Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
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Cape Breton Highlands—Canso was a federal
electoral district An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in the
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of
Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, located on its east coast. It is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and Population of Canada by province and territory, most populous province in Atlan ...
, Canada, that was represented in the
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from 1968 to 1997.


History

This riding was created in 1966 from Antigonish—Guysborough, Inverness—Richmond and North Cape Breton and Victoria ridings. It consisted initially of: * the counties of Antigonish and Inverness, and * parts of the counties of Guysborough, Victoria and Richmond. In 1987, it was redefined to consist of: * the County of Antigonish, and * parts of the Counties of Inverness, Victoria, Richmond and Guysborough lying to the east of the meridian of Longitude 62(30'00" West. It was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed into Bras d'Or, Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough and
Sydney—Victoria Sydney—Victoria was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2025. It was created in 1996 from parts of Cape Breton—The Sydneys, Ca ...
ridings.


Members of Parliament


Election results


See also

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List of Canadian electoral districts This is a list of Canada's 343 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2023 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect membe ...
*
Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the ...


References


External links


Riding history for (1966–1996) from the
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cape Breton Highlands-Canso Former federal electoral districts of Nova Scotia