Sydney—Glace Bay is a federal

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, that is represented in the

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. It was created in 2023 following the

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process. It was created from parts of

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 ...

and

Cape Breton Highlands—Canso Cape Breton Highlands—Canso was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997. History This riding was created in 1966 from Antigonish—Guysb ...

electoral districts and mostly represents the old

Industrial Cape Breton Industrial Cape Breton is a geographic region in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It refers to the eastern portion of Cape Breton County fronting the Atlantic Ocean on the southeastern part of Cape Breton Island. Geography The area compris ...

area.

Geography

The district's boundaries consists of

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, mostly. Here's the description from

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History

Following the

, Sydney—Glace Bay was created. It exchanged territory with

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, losing

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, the remainder of

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and rural western part of the

. The new district gained the urban part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality from Sydney Forks to Port Morien, including the

Glace Bay Glace Bay (Scottish Gaelic: ''Glasbaidh'') is a community in the eastern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It forms part of the general area referred to as Industrial Cape Breton. Formerly an incorporated ...

area.

Members of Parliament

This new electoral district is waiting to elect its first Member of Parliament:

Election results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sydney-Victoria Nova Scotia federal electoral districts Politics of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality Inverness County, Nova Scotia Victoria County, Nova Scotia

Geography

History

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

References