Cape Breton The Lakes was a provincial
electoral district
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...
in
Nova Scotia
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Most of the population are native Eng ...
,
Canada
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, that elected one member of the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (french: Assemblée législative de la Nouvelle-Écosse; gd, Taigh Seanaidh Alba Nuadh), or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia of the province of Nova Scotia ...
.
It was created in 1978 out of areas which were formerly included in the
Cape Breton North,
Cape Breton South, and
Cape Breton West.
In 2003, it was reallocated to
Victoria-The Lakes
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 Progress ...
,
Cape Breton South,
Cape Breton North and
Cape Breton West.
Victoria-The Lakes - Constituency History
Nova Scotia Legislature
Members of the Legislative Assembly
*Brian Boudreau
Brian Vincent Boudreau (July 19, 1954 – October 12, 2021) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton The Lakes in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2003. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Libe ...
, Liberal
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Politics
* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
Arts, entertainment and m ...
(1999 - 2003)
* Helen MacDonald, NDP
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Computing
* Neighbor Discovery Protocol, an Internet protocol
* Nortel Discovery Protocol, a layer two Internet protocol, also called SONMP
* Nondeterministic programming, a type of computer language
Government
* National Deve ...
(1997-1999)
*Bernie Boudreau
James Bernard Boudreau (born July 25, 1944) is a Canadian lawyer and politician.
Provincial politics
Boudreau was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from Cape Breton The Lakes in the 1988 provincial election. He was re-elected in 199 ...
, Liberal (1988-1997)
* John Newell, Progressive Conservative (1983-1988)
* Ossie Fraser, Liberal (1978-October 29, 1982)
Election results
1978 general election
1981 general election
1983 by-election
, -
, Progressive Conservative
, John Newell
, align="right", 3190
, align="right", 38.28
, align="right", -3.22
, -
, Liberal
, John Coady
, align="right", 3078
, align="right", 36.93
, align="right", -6.07
, -
, NDP
, Gerald Yetman
, align="right", 1436
, align="right", 17.23
, align="right", +1.75
, -
, Labour
, Gary Mosher
, align="right", 630
, align="right", 7.56
, align="right",
1984 general election
1988 general election
1993 general election
1997 by-election
, -
, NDP
, Helen MacDonald
, align="right", 3727
, align="right", 49.19
, align="right", +34.88
, -
, Liberal
, Allan Henderson
, align="right", 3055
, align="right", 40.32
, align="right", -31.58
, -
, Progressive Conservative
, Rollie Clarke
, align="right", 795
, align="right", 10.49
, align="right", -3.31
1998 general election
1999 general election
References
Elections Nova Scotia - Summary Results from 1867 to 2011 (PDF)
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Former provincial electoral districts of Nova Scotia