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Cumberland North

{{For|the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency|North Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency)}}

{{Infobox Canada electoral district

|prov-status = active

|province = Nova Scotia

|image = Cumberland North provincial electoral district.svg

|prov-rep-party = Independent

|prov-rep = Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin

|demo-census-date = 2011

|demo-pop = 18148

|prov-election-first = 1993

|prov-election-last = 2024

|demo-electors = 14,452

|demo-area = 1054

|prov-created = 1993

|demo-cd = Cumberland County

|demo-csd = Amherst, Pugwash

}}

Cumberland North is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Prior to 1993, it was part of Cumberland East.

The communities of Amherst and Pugwash are within its boundaries.

Geography

Cumberland North covers {{convert|1054|km2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |title=Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election |url=https://enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca/edinfo55/Default.aspx?ED=15 |website=enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |access-date=22 July 2021}}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

{{NS-MLA|Cumberland North}}

{{NS-MLA nodata|Riding created from Cumberland East}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1993

| ToYr = 1997

| Assembly# = 56

| RepName = Ross Bragg

| NSParty = Liberal

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

| #ByElections = 1

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1997

| ToYr = 1998

| RepName = Ernest Fage

| NSParty = PC

| RepTerms# = 6

| PartyTerms# = 5

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1997

| ToYr = 1998

| Assembly# = 57

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 1999

| ToYr = 2003

| Assembly# = 58

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2003

| ToYr = 2005

| Assembly# = 59

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2006

| ToYr = 2007

| Assembly# = 60

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2007

| ToYr = 2009

| Assembly# = 60

| NSParty = Independent

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2009

| ToYr = 2013

| Assembly# = 61

| RepName = Brian Skabar

| NSParty = NDP

| PartyTerms# = 1

| RepTerms# = 1

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2013

| ToYr = 2017

| Assembly# = 62

| RepName = Terry Farrell

| RepLink= Terry Farrell (politician)

| NSParty = Liberal

| PartyTerms# = 1

| RepTerms# = 1

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2017

| ToYr = 2021

| Assembly# = 63

| RepName = Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin

| NSParty = PC

| PartyTerms# = 1

| RepTerms# = 4

| #ByElections = 1

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2021

| ToYr = 2021

| NSParty = Independent

| PartyTerms# = 3

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2021

| ToYr = 2024

| Assembly# = 64

}}

{{NS-MLA row

| FromYr = 2024

| ToYr = Present

| Assembly# = 65

}}

{{NS-MLA end}}

Election results

= 1993 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1993|Cumberland North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Ross Bragg|5,605|52.31%|–}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Ernie Fage|4,354|40.63%|–}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Curtis Leland Bird|756|7.06%|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|10,715|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 1997 by-election =

{{Election box begin | title=Nova Scotia by-elections, November 4,1997}}

|-

{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}

|Progressive Conservative

|Ernie Fage

|align="right"|4954

|align="right"|

|align="right"|

|-

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Liberal

|Russell Scott

|align="right"|2123

|align="right"|

|align="right"|

|-

{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}

|New Democratic Party

|Dorothy Jorgensen

|align="right"|1014

|align="right"|

|align="right"|

|}

= 1998 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1998|Cumberland North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Ernie Fage|5,451|62.35%|21.71%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Russell Scott|2,438|27.89%|-24.42%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Peter Stewart|854|9.77%|2.71%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|8,743|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 1999 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|1999|Cumberland North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Ernie Fage|5,936|70.78%|8.43%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Kathy Langille|1,595|19.02%|-8.87%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Doug Wilson|856|10.21%|0.44%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|8,387|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 2003 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|2003|Cumberland North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Ernie Fage|4,609|61.95%|-8.83%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Marsh G. Fox|1,389|18.67%|-0.35%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Kim Cail|1,105|14.85%|4.65%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Independent|Jason Blanch|337|4.53%|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|7,440|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 2006 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|2006|Cumberland North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Ernie Fage|4,640|62.64%|0.69%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Bruce Fage|1,480|19.98%|1.31%}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Kim Cail|1,085|14.65%|-0.20%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Green|Darryl Whetter|202|2.73%|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|7,407|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 2009 =

{{CANelec/top|NS|2009|Cumberland North|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Brian Skabar|3,170|40.19%|25.54%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Independent|Ernie Fage|2,159|27.37%|–}}

{{CANelec|NS|PC|Keith Hunter|1,359|17.23%|-45.41%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Brent Noiles|1,073|13.60%|-6.38%}}

{{CANelec|NS|Green|Aviva Silburt|127|1.61%|-1.12%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|7,888|–}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland North|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}

{{end}}

= 2013 =

{{Election box begin | title=2013 Nova Scotia general election}}

|-

{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}

|Liberal

|Terry Farrell

|align="right"| 2,944

|align="right"| 39.81

|align="right"|

|-

{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}

|Progressive Conservative

|Judith Marie Giroux

|align="right"| 2,230

|align="right"| 30.15

|align="right"|

|-

{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}

|New Democratic Party

|Brian Skabar

|align="right"| 1,943

|align="right"| 26.27

|align="right"|

|-

{{CANelec |NS |Green |Jason Blanch | 279| 3.77| }}

|}

= 2017 =

{{Nova Scotia provincial election, 2017/Cumberland North}}

= 2021 =

{{2021 Nova Scotia general election/Cumberland North}}

;Notes

  1. {{note|1}} For both the 2009 and 2021 general elections in this riding, the results of both the Independent and Progressive Conservative candidates are compared to the PC total in the respective previous elections. In both races, the incumbent sought re-election as an Independent after being elected as a PC MLA in the previous election.

= 2024 =

{{2024 Nova Scotia general election/Cumberland North}}

External links

  • [http://www.cbc.ca/nsvotes2003/riding/016/ riding profile]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235737/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/06results/dist16.pdf June 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll By Poll Results]

References

{{Reflist}}

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080912061452/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/ele_summary.pdf Election Summary From 1867 - 2007]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235507/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/Elections/General%20Election%201993.pdf 1993 Poll by Poll Results]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235242/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/Elections/General%20Election%201988.pdf 1988 Poll by Poll Results]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235151/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/Elections/General%20Election%201984.pdf 1984 Poll by Poll Results]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091758/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/Elections/General%20Election%201981.pdf 1981 Poll by Poll Results]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235759/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/Elections/General%20Election%201978.pdf 1978 Poll by Poll Results]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235914/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/Elections/General%20Election%201974.pdf 1974 Poll by Poll Results]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235011/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/Elections/General%20Election%201970.pdf 1970 Poll by Poll Results]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927000026/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/Elections/General%20Election%201967.pdf 1967 Poll by Poll Results]

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Category:Amherst, Nova Scotia

Category:Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts