Sydney—Victoria is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 1996 | ||
First contested | 1997 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016)[1] | 72,148 | ||
Electors (2021) | 59,757 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 4,313 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 16.7 | ||
Census division(s) | Cape Breton, Inverness, Victoria | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Cape Breton, Eskasoni 3, Inverness Subd. A, Membertou 28B, Victoria, Subd. A, Victoria, Subd. B, Wagmatcook 1 |
It was created in 1996 from parts of Cape Breton—The Sydneys, Cape Breton—East Richmond and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso ridings.
Cape Breton—Canso is the only adjacent riding.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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2001 | 79,294 | — |
2006 | 76,801 | −3.1% |
2011 | 73,328 | −4.5% |
2016 | 72,148 | −1.6% |
Ethnic groups: 88.5 White, 8.9% Aboriginal, 1.1% Black
Languages: 92.9% English, 4.6% Mi'kmaq, 1.2% French
Religions: 90.7% Christian (62.8% Catholic, 8.3% United Church, 7.5% Anglican, 4.0% Presbyterian, 1.9% Baptist, 6.2% Other), 8.0% No religion
Median income (2010): $23,704
Average income (2010): $30,202
It consists of:
This riding will maintain its boundaries as per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Sydney—Victoria Riding created from Cape Breton—The Sydneys, Cape Breton—East Richmond and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso |
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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–present |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Jaime Battiste | 14,250 | 39.2 | +8.3 | ||||
Conservative | Eddie Orrell | 13,166 | 36.3 | +8.6 | ||||
New Democratic | Jeff Ward | 7,217 | 19.9 | -0.2 | ||||
People's | Ronald Angus Barron | 1,176 | 3.2 | N/A | ||||
Green | Mark Embrett | 376 | 1.0 | -4.5 | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Nikki Boisvert | 127 | 0.3 | N/A | ||||
Total valid votes | 36,312 | 98.7 | ±0.0 | |||||
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[5][6] |
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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[7] |
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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[8][9] |
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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:[10][11] |
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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 |
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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 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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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 | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Liberal | 19,698 | 49.99 | |
New Democratic | 14,267 | 36.21 | |
Progressive Conservative | 3,934 | 9.98 | |
Alliance | 1,501 | 3.81 |
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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 |
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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 |
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