Census subdivision(s)	Inverness, Subd. A, Inverness, Subd. B, Inverness, Subd. C, Whycocomagh 2

Inverness is a provincial electoral district on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

Initially created with the name "Juste-au-Corps", the electoral district of Inverness has existed in various forms since 1836. The name was changed to Inverness after lobbying by William Young.^[1] It existed continuously as Inverness County until 1981 when it was divided into Inverness North and Inverness South. It was re-formed in 1993.

Following the 2012 redistribution, the district lost the Town of Port Hawkesbury to the new district of Cape Breton-Richmond.^[2]

Following the 2026 Nova Scotia Supreme Court ruling that existing boundaries violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the district was divided in two to improve Acadian representation. The northern section was detached to form the new district of Chéticamp-Margarees-Pleasant Bay while the southern portion retained the original district name and its MHA until the next general election. A by-election was called to elect a member for the newly established district.^[3]

Geography

The land area of Inverness is 3,889 km² (1,502 sq mi).^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Inverness have elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Inverness
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding recreated from Inverness North and Inverness South
56th	1993–1998		Charles MacArthur	Liberal
57th	1998–1999		Charlie MacDonald	Liberal
58th	1999–2003		Rodney MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
59th	2003–2006
60th	2006–2009
61st	2009–2009
61st	2009–2013		Allan MacMaster
62nd	2013–2017
63rd	2017–2021
64th	2021–2024
65th	2024–present		Kyle MacQuarrie

Inverness returned two members from 1867 to 1981.

Legislature	Years		Party		Party
52nd	1978–1981	William (Bill) MacEachern	Liberal	John Archie MacKenzie	Liberal
51st	1974–1978	William (Bill) MacEachern	Liberal
50th	1970–1974	Norman J. MacLean	Progressive Conservative
49th	1967–1970			William N. MacLean
48th	1963–1967			William N. MacLean
47th	1960–1963	Joseph Clyde Nunn	Liberal	Roderick MacLean
46th	1956–1960	Joseph Clyde Nunn
45th	1953–1956	Alexander H. McKinnon
44th	1949–1953
43rd	1945–1949
42nd	1941–1945
41st	1937–1941	Moses Elijah McGarry		John Alexander McDonald	Liberal
40th	1933–1937
39th	1928–1933		Liberal-Conservative	James Adam Proudfoot	Liberal-Conservative
38th	1925–1928	Hubert Meen Aucoin	Conservative	Malcolm McKay	Conservative
37th	1920–1925	Donald MacLennan	Liberal	John C. Bourinot	Liberal
36th	1916–1920			John C. Bourinot
35th	1911–1916			James MacDonald
34th	1906–1911	Charles Edward McMillan	Liberal-Conservative
33rd	1901–1906	Moses J. Doucet	Liberal
32nd	1897–1901	Moses J. Doucet	Liberal
31st	1894–1897	Alex Campbell	Liberal-Conservative	John H. Jamieson	Liberal-Conservative
30th	1890–1894	John McKinnon	Liberal	Daniel McNeil	Liberal
29th	1886–1890	John McKinnon		Daniel McNeil	Liberal
28th	1882–1886	Duncan J. Campbell		Alex Campbell	Conservative
27th	1878–1882	Duncan J. Campbell		Alex Campbell
26th	1874–1878	John McKinnon		Duncan J. Campbell
25th	1871–1874	Hiram Blanchard	Conservative	Samuel McDonnell
24th	1867–1871	Hiram Blanchard	Conservative	Alexander Campbell	Liberal

Election results

2024 Nova Scotia general election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	3,112	59.1
	Liberal	1,496	28.4
	New Democratic	655	12.4

2024

2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Kyle MacQuarrie	4,058	57.63	+1.78
	Liberal	Jaime Beaton	2,099	29.81	-6.15
	New Democratic	Joanna Clark	884	12.56	+4.37
Total valid votes			7,041	99.02
Total rejected ballots			70	0.98	+0.36
Turnout			7,111	48.93	-11.75
Eligible voters			14,534
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.97
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[6]

2021

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Allan MacMaster	4,833	55.85	-3.41	$33,264.46
	Liberal	Damian MacInnis	3,112	35.96	+3.76	$42,102.76
	New Democratic	Joanna Clark	708	8.18	-0.34	$21,360.60
Total valid votes/expense limit			8,653	99.38	–	$83,197.40
Total rejected ballots			54	0.62
Turnout			8,707	60.68
Eligible voters			14,350
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.58
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[7]^[8]

2017

2017 provincial election redistributed results^[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Progressive Conservative	5,338	59.27
	Liberal	2,901	32.21
	New Democratic	768	8.53

2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Allan MacMaster	4,687	61.90	+12.61
	Liberal	Bobby Morris	2,347	31.00	-10.96
	New Democratic	Michelle Smith	538	7.11	-1.65
Total valid votes			7,572	99.53
Total rejected ballots			36	0.47	-0.42
Turnout			7,608	66.22	-3.79
Eligible voters			11,489
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+11.78
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[10]^[11]

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Allan MacMaster	3,816	49.29	+11.95
	Liberal	Jackie Rankin	3,248	41.95	+2.85
	New Democratic	Michelle A. Smith	678	8.76	-12.02
Total valid votes			7,742	99.10
Total rejected ballots			70	0.90
Turnout			7,812	70.01
Eligible voters			11,159
	Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal		Swing		+4.55
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2013). 39th Provincial General Election, October 8, 2013: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
Note: Change is calculated from the transposed results of the 2009 by-election

2009 by-election

2009 by-election redistributed results^[12]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	2,944	39.10
	Progressive Conservative	2,811	37.34
	New Democratic	1,564	20.77
	Green	210	2.79

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, October 20, 2009 Resignation of Rodney MacDonald
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Allan MacMaster	3,158	35.77	-20.40
	Liberal	Ian McNeil	3,104	35.16	+15.35
	New Democratic	Bert Lewis	2,344	26.55	+6.05
	Green	Nathalie Arsenault	223	2.53	-1.00
Total valid votes			8,829	99.49
Total rejected ballots			45	0.51	+0.05
Turnout			8,866^[a]	61.50	-5.35
Eligible voters			14,416
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-17.88
Source(s) Source: Elections Nova Scotia. "OCTOBER 20, 2009 ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF INVERNESS BY-ELECTION POLL-BY-POLL RESULTS" (PDF). Archived from the original on 10 February 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2026.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rodney MacDonald	5,402	56.17	-14.30
	New Democratic	Michael MacIsaac	1,971	20.49	+7.72
	Liberal	Shaun Bennett	1,905	19.81	+4.32
	Green	Nathalie Arsenault	339	3.53	+2.26
Total valid votes			9,617	99.54
Total rejected ballots			44	0.46	+0.00
Turnout			9,661	66.84	-3.85
Eligible voters			14,453
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-11.01
Source(s) Source: Elections Nova Scotia. "JUNE 9, 2009 NOVA SCOTIA PROVINCIAL GENERAL ELECTION POLL BY POLL RESULTS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2026.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rodney MacDonald	7,404	70.47	+19.29
	Liberal	Mary MacLennan	1,627	15.49	-21.22
	New Democratic	Tim Murphy	1,342	12.77	+0.66
	Green	John G. Gibson	133	1.27	–
Total valid votes			10,506	99.55
Total rejected ballots			48	0.45	-0.11
Turnout			10,554	70.69	-21.14
Eligible voters			14,930
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+20.25
Source(s) Source: Elections Nova Scotia. "JUNE 13, 2006 NOVA SCOTIA PROVINCIAL GENERAL ELECTION" (PDF). Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2026.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rodney MacDonald	5,398	51.19	+8.29
	Liberal	Debbie Gillis	3,871	36.71	-2.57
	New Democratic	Tim Murphy	1,277	12.11	-5.73
Total valid votes			10,546	99.43
Total rejected ballots			60	0.57	-0.44
Turnout			10,606	91.83	+13.98
Eligible voters			11,550
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+5.43
Source(s) Source: Elections Nova Scotia. "34 - INVERNESS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2026.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rodney MacDonald	3,876	42.89	+21.66
	Liberal	Charlie MacDonald	3,549	39.27	-8.56
	New Democratic	Roy Yipp	1,612	17.84	-6.91
Total valid votes			9,037	98.99
Total rejected ballots			92	1.01	-0.03
Turnout			9,129	77.85	-1.18
Eligible voters			11,727
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+15.11
Source(s) Source: Elections Nova Scotia. "Inverness" (PDF). Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2026.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Fifth General Election (Report). Elections Nova Scotia.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charlie MacDonald	4,396	47.83	-12.31
	New Democratic	Maria Coady	2,274	24.74	+15.40
	Progressive Conservative	Rodney MacDonald	1,951	21.23	-9.28
	Independent	Ed MacDonald	569	6.19	–
Total valid votes			9,190	98.97
Total rejected ballots			96	1.03	+0.28
Turnout			9,286	79.02	-1.03
Eligible voters			11,751
	Liberal hold		Swing		-13.85
Source(s) Source: Elections Nova Scotia. "Election Returns, 1998" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2026.

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Charles MacArthur	5,804	60.15
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Crowdis	2,944	30.51
	New Democratic	Mary T. Goodwin	902	9.35
Total valid votes			9,650	99.25
Total rejected ballots			73	0.75
Turnout			9,723	80.05
Eligible voters			12,146
Source(s) Source: Elections Nova Scotia. "Election Returns 1993" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2026.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Elected
	Liberal	William MacEachern	6,270	27.10	+0.61	Y
	Liberal	John Archie MacKenzie	5,632	24.34	-1.20	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Bernie MacLean	5,412	23.39
	Progressive Conservative	Bill MacIsaac	4,614	19.94
	New Democratic	Archie A. Chisholm	644	2.78
	New Democratic	Joyce Campbell	563	2.43
Total valid votes			21,135
Total rejected ballots			100	0.43	-0.05
Turnout			12,365	84.41	+2.18
Eligible voters			14,649
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.58
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (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: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	William MacEachern	5,606	26.50	Y
	Liberal	John Archie MacKenzie	5,403	25.54	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Norman J. MacLean	4,832	22.84
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Shannon	4,088	19.32
	New Democratic	Donald MacKay	621	2.94
	New Democratic	Winston Bennett	466	2.20
	Independent	Catherine Haig	139	0.66
Total			21,155	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (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: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Progressive Conservative	Norman J. MacLean	4,607	25.23	Y
	Liberal	John Archie MacKenzie	4,124	22.59	Y
	Liberal	William N. MacLean	3,939	21.57
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Shannon	3,728	20.42
	Independent	Al Davis	1,304	7.14
	New Democratic	Jerry Yetman	556	3.05
Total			18,258	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (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: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Progressive Conservative	Norman J. MacLean	3,994	26.27	Y
	Liberal	William N. MacLean	3,956	26.02	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Alfred James Davis	3,680	24.21
	Liberal	William MacIsaac	3,571	23.49
Total			15,201	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (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: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Progressive Conservative	Norman J. MacLean	4,474	26.78	Y
	Liberal	William N. MacLean	4,219	25.25	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Alfred James Davis	4,026	24.10
	Liberal	Joseph Clyde Nunn	3,988	23.87
Total			16,707	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (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.

1962 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1962-09-11: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	William N. MacLean	4,354	50.43	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Alfred James Davis	4,279	49.57
Total			8,633	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1960

1960 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Joseph Clyde Nunn	4,113	25.62	Y
	Liberal	Roderick MacLean	4,018	25.03	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Archie Neil Chisholm	3,923	24.43
	Progressive Conservative	Ralph Mauger MacKichan	3,648	22.72
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Stephen James MacLellan	353	2.20
Total			16,055	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (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: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Joseph Clyde Nunn	4,415	27.80	Y
	Liberal	Roderick MacLean	4,252	26.78	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Archie Neil Chisholm	3,673	23.13
	Progressive Conservative	A. L. Davis	3,539	22.29
Total			15,879	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (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.

1954 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1954-11-16: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Joseph Clyde Nunn	4,825	55.99	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Isaac Duncan MacDougall	3,205	37.19
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Joseph Rankin	587	6.81
Total			8,617	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1953

1953 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Alexander H. McKinnon	4,725	29.17	Y
	Liberal	Roderick MacLean	4,513	27.86	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Leo P. Boudreau	3,585	22.13
	Progressive Conservative	Alexander A. MacInnis	3,374	20.83
Total			16,197	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (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: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Alexander H. McKinnon	6,168	37.72	Y
	Liberal	Roderick MacLean	5,562	34.01	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Alcorn A. Munro	2,368	14.48
	Progressive Conservative	George H. Penny	2,254	13.78
Total			16,352	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (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.

1945

1945 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Alexander H. McKinnon	5,283	70.59
	Progressive Conservative	Alexander Angus MacInnes	2,201	29.41
Total			7,484	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1945). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2018.

1941

1941 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Alexander H. McKinnon	5,302	63.54
	Progressive Conservative	Alexander Daniel McInnis	3,043	36.46
Total			8,345	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1941). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2024.

1940 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1940-10-28: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Alexander H. McKinnon	Acclaimed	N/A	Y
Total				–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1937

1937 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Moses Elijah McGarry	5,836	59.32
	Progressive Conservative	Alexander Daniel McInnis	4,002	40.68
Total			9,838	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1937). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2019.

1933

1933 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Moses Elijah McGarry	5,626	53.64
	Liberal-Conservative	Hubert Meen Aucoin	4,862	46.36
Total			10,488	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1933). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2019.

1928

1928 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	James Adam Proudfoot	4,422	26.74	Y
	Liberal	Moses Elijah McGarry	4,318	26.11	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	Malcolm McKay	3,930	23.77
	Liberal-Conservative	Hubert Meen Aucoin	3,865	23.37
Total			16,535	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1925

1925 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	Malcolm McKay	4,180	26.18	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	Hubert Meen Aucoin	4,019	25.17	Y
	Liberal	Moses Elijah McGarry	3,906	24.46
	Liberal	John C. Bourinot	3,862	24.19
Total			15,967	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1920

1920 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Donald MacLennan	3,461	26.32	Y
	Liberal	John C. Bourinot	3,204	24.36	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	Moses Elijah McGarry	2,643	20.10
	Liberal-Conservative	Malcolm McKay	2,081	15.82
	Labour	John J. McNeil	1,763	13.40
Total			13,152	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1916

1916 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Donald MacLennan	2,655	26.65	Y
	Liberal	John C. Bourinot	2,540	25.49	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	Thomas Gallant	2,531	25.40
	Liberal-Conservative	Duncan F. MacLean	2,238	22.46
Total			9,964	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1911

1911 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Donald MacLennan	2,723	27.92	Y
	Liberal	James MacDonald	2,613	26.79	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	Thomas Gallant	2,274	23.32
	Liberal-Conservative	Charles Edward McMillan	2,143	21.97
Total			9,753	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1906

1906 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	James MacDonald	2,052	22.26	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	Charles Edward McMillan	1,639	17.78	Y
	Liberal	H. C. Hache	1,540	16.70
	Liberal	Moses J. Doucet	1,530	16.59
	Liberal	Dougald MacLachlan	1,360	14.75
	Liberal-Conservative	Daniel McNeil	1,099	11.92
Total			9,220	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1901

1901 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	James MacDonald	2,270	27.39	Y
	Liberal	Moses J. Doucet	1,734	20.92	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	Charles Edward McMillan	1,326	16.00
	Liberal	J. L. McDougall	1,317	15.89
	Liberal-Conservative	Daniel McNeil	1,137	13.72
	Liberal	Alexander Macdonald	504	6.08
Total			8,288	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1897

1897 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	James MacDonald	2,646	32.94	Y
	Liberal	Moses J. Doucet	2,501	31.13	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	John H. Jamieson	1,537	19.13
	Liberal-Conservative	Alexander Campbell	1,350	16.80
Total			8,034	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1894

1894 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	John H. Jamieson	1,857	26.45	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	Alexander Campbell	1,760	25.07	Y
	Liberal	John McKinnon	1,746	24.87
	Liberal	Samuel McDonnell	1,658	23.61
Total			7,021	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1890

1890 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Daniel McNeil	1,908	27.76	Y
	Liberal	John McKinnon	1,874	27.26	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	John McKeen	1,602	23.31
	Liberal-Conservative	Angus MacLennan	1,490	21.68
Total			6,874	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1886

1886 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	John McKinnon	1,854	31.13	Y
	Liberal	Daniel McNeil	1,764	29.62	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	A. McLennan	1,363	22.89
	Liberal-Conservative	Alexander Campbell	974	16.36
Total			5,955	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1883 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1883-01-11: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	Angus MacLennan	734	51.19	Y
	Liberal	Samuel MacDonnell	700	48.81
Total			1,434	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1882

1882 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	Alexander Campbell	1,477	26.30	Y
	Liberal	Duncan J. Campbell	1,435	25.55	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	Angus MacLennan	1,387	24.70
	Liberal	John McKinnon	1,317	23.45
Total			5,616	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1878

1878 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Duncan J. Campbell	1,650	27.36	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	Alexander Campbell	1,548	25.67	Y
	Liberal	John McKinnon	1,440	23.88
	Liberal-Conservative	D. Gillies	1,393	23.10
Total			6,031	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1874

1874 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Independent	Duncan J. Campbell	1,482	27.24	Y
	Independent	John McKinnon	1,390	25.55	Y
	Liberal	Alexander Campbell	1,309	24.06
	Liberal	Hugh McDonald	1,260	23.16
Total			5,441	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1872 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1872-10-16: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	Duncan J. Campbell	1,384	51.56	Y
	Liberal	Hugh McDonald	1,300	48.44
Total			2,684	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1871

1871 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	Hiram Blanchard	1,427	26.92	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	Samuel McDonnell	1,328	25.06	Y
	Liberal	Alexander Campbell	1,280	24.15
	Liberal	Hugh McDonald	1,265	23.87
Total			5,300	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1868 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1868-10-22: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Anti-Confederation	Hugh McDonald	1,324	50.08	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	Hiram Blanchard	1,320	49.92
Total			2,644	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1867

1867 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Anti-Confederation	Alexander Campbell	1,058	30.51	Y
	Confederation	Hiram Blanchard	986	28.43	Y
	Anti-Confederation	H. McInnis	932	26.87
	Anti-Confederation	A. Gillis	492	14.19
Total			3,468	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness County" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

References

↑ Beck, J. Murray. "YOUNG, Sir WILLIAM". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
↑ Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
↑ Nathanson, Ian (27 February 2026). "Province formalizes protected Chéticamp-Margarees-Pleasant Bay riding". Cape Breton Post. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
↑ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
↑ Hutton, Kyle (5 March 2026). "Change in the Map: New Nova Scotia Francophone Riding". Blunt Objects. Substack. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
↑ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). "Official Results Provincial General Election 2024". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
↑ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
↑ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
↑ "Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 12 April 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2021.
↑ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2017). 40th Provincial General Election, May 30, 2017: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
↑ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2018). 40th Provincial General Election, May 30, 2017: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
↑ "Transposition of Votes from the 2009 Provincial General Election and Subsequent By-Elections to 2012 Electoral District Boundaries" (PDF). Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Notes

↑ Following a judicial recount, it was found that there were eight more ballots counted than the number of electors who voted.

[WilliamYoung-1] Beck, J. Murray. "YOUNG, Sir WILLIAM". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Retrieved 15 September 2009.

[2] Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

[3] Nathanson, Ian (27 February 2026). "Province formalizes protected Chéticamp-Margarees-Pleasant Bay riding". Cape Breton Post. Retrieved 29 March 2026.

[4] "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[5] Hutton, Kyle (5 March 2026). "Change in the Map: New Nova Scotia Francophone Riding". Blunt Objects. Substack. Retrieved 22 April 2026.

[6] Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). "Official Results Provincial General Election 2024". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 12 July 2026.

[7] Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 12 July 2026.

[8] Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.

[9] "Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 12 April 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2021.

[10] Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2017). 40th Provincial General Election, May 30, 2017: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2026.

[11] Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2018). 40th Provincial General Election, May 30, 2017: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.

[12] "Transposition of Votes from the 2009 Provincial General Election and Subsequent By-Elections to 2012 Electoral District Boundaries" (PDF). Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[13] Following a judicial recount, it was found that there were eight more ballots counted than the number of electors who voted.

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