Cape Breton was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904. It was created as part of the British North America Act, 1867.
The district consisted of the county of Cape Breton and initially returned one member, but returned two members from 1872 until its dissolution. It was abolished when it was redistributed into Cape Breton South and North Cape Breton and Victoria ridings in 1903.
Geography
The Cape Breton riding was set by the British North America Act, 1867 to consist of Cape Breton County. The county was legally defined in 1852 as:
The boundaries were not changed during the 1872 electoral redistribution, but now the riding would return two members to Parliament. No changes occurred during the electoral redistributions of 1882 or 1892. This riding was dissolved and redistributed into the ridings of Cape Breton South and North Cape Breton and Victoria in the 1903 electoral redistribution.
Members of Parliament
Parliament Years Member Party Member Party Cape Breton 1st 1867 – 1869 James Charles McKeagney Anti-Confederate 1869 – 1872 Liberal–Conservative 2nd 1872 – 1873 Newton LeGayet Mackay Conservative William McDonald Conservative 1873 – 1874 Liberal 3rd 1874 – 1878 4th 1878 – 1879 Hugh McLeod Liberal–Conservative 1879 – 1882 William Mackenzie McLeod 5th 1882 – 1884 Murray Dodd Conservative 1884 – 1887 Hector Francis McDougall Liberal–Conservative 6th 1887 – 1891 David MacKeen 7th 1891 – 1895 1896 – 1896 Charles Tupper 8th 1896 – 1900 9th 1900 – 1904 Alexander Johnston Liberal Arthur Samuel Kendall Liberal Riding dissolved into Cape Breton South (1904–1917) and Cape Breton North and Victoria (1904–1925)
Election results
1900
1896 by-election
1896
1891
1887
1884 by-election
1882
1879 by-election
1878
1874
1872
1867
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
Notes
References
External links Riding history for Cape Breton (1867–1903) from the Library of Parliament