Inverness North
Former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Inverness North was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1981 when the former district of Inverness County was divided into Inverness North and Inverness South. It existed until 1993, when the boundaries were reformed to create the current provincial district of Inverness and the former district of Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury.[1]
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
District created1981
District abolished1993
Last contested1988
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly |
| District created | 1981 |
| District abolished | 1993 |
| Last contested | 1988 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Inverness North | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| District created from Inverness County (1867–1981) | ||||
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | John Archie MacKenzie | Liberal | |
| 54th | 1984–1988 | Norman J. MacLean | Progressive Conservative | |
| 55th | 1988–1993 | Charles MacArthur | Liberal | |
| District dissolved into Inverness (1993–Present) and Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury (1993–2003) | ||||
Election results
1988
| 1988 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Charles MacArthur | 3,666 | 46.27% | 4.19% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Norman J. MacLean | 2,865 | 36.16% | -9.41% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ben Boucher | 1,392 | 17.57% | 5.60% | ||||
| Total | 7,923 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness North" (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
| 1984 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Norman J. MacLean | 3,475 | 45.57% | 3.40% | ||||
| Liberal | John Archie MacKenzie | 3,209 | 42.08% | -8.23% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ben Boucher | 913 | 11.97% | 4.45% | ||||
| Labour | Nancy Thomas | 29 | 0.38% | – | ||||
| Total | 7,626 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness North" (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
| 1981 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Archie MacKenzie | 3,770 | 50.31% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Daniel Rankin | 3,160 | 42.17% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Eleanor Joyce Gillis | 564 | 7.53% | – | ||||
| Total | 7,494 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness North" (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. | ||||||||
