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Cape Breton South and Richmond was a federal
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in the
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of
Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...
, Canada, that was represented in the
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from 1917 to 1925. This riding was created in 1914 from Cape Breton South and
Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ...
ridings, It consisted of the electoral district of South Cape Breton and the county of Richmond. It was abolished in 1924 when it was redistributed into Cape Breton South and
Richmond—West Cape Breton Richmond—West Cape Breton was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1935. This riding was created in 1924 from Cape Breton South and Richmon ...
. The riding was a dual-member constituency—it elected two members to Parliament.


Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following
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:


Election results


See also

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List of Canadian federal electoral districts This is a list of Canada's 338 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2013 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect member ...
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Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. In 1999 and 2003, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was elected using the same districts within that province ...


External links


Riding history for Cape Breton South and Richmond (1914–1924) from the
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{{coord missing, Nova Scotia Former federal electoral districts of Nova Scotia