Cumberland West

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

District created1949

District abolished1993

Last contested1988

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]

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

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 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 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 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.

Election results