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'''Cape Breton The Lakes''' was a provincial [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]], that elected one member of the [[Nova Scotia House of Assembly]].
{{Short description|Electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada}}
'''Cape Breton The Lakes''' was a provincial [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]], that elected one member of the [[Nova Scotia House of Assembly]].


It was created in 1978 out of areas which were formerly included in the [[Cape Breton North]], [[Cape Breton South (provincial electoral district)|Cape Breton South]], and [[Cape Breton West]].
It was created in 1978 out of areas which were formerly included in the [[Cape Breton North]], [[Cape Breton South (provincial electoral district)|Cape Breton South]], and [[Cape Breton West]].
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==Election results==
==Election results==
=== 1978 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[Nova Scotia general election, 1999]]}}
{{CANelec/top|NS|1978|Cape Breton The Lakes|percent=yes|change=yes}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|[[Ossie Fraser]]|3,473|46.26%|–}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Jim MacDonald|2,642|35.19%|–}}
|Liberal
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Irene Le Blanc|1,393|18.55%|–}}
|Brian Boudreau
{{CANelec/total|Total|7,508|–}}
|align="right"|3715
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/victoria-the_lakes.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}<br/>{{cite book|title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201978.pdf|date=1978|author=Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}
|align="right"|43.70
{{end}}
|align="right"|+1.41
=== 1981 ===
|-
{{CANelec/top|NS|1981|Cape Breton The Lakes|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|[[Ossie Fraser]]|3,436|43.01%|-3.25%}}
|NDP
{{CANelec|NS|PC|[[John Newell (Canadian politician)|John Newell]]|3,316|41.51%|6.32%}}
|Helen MacDonald
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Douglas D. MacDonald|1,237|15.48%|-3.07%}}
|align="right"|3614
{{CANelec/total|Total|7,989|&ndash;}}
|align="right"|42.50
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/victoria-the_lakes.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}<br/>{{cite book|title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201981.pdf|date=1981|author=Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}
|align="right"|-9.67
{{end}}
|-
=== 1983 by-election ===
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1983 Nova Scotia By-election]]}}
|Progressive Conservative
|Ken Langley
|align="right"|1173
|align="right"|13.80
|align="right"|+8.27
|}

{{Election box begin | title=[[Nova Scotia general election, 1998]]}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|NDP
|Helen MacDonald
|align="right"|4573
|align="right"|52.17
|align="right"|+2.98
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
|Liberal
|Allan Henderson
|align="right"|3707
|align="right"|42.29
|align="right"|+1.97
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|Progressive Conservative
|Rollie Clarke
|align="right"|485
|align="right"|5.53
|align="right"|-4.96
|}

{{Election box begin | title=[[Nova Scotia By-Election, 1997]]}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|NDP
|Helen MacDonald
|align="right"|3727
|align="right"|49.19
|align="right"|+34.88
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
|Liberal
|Allan Henderson
|align="right"|3055
|align="right"|40.32
|align="right"|-31.58
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|Progressive Conservative
|Rollie Clarke
|align="right"|795
|align="right"|10.49
|align="right"|-3.31
|}

{{Election box begin | title=[[Nova Scotia general election, 1993]]}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
|Liberal
|Bernie Boudreau
|align="right"|6591
|align="right"|71.90
|align="right"|+26.53
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|Progressive Conservative
|Lauchie G. Leslie
|align="right"|1264
|align="right"|13.8
|align="right"|-21.72
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|NDP
|Helen MacDonald
|align="right"|1312
|align="right"|14.31
|align="right"|-4.8
|}

{{Election box begin | title=[[Nova Scotia general election, 1988]]}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
|Liberal
|Bernie Boudreau
|align="right"|4192
|align="right"|45.37
|align="right"|+6.94
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|Progressive Conservative
|John A. Newell
|align="right"|3282
|align="right"|35.52
|align="right"|-16.69
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|NDP
|Helen MacDonald
|align="right"|1766
|align="right"|19.11
|align="right"|+9.75
|}

{{Election box begin | title=[[Nova Scotia general election, 1984]]}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|Progressive Conservative
|John Newell
|align="right"|4535
|align="right"|52.29
|align="right"|+14.01
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
|Liberal
|John Coady
|align="right"|3338
|align="right"|37.75
|align="right"|+0.82
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|NDP
|Richard Fogarty
|align="right"|813
|align="right"|9.19
|align="right"|-8.04
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}}
|Labour
|Mary Strickland
|align="right"|156
|align="right"|1.76
|align="right"|-5.8
|}

{{Election box begin | title=[[Nova Scotia By-election, 1983]]}}
|-
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
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|align="right"|+1.75
|align="right"|+1.75
|-
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}}
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Labour|row}}
|Labour
|Labour
|Gary Mosher
|Gary Mosher
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|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|}
|}
=== 1984 ===

{{CANelec/top|NS|1984|Cape Breton The Lakes|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[Nova Scotia general election, 1981]]}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|[[John Newell (Canadian politician)|John Newell]]|4,535|51.29%|9.78%}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|John Coady|3,338|37.75%|-5.26%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|Richard Fogarty|813|9.19%|-6.29%}}
|Liberal
{{CANelec|NS|Labour|Mary Strickland|156|1.76%|&ndash;}}
|Ossie Fraser
{{CANelec/total|Total|8,842|&ndash;}}
|align="right"|3436
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/victoria-the_lakes.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}<br/>{{cite book|title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201984.pdf|date=1984|author=Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}
|align="right"|43.00
{{end}}
|align="right"|-3.26
=== 1988 ===
|-
{{CANelec/top|NS|1988|Cape Breton The Lakes|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|[[Bernie Boudreau]]|4,192|45.37%|7.62%}}
|Progressive Conservative
{{CANelec|NS|PC|[[John Newell (Canadian politician)|John Newell]]|3,282|35.52%|-15.77%}}
|John A. Newell
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|[[Helen MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician)|Helen MacDonald]]|1,766|19.11%|9.92%}}
|align="right"|3316
{{CANelec/total|Total|9,240|&ndash;}}
|align="right"|41.50
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/victoria-the_lakes.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}<br/>{{cite book|title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf|date=1988|author=Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}
|align="right"|+6.31
{{end}}
=== 1993 ===
{{CANelec/top|NS|1993|Cape Breton The Lakes|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|[[Bernie Boudreau]]|6,591|71.90%|26.53%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|[[Helen MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician)|Helen MacDonald]]|1,312|14.31%|-4.80%}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Lauchie G. Leslie|1,264|13.79%|-21.73%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|9,167|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/victoria-the_lakes.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}<br/>{{cite book|title=Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election|url=https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf|date=1993|author=Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer |publisher=Queen's Printer}}}}
{{end}}
=== 1997 by-election ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[Nova Scotia By-Election, 1997]]}}
|-
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|NDP
|NDP
|Douglas D. MacDonald
|Helen MacDonald
|align="right"|1237
|align="right"|3727
|align="right"|15.48
|align="right"|49.19
|align="right"|-3.07
|align="right"|+34.88
|}

{{Election box begin | title=[[Nova Scotia general election, 1978]]}}
|-
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
{{Canadian party colour|NS|Liberal|row}}
|Liberal
|Liberal
|Allan Henderson
|Ossie Fraser
|align="right"|3473
|align="right"|3055
|align="right"|46.26
|align="right"|40.32
|align="right"|
|align="right"|-31.58
|-
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
{{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|row}}
|Progressive Conservative
|Progressive Conservative
|Rollie Clarke
|Jim MacDonald
|align="right"|2642
|align="right"|795
|align="right"|35.19
|align="right"|10.49
|align="right"|
|align="right"|-3.31
|-
{{Canadian party colour|NS|NDP|row}}
|NDP
|Irene LeBlanc
|align="right"|1393
|align="right"|18.55
|align="right"|
|}
|}
=== 1998 ===
{{CANelec/top|NS|1998|Cape Breton The Lakes|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|[[Helen MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician)|Helen MacDonald]]|4,573|52.17%|37.86%}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|Allan Henderson|3,707|42.29%|-29.61%}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Rollie Clarke|485|5.53%|-8.26%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|8,765|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/victoria-the_lakes.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}
=== 1999 ===
{{CANelec/top|NS|1999|Cape Breton The Lakes|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NS|Liberal|[[Brian Boudreau]]|3,715|43.70%|1.40%}}
{{CANelec|NS|NDP|[[Helen MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician)|Helen MacDonald]]|3,614|42.51%|-9.67%}}
{{CANelec|NS|PC|Ken Langley|1,173|13.80%|8.26%}}
{{CANelec/total|Total|8,502|&ndash;}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/victoria-the_lakes.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes|author=Nova Scotia Legislature |date=2021 |website=nslegislature.ca}}}}
{{end}}


==References==
==References==
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*[https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Elections%20from%201867-2011.pdf Elections Nova Scotia - Summary Results from 1867 to 2011 (PDF)]
*[https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Elections%20from%201867-2011.pdf Elections Nova Scotia - Summary Results from 1867 to 2011 (PDF)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111005726/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Elections%20from%201867-2011.pdf |date=2017-01-11 }}
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{{Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts}}


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Cape Breton The Lakes was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

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, Cape Breton South, Cape Breton North and Cape Breton West.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election results

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1978

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1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ossie Fraser 3,473 46.26% –
Progressive Conservative Jim MacDonald 2,642 35.19% –
New Democratic Irene Le Blanc 1,393 18.55% –
Total 7,508 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1981

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1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ossie Fraser 3,436 43.01% -3.25%
Progressive Conservative John Newell 3,316 41.51% 6.32%
New Democratic Douglas D. MacDonald 1,237 15.48% -3.07%
Total 7,989 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1983 by-election

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1983 Nova Scotia By-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Progressive Conservative John Newell 3190 38.28 -3.22
  Liberal John Coady 3078 36.93 -6.07
  NDP Gerald Yetman 1436 17.23 +1.75
  Labour Gary Mosher 630 7.56

1984

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1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Newell 4,535 51.29% 9.78%
Liberal John Coady 3,338 37.75% -5.26%
New Democratic Richard Fogarty 813 9.19% -6.29%
Labour Mary Strickland 156 1.76% –
Total 8,842 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1988

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1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bernie Boudreau 4,192 45.37% 7.62%
Progressive Conservative John Newell 3,282 35.52% -15.77%
New Democratic Helen MacDonald 1,766 19.11% 9.92%
Total 9,240 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1993

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1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bernie Boudreau 6,591 71.90% 26.53%
New Democratic Helen MacDonald 1,312 14.31% -4.80%
Progressive Conservative Lauchie G. Leslie 1,264 13.79% -21.73%
Total 9,167 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1997 by-election

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Nova Scotia By-Election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  NDP Helen MacDonald 3727 49.19 +34.88
  Liberal Allan Henderson 3055 40.32 -31.58
  Progressive Conservative Rollie Clarke 795 10.49 -3.31

1998

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1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Helen MacDonald 4,573 52.17% 37.86%
Liberal Allan Henderson 3,707 42.29% -29.61%
Progressive Conservative Rollie Clarke 485 5.53% -8.26%
Total 8,765 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

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1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Brian Boudreau 3,715 43.70% 1.40%
New Democratic Helen MacDonald 3,614 42.51% -9.67%
Progressive Conservative Ken Langley 1,173 13.80% 8.26%
Total 8,502 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Cape Breton The Lakes" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

References

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  1. ^ Victoria-The Lakes - Constituency History Nova Scotia Legislature

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