Sydney—Victoria

Sydney—Victoria

Nova Scotia electoral district
File:Sydney victoria map.png Sydney–Victoria in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts (2003 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Mark Eyking Liberal
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	73,328
Electors (2015)	59,761
Area (km²)	5,085
Pop. density (per km²)	14.4
Census divisions	Cape Breton, Inverness, Victoria
Census subdivisions	Cape Breton, Eskasoni 3, Inverness Subd. A, Membertou 28B, Victoria, Subd. A, Victoria, Subd. B, Wagmatcook 1

Sydney—Victoria is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

It was created in 1996 from parts of Cape Breton—The Sydneys, Cape Breton—East Richmond and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso ridings.

Cape Breton—Canso is the only adjacent riding.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2001	79,294	—
2006	76,801	−3.1%
2011	73,328	−4.5%

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation

Ethnic groups: 88.5 White, 8.9% Aboriginal, 1.1% Black
Languages: 92.9% English, 4.6% Mi'kmaq, 1.2% French
Religions: 90.7% Christian (62.8% Catholic, 8.3% United Church, 7.5% Anglican, 4.0% Presbyterian, 1.9% Baptist, 6.2% Other), 8.0% No religion
Median income (2010): $23,704
Average income (2010): $30,202

Geography

It consists of:

• The County of Victoria;
• the northern part of the County of Inverness, i.e., the part lying north of the southern boundary of Cape Breton Highlands National Park; and
• the northwestern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, i.e., the part lying northwest of a line drawn northeast from Bras d'Or Lake to the northeast extremity of East Bay, due north to Portage Brook, northeast along Portage Brook, Blacketts Lake, the Sydney River, Highway 125, Trunk 4 (Grand Lake Road), Northwest Brook, the western shoreline of Grand Lake, the DEVCO Railway, and its northern branch (running towards the Community of Dominion) to its second intersection with Northwest Brook (north of Grand Lake), and then north and northeast along that brook, Lingan Bay and Indian Bay to the Atlantic Ocean.

This riding will maintain its boundaries as per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Sydney—Victoria Riding created from Cape Breton—The Sydneys, Cape Breton—East Richmond and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
36th	1997–2000		Peter Mancini	New Democratic
37th	2000–2004		Mark Eyking	Liberal
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–Present

Election results

Sydney—Victoria, 2013 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	29,995	73.20	+33.29	–
	New Democratic	Monika Dutt	5,351	13.06	–5.97	–
	Conservative	John Douglas Chiasson	4,360	10.64	–27.21	–
	Green	Adrianna MacKinnon	1,026	2.50	–0.71	–
	Libertarian	Wayne James Hiscock	242	0.59	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,974	100.00		$194,502.63
Total rejected ballots			236	0.57
Turnout			41,210	68.96
Eligible voters			59,761
	Liberal hold		Swing		+19.63
Source: Elections Canada

Sydney—Victoria, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	14,788	39.91	-9.49	$67,454.53
	Conservative	Cecil Clarke	14,023	37.85	+17.23	$77,334.98
	New Democratic	Kathy MacLeod	7,049	19.02	-5.42	$17,238.77
	Green	Chris Milburn	1,191	3.21	-2.33	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			37,051	100.0		$80,666.28
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			279	0.75	+0.03
Turnout			37,330	61.48	+4.07
Eligible voters			60,719
	Liberal hold		Swing		-13.36
Sources:

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	17,303	49.40	-0.48	$60,561.52
	New Democratic	Wayne McKay	8,559	24.44	-4.06	$15,485.05
	Conservative	Kristen Rudderham	7,223	20.62	+2.28	$60,092.18
	Green	Collin Harker	1,941	5.54	+2.25	$1,966.54
Total valid votes/Expense limit			35,026	100.0		$78,337
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			254	0.72	+0.16
Turnout			35,280	57.41	-5.89
Eligible voters			61,448
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.79

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	20,277	49.88	-2.25	$47,473.95
	New Democratic	John Hugh Edwards	11,587	28.50	+0.79	$28,987.58
	Conservative	Howie MacDonald	7,455	18.34	+2.47	$26,033.71
	Green	Chris Milburn	1,336	3.29	+0.99	$537.60
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,655	100.0		$73,953
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			227	0.56	-0.23
Turnout			40,882	63.30	+2.72
Eligible voters			64,589
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.52

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	19,372	52.13	+2.14	$51,343.95
	New Democratic	John Hugh Edwards	10,298	27.71	-8.50	$24,957.69
	Conservative	Howie MacDonald	5,897	15.87	+2.08	$48,515.46
	Green	Chris Milburn	855	2.30	–	$580.41
	Marijuana	Cathy Thériault	474	1.28	–	none listed
	Independent	B. Chris Gallant	264	0.71	–	$165.54
Total valid votes/Expense limit			37,160	100.0		$71,187
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			297	0.79
Turnout			37,457	60.58
Eligible voters			61,826
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+5.32
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	19,698	49.99
	New Democratic	14,267	36.21
	Progressive Conservative	3,934	9.98
	Alliance	1,501	3.81

Previous elections

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Mark Eyking	19,388	49.8	+23.5
	New Democratic	Peter Mancini	14,216	36.5	-14.6
	Progressive Conservative	Anna Curtis-Steele	3,779	9.7	-12.9
	Alliance	Rod A.M. Farrell	1,528	3.9
Total valid votes			38,911	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Peter Mancini	22,455	51.1
	Liberal	Vince MacLean	11,569	26.3
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil Clarke	9,920	22.6
Total valid votes			43,944	100.0

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history for Sydney–Victoria (1996– ) from the Library of Parliament