Inverness is a provincial electoral district on Cape Breton Island,

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 elects one member of the

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. Initially created with the name "Juste-au-Corps", the electoral district of Inverness has existed in various forms since 1836. The name was changed to Inverness after lobbying by William Young. It existed continuously as Inverness County until 1981 when it was divided into

Inverness North Inverness North was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1981 when the former district of Inverness County was divided into Inverness North and Invern ...

and Inverness South. It was re-formed in 1993. Following the 2012 redistribution, the district lost the Town of Port Hawkesbury to the new district of

Cape Breton-Richmond Richmond is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Replacing the former district of Richmond-Cape Breton West, it was created in 1933 when the counties of Cape Breto ...

Geography

The land area of Inverness is .

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Inverness have elected the following

Members of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. ...

: Inverness returned two members from 1867-1981.

Election results

1867 general election

1871 general election

1874 general election

1878 general election

1882 general election

1886 general election

1890 general election

1894 general election

1897 general election

1901 general election

1906 general election

1911 general election

1916 general election

1920 general election

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

1993 general election

1998 general election

1999 general election

2003 general election

2006 general election

2009 general election

2009 by-election

, Progressive Conservative ,

Allan MacMaster Allan Gerard MacMaster (born September 26, 1974) is a Canadians, Canadian politician. He represents the electoral district of Inverness (provincial electoral district), Inverness in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a member of the Progressive ...

, align="right", 3,155 , align="right", 35.75 , align="right", -20.30 , New Democratic Party , Bert Lewis , align="right", 2,342 , align="right", 26.54 , align="right", +5.66

2013 general election

, Progressive Conservative ,

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2017 general election

2021 general election

References

Elections Nova Scotia Election Summary From 1867 - 20072006 Election Results (CBC)2006 Poll by Poll Results2003 Election Results (CBC)2003 Poll by Poll Results1998 Poll by Poll Results1998 Poll by Poll Results
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