Inverness (provincial electoral district)
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Provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly | ||
| MLA |
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]
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 | ||
| 58th | 1999–2003 | Rodney MacDonald | Progressive Conservative | |
| 59th | 2003–2006 | |||
| 60th | 2006–2009 | |||
| 61st | 2009–2009 | |||
| 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 | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52nd | 1978–1981 | William (Bill) MacEachern | Liberal | John Archie MacKenzie | Liberal | ||
| 51st | 1974–1978 | ||||||
| 50th | 1970–1974 | Norman J. MacLean | Progressive Conservative | ||||
| 49th | 1967–1970 | William N. MacLean | |||||
| 48th | 1963–1967 | ||||||
| 47th | 1960–1963 | Joseph Clyde Nunn | Liberal | Roderick MacLean | |||
| 46th | 1956–1960 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 35th | 1911–1916 | James MacDonald | |||||
| 34th | 1906–1911 | Charles Edward McMillan | Liberal-Conservative | ||||
| 33rd | 1901–1906 | Moses J. Doucet | Liberal | ||||
| 32nd | 1897–1901 | ||||||
| 31st | 1894–1897 | Alex Campbell | Liberal-Conservative | John H. Jamieson | Liberal-Conservative | ||
| 30th | 1890–1894 | John McKinnon | Liberal | Daniel McNeil | Liberal | ||
| 29th | 1886–1890 | ||||||
| 28th | 1882–1886 | Duncan J. Campbell | Alex Campbell | Conservative | |||
| 27th | 1878–1882 | ||||||
| 26th | 1874–1878 | John McKinnon | Duncan J. Campbell | ||||
| 25th | 1871–1874 | Hiram Blanchard | Conservative | Samuel McDonnell | |||
| 24th | 1867–1871 | 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 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 70 | |||||||
| Turnout | 7,111 | 48.93 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 14,534 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[6] | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Allan MacMaster | 4,833 | 55.85 | -6.05 | $33,264.46 | |||
| Liberal | Damian MacInnis | 3,112 | 35.96 | +4.96 | $42,102.76 | |||
| New Democratic | Joanna Clark | 708 | 8.18 | +1.07 | $21,360.60 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 8,653 | 99.38 | – | $83,197.40 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 54 | 0.62 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,707 | 61.58 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 14,140 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -5.51 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[7][8] | ||||||||
2017
| 2017 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Allan MacMaster | 4,687 | 61.90 | +15.61 | ||||
| Liberal | Bobby Morris | 2,347 | 31.00 | -10.95 | ||||
| New Democratic | Michelle Smith | 538 | 7.11 | -1.65 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,572 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 36 | 0.47 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,608 | 66.22 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,489 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +13.28 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Nova Scotia[9][10] | ||||||||
2013
| 2013 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Allan MacMaster | 3,816 | 49.29 | 13.52 | ||||
| Liberal | Jackie Rankin | 3,248 | 41.95 | 6.80 | ||||
| New Democratic | Michelle A. Smith | 678 | 8.76 | -17.79 | ||||
| Total | 7,742 | – | ||||||
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. | ||||||||
2009 by-election
| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 2009-10-20 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 8,829 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2009
| 2009 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rodney MacDonald | 5,402 | 56.17 | -14.40 | ||||
| New Democratic | Michael MacIsaac | 1,971 | 20.49 | 7.80 | ||||
| Liberal | Shaun Bennett | 1,905 | 19.81 | 4.37 | ||||
| Green | Nathalie Arsenault | 339 | 3.53 | 2.24 | ||||
| Total | 9,617 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
2006
| 2006 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rodney MacDonald | 7,992 | 70.58 | 19.39 | ||||
| Liberal | Mary MacLennan | 1,748 | 15.44 | -21.27 | ||||
| New Democratic | Tim Murphy | 1,438 | 12.70 | 0.59 | ||||
| Green | John G. Gibson | 146 | 1.29 | – | ||||
| Total | 11,324 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
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 | 10,546 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
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 | 9,037 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. 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 | 9,190 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
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 | 9,650 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018. | ||||||||
1978
| 1978 Nova Scotia general election: Inverness County | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| Liberal | William MacEachern | 6,270 | 27.10 |  Y | ||||
| Liberal | John Archie MacKenzie | 5,632 | 24.34 | 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 | 23,135 | – | ||||||
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. | ||||||||
See also
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). 42nd Provincial General Election, November 26, 2024: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 1 February 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 1 February 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.
- ↑ 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 7 December 2020.
- ↑ 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.
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