Sydney-Membertou

Sydney-Membertou is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 2012 as Sydney-Whtiney Pier from 79% of Cape Breton Nova and 59% of Cape Breton South. Following the 2019 redistribution, the riding lost Whitney Pier to Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier, while gaining some territory from Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg, and was re-named Sydney-Membertou.

Sydney-Membertou

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Derek Mombourquette Liberal
District created	2012
First contested	2013
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Area (km²)	21
Census division(s)	Cape Breton County
Census subdivision(s)	Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Membertou 28B

The district contains the communities of Sydney, Grand Lake Road, Mira Road, Sydney River, Prime Brook and the Membertou 28B Indian Reserve.

The riding is represented by Derek Mombourquette of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. He won the seat in a byelection on July 14, 2015,^[1] following the resignation of MLA Gordie Gosse.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Sydney-Membertou
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Cape Breton Nova and Cape Breton South
62nd	2013–2015		Gordie Gosse	New Democratic
	2015–2017		Derek Mombourquette	Liberal
63rd	2017–2021
64th	2021–2024
65th	2024–present

Election results

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Derek Mombourquette	3,687	45.02	-9.22
	Progressive Conservative	Brian MacArthur	2,903	35.45	+18.00
	New Democratic	Alison Aho	1,515	18.50	-9.78
	Green	Steven McGrath	85	1.04	–
Total valid votes			8,190	99.36
Total rejected ballots			53	0.64	+0.08
Turnout			8,243	53.26	+0.90
Eligible voters			15,477
	Liberal hold		Swing		-13.50

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Derek Mombourquette	4,561	54.27	+16.85	$56,323.12
	New Democratic	Madonna Doucette	2,377	28.28	-4.07	$46,873.89
	Progressive Conservative	Pauline Singer	1,467	17.45	-12.78	$39,112.21
Total valid votes/expense limit			8,405	99.44	–	$92,135.10
Total rejected ballots			47	0.56
Turnout			8,452	52.36
Eligible voters			16,142
	Liberal hold		Swing		+10.46
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3]

2017 provincial election redistributed results[4]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	3,257	37.42
	New Democratic	2,816	32.35
	Progressive Conservative	2,632	30.24

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Derek Mombourquette	3,656	38.72	-10.33
	New Democratic	Madonna Doucette	3,496	37.03	+6.88
	Progressive Conservative	Laurie MacIntosh	2,290	24.25	+3.45
Total valid votes			9,442	100.0
Total rejected ballots			62	0.65
Turnout			9,504	52.80
Eligible voters			18,001
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.61
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[5][6]

v t e Nova Scotia provincial by-election, July 14, 2015: Sydney-Whitney Pier On the resignation of Gordie Gosse
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Derek Mombourquette	3,794	49.05	+5.02
	New Democratic	Madonna Doucette	2,332	30.15	-19.22
	Progressive Conservative	Brian E. MacArthur	1,609	20.80	+14.20
Total valid votes			7,735	99.55
Total rejected ballots			35	0.45
Turnout			7,770	42.60
Electors on the lists			18,238
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+12.12

v t e 2013 Nova Scotia general election: Sydney-Whitney Pier
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gordie Gosse	5,084	49.37	−5.25
	Liberal	Derek Mombourquette	4,534	44.03	+8.80
	Progressive Conservative	Leslie MacPhee	680	6.60	−1.79
Total valid votes			10,298	99.40
Total rejected ballots			62	0.60
Turnout			10,360	57.86
Electors on the lists			17,906	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−7.03
Source(s) "Voters in two Cape Breton ridings head to polls Tuesday". Cape Breton Post. July 13, 2015.

2009 Nova Scotia general election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic Party	5,774	54.62
	Liberal	3,724	35.23
	Progressive Conservative	887	8.39
	Green	186	1.76

References

1. "Mombourquette takes Sydney-Whitney Pier for Liberals". Cape Breton Post. July 14, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
2. "Frank Corbett, Gordie Gosse resign from legislature". Cape Breton Post. April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
3. "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
4. Transposition of Votes from the 2017 Provincial General Election to 2019 Electoral District Boundaries
5. "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
6. "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

External links

• 2013 riding profile