Cape Breton North and Victoria

Cape Breton North and Victoria (also known as North Cape Breton and Victoria and Cape Breton North—Victoria) was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968.

Cape Breton North and Victoria

Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1903
District abolished	1966
First contested	1904
Last contested	1965

History

This riding was created in 1903 as "North Cape Breton and Victoria"' riding from Cape Breton and Victoria ridings.

It consisted initially of the county of Victoria, the northern part of the County of Cape Breton: the districts of Boisdale, Boularderie, East Bay (North), French Vale, George's River, Grand Narrows, and Little Bras d'Or, and the towns of North Sydney and Sydney Mines.

In 1924, its name was changed to "Cape Breton North—Victoria", and then to "Cape Breton North and Victoria" in 1933. It was redefined to consist of the county of Victoria, and that part of the county of Cape Breton contained in the municipal districts of Balls Creek and Edwardsville (No. 2), Big Pond (No. 13), Boisdale (No. 9), Boularderie (No. 10), East Bay North (No. 19), East Bay South (No. 8), Enon (No. 21), Frenchvale (No. 22), George's River (No. 23), Grand Narrows (No. 14) and Little Bras d'Or (No. 4), and including the towns of Sydney Mines and North Sydney.

In 1947, the riding was expanded to include the municipal districts of Hillside (No. 3), and South Forks (No. 18).

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Cape Breton Highlands—Canso, Cape Breton—East Richmond and Cape Breton—The Sydneys ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
North Cape Breton and Victoria Riding created from Cape Breton and Victoria
10th	1904–1906		Daniel Duncan McKenzie	Liberal
	1906–1908		Alexander Charles Ross
11th	1908–1911		Daniel Duncan McKenzie
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921			Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1921			Liberal
	1922–1923
	1923–1925		Fenwick Lionel Kelly
Cape Breton North—Victoria
15th	1925–1926		Lewis Wilkieson Johnstone	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
Cape Breton North and Victoria
18th	1935–1937		Daniel Alexander Cameron	Liberal
	1937–1940		Matthew MacLean
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957		William Murdoch Buchanan
23rd	1957–1958		Robert Muir	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Cape Breton Highlands—Canso, Cape Breton—East Richmond and Cape Breton—The Sydneys

Election results

North Cape Breton and Victoria, 1904–1925

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel Duncan McKenzie	2,583
	Conservative	John McCormick	2,519

By-election on 14 March 1906 On Mr. McKenzie being appointed judge, 16 February 1906
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Charles Ross	2,922
	Conservative	John McCormick	2,088

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel Duncan McKenzie	2,849
	Conservative	John McCormick	2,832

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel Duncan McKenzie	3,418
	Conservative	John McCormack	2,803

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Daniel Duncan McKenzie	4,477
	Government (Unionist)	John McCormick	3,649

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel Duncan McKenzie	7,399
	Unknown	Murdoch A. McKenzie	4,060

By-election on 19 January 1922 On Mr. McKenzie's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 29 December 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel Duncan McKenzie	acclaimed

By-election on 31 July 1923 On Mr. McKenzie's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 11 April 1923
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fenwick Lionel Kelly	4,839
	Conservative	Robert Hamilton Butts	4,215
	Labour	Daniel David MacDonald	1,652

Cape Breton North—Victoria, 1925–1935

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Lewis Wilkieson Johnstone	6,873
	Liberal	Fenwick Lionel Kelly	4,309

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Lewis Wilkieson Johnstone	6,284
	Liberal	Michael Dwyer	4,691

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Lewis Wilkieson Johnstone	7,075
	Liberal	Michael Dwyer	5,184

Cape Breton North and Victoria, 1935–1968

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel Alexander Cameron	6,457
	Conservative	Lewis Wilkieson Johnstone	4,067
	Reconstruction	John Donald Nelson MacDonald	3,377

By-election on 18 October 1937 On Mr. Cameron's death, 4 September 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Matthew Maclean	acclaimed

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Matthew Maclean	6,326
	National Government	John Michael MacDonald	5,156
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert Way	2,097

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Matthew Maclean	5,895
	Progressive Conservative	John Michael MacDonald	5,441
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert Waye	2,886

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Matthew Maclean	9,461
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Price Slaven	5,083
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Sidney Oram	2,102

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Murdoch Buchanan	9,535
	Progressive Conservative	John Norman MacAskill	6,218

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Muir	9,097
	Liberal	William Murdoch Buchanan	8,717
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Daniel Joseph MacEachern	1,753

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Muir	12,046
	Liberal	William Murdock Buchanan	8,616

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Muir	11,019
	Liberal	Malcolm A. Patterson	7,541
	New Democratic	Gerald A. Yetman	3,403

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Muir	10,508
	Liberal	Robert France Ferguson	8,507
	New Democratic	Gerald A. Yetman	2,347

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Muir	11,258
	Liberal	Robert France Ferguson	8,208
	New Democratic	David M. Guy	1,868

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada