Sydney—Victoria
Federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Sydney—Victoria was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2025. It was created in 1996 from parts of Cape Breton—The Sydneys, Cape Breton—East Richmond and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso electoral districts. Its first Member of Parliament (MP) was Peter Mancini and its final MP was Jaime Battiste.
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |
|---|---|
 Sydney—Victoria from the 2015 federal election to 2025 | |
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1996 |
| District abolished | 2025 |
| First contested | 1997 |
| Last contested | 2021 |
| District webpage | profile, map |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2021)[1] | 72,361 |
| Electors (2021) | 59,757 |
| Area (km²)[1] | 4,313 |
| Census division | Cape Breton |
| Census subdivision | Cape Breton |
After the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this district was replaced largely by Sydney—Glace Bay. The new urban district represents most of the former Industrial Cape Breton area. Sydney—Glace Bay ceded most of Cape Breton—Victoria's rural areas to the new Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish district. Sydney—Victoria was abolished when the writ dropped for the 2025 Canadian general election on 23 March 2025.
Demographics
- According to the 2021 Canadian census[2]
Ethnic groups: 83.9% European, 10.5% Indigenous, 2.4% South Asian, 1.3% Black
Religion: 74.2% Christian (50.5% Catholic, 6.7% United Church, 5.7% Anglican, 3% Presbyterian), 22.5% No religion stated.
Median income (2020): $33,600
Average income (2020): $40,92
Languages: (2021) 68,055 (93.3%) English; 2,375 (4.1%) Mi’kmaq; 590 (0.9%) French; 290 (0.3%) Mandarin; 505 (0.8%) Punjabi; 160 (0.2%) Tagalog; 65 (0.1%) Arabic; 40 (0.1%) Urdu; 75 (0.1%) German; 55 (0.1%) Dutch, 25 (0.1%) Cantonese, 25 (0.1%) Italian; 25 Ukrainian (0.1%); 15 (0.1%) Scottish Gaelic.
Geography
It consisted of:
- The County of Victoria;
- the northern part of the County of Inverness, i.e., the part lying north of the southern boundary of Cape Breton Highlands National Park; and
- the northwestern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, i.e., the part lying northwest of a line drawn northeast from Bras d'Or Lake to the northeast extremity of East Bay, due north to Portage Brook, northeast along Portage Brook, Blacketts Lake, the Sydney River, Highway 125, Trunk 4 (Grand Lake Road), Northwest Brook, the western shoreline of Grand Lake, the DEVCO Railway, and its northern branch (running towards the Community of Dominion) to its second intersection with Northwest Brook (north of Grand Lake), and then north and northeast along that brook, Lingan Bay and Indian Bay to the Atlantic Ocean.
History
The electoral district maintained its boundaries as per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding will largely be replaced by Sydney—Glace Bay. It will exchange territory with Cape Breton—Canso, losing Victoria, the remainder of Inverness and rural western part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, and gain the urban part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality from Sydney Forks to Port Morien, including the Glace Bay area).[3]
Members of Parliament
This electoral district has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney—Victoria | ||||
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Peter Mancini | New Democratic | |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | Mark Eyking | Liberal | |
| 38th | 2004–2006 | |||
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2011 | |||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | |||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | |||
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Jaime Battiste | ||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
Election results
2021
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Jaime Battiste | 14,250 | 39.2 | +8.3 | $68,768.55 | |||
| Conservative | Eddie Orrell | 13,166 | 36.3 | +8.6 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Jeff Ward | 7,217 | 19.9 | -0.2 | $11,605.07 | |||
| People's | Ronald Angus Barron | 1,176 | 3.2 | N/A | $1,145.74 | |||
| Green | Mark Embrett | 376 | 1.0 | -4.5 | $0.00 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Nikki Boisvert | 127 | 0.3 | N/A | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 36,312 | 98.7 | ±0.0 | $102,433.21 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 472 | 1.3 | ±0.0 | |||||
| Turnout | 36,784 | 61.6 | -6.5 | |||||
| Registered voters | 59,757 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -0.2 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
2019
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Jaime Battiste | 12,536 | 30.90 | −42.30 | $63,429.21 | |||
| Conservative | Eddie Orrell | 11,227 | 27.68 | +17.04 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Jodi McDavid | 8,146 | 20.08 | +7.02 | none listed | |||
| Independent | Archie MacKinnon | 5,679 | 14.00 | New | none listed | |||
| Green | Lois Foster | 2,249 | 5.54 | +3.04 | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | Kenzie MacNeil | 480 | 1.18 | New | none listed | |||
| Veterans Coalition | Randy Joy | 248 | 0.61 | New | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 40,565 | 98.72 | $99,536.07 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 528 | 1.28 | +0.71 | |||||
| Turnout | 41,093 | 68.12 | −0.84 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 60,322 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −29.67 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6] | ||||||||
2015
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mark Eyking | 29,995 | 73.20 | +33.29 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Monika Dutt | 5,351 | 13.06 | –5.97 | $32,027.50 | |||
| Conservative | John Douglas Chiasson | 4,360 | 10.64 | –27.21 | $41,720.11 | |||
| Green | Matthew Cavanaugh | 1,026 | 2.50 | –0.71 | – | |||
| Libertarian | Wayne James Hiscock | 242 | 0.59 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 40,974 | 100.00 | $195,473.50 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 236 | 0.57 | ||||||
| Turnout | 41,210 | 68.96 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 59,761 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +19.63 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
2011
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mark Eyking | 14,788 | 39.91 | -9.49 | $67,454.53 | |||
| Conservative | Cecil Clarke | 14,023 | 37.85 | +17.23 | $77,334.98 | |||
| New Democratic | Kathy MacLeod | 7,049 | 19.02 | -5.42 | $17,238.77 | |||
| Green | Chris Milburn | 1,191 | 3.21 | -2.33 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 37,051 | 100.0 | $80,666.28 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 279 | 0.75 | +0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 37,330 | 61.48 | +4.07 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 60,719 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -13.36 | ||||||
| Sources:[9][10] | ||||||||
2008
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mark Eyking | 17,303 | 49.40 | -0.48 | $60,561.52 | |||
| New Democratic | Wayne McKay | 8,559 | 24.44 | -4.06 | $15,485.05 | |||
| Conservative | Kristen Rudderham | 7,223 | 20.62 | +2.28 | $60,092.18 | |||
| Green | Collin Harker | 1,941 | 5.54 | +2.25 | $1,966.54 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 35,026 | 100.0 | $78,337 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 254 | 0.72 | +0.16 | |||||
| Turnout | 35,280 | 57.41 | -5.89 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 61,448 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.79 | ||||||
2006
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mark Eyking | 20,277 | 49.88 | -2.25 | $47,473.95 | |||
| New Democratic | John Hugh Edwards | 11,587 | 28.50 | +0.79 | $28,987.58 | |||
| Conservative | Howie MacDonald | 7,455 | 18.34 | +2.47 | $26,033.71 | |||
| Green | Chris Milburn | 1,336 | 3.29 | +0.99 | $537.60 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 40,655 | 100.0 | $73,953 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 227 | 0.56 | -0.23 | |||||
| Turnout | 40,882 | 63.30 | +2.72 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 64,589 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.52 | ||||||
2004
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mark Eyking | 19,372 | 52.13 | +2.14 | $51,343.95 | |||
| New Democratic | John Hugh Edwards | 10,298 | 27.71 | -8.50 | $24,957.69 | |||
| Conservative | Howie MacDonald | 5,897 | 15.87 | +2.08 | $48,515.46 | |||
| Green | Chris Milburn | 855 | 2.30 | – | $580.41 | |||
| Marijuana | Cathy Thériault | 474 | 1.28 | – | none listed | |||
| Independent | B. Chris Gallant | 264 | 0.71 | – | $165.54 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 37,160 | 100.0 | $71,187 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 297 | 0.79 | ||||||
| Turnout | 37,457 | 60.58 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 61,826 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | +5.32 | ||||||
| Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals. | ||||||||
| 2000 federal election redistributed results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 19,698 | 49.99 | |
| New Democratic | 14,267 | 36.21 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 3,934 | 9.98 | |
| Alliance | 1,501 | 3.81 | |
2000
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Mark Eyking | 19,388 | 49.8 | +23.5 | ||||
| New Democratic | Peter Mancini | 14,216 | 36.5 | -14.6 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Anna Curtis-Steele | 3,779 | 9.7 | -12.9 | ||||
| Alliance | Rod A.M. Farrell | 1,528 | 3.9 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 38,911 | 100.0 | ||||||
1997
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Peter Mancini | 22,455 | 51.1 | |||||
| Liberal | Vince MacLean | 11,569 | 26.3 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Cecil Clarke | 9,920 | 22.6 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 43,944 | 100.0 | ||||||