Glace Bay-Dominion is a provincial
electoral district
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in
Nova Scotia
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Most of the population are native Eng ...
,
Canada
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, that elects 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 ...
.
The
Member of the Legislative Assembly
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since 2021 is John White of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.
It was created in 1933 when the district of Cape Breton was divided into five electoral districts, one of which was named Cape Breton East. In 2001, the district name was changed to Glace Bay. In 2003, the district lost a small area at its southern tip to
Cape Breton West. Following the 2019 redistribution, it gained the
Dominion
The term ''Dominion'' is used to refer to one of several self-governing nations of the British Empire.
"Dominion status" was first accorded to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, South Africa, and the Irish Free State at the 1926 ...
area from
Cape Breton Centre and was re-named Glace Bay-Dominion.
Geography
The land area of Glace Bay-Dominion is .
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following
Members of the Legislative Assembly
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:
Election results
1925 general election
1928 general election
1933 general election
1937 general election
1941 general election
1945 general election
1949 general election
1953 general election
1956 general election
1960 general election
1963 general election
1967 general election
1970 general election
1974 general election
1978 general election
1980 by-election
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PC
, Donnie MacLeod
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NDP
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Government
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, Reeves Matheson
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Liberal
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* an adherent of a Liberal Party
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* Social liberalism
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, Vincent Kachafanas
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Independent
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, Ignatius V. Kennedy
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1981 general election
1984 general election
1988 general election
1993 general election
1998 general election
1999 general election
2000 by-election
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Liberal
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Dave Wilson
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NDP
NDP may stand for:
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 ...
, Cecil Saccary
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PC
, Brad Kerr
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2003 general election
2006 general election
2009 general election
2010 by-election
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NDP
NDP may stand for:
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 ...
, Myrtle Campbell
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PC
, Michelle Wheelhouse
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, Edna Lee
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2013 general election
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Liberal
Liberal or liberalism may refer to:
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 ...
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Geoff MacLellan
Geoffrey Curtis MacLellan (born December 18, 1978) is a Canadian politician in the province of Nova Scotia.
Political career
He was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a by-election on June 22, 2010, and represented the electoral di ...
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NDP
NDP may stand for:
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 ...
, Mary Beth MacDonald
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PC
, Thomas Bethell
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2017 general election
2021 general election
References
External links
riding profileJune 13, 2006 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll By Poll ResultsJune 9, 2009 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Poll By Poll Results
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Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts
Politics of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality