Inverness South
Former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Inverness South was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of 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–Eastern Shore–Tracadie.[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 South elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Inverness South | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
| District created from Inverness County (1867–1981) | ||||
| 53rd | 1981–1984 | Billy Joe MacLean | Progressive Conservative | |
| 54th | 1984–1987 | |||
| 1987–1988 | Independent | |||
| 55th | 1988–1993 | Danny Graham | 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 | Danny Graham | 2,185 | 40.03% | 2.94% | ||||
| Independent | Billy Joe MacLean | 2,062 | 37.78% | -2.32% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Archie MacLachlan | 866 | 15.87% | 1.18% | ||||
| New Democratic | Martin Beaton | 345 | 6.32% | -1.80% | ||||
| Total | 5,458 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness South" (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. | ||||||||
1987
| Nova Scotia provincial by-election, February 24, 1987 Expulsion of Billy Joe MacLean from the House. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Independent | Billy Joe MacLean | 2,203 | 40.10% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Allan MacDonald | 2,038 | 37.10% | 4.27% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mary Margaret MacLean | 807 | 14.69% | -47.21% | ||||
| New Democratic | Martin Beaton | 446 | 8.12% | 3.47% | ||||
| Total | 5,494 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness South" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
1984
| 1984 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Billy Joe MacLean | 3,273 | 61.89% | 15.07% | ||||
| Liberal | Danny Graham | 1,736 | 32.83% | -12.82% | ||||
| New Democratic | Al MacKinnon | 246 | 4.65% | -2.88% | ||||
| Labour | Laddie Golemiec | 33 | 0.62% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,288 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness South" (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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Billy Joe MacLean | 2,469 | 46.82% | – | ||||
| Liberal | William MacEachern | 2,407 | 45.65% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Bill Martin | 397 | 7.53% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,273 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Inverness South" (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. | ||||||||
