Cumberland South
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 1993 | ||
| First contested | 1993 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 13,202 | ||
| Electors (2018) | 10,889 | ||
| Area (km²) | 3,263 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 4 | ||
| Census division(s) | Cumberland County | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Cumberland, Subd. A, Cumberland Subd. B, Cumberland Subd. C, Cumberland Subd. D, Oxford, Parrsboro (dissolved in 2016) | ||
Cumberland South is a provincial electoral district in Cumberland Country, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding was created before the 1993 election from most of Cumberland West and Cumberland Centre ridings and a small part of Cumberland East.
The communities of Oxford, Parrsboro and Springhill are within its boundaries.
The Member of the Legislative Assembly since 1998 has been held by the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. A Tory stronghold, Cumberland South has been dominated by Progressive Conservative Murray Scott for over a decade and now Tory Rushton
The 2012 redistribution saw the riding gain territory from Cumberland North.[1]
Geography
The land area of Cumberland South is 3,263 km2 (1,260 sq mi).[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Cumberland South | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Cumberland Centre, Cumberland North and Cumberland West | ||||
| 56th | 1993–1998 | Guy Brown | Liberal | |
| 57th | 1998–1999 | Murray Scott | Progressive Conservative | |
| 58th | 1999–2003 | |||
| 59th | 2003–2005 | |||
| 60th | 2006–2009 | |||
| 61st | 2009–2010 | |||
| 2010–2013 | Jamie Baillie | |||
| 62nd | 2013–2017 | |||
| 63rd | 2017–2018 | |||
| 2018–2021 | Tory Rushton | |||
| 64th | 2021–2024 | |||
| 65th | 2024–present | |||
Election results
1993
| 1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Guy Brown | 6,713 | 75.63% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mac Bennett | 1,570 | 17.69% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Douglas Meekins | 431 | 4.86% | – | ||||
| Independent | Philip T. Donkin | 162 | 1.83% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,876 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1998
| 1998 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Murray Scott | 4,714 | 58.69% | 41.00% | ||||
| Liberal | Mike Uberoi | 2,153 | 26.81% | -48.83% | ||||
| New Democratic | Sandy Graham | 1,089 | 13.56% | 8.70% | ||||
| Independent | James MacLeod | 76 | 0.95% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,032 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1999
| 1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Murray Scott | 5,527 | 74.01% | 15.32% | ||||
| Liberal | John Harrison | 1,000 | 13.39% | -13.41% | ||||
| New Democratic | Scott McKee | 941 | 12.60% | -0.96% | ||||
| Total | 7,468 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2003
| 2003 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Murray Scott | 4,898 | 71.69% | -2.32% | ||||
| Liberal | Harriet McCready | 1,189 | 17.40% | 4.01% | ||||
| New Democratic | Scott McKee | 745 | 10.90% | -1.70% | ||||
| Total | 6,832 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2006
| 2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Murray Scott | 5,082 | 76.76% | 5.06% | ||||
| New Democratic | Andrew Kernohan | 753 | 11.37% | 0.47% | ||||
| Liberal | Mary Dee MacPherson | 681 | 10.29% | -7.12% | ||||
| Green | James Dessart | 92 | 1.39% | – | ||||
| Independent | David Amos | 13 | 0.20% | – | ||||
| Total | 6,621 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2009
| 2009 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Murray Scott | 4,334 | 67.66% | -9.10% | ||||
| New Democratic | Don Tabor | 1,659 | 25.90% | 14.52% | ||||
| Liberal | Joseph Archibald | 325 | 5.07% | -5.21% | ||||
| Green | Danny Melvin | 88 | 1.37% | -0.02% | ||||
| Total | 6,406 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cumberland South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2010 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Jamie Baillie | 3,262 | 57.20% | -10.26 | |
| Liberal | Kenny Jackson | 2,165 | 37.96% | +32.89 | |
| New Democratic Party | Scott McKee | 276 | 4.84% | -21.06 | |
2013
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Jamie Baillie | 3,655 | 51.0% | -6.2 | |
| Liberal | Kenny Jackson | 2,884 | 40.2% | +2.2 | |
| New Democratic Party | Larry Duchesne | 486 | 6.8% | +2.0 | |
| Green | Bruce McCulloch | 147 | 2.0% | +2.0 | |
| Total valid votes | 7,172 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 50 | 0.7 | |||
| Turnout | 7,222 | 65.73 | |||
| Eligible voters | 10,987 | ||||
2017
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jamie Baillie | 3,536 | 51.49 | +0.53 | ||||
| Liberal | Kenny John Jackson | 2,779 | 40.47 | +0.26 | ||||
| New Democratic | Larry Duchesne | 398 | 5.80 | -0.98 | ||||
| Atlantica | Thor Lengies | 154 | 2.24 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,897 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 35 | 0.51 | -0.19 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,902 | 62.37 | -3.36 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 11,066 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +0.14 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3][4] | ||||||||
2018 by-election
| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, June 19, 2018 Resignation of Jamie Baillie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Tory Rushton | 3,417 | 59.19 | +7.70 | $22,387 | |||
| Liberal | Scott Lockhart | 1,829 | 31.68 | -8.79 | $32,332 | |||
| New Democratic | Larry Duchesne | 292 | 5.06 | -0.74 | $9,239 | |||
| Green | Bruce McCulloch | 235 | 4.07 | — | $1,234 | |||
| Total valid votes | 5,773 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 17 | |||||||
| Turnout | 5,773 | 53.02 | -9.35 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 10,889 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +8.24 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5] | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Tory Rushton | 3,900 | 68.47 | +9.28 | $29,144.30 | |||
| Liberal | Rollie Lawless | 1,092 | 19.17 | -12.51 | $22,771.07 | |||
| New Democratic | Larry Duchesne | 524 | 9.20 | +4.14 | $1,495.12 | |||
| Green | Nicholas Hendren | 180 | 3.16 | -0.91 | $200.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 5,696 | 99.46 | – | $66,923.01 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 31 | 0.54 | ||||||
| Turnout | 5,727 | 52.12 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,989 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +10.90 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[6] | ||||||||
2024
| 2024 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tory Rushton | 3,440 | 77.4% | |||||
| Liberal | Liam MacDonald | 530 | 11.9% | |||||
| New Democratic | Larry Duchesne | 476 | 10.7% | |||||
| Total valid votes | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 4,446 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[7] | ||||||||
References
- ^ Cumberland South - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
- ^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- ^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- ^ Chief Electoral Officer (January 21, 2019). "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Proceedings of the Cumberland South By-Election" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia.
- ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
- ^ https://globalnews.ca/news/10865514/nova-scotia-election-2024-cumberland-south/