Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish
Federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish (formerly Cape Breton—Canso) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2011 was 75,247. It is the successor to Bras d'Or (later known as Bras d'Or—Cape Breton), which was represented in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 1996 | ||
| First contested | 1997 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 71,380 | ||
| Electors (2025)[2] | 64,263 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 9,308 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 7.7 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Cape Breton (part), Antigonish (county), Inverness, Richmond, Victoria, Antigonish (town), Guysborough, Eskasoni, Port Hawkesbury, Mulgrave, Whycocomagh | ||
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Demographics
Geography
The district includes all of Antigonish County, eastern Guysborough County, the western, southern and eastern coasts of Cape Breton Island, as well as the towns of Port Hawkesbury and Mulgrave. Communities include Glace Bay, Louisbourg, Inverness, Chéticamp, St. Peters, Guysborough, Dominion and Canso. The area is 9,438 km2[citation needed].
Political geography
In 2008, the Liberals won most of their support on Cape Breton Island, whereas the mainland portion of the riding voted Conservative with a few Liberal and NDP pockets The Conservatives and the NDP both won a small handful of polls on the island, and the Greens won a poll containing Judique.
History
The riding of Bras d'Or was created in 1996 from parts of Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Cape Breton—East Richmond ridings.
Bras d'Or was renamed "Bras d'Or—Cape Breton" in 1998. It was abolished in 2003. Most of its territory (except for the community of Sydney River) was incorporated into a new riding called "Cape Breton—Canso", and it also added a portion of Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough on the mainland.
Under the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding gained 9% of its new territory from Central Nova.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding was largely replaced by Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish. It gained the remainder of Antigonish County from Central Nova, and exchanged territory with Sydney—Victoria, gaining Victoria, the remainder of Inverness and the rural western part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, and lost the urban part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality from Sydney Forks to Morien, including the Glace Bay area.[5] These changes came into effect upon the calling of the 2025 Canadian federal election.
Members of Parliament
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bras d'Or Riding created from Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Cape Breton—East Richmond |
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| 36th | 1997–2000 | Michelle Dockrill | New Democratic | |
| Bras d'Or—Cape Breton | ||||
| 37th | 2000–2004 | Rodger Cuzner | Liberal | |
| Cape Breton—Canso | ||||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Rodger Cuzner | Liberal | |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2011 | |||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | |||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | |||
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Mike Kelloway | ||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish | ||||
| 45th | 2025–present | Jaime Battiste | Liberal | |
Election results
Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Jaime Battiste | 24,908 | 51.59 | +6.17 | $109,835.33 | |||
| Conservative | Allan MacMaster | 20,870 | 43.23 | +8.09 | $89,508.34 | |||
| New Democratic | Joanna Clark | 1,930 | 4.00 | –10.75 | $1,390.95 | |||
| People's | Ryan Smyth | 333 | 0.69 | –3.25 | $38.05 | |||
| Independent | Rebecca Wall | 237 | 0.49 | N/A | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 48,278 | 99.43 | +0.24 | $127,777.04 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 288 | 0.57 | –0.24 | |||||
| Turnout | 48,556 | 75.57 | +10.00 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 64,251 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | –1.24 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 19,259 | 45.43 | |
| Conservative | 14,882 | 35.11 | |
| New Democratic | 6,252 | 14.75 | |
| People's | 1,676 | 3.95 | |
| Green | 206 | 0.49 | |
| Others | 116 | 0.27 | |
Cape Breton—Canso
2021
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Cape Breton—Canso | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mike Kelloway | 18,288 | 46.46 | +7.58 | $84,296.86 | |||
| Conservative | Fiona MacLeod | 13,805 | 35.07 | +0.55 | $87,677.71 | |||
| New Democratic | Jana Reddick | 5,618 | 14.27 | -0.53 | $7,070.64 | |||
| People's | Brad Grandy | 1,649 | 4.19 | +2.04 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 39,360 | 99.19 | +0.57 | $107,460.21 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 350 | 0.81 | -0.57 | |||||
| Turnout | 39,710 | 65.57 | -6.13 | |||||
| Registered voters | 60,559 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +3.52 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9][10] | ||||||||
2019
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Cape Breton—Canso | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mike Kelloway | 16,694 | 38.88 | -35.51 | none listed | |||
| Conservative | Alfie MacLeod | 14,821 | 34.52 | +20.07 | $99,102.26 | |||
| New Democratic | Laurie Suitor | 6,354 | 14.80 | +6.59 | none listed | |||
| Green | Clive Doucet | 3,321 | 7.73 | +4.77 | $23,886.83 | |||
| People's | Billy Joyce[11] | 925 | 2.15 | - | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | Michelle Dockrill | 685 | 1.60 | - | none listed | |||
| National Citizens Alliance | Darlene Lynn LeBlanc | 140 | 0.33 | - | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 42,940 | 98.62 | $102,831.89 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 601 | 1.38 | +0.75 | |||||
| Turnout | 43,541 | 71.73 | +0.15 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 60,699 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -27.79 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[12] | ||||||||
2015
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Cape Breton—Canso | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Rodger Cuzner | 32,163 | 74.39 | +30.29 | $69,357.97 | |||
| Conservative | Adam Daniel Rodgers | 6,246 | 14.45 | –18.17 | $36,970.92 | |||
| New Democratic | Michelle Smith | 3,547 | 8.20 | –11.84 | $3,803.75 | |||
| Green | Maria Goretti Coady | 1,281 | 2.96 | –0.28 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 43,237 | 99.37 | $205,381.80 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 274 | 0.63 | ||||||
| Turnout | 43,511 | 71.58 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 60,785 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +24.23 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[13][14] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[15] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 17,196 | 44.10 | |
| Conservative | 12,719 | 32.62 | |
| New Democratic | 7,818 | 20.05 | |
| Green | 1,265 | 3.24 | |
2011
| 2011 Canadian federal election: Cape Breton—Canso | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Rodger Cuzner | 16,478 | 46.45 | -1.65 | $63,928.72 | |||
| Conservative | Clarence Derrick Kennedy | 10,873 | 30.65 | +7.15 | $75,474.80 | |||
| New Democratic | Marney Simmons | 6,984 | 19.69 | -1.43 | $2,528.46 | |||
| Green | Glen Carabin | 1,141 | 3.22 | -4.06 | $346.95 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 35,476 | 100.0 | $83,274.40 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 336 | 0.94 | +0.14 | |||||
| Turnout | 35,812 | 62.47 | -0.84 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 57,331 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -4.40 | ||||||
| Sources:[16][17] | ||||||||
2008
| 2008 Canadian federal election: Cape Breton—Canso | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Rodger Cuzner | 17,447 | 48.10 | -5.09 | $35,405.44 | |||
| Conservative | Allan Murphy | 8,524 | 23.50 | -0.68 | $51,511.90 | |||
| New Democratic | Mark MacNeill | 7,660 | 21.12 | +0.98 | $6,483.40 | |||
| Green | Dwayne MacEachern | 2,641 | 7.28 | +4.78 | $5,315.05 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 36,272 | 100.0 | $80,776 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 292 | 0.80 | +0.09 | |||||
| Turnout | 36,564 | 63.31 | -3.21 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 57,753 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.20 | ||||||
2006
| 2006 Canadian federal election: Cape Breton—Canso | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Rodger Cuzner | 21,424 | 53.19 | -0.07 | $62,038.40 | |||
| Conservative | Kenzie MacNeil | 9,740 | 24.18 | +3.94 | $47,590.43 | |||
| New Democratic | Hector Morrison | 8,111 | 20.14 | -4.18 | $7,662.93 | |||
| Green | Rob Hines | 1,006 | 2.50 | +0.33 | $323.17 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 40,281 | 100.0 | $76,321 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 288 | 0.71 | -0.24 | |||||
| Turnout | 40,569 | 66.52 | +2.72 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 60,984 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.00 | ||||||
2004
| 2004 Canadian federal election: Cape Breton—Canso | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Rodger Cuzner | 20,139 | 53.26 | -0.33 | $63,078.17 | |||
| New Democratic | Shirley Hartery | 9,197 | 24.32 | +5.44 | $21,160.51 | |||
| Conservative | Kenzie MacNeil | 7,654 | 20.24 | -7.19 | $49,919.36 | |||
| Green | Seumas Gibson | 820 | 2.17 | – | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 37,810 | 100.0 | $73,856 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 361 | 0.95 | ||||||
| Turnout | 38,171 | 63.80 | -3.38 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 59,825 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | -2.88 | ||||||
| Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals. | ||||||||
| 2000 federal election redistributed results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 21,200 | 53.59 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 9,291 | 23.49 | |
| New Democratic | 7,469 | 18.88 | |
| Alliance | 1,558 | 3.94 | |
| Others | 42 | 0.11 | |
Bras d'Or–Cape Breton
2000
| 2000 Canadian federal election: Cape Breton—Canso | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Rodger Cuzner | 20,815 | 54.85 | +16.41 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alfie MacLeod | 8,114 | 21.38 | +1.12 | ||||
| New Democratic | Michelle Dockrill | 7,537 | 19.86 | -21.44 | ||||
| Alliance | John Currie | 1,483 | 3.91 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 37,949 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +18.93 | ||||||
Bras d'Or
1997
| 1997 Canadian federal election: Cape Breton—Canso | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Michelle Dockrill | 17,575 | 41.30 | |||||
| Liberal | David Dingwall | 16,358 | 38.44 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Crowdis | 8,620 | 20.26 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 42,553 | 100.00 | ||||||