Cape Breton The Lakes was a provincialelectoral district inNova Scotia,Canada, that elected one member of theNova Scotia House of Assembly.
It was created in 1978 out of areas which were formerly included in theCape Breton North,Cape Breton South, andCape Breton West.In 2003, it was reallocated toVictoria-The Lakes,Cape Breton South,Cape Breton North andCape Breton West.[1]
| 1978 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Ossie Fraser | 3,473 | 46.26% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim MacDonald | 2,642 | 35.19% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Irene Le Blanc | 1,393 | 18.55% | – | ||||
| Total | 7,508 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source:Nova Scotia Legislature (2021)."Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes"(PDF).nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978).Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election(PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
| 1981 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Ossie Fraser | 3,436 | 43.01% | -3.25% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Newell | 3,316 | 41.51% | 6.32% | ||||
| New Democratic | Douglas D. MacDonald | 1,237 | 15.48% | -3.07% | ||||
| Total | 7,989 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source:Nova Scotia Legislature (2021)."Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes"(PDF).nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981).Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election(PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | John Newell | 3190 | 38.28 | -3.22 | |
| Liberal | John Coady | 3078 | 36.93 | -6.07 | |
| NDP | Gerald Yetman | 1436 | 17.23 | +1.75 | |
| Labour | Gary Mosher | 630 | 7.56 | ||
| 1984 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Newell | 4,535 | 51.29% | 9.78% | ||||
| Liberal | John Coady | 3,338 | 37.75% | -5.26% | ||||
| New Democratic | Richard Fogarty | 813 | 9.19% | -6.29% | ||||
| Labour | Mary Strickland | 156 | 1.76% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,842 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source:Nova Scotia Legislature (2021)."Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes"(PDF).nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984).Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election(PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
| 1988 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Bernie Boudreau | 4,192 | 45.37% | 7.62% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Newell | 3,282 | 35.52% | -15.77% | ||||
| New Democratic | Helen MacDonald | 1,766 | 19.11% | 9.92% | ||||
| Total | 9,240 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source:Nova Scotia Legislature (2021)."Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes"(PDF).nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988).Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election(PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
| 1993 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Bernie Boudreau | 6,591 | 71.90% | 26.53% | ||||
| New Democratic | Helen MacDonald | 1,312 | 14.31% | -4.80% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lauchie G. Leslie | 1,264 | 13.79% | -21.73% | ||||
| Total | 9,167 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source:Nova Scotia Legislature (2021)."Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes"(PDF).nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993).Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election(PDF). Queen's Printer. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Helen MacDonald | 3727 | 49.19 | +34.88 | |
| Liberal | Allan Henderson | 3055 | 40.32 | -31.58 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Rollie Clarke | 795 | 10.49 | -3.31 | |
| 1998 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Helen MacDonald | 4,573 | 52.17% | 37.86% | ||||
| Liberal | Allan Henderson | 3,707 | 42.29% | -29.61% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rollie Clarke | 485 | 5.53% | -8.26% | ||||
| Total | 8,765 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source:Nova Scotia Legislature (2021)."Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes"(PDF).nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||
| 1999 Nova Scotia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Brian Boudreau | 3,715 | 43.70% | 1.40% | ||||
| New Democratic | Helen MacDonald | 3,614 | 42.51% | -9.67% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ken Langley | 1,173 | 13.80% | 8.26% | ||||
| Total | 8,502 | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source:Nova Scotia Legislature (2021)."Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes"(PDF).nslegislature.ca. | ||||||||