Sydney-Membertou

Sydney-Membertou
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Derek Mombourquette; Liberal
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District created	2012
First contested	2013
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Area (km²)	21
Census division	Cape Breton County
Census subdivision(s)	Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Membertou 28B

Sydney-Membertou is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 2012 as Sydney-Whtiney Pier from 79% of Cape Breton Nova and 59% of Cape Breton South. Following the 2019 redistribution, the riding lost Whitney Pier to Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier, while gaining some territory from Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg, and was renamed Sydney-Membertou.

District created2012

First contested2013

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The district contains the communities of Sydney, Grand Lake Road, Mira Road, Sydney River, Prime Brook, and the Membertou 28B Indian reserve.

The riding is represented by Derek Mombourquette of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. He won the seat in a byelection on July 14, 2015,^[1] following the resignation of MLA Gordie Gosse.^[2]

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Derek Mombourquette	3,691	45.05	-9.22
	Progressive Conservative	Brian MacArthur	2,905	35.45	+18.00
	New Democratic	Alison Aho	1,513	18.46	-9.82
	Green	Steven McGrath	85	1.04	–
Total valid votes			8,194
Total rejected ballots			54
Turnout			8,248	53.01
Eligible voters			15,558
	Liberal hold		Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[3]

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Derek Mombourquette	4,561	54.27	+16.85	$56,323.12
	New Democratic	Madonna Doucette	2,377	28.28	-4.07	$46,873.89
	Progressive Conservative	Pauline Singer	1,467	17.45	-12.78	$39,112.21
Total valid votes/expense limit			8,405	99.44	–	$92,135.10
Total rejected ballots			47	0.56
Turnout			8,452	52.36
Eligible voters			16,142
	Liberal hold		Swing		+10.46
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[4]^[5]

2017 provincial election redistributed results^[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	3,257	37.42
	New Democratic	2,816	32.35
	Progressive Conservative	2,632	30.24

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Derek Mombourquette	3,656	38.72	-10.33
	New Democratic	Madonna Doucette	3,496	37.03	+6.88
	Progressive Conservative	Laurie MacIntosh	2,290	24.25	+3.45
Total valid votes			9,442	100.0
Total rejected ballots			62	0.65
Turnout			9,504	52.80
Eligible voters			18,001
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.61
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[7]^[8]

v t e Nova Scotia provincial by-election, July 14, 2015: Sydney-Whitney Pier On the resignation of Gordie Gosse
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Derek Mombourquette	3,794	49.05	+5.02
	New Democratic	Madonna Doucette	2,332	30.15	-19.22
	Progressive Conservative	Brian E. MacArthur	1,609	20.80	+14.20
Total valid votes			7,735	99.55
Total rejected ballots			35	0.45
Turnout			7,770	42.60
Electors on the lists			18,238
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+12.12
Source: Elections Nova Scotia

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Sydney-Membertou
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Sydney-Whtiney Pier created from Cape Breton Nova and Cape Breton South
62nd	2013–2015		Gordie Gosse	New Democratic
62nd	2015–2017		Derek Mombourquette	Liberal
63rd	2017–2021		Derek Mombourquette	Liberal
Sydney-Membertou
64th	2021–2024		Derek Mombourquette	Liberal
65th	2024–present		Derek Mombourquette	Liberal

2009 Nova Scotia general election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic Party	5,774	54.62
	Liberal	3,724	35.23
	Progressive Conservative	887	8.39
	Green	186	1.76