Sydney—Glace Bay
Federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Sydney—Glace Bay is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that is represented in the House of Commons of Canada. It was created in 2023 following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution process. It was created from parts of Sydney—Victoria and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso electoral districts and mostly represents the old Industrial Cape Breton area.
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2023 | ||
| First contested | 2025 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 72,361 | ||
| Electors (2025)[2] | 67,979 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 4,313 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 16.8 | ||
| Census division | Cape Breton | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Cape Breton (part), Membertou | ||
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History
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, Sydney—Glace Bay was created. It exchanged territory with Cape Breton—Canso, losing Victoria, the remainder of Inverness and rural western part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. The new district gained the urban part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality from Sydney Forks to Port Morien, including the Glace Bay area.[4]
Members of Parliament
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney—Glace Bay | ||||
| 45th | 2025–present | Mike Kelloway | Liberal | |
Election results
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mike Kelloway | 25,766 | 54.63 | +12.70 | $118,759.85 | |||
| Conservative | Anna Manley | 17,978 | 38.12 | +3.95 | $83,390.35 | |||
| New Democratic | Kimberly Losier | 1,789 | 3.79 | –15.97 | $1,080.77 | |||
| Independent | Joe Ward | 601 | 1.27 | – | none listed | |||
| People's | Jeffrey Evely | 589 | 1.25 | –2.02 | $6,726.00 | |||
| Libertarian | Michael Pittman | 189 | 0.40 | – | none listed | |||
| Canadian Future | Chris Gallant | 169 | 0.36 | – | $17.25 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Nik Boisvert | 85 | 0.18 | –0.05 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,166 | 99.22 | – | $122,337.13 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 373 | 0.78 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 47,539 | 69.22 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 68,679 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | +4.38 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 17,539 | 41.93 | |
| Conservative | 14,294 | 34.17 | |
| New Democratic | 8,265 | 19.76 | |
| People's | 1,367 | 3.27 | |
| Green | 267 | 0.64 | |
| Others | 95 | 0.23 | |