Victoria-The Lakes
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Keith Bain
Progressive Conservative
District created1867
First contested1867
Last contested2021
Demographics
Population (2011)11,518
Electors11,823
Area (km²)3,482
Pop. density (per km²)3.3
Census division(s)Victoria County,
Cape Breton RM

Victoria—The Lakes is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since the 2017 election has been Keith Bain of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.

It was created in 1867 as Victoria, composing all of Victoria County. In 1993, the district gained the area north of the southern border of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park.[1] In 2003, Victoria was renamed Victoria-The Lakes. It lost the top of Inverness County to Inverness and gained some of the rural areas of Cape Breton The Lakes.

Geography

Victoria-The Lakes has a landmass of 3,482 km2 (1,344 sq mi).[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature Years Member Party
64th 2021–present Keith Bain Progressive Conservative
63rd 2017-2021
62nd 2013–2017     Pam Eyking Liberal
61st 2009–2013 Keith Bain Progressive Conservative
60th 2006-2009
59th 2003-2006     Gerald Sampson Liberal
58th 1999-2003     Kennie MacAskill Liberal
57th 1998-1999
56th 1993-1998
55th 1988-1993
54th 1984-1988 Fisher Hudson Progressive Conservative
53rd 1981-1984
52nd 1980-1981
1978-1980     Peter John Nicholson Liberal
51st 1974-1978     Maynard MacAskill Liberal
50th 1970-1974 Fisher Hudson Progressive Conservative
49th 1967-1970
48th 1963-1967     Carleton L. MacMillan Liberal
47th 1960-1963
46th 1956-1960
45th 1953-1956
44th 1949-1953
43rd 1945-1949 John Malcolm Campbell
42nd 1941-1945
41st 1937-1941
40th 1933-1937 Frederick Walker Baldwin Liberal-Conservative

Election results

1867 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal John Ross 621 37.21%
Liberal William Kidston 571 34.21%
Liberal–Conservative Charles James Campbell 256 15.34%
Liberal–Conservative McLean 162 9.71%
Liberal–Conservative Haliburton 59 3.54%
Total 1,669 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1871 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Charles James Campbell 523 28.78%
Liberal John Ross 505 27.79%
Liberal William Kidston 406 22.34%
Liberal–Conservative David McCurdy 383 21.08%
Total 1,817 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1874 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal David McCurdy 680 33.93%
Liberal John A. Fraser 548 27.35%
Independent William Kidston 394 19.66%
Liberal–Conservative John Morrison 382 19.06%
Total 2,004 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1878 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative John Morrison 607 26.75%
Liberal William F. McCurdy 594 26.18%
Liberal John Ross 580 25.56%
Liberal–Conservative J. S. McLean 368 16.22%
Independent William Kidston 120 5.29%
Total 2,269 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1882 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative John Archibald McDonald 874 32.94%
Liberal William F. McCurdy 600 22.62%
Liberal–Conservative John Morrison 522 19.68%
Liberal Donald Buchanan McLeod 498 18.77%
Independent John Muroe 159 5.99%
Total 2,653 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1886 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent John Lemuel Bethune 779 26.74%
Liberal John A. Fraser 510 17.51%
Liberal–Conservative Murdoch G. McLeod 463 15.89%
Liberal–Conservative John Morrison 408 14.01%
Liberal John J. McCabe 385 13.22%
Liberal–Conservative John Munroe 368 12.63%
Total 2,913 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1890 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal John A. Fraser 971 29.71%
Liberal–Conservative John Lemuel Bethune 846 25.89%
Liberal–Conservative Murdoch G. McLeod 735 22.49%
Liberal N. F. Mckay 630 19.28%
Liberal John J. McCabe 86 2.63%
Total 3,268 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1894 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative John Lemuel Bethune 911 28.34%
Liberal John Gillis Morrison 784 24.39%
Liberal John A. Fraser 748 23.27%
Liberal–Conservative John J. McCabe 597 18.57%
Liberal M. H. MacKenzie 174 5.41%
Total 3,214 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1897 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal George Henry Murray 1,273 36.59%
Liberal John Gillis Morrison 1,093 31.42%
Liberal–Conservative John A. McDonald 651 18.71%
Liberal–Conservative A. G. McLeod 462 13.28%
Total 3,479 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1901 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal George Henry Murray 1,177 37.85%
Liberal John Gillis Morrison 1,023 32.89%
Liberal–Conservative John A. McDonald 581 18.68%
Liberal–Conservative John J. McCabe 329 10.58%
Total 3,110 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1906 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal George Henry Murray Acclaimed –
Liberal John Gillis Morrison Acclaimed –
Total – –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1911 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal George Henry Murray 1,247 33.76%
Liberal Angus A. Buchanan 1,124 30.43%
Liberal–Conservative John Lemuel Bethune 696 18.84%
Liberal–Conservative Duncan McDonald 627 16.97%
Total 3,694 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1916 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal George Henry Murray 1,212 27.80%
Liberal John Gillis Morrison 1,189 27.27%
Liberal–Conservative Phillip McLeod 1,073 24.61%
Liberal–Conservative Joseph Hays 886 20.32%
Total 4,360 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1920 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal George Henry Murray 2,078 32.42%
Liberal Angus Gladstone Buchanan 2,013 31.41%
Liberal–Conservative Phillip McLeod 1,209 18.86%
Liberal–Conservative Guy McL. Matheson 1,109 17.30%
Total 6,409 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1925 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Donald Buchanan McLeod 1,874 27.05%
Liberal–Conservative Phillip McLeod 1,760 25.40%
Liberal Alexander K. McKenzie 1,672 24.13%
Liberal–Conservative Hector A. McLeod 1,622 23.41%
Total 6,928 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1928 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Donald Buchanan McLeod 1,840 26.65%
Liberal Daniel Alexander Cameron 1,773 25.68%
Liberal–Conservative Phillip McLeod 1,652 23.92%
Liberal–Conservative H. A. Grant 1,640 23.75%
Total 6,905 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1933 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Frederick Walker Baldwin 2,216 52.18%
Liberal Donald Buchanan McLeod 2,031 47.82%
Total 4,247 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1937 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Malcolm Campbell 2,335 57.17% 9.35%
Liberal–Conservative Frederick Walker Baldwin 1,749 42.83% -9.35%
Total 4,084 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1941 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Malcolm Campbell 2,176 63.05% 5.88%
Liberal–Conservative John A. Fraser 1,275 36.95% -5.88%
Total 3,451 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1945 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Malcolm Campbell 2,101 64.69% 1.63%
Liberal–Conservative William Ross MacAulay 1,147 35.31% -1.63%
Total 3,248 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1949 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Carleton L. MacMillan 2,486 61.75% -2.94%
Liberal–Conservative Phillip MacLeod 1,540 38.25% 2.94%
Total 4,026 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1953 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Carleton L. MacMillan 2,247 56.47% -5.28%
Progressive Conservative Joseph L. McNeil 1,732 43.53% –
Total 3,979 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1956 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Carleton L. MacMillan 2,162 56.08% -0.39%
Progressive Conservative Leonard Walter Jones 1,693 43.92% 0.39%
Total 3,855 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1960 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Carleton L. MacMillan 2,052 53.04% -3.05%
Progressive Conservative Leonard Walter Jones 1,817 46.96% 3.05%
Total 3,869 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1963 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Carleton L. MacMillan 1,934 50.58% -2.46%
Progressive Conservative Fisher Hudson 1,890 49.42% 2.46%
Total 3,824 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1967 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Fisher Hudson 2,033 55.01% 5.58%
Liberal Duncan F. Buchanan 1,663 44.99% -5.58%
Total 3,696 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1970 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Fisher Hudson 2,075 52.53% -2.47%
Liberal W. H. F. Langley 1,700 43.04% -1.96%
New Democratic Jessie Stone 175 4.43% –
Total 3,950 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1974 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Maynard MacAskill 2,573 59.44% 16.40%
Progressive Conservative Fisher Hudson 1,542 35.62% -16.91%
New Democratic Colin A. Gillis 214 4.94% 0.51%
Total 4,329 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1978 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter John Nicholson 2,199 48.29% -11.15%
Progressive Conservative Catherine MacNeil Jankowski 1,992 43.74% 8.12%
New Democratic Steve Lake 363 7.97% 3.03%
Total 4,554 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1981 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Fisher Hudson 2,357 50.02% 6.28%
Liberal Merrill D. Buchanan 1,952 41.43% -6.86%
New Democratic Frank Reid 251 5.33% -2.64%
Independent Duncan J. Beaton 152 3.23% –
Total 4,712 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1984 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Fisher Hudson 2,498 50.76% 0.74%
Liberal Elmourne K. MacKinnon 1,960 39.83% -1.60%
New Democratic Fraser Patterson 387 7.86% 2.54%
Labor Bernice MacLean 76 1.54% –
Total 4,921 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1988 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kennie MacAskill 2,719 51.60% 11.77%
Progressive Conservative Fisher Hudson 2,076 39.40% -11.36%
New Democratic Fraser Patterson 474 9.00% 1.13%
Total 5,269 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1993 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kennie MacAskill 3,119 60.32% 8.71%
Progressive Conservative Walter S. Brett 1,488 28.78% -10.62%
New Democratic Gerald Yetman 414 8.01% -0.99%
Independent Stemer MacLeod 150 2.90% –
Total 5,171 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1998 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kennie MacAskill 2,405 48.08% -12.24%
Progressive Conservative Dan Chiasson 1,524 30.47% 1.69%
New Democratic Ruth Schneider 887 17.73% 9.73%
Independent Stemer MacLeod 186 3.72% 0.82%
Total 5,002 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
1999 Nova Scotia general election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kennie MacAskill 2,263 49.46% 1.38%
Progressive Conservative Anna Curtis-Steele 1,174 25.66% -4.81%
New Democratic Nancy MacKeigan 772 16.87% -0.86%
Independent Osborne Burke 229 5.01% –
Independent Stemer MacLeod 137 2.99% -0.72%
Total 4,575 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gerald Sampson 2,284 36.44% -13.03%
Progressive Conservative Keith Bain 2,036 32.48% 6.82%
New Democratic Nancy MacKeigan 934 14.90% -1.97%
Independent Brian Boudreau 750 11.97% –
Independent Stemer MacLeod 264 4.21% 1.22%
Total 6,268 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Keith Bain 3,001 47.48% 14.99%
Liberal Gerald Sampson 2,272 35.94% -0.50%
New Democratic Joan O'Liari 755 11.94% -2.96%
Green Michelle Smith 173 2.74% –
Independent Stemer MacLeod 120 1.90% -2.31%
Total 6,321 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Keith Bain 2,417 38.68% -8.80%
Liberal Gerald Sampson 1,912 30.60% -5.35%
New Democratic Fraser Patterson 1,680 26.88% 14.94%
Green James V. O'Brien 143 2.29% -0.45%
Independent Stemer MacLeod 97 1.55% -0.35%
Total 6,249 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Victoria" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2013 general election

2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Party of Nova Scotia Pam Eyking 3,150 38.99 +8.39
  Progressive Conservative Keith Bain 2,847 35.24 -3.44
  New Democratic Party John Frank Tomey 1,907 23.60 -3.28
  Independent Stewart M. (Stemer) MacLeod 176 2.18 +0.28

2017 general election

2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Keith Bain 4,373 59.55 +24.31
Liberal Pam Eyking 1,969 26.81 -12.18
New Democratic Lisa Bond 544 7.41 -16.19
Green Adrianna MacKinnon 265 3.61 N/A
Independent Stemer MacLeod 192 2.61 +0.43
Total valid votes 7,343 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 37 0.50
Turnout 7,380 59.75
Eligible voters 12,352
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +18.25
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3][4]

2021 general election

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Keith Bain 3,536 54.37 -5.18
Liberal Nadine Bernard 2,224 34.20 +7.39
New Democratic Adrianna MacKinnon 627 9.64 +2.23
Independent Stemer MacLeod 116 1.78 -0.83
Total valid votes 6,503 99.51
Total rejected ballots 32 0.49
Turnout 6,535 51.50
Eligible voters 12,690
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.23
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5]

References

  1. ^ Inverness - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature
  2. ^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  4. ^ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  5. ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

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