Cumberland South
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
|prov-status = active
|province = Nova Scotia
|image = Cumberland South provincial electoral district.svg
|prov-rep-party = PC
|prov-rep = Tory Rushton
|demo-census-date = 2011
|demo-pop = 13202
|prov-election-first = 1993
|prov-election-last = 2024
|demo-electors = 10,889
|demo-electors-date = 2018
|demo-area = 3263
|prov-created = 1993
|demo-cd = Cumberland County
|demo-csd = Cumberland, Subd. A, Cumberland Subd. B, Cumberland Subd. C, Cumberland Subd. D, Oxford, Parrsboro (dissolved in 2016)
}}
Cumberland South is a provincial electoral district in Cumberland Country, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding was created before the 1993 election from most of Cumberland West and Cumberland Centre ridings and a small part of Cumberland East.
The communities of Oxford, Parrsboro and Springhill are within its boundaries.
The Member of the Legislative Assembly since 1998 has been held by the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. A Tory stronghold, Cumberland South has been dominated by Progressive Conservative Murray Scott for over a decade and now Tory Rushton
The 2012 redistribution saw the riding gain territory from Cumberland North.[https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland%20south.pdf Cumberland South - Constituency History] Nova Scotia Legislature
Geography
The land area of Cumberland South is {{convert|3263|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=16 |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 South}}
{{NS-MLA nodata|Riding created from Cumberland Centre, Cumberland North and Cumberland West}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 1993
| ToYr = 1998
| Assembly# = 56
| RepName = Guy Brown
| RepLink = Guy Brown (politician)
| NSParty = Liberal
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 1998
| ToYr = 1999
| Assembly# = 57
| RepName = Murray Scott
| NSParty = PC
| RepTerms# = 5
| PartyTerms# = 11
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 1999
| ToYr = 2003
| Assembly# = 58
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 2003
| ToYr = 2005
| Assembly# = 59
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 2006
| ToYr = 2009
| Assembly# = 60
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 2009
| ToYr = 2010
| Assembly# = 61
| #ByElections = 1
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 2010
| ToYr = 2013
| RepName = Jamie Baillie
| RepTerms# = 3
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 2013
| ToYr = 2017
| Assembly# = 62
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 2017
| ToYr = 2018
| Assembly# = 63
| #ByElections = 1
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 2018
| ToYr = 2021
| RepName = Tory Rushton
| RepTerms# = 3
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 2021
| ToYr = 2024
| Assembly# = 64
}}
{{NS-MLA row
| FromYr = 2024
| ToYr =
| Assembly# = 65
}}
{{NS-MLA end}}
Election results
= 1993 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1993|Cumberland South|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Guy Brown|6,713|75.63%|–}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Mac Bennett|1,570|17.69%|–}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Douglas Meekins|431|4.86%|–}}
{{CANelec|NS|Independent|Philip T. Donkin|162|1.83%|–}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|8,876|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland South|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
= 1998 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1998|Cumberland South|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Murray Scott|4,714|58.69%|41.00%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Mike Uberoi|2,153|26.81%|-48.83%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Sandy Graham|1,089|13.56%|8.70%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Independent|James MacLeod|76|0.95%|–}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|8,032|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland South|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
= 1999 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|1999|Cumberland South|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Murray Scott|5,527|74.01%|15.32%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|John Harrison|1,000|13.39%|-13.41%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Scott McKee|941|12.60%|-0.96%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|7,468|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland South|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
= 2003 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|2003|Cumberland South|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Murray Scott|4,898|71.69%|-2.32%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Harriet McCready|1,189|17.40%|4.01%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Scott McKee|745|10.90%|-1.70%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|6,832|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland South|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
= 2006 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|2006|Cumberland South|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Murray Scott|5,082|76.76%|5.06%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Andrew Kernohan|753|11.37%|0.47%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Mary Dee MacPherson|681|10.29%|-7.12%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Green|James Dessart|92|1.39%|–}}
{{CANelec|NS|Independent|David Amos|13|0.20%|–}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|6,621|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland South|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
= 2009 =
{{CANelec/top|NS|2009|Cumberland South|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Murray Scott|4,334|67.66%|-9.10%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Don Tabor|1,659|25.90%|14.52%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Joseph Archibald|325|5.07%|-5.21%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Green|Danny Melvin|88|1.37%|-0.02%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|6,406|–}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland_south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland South|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
=2010 by-election=
{{Election box begin | title=October 26, 2010 by-election}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|align="right"|3,262
|align="right"|57.20%
|align="right"|-10.26
{{CANelec |NS |Liberal |Kenny Jackson |2,165 |37.96%|+32.89}}
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|Scott McKee
|align="right"|276
|align="right"|4.84%
|align="right"|-21.06
|}
=2013=
{{Election box begin | title=2013 Nova Scotia general election}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|align="right"| 3,655
|align="right"| 51.0%
|align="right"| -6.2
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
|Kenny Jackson
|align="right"| 2,884
|align="right"| 40.2%
|align="right"| +2.2
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|align="right"| 486
|align="right"| 6.8%
|align="right"| +2.0
|-
{{CANelec|NS|Green|Bruce McCulloch|147|2.0%|+2.0}}
|-
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|7,172|100.00}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|50|0.7| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|7,222|65.73|}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|10,987}}
|}
=2017=
{{2017 Nova Scotia general election/Cumberland South}}
=2018 by-election=
{{CANelec/top|NS|June 19, 2018|Cumberland South|by=yes|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes|reason=Resignation of Jamie Baillie}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Tory Rushton|3,417|59.19|+7.70|$22,387}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Scott Lockhart|1,829|31.68|-8.79|$32,332}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Larry Duchesne|292|5.06|-0.74|$9,239}}
{{CANelec|NS|Green|Bruce McCulloch|235|4.07|—|$1,234}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|5,773|}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|17||}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|5,773|53.02|-9.35}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|10,889}}
{{CANelec/hold|NS|PC|+8.24}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Nova Scotia{{cite web |author1=Chief Electoral Officer |title=Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Proceedings of the Cumberland South By-Election |url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/ENS_Cumberland_ByElection_2019_Report.pdf |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |date=January 21, 2019}}}}
{{end}}
=2021=
{{2021 Nova Scotia general election/Cumberland South}}
=2024=
{{2024 Nova Scotia general election/Cumberland South}}
References
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